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Photo taken slightly form above. A wooden cutting board, with a folded flowery cloth napkin, three jars of pickled vegetables; one with sliced radishes, one with carrot sticks and one with sliced red onions.
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Pickled vegetables

Rescue some vegetables by pickling them. Pickled vegetables are versatile dish, use them as a side dish or the main event.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Cooling time30 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Swedish
Keyword: pickling, vegetables
Servings: 6 portions

Ingredients

Pickled red onions

  • 2 red onions
  • 500 ml water
  • 250 ml white wine vinegar
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic roughly chopped
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp white pepper

Pickled carrots/beetroot/radishes

  • 300 g-500g vegetables depending on the size of your vegetables
  • 200 ml vinegar
  • 200 ml water
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 garlic clove crushed

Instructions

Hot pickled red onions

  • Slice red onions into half moons.
  • Peel and roughly chop garlic.
  • Put onions and garlic in pot.
  • Add sugar, bay leaves and white pepper.
  • Add water and white wine vinegar, give it all a quick stir.
  • Turn the stove to medium heat.
  • When mixture is boiling, take it off the heat and let it cool down.
  • Put in glass containers.
  • Once completely cool, leave in fridge until needed.

Cold pickled carrots/beetroot/radishes

  • Cut the vegetables into smaller pieces. Carrots into sticks, cooked beets in slices than in halves, radishes in thin slices.
  • Mix the liquid with sugar and salt. Use a fork or small whisk to dissolve the sugar and salt.
  • Crush the garlic clove with the back of your knife and add into the liquid.
  • Pour the liquid into a glass jar and add the vegetables.
  • Let it sit for at least two hours.
  • Leave in the fridge for up to three weeks as long as your jars are clean when you use them.

Notes

Use the pickling jar for your cold pickle, to mix your liquid. Pour in all the ingredients, put the lid on and shake vigorously to dissolve the sugar and salt.