Easy And Traditional British Pub Style Pickled Onions

Total Time: 1080 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1080 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 lbs pickling onions, peeled
• 1 1/2 pints malt vinegar or 1 1/2 pints pickling vinegar
• 2 tablespoons ready-mixed pickling spices (or 2 tablespoons of your your own mix using -- green, white and black peppercorns, coriander seeds,)

Recipe

• 1 peel the onions and pack one third of them tightly into a large kilner jar or preserves jar. (you can also use several smaller jars if you wish.).
• 2 scatter one third of the pickling spices over the top of the first layer of onions and continue packing the onions in to the jar - adding two more layers of pickling spices as you go.
• 3 pour the malt vinegar into the jar, making sure that all the onions are covered by the vinegar.
• 4 add some extra vinegar if there is not quite enough.
• 5 seal the jar and store in a dark, cool place for at least 6 weeks before using the pickled onions.
• 6 brining notes:.
• 7 you need to begin 2 days ahead by placing the onions in a large non-metallic bowl. then mix 2 pints of water with 4 ozs of salt together, pour this over the onions and leave them covered with a cloth for 2 days.
• 8 drain the onions and dry them well, continue as above. these onions will last for up to 2 years + in ideal conditions - a dark and cool pantry or store room.