Pickled Vegetables:
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1 cup white vinegar
2 cup water
2 TB salt
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp peppercorns
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 small shallot, smashed
1 small beet
1/4 small fennel bulb
3 small organic carrots (the little ones!)
1 nectarine
1/4 daikon radish
-Bring the liquids and spices to a boil with the shallot. Pull off the heat and allow to cool off just a bit.
-Quarter or half the beet. Slice the daikon, nectarine, and fennel into thin slices. Cut the carrots lengthwise. I like to use a vegetable peeler to get different types of vegetable cuts. You can cut some with a knife and shave some with a peeler. For this salad I pickled the hand cut ones and kept the peeler ribboned ones unpickled.
-Divide the vegetables into small bowls, reserving a few pieces of each to keep aside unpickled (an entire salad pickled is a bit intense!), and pour the hot pickling liquid over the remaining vegetables submerging each completely.
-Allow the vegetables to sit at room temperature until the liquid is cooled, and then place each in the fridge to chill and crisp up.
-To create a pink pickled daikon radish: transfer the previously pickled daikon slices to the pickling juices from the beets, and refrigerate.
Salad Greens + Lemon Ginger Vinaigrette:
handful greens, whatever you want. Arugula, dandelion, etc.
1/3 cup olive oil
1.5 TB lemon juice
1 TB apple cider vinegar
1 tsp sugar (and/or more to taste)
1.5 tsp salt (and/or more to taste)
few turns black pepper from peppermill
2 tsp fresh ginger, grated/minced
-Shake all of the ingredients together in a mason jar with the lid fastened tightly, then drizzle a little over the salad greens and toss to coat.
-Plate the salad greens intermixed with both the pickled and unpickled vegetables, and drizzle over a little more vinaigrette.
stunning photos of beautiful food!
Thank you Jodi, Ciao!
beautiful photos! love the colours
Deanna xoxo
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Thanks Deanna!
beautiful plating!!
Thank you!
I really like pickled foods, but have never investigated how to do it. I will try this. Looks so good. Thank you for this post. The vinegarette flavors are right up my alley, too.
I have always liked pickled vegetables, but never know how to do it. Going to try it out! Thanks for posting. The flavors of the vinegarette sound like something I would like, too. 😊. Ashley
Thanks Ashley!