Swede, apple & plum pickle

Name: Swede, apple & plum pickle
Yield: Makes 2 kg
Ingredients: 1 large Bramley apple, peeled, cored and chopped twice as large as the swede pieces; 1 large swede (about 1 kg), peeled and cut to the size of travel dice; 2 onions, cut into medium dice; 500 ml malt vinegar; 3 teaspoons ground arrowroot; 8 large purple plums, stoned and cut into eighths; 1 large Bramley apple, peeled, cored and chopped twice as large as the swede pieces; 1 teaspoon flaked sea salt; 60 g raisins; 500 g demerara sugar; 1 bay leaf; ½ teaspoon ground cloves; 1 thumb-sized piece of root ginger, peeled and finely chopped; 1 teaspoon black pepper

Preparation info

Makes
2 kg

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Good Table

By Valentine Warner

Published 2013

About

Cheese and pickle sandwiches are a staple in the Warner home - it’s my favourite filling of all - so here’s a pickle recipe.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon black pepper
1 thumb-sized piece of root ginger, peeled and finely chopped
½

Preserve
Vegan

Method

Put the pepper, ginger, cloves, bay leaf, sugar, raisins, salt and all but 2 tablespoons of the vinegar into a pan with the onions and boil gently until the onions have softened (about 20 minutes or so). Drop in the swede, apple and plums and simmer gently for 30 minutes more, no longer.

Meanwhile, to sterilise the jars, preheat the oven to