Simple Pickled Garlic

Posted by request. Recipe from www.recipegoldmine.com. Prep time does not include peeling cloves. Supposedly you can buy a 1/2 gallon jar of peeled cloves from Costco/Sam's Club for $7.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 3 cups

Ingredients

• 3  cups  fresh cloves garlic
• 1 1⁄2 cups white distilled vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Peel cloves; if large, cut in half lengthwise.
2. In a non-reactive saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar and salt.
3. Bring to boiling and stir until sugar dissolves.
4. Drop garlic into mixture and cook, uncovered, over high heat 1 minute, stirring occasionally.
5. Remove from heat; let cool.
6. Store in tightly covered jar in refrigerator for 3 months or longer.
7. To make a crisper, slightly spicier garlic pickle, add 1/16 to 1/8 teaspoon alum and 1/2 teaspoon crushed red peppercorns.