Pickled Cherry Tomatoes

• 1 cup white balsamic vinegar
• 4 tsp. sugar
• 2 tsp. salt
• 2 chiles de arbol, crumbled
• 2 whole allspice
• 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and smashed
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
• 4 thyme sprigs

1. Bring vinegar, 3/4 cup water, sugar, salt, chiles, allspice, and cayenne to a simmer in saucepan.
2. Stir to dissolve sugar, then remove from heat.
3. Cool 30 minutes.
4. Put garlic and bay leaf in bottom of 1-qt.
5. glass jar.
6. Add tomatoes, and tuck thyme sprigs along sides.
7. Pour vinegar mixture over tomatoes, and marinate 1 hour.
8. Store up to 1 day in refrigerator.

white balsamic vinegar, sugar, salt, arbol, allspice, cayenne pepper, clove garlic, bay leaf, cherry tomatoes, thyme

Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/pickled-cherry-tomatoes/ (may not work)