Market Recipe: Quick Pickled Peppers with Honey & Goat Cheese

Quick Pickled Peppers

from Kate Payne of Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking

yields 1 quart

1. Seed and cut 1-lb of sweet or hot – depending on your preference – peppers into thin strips that are about 2″ long. (Bernhardt’s Farm, f-stop farm, or Bird Dog Farm)

2. Combine your brine in a large saucepan and put over medium low heat:

1.5 cups white vinegar

1 cup filtered water

1/4 cup sugar

2 Tbs kosher salt

1 tsp ground turmeric

When the sugar and salt dissolve, raise the heat to medium high.

3. With a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder, grind the following whole spices into a powder and add them to the brine:

1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds

1/2 tsp dill seeds (not dill weed!)

1/2 tsp celery seeds

1/2 tsp black peppercorns

After all spices are in, reduce heat and simmer brine uncovered for 10 minutes.

4. Add prepared peppers to brine and simmer for another 10 minutes. Remove from heat and pour into a quart sized mason jar or equivalent sizes of smaller jars. Store in refrigerator for up to 3 months. For best flavor eat within 1-2 weeks.

To make the appetizer:

Dice cooled pickled peppers and spoon them over some goat cheese (Pure Luck Texas). Drizzle honey (Austin Honey Co. or Round Rock Honey) over the entire thing and serve with crackers (Sourdough Project).