Pickled vegetables
A simple recipe for refrigerator pickles using seasonal vegetables.
SERVES10
TIME TO MAKE45 - 1 hour
MEAL TYPESnacks
TIME TO MAKE45 - 1 hour
MEAL TYPESnacks
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Follow our step-by-step recipe guide.
Method
- Cut vegetables into bite sized pieces
- Pack tightly into clean jars
- Choose the flavouring ingredients and add packed vegetables
- Mix together the vinegar, water and sugar
- Pour over vegetables until every part of the vegetables are covered
- Fasten lid onto jar
- Store in a cool dark place
- You can use these pickles straight away if you like them fresh and crunchy or wait until they soften slightly and become stronger in flavour.
Tips
- For more information on pickling, download our pickling skill card.
- Any colourful vegetables
- 1carrots, slices
- 1red peppers, sticks
- 1cucumber, sticks
- 1red onion, slices
- Flavourings
- whole spices, cinnamon, star anise
- fresh spice, ginger, garlic
- herbs, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves
- Vinegar mix
- 1 cupvinegar, white, cider, spiced
- 1 cupwater
- 2 tbspsugar (optional)
Per serve
- Energy94kJ
- Protein0.6g
- Total Fattrace
- Saturated Fattrace
- Total Carbohydrate4.4g
- Sugars4.4g
- Dietary Fibre0.6g
- Sodium12mg
Follow our step-by-step recipe guide.
Method
- Cut vegetables into bite sized pieces
- Pack tightly into clean jars
- Choose the flavouring ingredients and add packed vegetables
- Mix together the vinegar, water and sugar
- Pour over vegetables until every part of the vegetables are covered
- Fasten lid onto jar
- Store in a cool dark place
- You can use these pickles straight away if you like them fresh and crunchy or wait until they soften slightly and become stronger in flavour.
Tips
- For more information on pickling, download our pickling skill card.
Ingredients
- Any colourful vegetables
- 1carrots, slices
- 1red peppers, sticks
- 1cucumber, sticks
- 1red onion, slices
- Flavourings
- whole spices, cinnamon, star anise
- fresh spice, ginger, garlic
- herbs, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves
- Vinegar mix
- 1 cupvinegar, white, cider, spiced
- 1 cupwater
- 2 tbspsugar (optional)
Ingredients
- Any colourful vegetables
- 1carrots, slices
- 1red peppers, sticks
- 1cucumber, sticks
- 1red onion, slices
- Flavourings
- whole spices, cinnamon, star anise
- fresh spice, ginger, garlic
- herbs, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves
- Vinegar mix
- 1 cupvinegar, white, cider, spiced
- 1 cupwater
- 2 tbspsugar (optional)
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy94kJ
- Protein0.6g
- Total Fattrace
- Saturated Fattrace
- Total Carbohydrate4.4g
- Sugars4.4g
- Dietary Fibre0.6g
- Sodium12mg
Follow our step-by-step recipe guide.
Method
- Cut vegetables into bite sized pieces
- Pack tightly into clean jars
- Choose the flavouring ingredients and add packed vegetables
- Mix together the vinegar, water and sugar
- Pour over vegetables until every part of the vegetables are covered
- Fasten lid onto jar
- Store in a cool dark place
- You can use these pickles straight away if you like them fresh and crunchy or wait until they soften slightly and become stronger in flavour.
Tips
- For more information on pickling, download our pickling skill card.
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