Giardiniera (Pickled Vegetables)

Recipe Ingredients

12		Carrots* - (12 to 18) (small)
1		Celery
2		Red or green bell peppers (large)
1		Cauliflower - (abt. 2 lbs.) (large)
1 cup	237ml	Salt
4		-- cold water
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Pickling onions - peeled or
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Tiny white boiling onions peeled
2		White vinegar
1/4 cup	27g / 1oz	Mustard seeds
2 tablespoons	30ml	Celery seeds
1 tablespoon	15ml	Dried hot red chile (small)
2 1/2 cups	495g / 17oz	Sugar

Recipe Instructions

*About 3/4" in diameter at the top.

Peel carrots; cut in half lengthwise and then into 1 1/2" lengths; measure 4 cups. Remove strings from celery; slice lengthwise and then into 1 1/2" lengths; measure 3 cups. Remove seeds and stems from peppers and cut into 1" wide strips. Break cauliflower into 1 1/2" thick flowerets and trim stems.

Stir salt into the cold water until dissolved. Add measured carrots and celery, peppers, cauliflowerets and onions. Let stand, covered, in refrigerator for 12 to 18 hours (overnight); then drain, rinse in cold water and drain again.

In a 6 qt. stainless steel or enamel pan, combine vinegar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, chile and sugar; bring to a boil and continue to boil for 3 minutes. Add vegetables and boil until vegetables are almost tender (10 minutes); discard chile. Pack sterilized pint jars with boiling vegetables. Stir boiling vinegar mixture to blend seasonings, then pour into jar, filling jar to within 1/2" of rim. Stor e any jars that don't seal in the refrigerator and use within a month. Store sealed jars in a cool, dry place.

Note: Recipe doesn't call for a boiling-water bath, perhaps because the vegetables and vinegar mixture are both boiling.

Delicious as an appetizer or with cold meats.

From "Sunset Italian Cook Book" by the editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine. Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Company, 1981. Pg. 14. ISBN 0-376-02465-8. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.

Source:
"Food Gifts for All Seasons" by Anne Byrn

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