Quick And Easy Pickles With Chiles Recipes

Some serranos are super-spicy (taste a seed to find out); you can remove some seeds for less heat. These are good on just about anything, but especially roasted vegetables with a bit of sweetness, such as squashes, carrots, parsnips, and beets. Use them to give our Date, Olive, and Goat-Cheese Tart a kick.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Quick & Easy Recipes

Time 5m

Yield Makes 1/2 cup

Number Of Ingredients 4

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Pickling vegetables refers to the simple process of submerging them in a salt and water solution (brine) or an acidic ingredient like vinegar. In very simple terms, the good bacteria that exists naturally on vegetables consumes the starches/sugars in the vegetable and secretes acids (namely lactic acid) that prevent spoilage. More importantly, the process adds flavor to vegetables, gives them brightness and acidity and, in some cases, increases their vitamin content! At the restaurant, after making these pickles, we cut them into spears; batter dip and deep fry them and serve them with spicy mayonnaise. Indulgent and delicious!

Provided by Alex Guarnaschelli

Time 30m

Yield 1 1/2 pounds pickles

Number Of Ingredients 5

Nutrition Facts : Calories 17 calorie, Fat 0 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Cholesterol 0 milligrams, Sodium 320 milligrams, Carbohydrate 3 grams, Fiber 1 grams, Protein 1 grams, Sugar 2 grams

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