Mixed Pickles Recipes

BEST EVER SWEET PICKLES

Steps:

• In a large nonreactive bowl, combine cucumbers, onion and salt. Cover with crushed ice and mix well. Let stand 3 hours. Drain; rinse and drain thoroughly., In a Dutch oven, combine sugar, water, vinegars, mustard seed, celery seed and peppercorns. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add cucumber mixture; return to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 4-5 minutes or until heated through., Carefully ladle hot mixture into 4 hot wide-mouth 1-pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Add 3 garlic cloves and 1 bay leaf to each jar. Remove air bubbles and, if necessary, adjust headspace by adding hot pickling liquid. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. , Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

MUM'S SWEET MIXED PICKLES

Steps:

• 1. Wash and floret caulifower, peel off any dry layers from onions, cut cucumbers and place them all into a large enamel canner. Mum used to slice the cucumbers in quarters - lengthwise, then cut those quarters into 1" pieces.
• 2. Brine: Boil one gallon of water then add 1 cup of pickling salt to it. Pour hot over vegetables and cover.
• 3. Day 2: Change brine (do not rinse vegetables)
• 4. Day 3: Change brine (do not rinse vegetables)
• 5. Day 4: Drain brine and cover vegetables with boiling water and 1 tablespoon of alum. (do not rinse vegetables)
• 6. Day 5: Drain and thoroughly wash vegetables under cold water. Pack vegetables into sterilized jars. Fill them to the neck of the jars.
• 7. Syrup: In a pot, add sugar, vinegar and pickling spice. Boil 5 minutes, pour over vegetables and seal jars.

MIXED PICKLES

Steps:

• In a large bowl stir together all of the marinade ingredients. Add all the pickling ingredients to a large pot and bring to the boil. While the mixture is heating, slice the vegetables into bite sized pieces, usually circles for the cucumbers, radishes and carrots and length ways for the other vegetables. You want the pickling ingredients to be able to penetrate the vegetables so you don't want them to be too thick.
• Add the vegetables to the boiling pickling mixture for three minutes before straining. Make sure while they're in the water that they are submerged, push them down with a spoon if necessary.
• Add the hot vegetables to the marinade and mix it all together. Whilst still hot, spoon into sterilised jars and cover with the marinade. If the marinade doesn't fully cover the vegetables, pour over additional olive oil. Ideally wait a couple of weeks so the marinade can infuse. These will keep for up to three months in the cupboard and one week in the fridge after opening.

MIXED PICKLES

Steps:

• Cut cauliflower in to flowers and wash. Slice the rest of the vegetables. Place in clean jars.
• Mix water, salt, and vinegar and bring to a boil.
• Pour boiling mixture into jars 1' from top, (if you are using the food coloring, add the few drops now) and seal the jars immediately.

MIXED VEGETABLE PICKLES

Steps:

• Arrange cauliflower and carrots in four half-pint canning jars; set aside.
• Heat remaining ingredients to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat, cook 10 minutes.
• Turn off heat; let steep 5 minutes.
• Pour mixture over the vegetables to cover.
• Cover jars tightly; cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
• Refrigerate at least three days before serving.