Spicy Pickled Cauliflower Recipes

Steps:

• Combine water, rice vinegar, sugar, salt, and turmeric in a saucepan. Simmer over low heat until sugar and salt have dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Place cauliflower florets in a bowl, toss with kosher salt, and set aside for about 30 minutes.
• Rinse cauliflower and evenly distribute cauliflower florets, chile peppers, garlic cloves, and black peppercorns among 3 pint-sized jars, pressing down so it's tightly packed. Pour brine into the jars, covering the cauliflower.
• Place the lids on the jars, move them to the refrigerator, and marinate for 2 to 3 days before serving. Flavor will be at its peak in about 1 week.

Steps:

• Place cauliflower florets into a large canning jar. Add garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, mustard seeds, and peppercorns.
• Bring vinegar, water, sea salt, and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until salt and sugar have dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Pour mixture over the cauliflower mixture, seal, and let cool for 1 hour.
• Place jar in the refrigerator for 24 hours, shaking every 8 hours.

Steps:

• Blanch cauliflower for one minute. Drain and shock in cold water.
• Pack quart canning jars with cauliflower, carrots, garlic, and peppers.
• In the saucepan combine remaining ingredients.
• Bring to a boil and simmer until the sugar desolves.
• Ladle the pickling liquid into the jars. If necessary add more vinegar to cover the vegetables.
• Cover with a lid and refrigerate at least ten days. Will keep in the refrigerator about three months.
• This can be processed in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes to can. If.
• using this method make plenty to make it worth the effort.
• Store in a dark cool place.

Steps:

• Make the marinade. Pour the vinegar and water into a sauce pan. Add all of the dried spices, herbs, julienned lemon zest and Splenda. Bring to a simmer and simmer on low for about 15 or 20 minutes. While the pickling blend is simmering bring another small pot of water to the boil. Blanch the carrots, onions and green pepper separately, cooking the carrots about 2 minutes, the onion and green pepper about 1 minute.
• Place all of the vegetables, including the tomatoes, garlic and olives into a large bowl or other vessel with a cover and gently stir to blend and evenly distribute them. Pour the hot pickling liquid over the top. Carefully stir so that all of the vegetables are submerged in the pickling liquid. Cool to room temperature, about 1 hour and then cover and refrigerate. This needs to marinate overnight at the least but the longer it marinates the stronger and more flavorful it will become.

Steps:

• Bring vinegar, fennel seed and crushed pepper just to boil in saucepan on medium heat; simmer on medium-low heat 5 min. Remove from heat
• Place 2 thyme sprigs and 1 bay leaf in each of 3 (16-oz) jars; top evenly with onions, carrots and cauliflower.
• Pour vinegar mixture over vegetables, evenly distributing seasonings among jars. Cover with lids. Cool completely.
• Refrigerate 24 hours. Remove and discard bay leaves before serving.