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    Pickling made easy

    Mar 20, 2020 3 minutes
    BY CARMEN NIEHAUS
    PICTURES: MISHA JORDAAN

    IT DOESN’T have to be complicated. These recipes are for quantities you’d normally buy – one cucumber, one cabbage or cauliflower, a bag of carrots or a punnet of tomatoes. If you want to keep it on the shelf, you need to sterilise the jars but if you’re just keeping it in the fridge, that’s not necessary.

    BASIC PICKLE

    MAKES 500ml (2c) PREPARATION: 5 MIN COOKING: 5-10 MIN

    375ml (1½c) apple cider vinegar250ml (1c) water160-180ml (/3-¾c) sugar5ml (1t) salt2,5ml (1t) coarsely ground pepper5ml (1t) turmeric (optional)

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