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French Sweet Pickle

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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 10 ingredients

  1. Water
  2. Salt
  3. One peck green tomatoes chopped
  4. two teaspoons of baking soda dissolved
  5. two ounces of cinnamon
  6. three quarts of vinegar
  7. one-half pound of white mustard seed
  8. Onions
  9. one ounce of ground cloves
  10. two pounds of brown sugar
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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.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • 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. One peck green tomatoes chopped and aix large onions sliced.
  2. Salt them and let stand over night.
  3. Then drain oS the watery part and cover with vinegar, add two teaspoons of baking soda dissolved in a little water, and let the whole boil for 15 minutes.
  4. Take two pounds of brown sugar, two ounces of cinnamon, one ounce of ground cloves and one-half pound of white mustard seed and mix dry.
  5. Put this in the kettle with three quarts of vinegar.
  6. Once more drain the tomato of its liquid part, add it to the spice and vinegar an<t cook for an hour.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

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