Pickled Onions

⇐ Pickles & Preserves

Ingredients

the onions

1kg small pickling oniions

for the brine

100g salt

1l water

for the vinegar

500ml vinegar

whole spices, including

peppercorns

dried red chillies

and maybe

ginger

bay leaves

mace

allspice

cinnamon

Method

1. Make the brine by dissolving the salt in water
2. Peel the onions and soak in the brine overnight
3. Put the vinegar in a saucepan and add your chosen spices. Bring to the boil, pour into a bowl and allow to cool for at least 2 hours.
4. Remove onions from brine, rinse and drain. pack into sterilised jars. Pour the vinegar over and seal

based on recipe in Good Housekeeping cookbook