Make your own pickles~

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Paul Zweben

Every summer I get so excited when I see a beautiful vegetable that is staring at me at one of the many farms I go to up in Columbia county-

 

From pickling Cucumbers, to Pablanos to Cauliflower to baby purple eggplant, I just love the process, (because it is so easy) and I love watching our family and friends faces when they taste them and just don’t believe that I really did the pickles myself!

Would you expect anything else?

 

Simple Pickling recipe:

1/3 dry white wine

1/3 white vinegar

1/3 sugar

Salt and pepper to taste

1 tsp crushed red chilies

1-2 sliced seeded pablano chilies to give your veggies some heat.

 

 

Method-

Bring liquid to a boil

Add the vegetable you want pickling

Cook veggies until they are tender, (note- I like my pickles to have a crunch, so I under cook them) Leave the veggies in the pickling liquid and let them steep (just like tea) Once the liquid is cool- place in a container and refrigerate-

 

People will be blown away that you made your own pickles.

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  • Barry Gordon

    Your pickle recipe is right on time PZ.  My garden is going cucumbers gone wild. So are the beans, chard, lettuce, favas, beets, corn, tomatoes, cilantro, parsley, chinese and italian broccoli, basil, and fennel.  

  • Paul Zweben

    Let me know how the pickles work out and send me some to try!