24 Hour Cucumber Pickles With Chile Peppers

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 5 medium english cucumbers, cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/4 cup raspberry vinegar
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 medium hot red chili peppers, fresh, halved lengthwise

Recipe

• 1 do not peel the cucumbers. wash them well and cut into slices.
• 2 place the cucumber, onion, celery seed and salt in a bowl and refrigerate for half an hour. toss several times.
• 3 simmer the vinegar, lime juice, raspberry vinegar and sugar in a saucepan, heating just long enough to dissolve the sugar. stir in the dried red chilies, remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• 4 pack the cucumber and onion slices into sterile jars. slip half a red hot pepper, facing outwards, down the side of each jar. ladle the vinegar brine over, making sure the contents are entirely covered in liquid.
• 5 seal the jars with sterilized lids.