Pickled Greens
"I love these sweet and sour greens from Rozanne Gold, a favorite cookbook author. Choose your favorite green or use a combination. They need two days in the frig before using. These are especially good as a side for soup, particularly Smokey Red Beans, posted separately. Cook time includes refrigeration time."
photo by kkillebrew
- Ready In:
- 48hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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1 quart pickled greens
ingredients
- 453.59 g mustard greens, collard greens or 453.59 g kale
- 473.18 ml water
- 177.44 ml sugar or 7 packet Splenda sugar substitute
- 118.29 ml vinegar
- 9.85 ml kosher salt
- 4.92 ml black peppercorns
directions
- Wash and spin-dry the greens and chop; combine the water, sugar, vinegar, salt and peppercorns in a large pot; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
- Add the greens and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes; cool and pack in a 1 quart jar with a lid; refrigerate for 2 days before serving.
Questions & Replies
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How long can this be in the fridge. Also is it possible to water bath it to be self stable?
Reviews
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This recipe was tasty. I have been using frozen collards with sugar and rice wine vinegar, kosher salt and pepper flakes for years, the advantages to this is no waiting. -
Unique and tasty. I have been snacking on this all week. Used two different kinds of kale, to make the texture interesting. Every once in a while I get a whole peppercorn in my mouth- it's like a pepper explosion, which I like. Next time I will probably cut back on the amount of sugar as it is a tad bit too sweet for my taste. Thanks for posting this! -
I'm not a "greens" girl - this was given to me as a challenge - and these were good. I used mustard greens, which I have never had or bought before. I went the sugar route instead of the splenda. The "pickle" juice was pretty good - opening the door to other possibilities - just for fun. Herkimer - I have some with your name on them! :)
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This is a terrific unusual way to serve greens! Mine actually got pickled for more like 2 weeks than 2 days, and it turned out great. I used organic rainbow chard- next time I will use a firmer green like kale, as the chard turned out a bit soggy, but the flavor was great! I used sucanat instead of sugar and knocked down the quanity a bit and I used red wine vinegar for the vinegar. The sweet and sour combo is great and I think the peppercorns are a phenomenal touch. I will make these often to keep a very healthy snack or side that keeps well on-hand in the fridge. We served with Tom Douglas's Blueberry Corn Relish #40147 and Esau's Pottage #33490- great dinner! -
thanks i think this is a great site for me as i love to cook
Tweaks
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This is a terrific unusual way to serve greens! Mine actually got pickled for more like 2 weeks than 2 days, and it turned out great. I used organic rainbow chard- next time I will use a firmer green like kale, as the chard turned out a bit soggy, but the flavor was great! I used sucanat instead of sugar and knocked down the quanity a bit and I used red wine vinegar for the vinegar. The sweet and sour combo is great and I think the peppercorns are a phenomenal touch. I will make these often to keep a very healthy snack or side that keeps well on-hand in the fridge. We served with Tom Douglas's Blueberry Corn Relish #40147 and Esau's Pottage #33490- great dinner!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
sugarpea
Snohomish, WA
I’m a former interior designer and landscape designer. At the moment I get to enjoy being at home and working only when I want to. I like rollerblading, hiking, backpacking and trips to the ocean. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest and moved to the Northwest when I was thirty, over twenty years ago. I’m afraid they’ll have to bury me here in WA. This is God’s country and I’m never leaving.
I have a smallish collection of cookbooks, preferring to use the library and a copy machine. Among my favorites though, are: Recipes 1-2-3, by Rozanne Gold, a collection of recipes containing no more than 3 ingredients (excepting water, salt and pepper); A Treasury of Great Recipes, by Mary and Vincent Price, recipes collected from friends and chefs of great restaurants around the world; The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, by Nancy Harmon Jenkins, about a collection of cuisines I’m convinced are the healthiest in the world and The Low-Calorie Gourmet, by Pierre Franey.
Currently my passions are our dogs, the garden, cooking, the natural world and of course, Dh. I can now add Zaar to that list of passions (translate: addiction). We have three dogs, two rescued and one adopted. They are Sugarpea, a Golden Retriever, Chickpea, a Llasa Apso and Sweetpea, a Shih Tzu; small, medium and large. We’re quite a sight out on the trail. One of the things I am most fond of about living here is the ability to vegetable garden year ‘round.
