These pickled garlic cloves take a long time, but they're easy to make and are a real treat.
Ingredients
- garlic: 0.5 pound (peeled)
- red bell pepper: 1 piece (chopped)
- distilled white vinegar: 2 cups
- white sugar: 0.66667 cup
- ground dry mustard: 0.5 tsp
- celery seed: 0.5 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Place garlic cloves in a medium bowl, first cutting the large cloves in half. Mix in the red bell pepper.
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In a large saucepan over medium high heat, place the distilled white vinegar and white sugar. Wrap ground dry mustard and celery seed in a spice bag, and place in the liquid mixture. Bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and pepper. Continue boiling 5 minutes. Remove from heat and discard spice bag.
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Place garlic and peppers in sterile containers to within 1 inch of the top. Fill with remaining liquid to within 1/4 inch from the top. Seal and store in the refrigerator approximately three weeks before serving.
