Bread and Butter Pickles

Name: Bread and Butter Pickles
Prep time: 2 d
Cook time: 2 d
Total time: 2 d
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters apple cider vinegar; 1 teaspoon celery seed; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 Tbsp mustard seed; 237 milliliters sliced onion (about 1 medium); 946 milliliters thickly sliced pickling cucumbers (8 to 10 pickling cucumbers); 237 milliliters sliced red bell peppers (about 1 small); 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 2 Tbsps pickling salt

This gluten free and vegan recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 432 calories. If you have pepper flakes, mustard seed, granulated sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 48 hours.

Instructions

Prepare two pint jars and a small canning pot.

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Pot

Combine the sliced cucumbers, bell peppers, onion, and pickling salt in a colander set in a large bowl. Refrigerate for one hour to remove excess liquid. Rinse vegetables and discard liquid.

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Bell Pepper

Vegetable

Cucumber

Onion

Salt

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Colander

Bowl

Combine the vinegar and sugar in a large pot.

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Vinegar

Sugar

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Pot

Heat over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.

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Sugar

Add the mustard seed, celery seed, red pepper flakes and cloves. Increase the heat to high and bring the brine to a boil.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Mustard Seeds

Celery Seed

Clove

Brine

Add the drained vegetables and stir to combine. Cook for 5 minutes, until all the vegetables in the brine are fully heated through. Using tongs, fill the sterilized jars with the vegetables. Slowly pour the hot brine over the vegetables in each jar, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.

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Vegetable

Brine

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Tongs

Gently tap the jars on a towel-lined countertop to help loosen any bubbles before using a wooden chopstick to dislodge any remaining bubbles. Check the headspace again and add more brine if necessary.

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Brine

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Chopsticks