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Tyler Florence’s tips for pickling

Food Network star shares his method for capturing summer flavors

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  How to pickle summer veggies
Aug. 4: Chef Tyler Florence shows TODAY’s Ann Curry how to make tasty pickled vegetables.

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TODAY recipes
updated 6:37 p.m. ET Aug. 3, 2009

Lock in the taste of summer by pickling seasonal vegetables. Food Network star Tyler Florence shares his tips for preserving your finds from the farmers market so you can get a burst of warm-weather flavors when the cold weather hits.

Pickling brine
Tyler Florence

Makes 8 quart-sized jars

INGREDIENTS

For the brine

6 quarts water
2 quarts apple cider vinegar
2 cups pickling salt (kosher is fine if you don’t have pickling salt)
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
1/4 cup coriander seeds
1/4 cup cumin seeds
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1/4 cup of yellow mustard seeds
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 big head of fresh dill, 1 stem per jar
16 small cloves of garlic, peeled
16 bay leaves
8 whole dried red peppers, 2 peppers per jar

Vegetables for pickling

Pickling mini cucumbers cut into wedges
Baby carrots, washed and trimmed so an inch of the green is still attached
Green beans – left whole
Radishes, split in half with 1/2 an inch of stem still atttached
Cauliflower – medium-sized florets
Green tomatoes, cut into wedges

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DIRECTIONS

Sterilize jars
Place jars in large canning pot with boiled water and simmer for about 5-7 minutes to sterilize. Do the same with lids in a separate smaller pot.

Make the brine
Place everything except the garlic, red peppers and dill in a small pot and bring to a boil. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, stuff the jars with vegetables (keep vegetables separate in different jars so the flavors don’t get muddled up).

In each jar, insert a stem of fresh flowering dill down the side and add 2 cloves of garlic and 2 dried red peppers to each jar. Pour the cooled brine into each jar, filling to just 1/4 inch below the top. Place lid on tightly and submerge the jars back into the cannery pot with hot water. Simmer for 10 minutes, then remove and allow to cool undisturbed on the bench top — this is when the seal forms.

Leave for 12 hours undisturbed. Check the seal by tapping the center of the lid — it should be tightly sucked down. Label your pickles — they should be in their prime 3 months after canning.

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