Quick-pickle Liquid and Basic Recipe

Name: Quick-pickle Liquid and Basic Recipe
Yield: Makes 1 litre/35 fl oz/4⅓ cups
Ingredients: baby onions, peeled; kale, cut into rough chunks (see hack); 500 ml/17 fl oz/generous 2 cups water; whole mangetouts (snow peas), topped; 500 ml/17 fl oz/generous 2 cups white wine (or apple) vinegar; pears, peeled, cored and quartered; thinly sliced carrots; whole gooseberries, topped and tailed; 1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 2 tbsp salt; thickly sliced cucumbers

Preparation info

Makes
1 litre

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom

By Prue Leith

Published 2024

About

In the old days, sterilized jars with hermetically sealed lids were essential for months-long room-temperature storage. But today most cooks quick-pickle foods, store them in clean jars in the fridge and eat them within a few weeks.

Ingredients

For the pickling liquid

500 ml/17 fl oz/generous 2 cups water
500

Main course
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

If you’re pickling anything green, like mangetouts (snow peas) or kale, boil them for 30 seconds to 1 minute in salted water, then drain, and cool under cold water. Drain again and pat dry with kitchen paper. This process will help to keep their colour.
Pack whatever you are pickling into clean, dry jars.
Boil up your pickling liquid and pour it hot o