Yield: 2 cups
Active Time: 15 minutes
Start to Finish: 1 hour, 15 minutes
For this recipe you’ll need:
2 cups rice wine vinegar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 cups cherries, pitted and halved
Mix together the vinegar, sugar, salt, fennel seeds and peppercorns in a saucepan. Stir over high heat until the sugar and salt have dissolved.
Place the cherries in a bowl, and pour in the hot brine. Place the bowl in the refrigerator, and allow to pickle for at least 1 hour. Pickled cherries can be kept in the refrigerator for up to one month.