Pickled Giardiniera

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Well heres a first attempt at what PickleFarmer was asking about.

I have red peppers, cauliflower, onions, snow peas, baby carrots, jalopenos, and garlic in there...

I blanched everything seperatly but put the garlic in uncooked.

Blanch times:

red peppers - one minute

cauliflower - 2 minutes

snow peas - 2 minutes

baby carrots 3 minutes

Each veggie was thrown in boiling water then after the times was put in ice water to stop cooking and cool

The onion I sliced in rings and put in my brine of:

2 cups white vineger

1 cup water

1/3 cup sugar

1 heaping tablespoon salt

This I brought up to a steam then let cool

I layered everything in the jar with about 25 cloves of garlic and a dozen slices of those nacho jalopenos

This seemed like a good starting recipe I can tweek in the furture. I'll let ya know how it turns out in about 5 days...

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FYI - this came out great! It has a nice garlic and vinegar bite. I wanted to add pickling spice and/or mustard seed but decided not to as I could see someone chomping down on a piece stuck in some cauliflower. It certainly didnt need it. I like the texture on all the veggies but next time will cook the pepper strips a little less, maybe a tad more sugar also