Piccalilli

[Ivy-Alice]

Does anyone have a really good recipe for piccalilli?

[DSJ]

1 cucumber
1lb small onions
1 pint malt vinegar
1/2 oz whole spice
pinch ground ginger
pinch turmeric powder
1 cauliflower
1 small marrow
1 teaspoon flour
2oz castor sugar
1/2oz mustard powder
salt

Cut the vegetables up, cover with salt & leave for 12 hours. Boil the whole spice & three quarters of the vinegar in a saucepan for 3 minutes. Mix the rest of the ingredients with the remaining vinegar to form a smooth paste, then add the spiced vinegar having first passed it through a strainer. Boil for 20 minutes, pour over the vegetables & bottle.

The saucepan should be an aluminium one but I doubt if there are many left around these days.

[Ivy-Alice]

Thanks DSJ - I didn't think I'd get an answer nearly so fast