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Sour Cherries or Morello Cherries in Vinegar

10 servings

Ingredients

• 5 kg sour cherries (Morello cherries)
• 0.5 l wine vinegar
• 1 kg sugar
• 5 g good cinnamon, cut into pieces
• 5 g cloves

Instructions

1. Cut half the stems off the sour cherries and place them in a preserving jar.
2. Boil half a liter of wine vinegar with 1 kilogram of sugar, 5 grams of cinnamon in pieces, and 5 grams of cloves, then pour cold over the cherries.
3. After a few days, boil the vinegar again and pour it lukewarm over the cherries.
4. Repeat the boiling once more after a few days, then pour the boiling vinegar over the cherries.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.