tuesday tip: HOW TO MAKE HONEY’ED PICKLES AND RED ONIONS
Perfectly pickled cucumbers and red onions…sweetened only with honey and spiced with apple cider vinegar and garlic.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 3 min
- Total Time: 25[ish] min
- Yield: 1 jar 1x
- Category: Pickling
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: snack
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
1 medium cucumber
1 red onion
1 cup apple cider vinegar *
1 cup water
2–3 Tablespoons honey
1 Tablespoon salt
1 garlic clove
1 Tablespoon dried dill [optional]
2 tsp mustard seeds
Empty glass jar
Instructions
1. Cut cucumber into 1/4 in thick slices, slice red onion into 1/4 in half circles. Pack into jar, leaving 1/4 in at the top.
2. In medium saucepan, bring to boil mustard seeds + garlic + apple cider vinegar + water + honey + salt. Bring to boil to dissolve salt and honey.
3. Pour liquid over vegetables in the jar. Cover tightly with lid and place in fridge or leave on counter.
Notes
* Can use white vinegar in place of apple cider vinegar.
* I have also used dijon mustard when I don’t have mustard seeds.