Pickled pumpkin
By: Martin Blunos From: Good Food Live
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- Prep time:
- 10 mins
- Cook time:
- 45 mins
- Serves:
- Makes 750g
Discover the delights of home-made preserves with Martin Blunos's simple recipe for pickled pumpkin, delicious served with cold meat
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Ingredients
- 250ml white wine vinegar
- 250 ml water
- 100g caster sugar
- 1/2 cinnamon stick
- 11 Black peppercorns
- pinch of Salt
- 6 allspice berries
- small piece of dried chillies
- 750g pumpkin or squash flesh, peeled, deseeded and chopped into cubes or balls
Method
1. Place the vinegar, water and sugar in a large saucepan. Cook, stirring, over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.2. Add the cinnamon, peppercorns, salt, allspice berries and chilli and bring to the boil.
3. Add the pumpkin flesh and bring to the boil once more.
4. Reduce the heat and simmer the pumpkin gently until cooked through, around 30 minutes.
5. Using a slotted spoon place the pumpkin in warm, sterile jars, dividing the spices evenly.
6. Bring the remaining cooking liquor to the boil and cook briskly until reduced and thickened into a syrup.
7. Pour the syrup over the pumpkin, allow to cool and seal.
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