A slightly different preserve: quickly pickled onions or mushrooms

Quick pickled mushrooms:

INGREDIENTS: 1 kg of small mushrooms, cleaned and sliced ​​if necessary, 2 dl of water, 1 dl of alcohol vinegar, 1 teaspoon of Makarska sea salt flower, 1 teaspoon of Mauritius demerara sugar, multicolor peppercorns, 2 bay leaves, 2 cloves of garlic, cut into leaves, mustard seeds.

PREPARATION: Clean the soil from the mushrooms, then peel them gently with a knife. If they are smaller, leave them whole, and chop the larger ones as desired. Mix all the ingredients in a small pot and boil it on a low heat. Put the mushrooms in the boiling water, bit by bit (cook 1 kg in four rounds) and let them simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Take them out with a slotted spoon and put them in sterilized jars. When you have boiled them all, pour more hot marinade over them and close the jars. Let them cool down and become ready to eat. Mushrooms prepared this way can last several weeks in closed jars in the refrigerator.

YOU WILL ALSO NEED….sterilized glass jars!

If you dread the idea of ​​preparing your own homemade winter preserves because you immediately think of tens of kilograms of vegetables in your (small) kitchen, boiling, chopping, mixing, peeling and grinding until exhaustion - it's time to change your mind. Quick pickling drastically changes the story, and you can have a fantastic winter preserve whenever you want, and in less than 15 minutes.

An additional plus is that you will not need all those huge shelves in the pantry or basement for it, since you will prepare exactly as many pickled vegetables as you need at that moment. The flavors will be equal, if not better, than the classic winter preserve, and the vegetables will be fresher and crispier.

This way you can pickle almost all vegetables - you only need to prepare the marinade. You can use alcohol, apple or wine vinegar, and you can be creative with the spices you choose. Traditionally, mustard seeds, peppercorns and dill are mostly used, and there are ready-made pickling blends that will make your job even easier.