Cherries, Pickled (Jeff's)

Ingredients

• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 tsp whole black peppercorns
• 4 or 5 Allspice berries
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 1 lb fresh cherries, stemmed and pitted

Directions

1. Bring first 6 ingredients to a boil in a medium stainless-steel saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar.

Reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 minutes.

1. Add cherries to saucepan and simmer until cherries are tender, 3-5 minutes.
2. Transfer cherries and rosemary to a 1 quart mason jar.

Pour in enough pickling liquid to cover cherries.

1. Keep in fridge or can using water bath (or steam) method.