Mustard Bean Pickles Food

MUSTARD PICKLES

Steps:

• Place the sliced cucumbers and onions into a large bowl and sprinkle the salt over the top. Fill the bowl with enough water to cover the cucumbers. Let stand for 8 to 10 hours.
• Drain and rinse the cucumbers and onion with fresh water. Sterilize 4 (1 quart) jars and lids.
• In a 6 quart pot, stir together the sugar and flour. Whisk in the vinegar, turmeric, mustard powder and celery seed to make a smooth paste. Add the cucumbers and onions and fill with enough water to cover. Stir, and bring to a boil. Cook until thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Pour into hot sterilized jars filling to within 1/2 inch of the top. Seal with lids and rings. Process for 10 minutes in a simmering water bath. Refrigerate any jars that fail to seal properly.

GREEN BEAN & MUSTARD PICKLE

Steps:

• Put the onions in a preserving pan with 500ml of the vinegar. Cover and cook gently for 20 mins until soft. Meanwhile, blanch the beans for 5 mins, then drain.
• Mix the flour, mustard powder, turmeric and celery salt. Heat the mustard seeds in a small lidded pan until you hear them popping, then tip them into the flour mixture. Gradually stir in remaining vinegar until smooth.
• When the onions are ready, tip in the spice vinegar mixture and stir continuously over the heat until thickened. Add the blanched beans and cook, uncovered, for 10 mins, stirring occasionally. Add both the sugars and cook, stirring frequently, for 15 mins more until thick. Spoon into sterilised jars (see tip) and seal while hot. This will keep in a cool place for a year, but the colour will fade over time. Once opened, store in the fridge.

HOW TO MAKE MUSTARD PICKLES - GREAT-GRANDMA'S RECIPE

Steps:

• Place cucumbers and onions in a large stainless steel or glass bowl.
• Mix 1 cup of pickling/canning salt with 8 cups of cold water (double this as needed if doing a larger batch of pickles). Pour over top of cucumbers and onions, add more cold water if necessary to cover the tops of the cucumbers. Use a clean plate and place on top of the cucumbers to keep them under the surface of the ice salt water.
• Fill a pint sized Mason jar with water (use a lid) and set it on top of the plate to act as a weight. Let soak for 1 to 2 hours on the counter or put the bowl in the fridge overnight or for 12 hours.
• After soaking cucumbers and onions, pour out salt water and rinse thoroughly with cold water and allow cucumbers to drain.
• Prepare water bath canner and begin warming the water.
• In a large stainless steel pot, combine sugar, dry mustard and turmeric, celery salt, and ClearJel®, then pour in a ½ cup of water, whisking until combined and smooth. Pour in vinegar and bring to a full boil while stirring.
• Once it's reached a full boil, lower heat to a simmer and stir until it thickens up, then add the cucumbers and the onions and bring to a boil. When it reaches a boil with the vegetables added, keep at a low boil and cook for 5 minutes, stir as needed.
• In jars just washed in hot soapy water and rinsed, pack the relish/pickle mixture to a ½ inch headspace. Remove air bubbles and add more product if needed to keep the ½ inch headspace. Clean the rim, put on lid and bands, and screw down to finger tip tight. Place filled jar into your water bath canner. Make sure at least 1 inch of water covers the top of the jars.
• Bring water to a full boil, once water is boiling, process pints for 10 minutes.
• Turn off heat, remove lid, and let jars sit in canner for 5 minutes. Then remove from canner and let cool and seal on a folded towel.

MUM'S YELLOW BEAN MUSTARD PICKLES

Steps:

• 1. Boil beans in salted water until tender, strain, put back into pot and set off to side.
• 2. Mix all dry ingredients together in a saucepan. Add vinegar and stir well to remove any lumps. Heat and boil until thickened reduce heat to low.
• 3. Put pot with beans on burner and add the mixture to the beans. Just heat through thoroughly (about 5 mins - don't let boil).
• 4. Put into sterilized jars and seal.

MUSTARD BEAN PICKLES

Steps:

• Cut beans into 1" pieces.
• Cook beans in boiling water just until tender. Drain well.
• In a saucepan large enough to hold everything heat the first amount of vinegar (1 1/2 cups) until it boils.
• In a bowl mix sugars, ClearJel, spices and stir to blend well. Stir in remaining vinegar (1 cup) and mix until smooth. Add to boiling vinegar and stir constantly until mixture returns to a boil and thickens. Add the drained beans. Continue stirring gently until it returns to a boil. Fill hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 to 1/2 inch headspace. Seal.
• It is recommended to process all pickles in a hot water bath for 10 minutes to ensure a good seal.
• Do not reduce or weaken the vinegar in this recipe or alter proportions of beans to sauce. The acidity is necessary for safety.

MUSTARD BEAN PICKLES

Steps:

• Wash and string beans.
• Cut into small pieces.
• Boil in salt water until just tender.
• Put sugar, flour, mustard, spices, and vinegar in pot.
• Boil until thick.
• Drain beans and pour dressing over them.
• Seal in sterilized jars.