Pickled Cherries
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Pickled Cherries
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Pickled cherries are a quick, easy, unexpected way to extend cherry season. Tartly sweet, subtly spiced, and surprisingly hard to stop eating, these little gems ably extend summer.
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Ingredients
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 2/3 cups white wine vinegar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 star anise
- 4 cups whole fresh cherries, whether Bing, Rainier, or another sweet variety
Instructions
- If desired, remove the stems from the cherries. Do not remove the pits.
- Combine the sugar, vinegar, and spices in a large saucepan and stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves, 5 to 7 minutes. Increase the heat and boil rapidly until the liquid has reduced by about a third, 10 to 15 minutes.☞ TESTER TIP: To easily gauge when your mixture has reduced by 1/3, use a wooden skewer or popsicle stick as a depth gauge. Simply stick it in the pan at the beginning and make a notch at the depth of the liquid. Then, as you boil the mixture to reduce it, take the pan off the heat every 5 minutes or so to let the bubbles calm down and check the depth, continuing on until sufficiently reduced by about a third according to your measuring stick.
- Remove the pan from the heat, add the cherries, and let cool to room temperature, 1/2 to 1 hour.
- Pour the contents of the pan into a 1-quart glass jar with a lid and a rubber seal using a funnel. Close the lid and set aside in a cool, dark place for at least 2 weeks before opening. The contents should remain dark or bright red, depending on the type of cherries used, and the cherries will become wrinkled, somewhat similar to raisins.
- Once opened, your jar of pickled cherries can be stashed in the fridge and will last for up to a month.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
0.25cup
Calories
35kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
0.4g
(1%)
Fat
0.1g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.02g
(0%)
Monounsaturated Fat
0.02g
Sodium
0.1mg
(0%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16servings | 4 cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 35 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0.25cup | |
| Calories | 35kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 0.4g | 1% |
| Fat | 0.1g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.02g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.02g | 0% |
| Sodium | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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