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French Pickles

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France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 13 ingredients

  1. two quarts of water
  2. one peck of green tomatoes sliced
  3. a half teaspoon of Cayenne pepper
  4. Cloves
  5. two pounds of brown sugar
  6. Ginger
  7. Cinnamon
  8. four quarts of vinegar
  9. two tablespoons of ground allspice
  10. six large onions
  11. one quart of vinegar twenty minutes
  12. a teacup of salt
  13. a half pound of white mustard seed
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Take one peck of green tomatoes sliced, and six large onions sliced ;
  2. throw over them a teacup of salt and let them stand twenty-four hours ;
  3. drain, and boil in two quarts of water and one quart of vinegar twenty minutes, then drain again and take four quarts of vinegar, two pounds of brown sugar, a half pound of white mustard seed, two tablespoons of ground allspice, the same of cloves, cinnamon, ginger and mustard, and a half teaspoon of Cayenne pepper ;
  4. put all together with the tomatoes and onions and boil fifteen or twenty minutes, or until the tomato looks clear, Very fine.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Colander