Pickled or Non-Fermented Foods: Pickled Cauliflower or Brussel Sprouts
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Pickled or Non-Fermented Foods: Pickled Cauliflower or Brussel Sprouts

   

Pickled or Non-Fermented Foods: Pickled Cauliflower or Brussel Sprouts1

United States Department of Agriculture, Extension Service2

Pickled Cauliflower or Brussel Sprouts
12 cups of 1- to 2-inch cauliflower flowerets or small brussel sprouts
4 cups white vinegar (5 percent)
2 cups sugar
2 cups thinly sliced onions
1 cup diced sweet red peppers
2 tbsp mustard seed
1 tbsp celery seed
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp hot red pepper flakes
Yield: About 9 half-pints

Procedure: Wash cauliflower flowerets or brussel sprouts (remove stems and blemished outer leaves) and boil in salt water (4 tsp canning salt per gallon of water) for 3 minutes for cauliflower and 4 minutes for brussel sprouts. Drain and cool. Combine vinegar, sugar, onion, diced red pepper, and spices in large saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer 5 minutes. Distribute onion and diced pepper among jars. Fill jars with pieces and pickling solution, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.

Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations in Table 1 .

Table 1.

Table 1. Recommended process time for Pickled Cauliflower or Brussel Sprouts in a boiling-water canner.

Process Time at Altitudes of
Style of Pack
Jar Size
0 - 1,000 ft
1,001 - 6,000 ft
Above 6,000 ft
Hot
Half-pints or Pints
10 min
15
20
*After the process is complete, turn off the heat and remove the canner lid. Wait five minutes before removing jars.



Footnotes

1. This document is Fact Sheet FCS 8229, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: May 2003. Revised: July 2005. This document was extracted from the Complete Guide to Home Canning, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539, USDA. It was originally published on CD-ROM as part of HE 8152, Guide 6: Preparing and Canning Fermented Foods and Pickled Vegetables. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu

2. Reviewed for use in Florida by Amy Simonne, assistant professor, Food Safety and Quality, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611.


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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Larry Arrington, Dean.



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