Name: Pickled Onions
Prep time: 12 h 35 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 12 h 50 min
Yield: 231
Ingredients: 25g salt; 1 kg pickling onions,; 4 teaspoon pickling spices or; ½ tspn coriander seeds,; ½ tspn mustard seed; ½ tspn peppercorns; ½ tspn dried chilli flakes; 1 litre malt vinegar; 170g sugar; Or use ready made pickling vinegar and there’s no need for spices but they won’t be as strong

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Nothing beats a home made pickle

Yields231 Servings

Prep Time12 hrs 35 minsCook Time15 minsTotal Time12 hrs 50 mins

25g salt

1 kg pickling onions,

4 teaspoon pickling spices or

TO MAKE YOUR OWN SPICE MIX

½ tspn coriander seeds,

½ tspn mustard seed

½ tspn peppercorns

½ tspn dried chilli flakes

FOR THE PICKLING

1 litre malt vinegar

170g sugar

Or use ready made pickling vinegar and there’s no need for spices but they won’t be as strong

Peel the onions

Place in a large non metallic bowl

Sprinkle the salt over the onions, stir to make sure the salt is covering the onions and leave overnight.

In the morning rinse the onions and dry with kitchen towel.

Put the spices, vinegar and sugar into a large stainless steel pan.

Heat to dissolve the sugar but do not boil.

Pack the onions into sterilized jars.

Pour over the vinegar and spice liquid to fill the jars, make sure each jar has pickling spices in and check there are no air pockets.

Seal the jars and leave to cool.

The onions will be ready to eat after about 6 weeks but the longer they’re kept the spicier they get

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