Sweet Pickle Relish - One Jar at a Time

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For the last week or so I've been concentrating on testing out recipes that allow me to pickle or preserve some of my favorite things one jar at a time. My latest attempt was a recipe for sweet pickle relish I found online at food.com. It has got to be my favorite "one jar" recipe. This makes one pint of the most wonderful homemade relish you will have tasted anywhere. I dare you to go back to store bought brands.

Ingredients

2 cups finely chopped pickling cucumbers
1 cup finely chopped onion
1 cup finely chopped sweet peppers
1 tbsp kosher salt
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup cider vinegar
1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
1/2 tsp celery seeds
1/4 tsp turmeric

Directions

Toss the chopped vegetables in a large glass bowl with the salt. Cover with water, then cover the bowl and allow it to sit for 2 hours.

Drain water and rinse the vegetables off in a strainer.

In a large pot, combine the sugar, vinegar, mustard seeds, celery seeds and turmeric and bring to a boil, stirring frequently to help dissolve the sugar.

Add the vegetables to the sugar mixture, and bring to another boil.

Reduce the heat to a low boil and allow the liquid to reduce for about 10 minutes. There should be very little liquid remaining.

Spoon the hot pickle relish into a sterilized jar, and seal with a new lid and ring that have also been sterilized.

Allow to cool and then refrigerate.

Makes 1 pint.