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Sweet-and-Sour Pickles Recipe

Sweet-and-Sour Pickles

By
Andrew Chase
These refreshing refrigerator pickles are quick to make and disappear from the jar quickly, too!

Ingredients

1-1/2 lbs  (750 g)  pickling cucumber
4 carrots
4-inch/10 cm piece daikon radish (6 oz/175 g)
2 fresh or dried hot peppers
8 clove garlic, smashed
2 tbsp  (30 mL)  mustard seeds
2 tsp  (10 mL)  coriander seed
1 tsp  (5 mL)  black peppercorns
8 whole cloves
1-1/2 cups  (375 mL)  cider vinegar
1-3/4 cups  (425 mL)  granulated sugar
8 tsp  (40 mL)  salt

Preparation

Quarter cucumbers lengthwise. Peel carrots and halve crosswise; quarter lengthwise. Peel daikon; cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch (1 cm) square batons. Slit hot peppers lengthwise. Pack two 4-cup (1 L) jars with cucumbers, carrots and daikon; add 1 hot pepper and 4 cloves garlic to each jar.

In saucepan, toast mustard and coriander seeds, peppercorns and cloves over medium heat until fragrant and mustard seeds begin to pop, 2 to 3 minutes. Add vinegar and 1 cup (250 mL) water. Bring to boil; add sugar and salt, stirring until dissolved.

Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour enough into jars to cover vegetables. (If necessary, top up with boiling mixture of 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water.) Let cool; cover and refrigerate for at least 3 days or refrigerate for up to 4 weeks.

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: September 2006

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