Piccalilli
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Pickles and Preserves Recipes
Yield: 8 + pints
Great on burgers and with baked beans.
- 24 green tomatoes
- 12 large sweet onions
- 12 large sweet peppers
- 1 heaping cup of salt
- apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup pickling spices
Slice all vegetables into 1/4-inch thin slices and place in cheesecloth.
Alternate tomatoes, onions and peppers, sprinkle salt between each layer and let stand overnight.
NOTE: do not let vegetables come in contact with juice, you must support it and let juices drain from vegetables.
The next day place all vegetables into a large pot with enough apple cider vinegar to cover and place the 1/2 cup of spices tied in cheesecloth into the pot.
Cook slowly for 2 hours or until onions are tender.
Seal in clean jars using the hotpack method.
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Reviews by Readers
I am not a very experienced canner, although I've had very good luck this summer putting up all sorts of vegetables, pickles, jams and jellies, and was really looking forward to making this piccalilli. I followed your recipe religiously, but I believe that one very important step is missing. The vegetables should be rinsed and drained several times prior to cooking. My batch was extremely salty and had to be discarded. I fault myself for not reasoning this out on my own, but you should add this step back into your recipe. Unless, of course, you LOVE salt! – Reviewed by Diane Drobot
I agree, this is a very salty recipe. My few cookbooks have several versions, and only one says to rinse. They all seem to call for different amounts of sugar, one of them 3 to 2 vinegar to sugar, another 2 to 1. Is this supposed to be a sweet relish? – Reviewed by teresa skinner-bowers
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