Sauce & Pickle Recipes > Bread and Butter Pickle
4 large onions skinned and sliced
3 tablespoons salt
3/4 pint distilled white vinegar
5oz sugar
1 teaspoon celery seeds
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
(see measure conversions for more information)
- Set aside for about 1 hour.
- Drain and rinse well.
- Heat the vinegar, sugar and celery and mustard seeds in a saucepan.
- Stir well until sugar has dissolved.
- Increase the heat and boil for 3 minutes.
- Pace the vegetable slices into sterilised and preheated jars.
- Cover with the hot vinegar mixture.
- Cover immediately with airtight, vinegar-proof tops.
- Store for 2 months in a dark place to mature before eating.
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How to make bread and butter pickle:
This pickle is so called because it has a sharp flavour making it a natural and delicious accompaniment for more bland food like sandwiches or bread and butter.
Ingredients
3 large ridge or smooth skinned cucumbers thinly sliced4 large onions skinned and sliced
3 tablespoons salt
3/4 pint distilled white vinegar
5oz sugar
1 teaspoon celery seeds
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Layer the cucumbers and onion slices in a large bowl, sprinkling each layer with salt.- Set aside for about 1 hour.
- Drain and rinse well.
- Heat the vinegar, sugar and celery and mustard seeds in a saucepan.
- Stir well until sugar has dissolved.
- Increase the heat and boil for 3 minutes.
- Pace the vegetable slices into sterilised and preheated jars.
- Cover with the hot vinegar mixture.
- Cover immediately with airtight, vinegar-proof tops.
- Store for 2 months in a dark place to mature before eating.
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