Name: Mulled wine pickled cherries
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 750 ml red wine; 8 thyme sprigs; 4 small fresh bay leaves; 4 cinnamon quills; 1 tsp black peppercorns, coarsely cracked; 4 cloves; Thinly peeled rind of ½ orange and ½ lemon; 250 ml (1 cup) red wine vinegar; 200 gm caster sugar; 1 kg pitted cherries

Mulled wine pickled cherries

Australian Gourmet Traveller Christmas recipe for mulled wine pickled cherries.

Serves 20

Prep

15M

Cook

30M

Total

45M

These spiced cherries are the perfect accompaniment to your ham or turkey, but they have uses beyond the festive season. They’re great served with roast duck breast or alongside cold cuts or terrines.

Ingredients

750 ml red wine

8 thyme sprigs

4 small fresh bay leaves

4 cinnamon quills

1 tsp black peppercorns, coarsely cracked

4 cloves

Thinly peeled rind of ½ orange and ½ lemon

250 ml (1 cup) red wine vinegar

200 gm caster sugar

1 kg pitted cherries

Method

Main

1.Combine wine, herbs, spices and rinds in a wide saucepan and simmer over medium heat until fragrant and infused (8-10 minutes). Add vinegar and sugar, season to taste with sea salt and stir until sugar dissolves. Add cherries, bring to the simmer and cook until just tender, then transfer cherries and liquid (including herbs, spices and rinds) to sterilised jars, seal and refrigerate until required. Mulled wine pickled cherries will keep refrigerated for up to 1 month.