Snack · 90 min · greek

Glyko Vissino (Sour Cherry Spoon Sweet)

This is the kind of Greek snack you’ll make on repeat — sour cherries and sugar, 90 minutes, big payoff.

Ingredients

• 2 lb Sour cherries
• 4 cups Sugar
• 2 cups Water
• 2 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Steps

1. Pit the cherries over a bowl to catch every drop of juice — the juice becomes the syrup, so none of it is waste.
2. Layer the cherries and sugar in a heavy pot and rest 2 hours; the sugar draws out the juice and starts dissolving on its own.
3. Bring to a boil, then simmer 30 minutes, skimming the foam, until the syrup thickens to coat a spoon. The cherries should be glossy and jewel-like, holding their shape.
4. Stir in the lemon juice and vanilla, boil 2 more minutes, then cool completely in the pot. The syrup thickens further as it cools — judge it cold, not hot.
5. Spoon into sterilized jars; it keeps for months in the pantry. Serve a spoonful in a small dish with a glass of cold water, the traditional Greek welcome — the sweet is eaten, the water drunk after.

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