Hot Italian Giardiniera

**Momto2Boyz** · 08-19-2008, 01:40 PM

Recipe Description

A really good sweet, spicy giardiniera. DH says he's never found a store bought one that compares.

Preparation Steps:

Cut up peppers, carrots, onions, celery & cauliflower. Place in large bowl and add salt & water to cover. Cover with lid or seran wrap and place in fridge overnight (I usually only soak them for 4-5 hours...but the recipe calls for overnight).

Level of Difficulty:

Easy

Time Needed:

Total - overnight

Ingredients:

2 bell peppers
2 red peppers
8 jalepeno peppers
2 carrots
2-3 onions
2 stalks of celery (optional)
1/2 cup raw cauliflower (optional)
1/2 cup salt
water

Liquid:
8-8 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 TBS oregano
2 tsp red pepper
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 1/2 cups vinegar
2 1/2 cups olive oil

Serves:

6 pints

Directions:

Drain salt water from veggies. Pack veggies into 6 sterile pint jars. In a seperate container, mix chopped garlic, oregano, red pepper, black pepper, vinegar and oil. Mix well with whisk. Pour into jars, leaving 1/2 inch headroom.

Wipe rims, place lids on and process in water bath for 15-20 minutes. Remove and cool, be sure that lids have "popped". If any don't pop, put into fridge and use within 2 weeks.

**cheles2kids** · 08-20-2008, 10:27 AM

This sounds soooo good.
Thanks for sharing!

**TexasPeanut** · 08-20-2008, 10:49 AM

Oooh thank you for sharing this! I've been trying to think of what I can do with some of the cauliflower I planted. I am definitely giving this a try when the veggies are ready.