Craic Kitchen

Swipe to pickle 🥒

If you’re a pickle fiend like me, I’m here to let you know that it is incredibly easy to make them at home, with 10x the flavour that you could buy in the shop.

You can use this pickling liquid for lots of vegetables, but pickled red onions and cucumbers are classics.

- chop your veg of choice and place in a sterilised jar
- add any flavour enhancers of choice
- to a saucepan, add 2 parts white distilled vinegar and 1 part water (I did 400ml to 200ml for two jars). Stir in a tablespoon of salt and a tablespoon of sugar.
- place over a medium high heat and slowly bring to the boil
- once just boiling, remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly, then pour into the jars
- place the jars aside to cool until room temperature, then place in the fridge.
- store for up to 3-4 weeks

You can customise the herbs and spices you put in, I went with dill, mustard seeds, peppercorns and garlic for the cucumber, then chilli flakes, bay leaves and garlic for the onions.

Hope this tickles your pickle, grá mór

A taste of home 🇮🇪

Long time no talk/post, hope yis are keeping well! Bit lazy of me not to do a post since July last year, so here’s attempt number who knows what to keep Craic Kitchen going.

I’ve recently hopped across the pond to London and have started a job with a food company so that’s exciting. London recs are very welcome, and I’ll return the favour.

Recipes coming back soon I’d say. Stick around and you’ll find out 🤠