(Cherries in rum - Traditional recipe)

Time: preparation: 30 minutes ........ preserve for at least a month For 3 16 oz jars 1 kg (2 1/4 lb) firm cherries 240 g (8 1/2 oz) sugar 3 little lemon rind Rum Ethyl alcohol 10 cm (4in) cinnamon stick easy recipe

  Spoon measures are American spoons, that is standard cook's measuring spoons used in USA.
  The best plan is to regard 2 American teaspoons or tablespoons as 1 English teaspoon or tablespoon (eating spoons)

Wash the cherries and pat dry, gently, with absorbent kitchen paper. Arrange them in the jars, washed and dried perfectly.
Put in every jar about 80 g (2 1/2 oz) sugar, a lemon rind and a little piece of the cinnamon stick. Cover with the rum to 2 inches under the top of cherries.
Add the alcohol to cover cherries. Close hermetically.
Put the jars in the sun and turn them upside down once a day or more for a week. Then preserve them in the dark for at least a month.
At this point your cherries are ready to be eaten.

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