RECIPE

Saffron Cucumber Pickles

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME:
  • SERVINGS: MAKES ABOUT 1 1/2 QUARTS

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  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME:
  • SERVINGS: MAKES ABOUT 1 1/2 QUARTS
  • FAST
  • HEALTHY
  • MAKE-AHEAD
  • VEGETARIAN

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 1 cup Champagne vinegar
    2. 1 cup dry white wine
    3. 1/2 cup sugar
    4. 1 tablespoon kosher salt
    5. 1/2 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads
    6. Two 1-pound European seedless cucumbers, sliced 1/8 inch thick

Directions

  1. In a medium saucepan, combine the vinegar with the wine, sugar, salt and saffron and bring to a boil. Let cool to room temperature.
  2. In a heatproof bowl, pour the pickling liquid over the cucumbers. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Make Ahead

The pickles can be refrigerated for 2 weeks.

Serve With

Grill Match Salmon, swordfish, tuna, mackerel.