Pickled Pumpkin

Name: Pickled Pumpkin
Ingredients: 1 cup white wine vinegar; 1 cup water; 4 ounces superfine sugar; 1/2 cinnamon stick; 11 black peppercorns; 1 pinch salt; 6 allspice berries; 1/2 dried red chili; 1 1/2 lbs whole pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and chopped into cubes

9 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

1 cup white wine vinegar
1 cup water
4 ounces superfine sugar
1/2 cinnamon stick
11 black peppercorns
1 pinch salt
6 allspice berries
1/2 dried red chili
1 1/2 lbs whole pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and chopped into cubes

Directions

1

Place the vinegar, water and sugar in a large saucepan. Cook, stirring, over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
2

Add the cinnamon, peppercorns, salt, allspice berries and chili and bring to the boil.
3

Add the pumpkin flesh and bring to the boil once more.
4

Reduce the heat and simmer the pumpkin gently until cooked through, around 30 minutes.
5

Using a slotted spoon place the pumpkin in warm, sterile jars, dividing the spices evenly.
6

Bring the remaining cooking liquor to the boil and cook briskly until reduced and thickened into a syrup.
7

Pour the syrup over the pumpkin, allow to cool and seal.