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Sweet Pickle Relish
Yield: 8 x quarter-litre jars (½ pint / 250 ml/ 8 oz)
Course
Condiments
Cuisine
American
Keyword
Relish
Prep Time
1
hour
hour
Cook Time
45
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
45
minutes
minutes
Servings
8
quarter-litre jars (½ pint / 250 ml/ 8 oz)
Calories
8
kcal
Ingredients
750
g
cucumber
(4 medium / 4 cups finely chopped / 1 ½ lbs)
350
g
onion
(finely chopped (2 cups / 12 oz)
150
g
red bell pepper
(finely chopped. Measured after seeding, chopping. 1 cup / 1 large)
150
g
green bell pepper
(finely chopped. Measured after seeding, chopping. 1 cup / 1 large)
4
tablespoons
pickling salt
500
ml
cider vinegar
(5% acidity or higher. 2 cups / 16 oz)
water
1
tablespoon
celery seed
1
tablespoon
mustard seed
800
g
sugar
(white. 3 ½ cups / 28 oz)
Metric
-
US Customary
Instructions
Wash cucumber, slice sliver off each end. Leave unpeeled, finely chop. Put in a very large bowl, or a pot.
Peel and finely chop the onion; add to the cucumber.
Wash seed, and finely chop the peppers; add to the cucumber.
Sprinkle the salt over the vegetables, mix a bit with your hands, then pour enough cold water over the veg to cover them all.
Let stand 2 hours.
Drain, rinse and drain again.
While the mixture is draining, in a large pot put the vinegar, celery seed, mustard seed and sugar.
Stir, bring to a simmer.
Add the drained veg.
Bring to a low boil then simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
Pack hot into quarter-litre (½ US pint) jars.
Leave 2 cm (½ inch) headspace.
Debubble, adjust headspace.
Wipe jar rims.
Put lids on.
Process in a water bath or steam canner.
Process jars 10 minutes; increase time as needed for your altitude.
Best after at least a month of jar time.
Nutrition
Serving:
2
g
|
Calories:
8
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
1.6
g
|
Protein:
0.3
g
|
Fat:
0.1
g
|
Sodium:
1
mg
|
Fiber:
0.3
g
|
Sugar:
0.7
g