Vishnnyovka, Homemade Cherry Vodka

• 3 lb. cherries
• 5 cups sugar
• Vodka

1. Wash, stalk, stone (take pits out), and cut the cherries in half.
2. Put the cherries and sugar into stone jars (any nonmetal container) in alternate layers, ending with a sugar layer.
3. Cover with muslin or a loose top.
4. Leave until all fermentation has stop.
5. Add the vodka in equal parts to the cherry mix and put in an air tight container.
6. Leave in a cool dark place until Christmas.
7. Then strain the liquid through cheese cloth, then coffee filter, bottle and seal.
8. Put in refrigerator and keep cold, serve straight and cold.

cherries, sugar, vodka

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/18945 (may not work)