The Black Rose

Ingredients

• 1 pound cherries fresh frozen thawed pitted
• 0.5 ounce cherry juice 
• 0.5 ounce raspberry liqueur 
• 1 pinch salt 
• 2 tablespoons sugar 
• 2 drops vanilla extract 
• 1.5 ounces irish whiskey 
• 3 cups vinegar white
• 1 ounce malbec red wine 

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan

Directions

1. Fill a shaker with ice.
2. Add the whiskey, wine, grenadine, raspberry liqueur and vanilla extract and shake. Strain the cocktail into a tall glass filled with ice and garnish with a pickled cherry.
3. Bring the wine, vinegar, sugar, salt and 1 cup water to a boil in a saucepan and cook until the sugar is dissolved.
4. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
5. Pour the liquid over the cherries in a bowl or jar and cool let completely before covering. Keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.