Quick Garden Pickle

Name: Quick Garden Pickle
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 600g total any vegetables: cucumber, radish, carrot, green beans, fennel, red onion; 1 cup white wine or apple cider vinegar; 1 cup water; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp salt; choose 2–3 flavourings: peppercorns, coriander seeds, chilli flakes, garlic, dill, bay leaves

A no-cook pickling brine for any vegetable the garden offers — ready in 2 hours, keeps for weeks.

⏱ Prep: 15min 🔥 Cook: 5min 🍽 Serves: 8 📊 Easy 🍂 All ✓ Free

🌱 From the Garden

Pickling is one of the oldest ways gardeners have preserved seasonal abundance.

Servings

⏱ 15 Prep

🔥 5 Cook

🥕 Ingredients

600g total any vegetables: cucumber, radish, carrot, green beans, fennel, red onion
1 cup white wine or apple cider vinegar
1 cup water
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
choose 2–3 flavourings: peppercorns, coriander seeds, chilli flakes, garlic, dill, bay leaves

👩‍🍳 Method

Prepare vegetables: slice cucumbers and fennel into rounds, cut carrots into sticks, halve radishes, leave small green beans whole.

Combine vinegar, water, sugar and salt in a small saucepan. Heat just until sugar and salt dissolve. Cool slightly.

Pack vegetables tightly into clean jars. Add chosen flavourings between the layers.

Pour warm brine over vegetables to cover completely. Seal and cool to room temperature.

Refrigerate at least 2 hours before eating. Best after 24 hours. Keeps refrigerated for 3 weeks.

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