pickling walnuts - with pics from start to finish

[Guest bigredbusa]

mas had put this in chat so i have copied it here as it looks good .

looks as tho im gonna be busy today

 

Pickled Walnuts

Pickling walnuts is a three-week process from picking to preserving, it is dead simple to make a plentiful supply of pickled walnuts

 

 

Ingredients

 

2kg freshly picked black walnuts

225g salt

 

Sweet Pickling Syrup

 

1 litre malt vinegar

500g brown sugar

1 teaspoon allspice

1 teaspoon cloves

½ teaspoon cinnamon

1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger

 

 

Method

 

In the UK pick walnuts at the end of June before the hard nut forms inside the green shiny case. Pick a bucketful and, wearing rubber gloves, prick each walnut a couple of times with a fork. Watch out for the clear juice this produces. It is deceptive, as it stains a dark brown.

 

Cover the walnuts with water and add salt. Leave for a week, then drain and renew with fresh brine solution for another week or so.

 

Next, lay walnuts out on trays in a dry, airy place. In a couple of days they will turn jet black. Now the walnuts are ready for to be pickled..

 

For the sweet pickling syrup

 

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring syrup mix to the boil, then add walnuts and simmer for 15 minutes.

 

Cool and spoon walnuts into large jars, then cover with syrup. They will last for years. These pickled walnuts are great with cheese or cold meats, and make an interesting colour contrast on a pile of mashed potato.

[Guest bigredbusa]

right , first time i have tried doing these but here is my start .

 

2.8kg in cambridgeshires finest walnuts

 

30 mins and bad essex girl fake tan hands later i have pricked and placed in brine .

 

jobs a good un

 

 

i cant believe i just took pics of some walnuts

[Guest bigredbusa]

well thats the 2 weeks up and i have now taken them out of brine and put them on some very gay looking trays.

 

3 more days and the pickling can start .

 

[droid 11]

Them trays are well dodgy

 

What do you do with pickled walnuts?

[Guest bigredbusa]

Them trays are well dodgy

 

What do you do with pickled walnuts?

 

 

well i wont be eating them father in law loves em so i will give em to him at xmas .

 

as for the trays , pound shop the walnuts stain everything they touch .

[Guest bigredbusa]

ALL DONE !!!

 

just need to top the jars up and they smell great .

 

well if im dead boxing day you will know why .

 

 

 

 

[masmiffy 82]

Want some more before the tree rats get em?

 

You need some good stilton with them as well

Probably some port.