Pickled Radish Greens with Fennel and Dill

Pickled Radish Greens with Fennel and Dill

Please don’t throw out your radish greens! High in minerals and vitamins (those peppery radishes have to get their nutrition to grow underground from somewhere), pickling them is a quick and tangy way to incorporate more greens into your diet!

Prep Time20

Cook Time0

Pickling time1

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: European-inspired

Keyword: pickled radish greens

Servings:

Calories: 34kcal

Author: Kathy Marshall

Equipment

1 pint jar with lid

Ingredients

2 bunches of radish greens see note
1 cup white vinegar or apple cider or other type
1/2 cup water
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp fennel seeds
1 tbsp dill seeds

Instructions

Cut the greens from the radishes and clean thoroughly. As per my photos, I've pickled them chopped and I've pickled them left whole. Chopped are easier to eat, and whole leaves are fun for presentation.
Heat the water and sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves. No need to even bring to a boil if you can get the sugar to dissolve first. You want to avoid boiling away the quantity of liquid.
Mix in the rest of the ingredients and stir to dissolve salt.
Place greens in jar, pour over liquid and leave uncovered to cool, then cover and place in refrigerator.
The quick pickled greens will be ready to eat the next day. They can even be used after cooled down, if you can't wait, because we are not waiting for fermentation or aging to occur, rather the pickling flavor is based on the ingredients used and the greens will be tasty from the get go.
These pickles last in the refrigerator for a month or so, before they start breaking down.

Notes

Radish Greens Note: this recipe is written for pickling two bunches of radish greens. There is enough liquid to pickle more if you want. I suggest starting with this amount and seeing how fast you use them up first. If you don't think you will eat the radishes that you bought to get the greens, you can slice them and pickle in separate jar with some of the liquid or use the same jar.

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