Ready to get pickling? This brightly illustrated guide is your invitation to a voyage down the Great Pickle Highway, with 36 recipes for famous and funky ferments, along with a jarful of fascinating pickle tidbits and lore.Pickled foods come in all shapes and sizes, from spicy, bold shreds of classic kimchi to slightly sweet, crunchy bread and butter discs. Inside
Pickles, Illustrated, youll discover four categories of pickles: sour-ish, savory-ish, sweet-ish, and spicy-ish. Recipes for classics such as Pickled Red Onion sit alongside deeper cuts like Spicy Blackened Szechuan Pickled Peppersall delicious options for your next charcuterie board.
Instructions for each recipe include the preferred pickling method as well as expert guidance on the type of salt best suited for that particular pickled delicacy (whichever fruit, veggie, seafood, or mix of ingredients it may be). The four preserving methods employed throughout are:
- Quick pickles, or quickles
- Refrigerator pickles
- Fermentation
- Salt-curing
Sprinkled among the recipes are salty bits of pickle culture and traditions from around the world, like the origins of Kimchi Day in Korea and the history behind the ubiquitous pickle holiday ornament. In a pickle to find a gift for the pickle lover in your life? Relish this momentyouve found it!
DELICIOUS PICKLE RECIPES: With this book, you can delight in beautiful illustrations celebrating pickled foods and learn to make delicious pickles, too. Explore gut-health-supporting fermented classics like the Kosher Dill or unexpected twists like Green Strawberry Salsa to add new staples to your culinary repertoire.
GIFT FOR PICKLE LOVERS: Your pickle-obsessed friend has been waiting for this book their whole life.
Pickles, Illustrated is a terrific gift for any pickle person, on its own or paired with a bountiful jar of pickles, a set of canning jars, or a charcuterie set.
PICKLE PRIDE: Whether displayed lovingly on a coffee table, propped up next to a cheese board shared with friends, or arranged with other cookbooks on a shelf, this beautifully illustrated recipe book is just as fun to look at as it is to use.
Perfect for:
- Pickle enthusiasts of all ages
- Charcuterie lovers
- Novice or experienced preservers
- Home cooks of all levels
- Vegetarians, flexitarians, and anyone looking to add more fermented foods into their diet
- Fans of Cheese, Illustrated
