Pickled Baby Carrots And Zucchini Recipes

Steps:

• Place 1 in. of water in a large saucepan; add carrots. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-6 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain. , In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Stir in carrots. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight, stirring several times. Serve with a slotted spoon.

Steps:

• Cut Zucchini into 2 x 1/2 inch sticks (1 cup) Cut Carrots into 2 x 1/2 inch sticks (1 cup)
• Combine soy sauce, vinegar, mustard seeds, chili pepper, ginger and garlic in a small bowl.
• Place zucchini and carrots in a shallow dish or bowl and pour marinade over them.
• Cover and chill at least overnight, stirring occasionally.

Steps:

• In a sterilized 1-quart Mason-type jar (procedure follows) decoratively arrange carrots and zucchini standing up.
• In a saucepan bring remaining ingredients to a boil and simmer, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved. Pour hot pickling mixture over vegetables and arrange tarragon sprigs on top. Cool pickled vegetables completely. Wipe rim of jar with a dampened cloth and seal jar with lid. Chill pickled vegetables at least overnight to develop flavor. Pickled vegetables keep, covered and chilled, 1 month.
• To Sterilize Jars And Glasses For Pickling:
• Wash jars in hot suds and rinse in scalding water. Put jars and lids in a kettle and cover with hot water. Bring water to a boil, covered, and boil jars 15 minutes from time that steam emerges from kettle. Turn off heat and let jars stand in hot water. Just before they are filled invert jars onto a kitchen towel to dry. (Jars should be filled while still hot.)