Pickled Watermelon Rind

Name: Pickled Watermelon Rind
Yield: Makes two 1-pt [480-ml] jars
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cloves; Scant 1 cup [200 ml] white wine vinegar; 2 Tbsp sea salt; 1 small watermelon; Thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and chopped; 1 cup [200 g] sugar; Scant ½ cup [100 ml] water; 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half

Preparation info

Makes
two
1 pt jars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

V is for Vegan

By Kerstin Rodgers

Published 2015

About

I’ve pickled walnuts, onions, cucumbers, cherries, lemons, limes, onions, and cauliflower. Pickles are good for you, with zero fat, and add zing to your food. This is a Southern-style pickle, beloved of Elvis and Dolly.

Ingredients

1 small watermelon
Scant 1 cup [200 ml] white wine vinegar
Scant

Method

Working in segments, peel the green outer skin off the watermelon and remove the reddish pink flesh, scraping off the layer next to the skin with a spoon so that you are left with just the white part. Cut this into 1½ in [3 cm] squares or strips.

Put the vinegar, water, sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves into a very large saucepan. Bring to a boil, dissolving the sugar, then add