Pimiento Sweet Pickles
Serves:
Ingredients:
24
Red sweet peppers
1
tb
Whole cloves
1
Blade mace
3
Inch stick cinnamon
1
tb
Allspice
1
sm
Piece ginger root
1
tb
Whole mustard seed
4
c
Vinegar
7
c
Sugar
Method:
Wash peppers, remove seeds and membranes.
Soak overnight in a brine made in proportion of 1 tablespoon salt to 1 quart water.
Drain and chop peppers.
Heat spices, vinegar, and sugar.
Add peppers.
Simmer 1/2 hour.
Strain.
Pack peppers in freshly sterilized jars.
Boil down the pickle sirup until thick and pour over peppers until jar is filled.
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