A couple weeks ago, Carlos and I played our first show at the new Farmers Market of the Ozarks in Springfield. It was a very rainy day amongst many new farmer friends. After the show, we got a big basket of donations from many generous farmers. In the basket was 5 juicy, slightly sour green tomatoes. We fried one, baked one into a casserole, and the rest I decided to pickle this morning. :)
Supplies & Ingredients
two green tomatoes
two cloves garlic
three parsley stems
four chive leaves
1/4 onion (last minute decision, not pictured above)
freshly ground pepper
heaping tablespoon sea salt
apple cider vinegar
olive oil
water
knife, cutting board, quart mason jar
When I pickle things, I always like to do it in layers. This is how I did it - tomatoes, pepper, herbs, tomatoes, pepper, herbs. It's like a pickle casserole in a jar!
After all the ingredients are layered in the jar, I mix my pickling juice. I normally abstain from using specific measurements, but instead use a general method. In this case, here is my method:
A heaping tablespoon (ish) of sea salt per quart jar of pickles.
I fill my jars with 1/3 vinegar to 2/3 water leaving room at the top.
Since I still had loads of room after adding my pickling juice, I decided to add onions! Yuuuummy. :) I threw them in the jar and shook it up. Shake SHAKE Shake
To ensure that unwanted bacterias don't penetrate the jar, I top it off with olive oil and make sure everything is completely submerged.
... And that's all there is to it!!!
You can use this recipe to pickle many vegetables, even fruits!
