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Easy pickled veg

Name: Easy pickled veg
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 small bulb, halved and thinly sliced; 150g, scrubbed; 100g, trimmed and halved; 150g, trimmed and halved; a handful of leaves to serve; white wine 200ml; light olive oil 100ml; cider vinegar 200ml; bay leaves 3; fennel seeds 1 tsp; peppercorns 4; golden caster sugar 2 tbsp; salt 1 tbsp

20 minutes + cooling
serves 8
Easy

The best recipe for pickled vegetables. We've used leeks, carrots, radishes and fennel, it's easy to keep the veg crunchy and all in a tangy poaching liquid, it's quick and simple to make.

December 19, 2014 at 2:32 pm

Ingredients

fennel 1 small bulb, halved and thinly sliced
baby carrots 150g, scrubbed
baby leeks 100g, trimmed and halved
radishes 150g, trimmed and halved
flat-leaf parsley a handful of leaves to serve

pickling liquid

white wine 200ml
light olive oil 100ml
cider vinegar 200ml
bay leaves 3
fennel seeds 1 tsp
peppercorns 4
golden caster sugar 2 tbsp
salt 1 tbsp

Method

Step 1

Blanch all the vegetables except the radishes for 3 minutes, Then cool in iced water and drain.
Step 2

Bring the pickling liquid ingredients to the boil and pour over the vegetables. Allow to cool completely in the liquid and leave until needed.