Pickled Cherries

Ingredients

• 500 g sweet cherries
• 200 ml cherry juice
• 125 g sugar
• 2 tbsp vanilla sugar
• 4 cloves
• 4 allspice berries
• 1 piece untreated orange zest
• 5 tbsp cherry brandy

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the cherries thoroughly and pit them, keeping the cherries whole as much as possible.

2. 2.

   In a wide pot combine 200 ml water, cherry juice, sugar, vanilla sugar, cloves, allspice berries and orange zest; bring to a boil and simmer gently for about 5 minutes.

3. 3.

   Fill the hot rinsed jars with the cherries. Strain the liquid through a sieve, add the cherry brandy, pour over the cherries in the jars, seal well and let cool.