Recipe - Pickled Chiles

5 pound Jalapenos or other hot
chiles
3 (up to)
4 qt Cold water
2 cup Pickling or kosher salt
10 cup Distilled white vinegar
2 cup Water
2 teaspoon Pickling or kosher salt
2 teaspoon Coriander seeds
2 teaspoon Dill seeds
2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
1 teaspoon Black peppercorns
3 Bay leaves
10 (up to)
20 Cloves garlic; peeled
(halved if large)

Wash the chiles and pierce the flesh of each one with a knife point. Place
the chiles in a large noncorrodible bowl, crock or pot. Pour 3 to 4 quarts
of water and 2 cups of salt over them and stir; weight them with a plate or
lid so that the chiles are totally submerged. Let them stand at cool room
temperature or refrigerate for 24 hours.

Drain the chiles, rinse them well in fresh water, and drain them again. In
a large noncorrodible pot, combine the vinegar, 2 cups water, and 2
teaspoons of salt. Tie the pickling spices in cheesecloth or a muslin bag
and add to the pot. Bring the ingredients to a boil and simmer for 5
minutes.

Add the chiles to the pot and cook them for 3 minutes after the liquid has
begun to boil. Divide the garlic cloves equally among hot sterilized
canning jars. With a ladle or large spoon, pack the peppers tightly into
the jars up to the bottom of the screw band. Ladle the hot pickling liquid
into the jars, leaving 1/2inch headspace.

Seal the jars with hot scalded lids and rings. Process the jars in a
boiling water bath according to manufacturer's instructions. Cool jars away
from drafts. Refrigerate any jars that do not seal and use them within 2
weeks.

From: The Chile Pepper Book, by Susan Belsinger and Carolyn Dille

Syd.Bigger@salata.com (Syd Bigger)

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