Recipe: Pickled Peppers

Pickled Peppers

Ingredients

• 2½ cups white vinegar
• ½ cup sugar
• 6 red bell peppers, sliced
• 6 green bell peppers, sliced
• 6 yellow bell peppers, sliced
• 2 teaspoons pickling salt
• 2 teaspoons mustard seed
• 2 teaspoons whole allspice

Instructions

1. Take steps to sterilize four pint-sized jars.
2. Bring vinegar, sugar and 2½ cups water to a boil. Add peppers and heat through.
3. Remove peppers from liquid with a slotted spoon and pack into four pint-sized jars.
4. Add half-teaspoons of salt, mustard seed and whole allspice to each jar.
5. Pour hot liquid over peppers, leaving a quarter-inch of headspace. Seal and process for five minutes. You should start counting the processing time when the water starts to boil.