Pickled Green Beans
- 6 to 7 ounces green beans
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 3 sprigs fresh dill
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup sherry vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon raw brown (turbinado) sugar
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 large garlic clove, quartered
- Rinse green beans and break off stem ends.
- Put them into a pint jar, standing them up and squeezing as many into the jar as you can.
- There should be 1/2 inch of head space in the jar, so you may have to trim down some of the beans.
- Once youve cut them down to fit, take them out of the jar and sterilize the jar in a boiling water bath for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Using a jar grip, carefully remove the jar from the water and tip out all water.
- Place coriander seeds, mustard seeds, peppercorns and bay leaf in jar and fill with beans, standing them up in the jar.
- Push dill sprigs down into the jar.
- In a small saucepan, combine the vinegars, water, sugar, salt and garlic and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat slightly and simmer 2 minutes.
- Pour into jar with green beans.
- The beans should be covered but there should still be 1/4 to 1/2 inch head space.
- Push garlic down into the jar.
- Seal jar and allow to cool, then refrigerate for up to 2 months.
- For best results wait 2 days before eating.
green beans, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, black peppercorns, dill, bay leaf, white wine vinegar, sherry vinegar, water, brown, salt, garlic
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016828 (may not work)