BLOODY MARY PICKLE SKEWERS

Bloody Mary Pickle Skewers image

Provided by Patti Jagodzinski

Time 1h45m

Number Of Ingredients 12

10-12 small pickling cucumbers,
2 jalapeno or hot pepper of your choice
10-12 small pearl onions, i use frozen
2 clove garlic, chopped
10-12 stick plastic or wood skewers for cocktails
bunch dill, fresh, enough for 1 flower top per jar
1 qt jar, wide mouth works best
BRINE:
3/4 c canning salt
1 qt white vinegar, 5%acidity
3 qt water, do not use chlorinated water
YOU CAN MAKE 1 JAR OR 6 WITH THIS RECIPE, ADJUST AMT OF SKEWER ITEMS NOT BRINE

Steps:

1. Scrub pickles, and rinse hot peppers. Cut hot peppers into squares, NOT RINGS. This way you are not using the seeds.
2. Sterilize jar, lids and wash rings. Hint: I wash, rinse and wipe dry my jars, then place them in a 225 degree oven for 20 minutes to sterilize them. Place the lids in boiling water and hold until use.
3. Take a skewer, in this order place a cucumber, square of hot pepper and then pearl onion.
4. Make brine, of salt, vinegar and water, bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes. In the meantime place dill and garlic into jar, pack your skewers into the jar, fitting them as tight as you can get.
5. When brine is ready fill jar to top, carefully jiggle the jar to bring air bubbles to top, adjust brine to cover leaving 1/4 inch from top. Place on lid and band, screw down.
6. If not going to process in a hot water bath, you can leave these sit on the counter for 24 hours and then refrigerate. They should be ready to eat in 2 weeks, or to have as a special treat in your Bloody Mary. If processing, hot bath for 7-10 minutes.
7. This BRINE makes enough to can 6 jars of these skewers, adjust recipe to suit amount.