Sweet Piccalilli
A while back someone had requested that I make Piccalilli. I had never made Piccalilli before and I have to confess it has never been one of my favorite things, but I thought that this year I would make a small batch just to try it.
I have only ever had commercially made piccalilli and I have always found it to be too sharp and vinegary for my taste. I was loathe to make a full batch recipe of any kind of piccalilli, but I do like to try new things and so I went for it, making a small batch. Even if I did love it, I could never use up a full batch all by myself.
Piccalilli is a very British pickled condiment, tracing back to the days of the Great British Empire, with recipes dating back to the mid 18th century. One of the first known recipes comes a 1694 recipe book by Anne Blencoe crediting someone named Lord Kilmory. It was also called Indian Pickle or Picca Lillo.
I did not go back that far to find a recipe for mine. I source this recipe from a favorite British Cookbook of mine, Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course, which was a gift to me on my birthday in 2003. Delia Smith was one of the first television cooks that I used to watch when I first moved over to the U.K. and I trust her recipes implicitly. This book is one of the few treasures I chose to bring back with me when I came back to Canada in 2020.
- 1 medium cauliflower, trimmed and chopped into 1 inch pieces
- 1/2 pound (225g) small onions, peeled, quartered and cut across
- 2 cups (480ml) distilled malt vinegar (try to get the white) plus 2 1/2 TBS
- 1/4 of a whole nutmeg, freshly grated
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 English cucumber, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 pound (225g) runner beans, trimmed and coarsely chopped
- 3/4 cup (175g) caster sugar (fine granulated sugar)
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and crushed together with 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 TBS (28g) dry mustard powder
- 2 TBS (14g) ground turmeric
- 3 level TBS plain all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 TBS water
Sweet Piccalilli
- 1 medium cauliflower, trimmed and chopped into 1 inch pieces
- 1/2 pound (225g) small onions, peeled, quartered and cut across
- 2 cups (480ml) distilled malt vinegar (try to get the white) plus 2 1/2 TBS
- 1/4 of a whole nutmeg, freshly grated
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 English cucumber, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 pound (225g) runner beans, trimmed and coarsely chopped
- 3/4 cup (175g) caster sugar (fine granulated sugar)
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and crushed together with 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 TBS (28g) dry mustard powder
- 2 TBS (14g) ground turmeric
- 3 level TBS plain all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 TBS water
- You will need a large saucepan and five – six (clean and sterile) 1/2 pint canning jars.
- Place the cauliflower, onions and 2 cups of vinegar into the saucepan. Add the nutmeg and allspice and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 8 minutes.
- Uncover and add the cucumber, beans and sugar. Smash the garlic together with the salt on a cutting board and then scrap this in as well.
- Bring the mixture up to the simmer again, then cover and cook on low for a further five minutes. The vegetables should be crispy tender, not mushy.
- Set a colander over a clean saucepan and drain the vegetable mixture, catching the vinegar in the bowl underneath. Reserve the hot vinegar mixture.
- Whisk the flour, mustard powder, and turmeric together in a bowl. Slowly whisk in the additional vinegar to give you a smooth paste. Gradually whisk in about a cup of the hot vinegar mixture to combine smoothly.
- Place over medium heat and bring to a boil, whisking constantly. Gradually whisk in the remaining hot vinegar and boil gently for about 5 minutes. Stir in the drained vegetables to combine well and heat through.
- Divide the piccalilli between the five hot and sterile jars,, wiping the rims of the jars clean once filled. Screw on the lids and set aside to seal. If desired you can process the piccalilli in a water bath, but it isn’t really necessary.
- This should sit for 3 months before eating. Store in a cool dry place.
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