Homemade Pickles

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    portions for 4 people
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark

Published 2014

  • About

Pickling can be quick and easy. Pickles are essential to any mezze selection, or with any dish that needs tang and a twang.

Ingredients

  • 750 ml dry white wine
  • 250 ml Moscatel vinegar or white balsamic vinegar (if using ordinary

Method

To prepare the pickling solution, place the wine, vinegar, salt, sugar, chillies, coriander seeds, bay leaves and honey (if using) in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Now add the carrots, cauliflower and garlic and simmer for 6 minutes. They will still seem quite hard after this time but they will continue to cook after you take them out of the pan. Remove with a slotted spoon, along with the