Pickling Ramps
Do you have a receipe for quick pickling of ramps? Thanks.
- Haywood County, North CarolinaHi,
I do not find a tested recipe for pickling ramps. You could follow an onion recipe and not heat the ramps. I think they would get slimy if heated. If you store the pickles in the refrigerator, then you can experiment with flavors. Taste them after a couple days and see if you like them. Always use at least a 1:1 ratio of vinegar to water. I probably would use mostly vinegar considering the texture of the ramps.
A recipe for the brine for pearl onions is
5 1/2 cups white (5%) vinegar
1 cup water
2 teaspoons canning salt
2 cups sugar
8 teaspoons mustard seed
4 teaspoons celery seed.
Heat the brine and cool it. Then cut the ramps in chunks and put in brine. This recipe is enough to brine 5 cups of peeled pearl onions so you can adjust the recipe for the amount of ramps you want to pickle.
Good luck.
