Red Pepper Pickle

Name: Red Pepper Pickle (Mzhave Bulgaruli Tsitsaka)
Yield: Makes 4 Pints
Cuisine: Georgia
Ingredients: 1 cup minced parsley; 2½ cups corn oil; 2 cups minced cilantro; 2 pounds red bell peppers; 2½ cups red wine vinegar; 2 whole large heads garlic, peeled and minced

Mzhave Bulgaruli Tsitsaka

Preparation info

Makes
4 Pints

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Georgian Feast

By Darra Goldstein

Published 1999

About

This is an aromatic pickle with a pleasing sweet-and-sour taste. It can accompany meat or simply be piled on a slice of crusty bread, which is how I like to eat it.

Ingredients

2 pounds red bell peppers
2½ cups red wine vinegar
2½ cups

Asia
Georgia
Preserve
Spicy
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Quarter the peppers and seed them. Place on a baking sheet skin side up and put under the broiler until the skins have blackened. Remove to paper bags to cool, then peel off the skins. Slice the peppers into strips.

In a saucepan, bring the vinegar and corn oil to a simmer. Add the garlic and herbs. Simmer 5 minutes, stir in the pepper strips, and simmer 15 minutes longer, stirring occa