Lemon Spiced Pickled Beans

Submitted by zeldaz51

"A nice twist on the good old bean pickles. Pack the beans into wide-mouth pint jars lying on their sides to make it easier. Having these on hand makes it easy to make three-bean salads. From "The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preservation"."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 3 pints

ingredients

• 591.47 ml cider vinegar
• 295.73 ml water
• 14.79 ml pickling salt
• 14.79 ml granulated sugar
• 453.59 g green beans, washed and trimmed to fit jars
• 453.59 g yellow beans, washed and trimmed to fit jars
• 14.79 ml pickling spices
• 3 slice lemon rind

directions

1. Combine vinegar, water, salt, and sugar in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add beans, cover, and return to boil. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and drain, reserving brine. Return brine to saucepan and bring to boil once more.
2. Remove hot prepared jars from canner and place 1 teaspoons pickling spice and 1 strip lemon in each jar. Pack in beans and pour boiling brine into jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Process filled jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.