Pickled cauliflower anyone?

kitschkitty

Hi,

I know the basics of pickling onions, and I have the vinegar & cauliflower I need, but I just wanted to know, does anyone else pickle cauliflower and if so do you salt it first as with onions or not bother? Also do you cold or hot pickle yours as there seem to be lots of recommendations for both, or even blanching the cauliflower first.

I want to ensure mine remains sweet (as per my vinegar) and not salty. I don't mind it a little crunchy, but definitely don't want it really soft. I would prefer it if I could keep it in the cupboard, but have fridge space if necessary.

Thanks for reading.

rosieben

I've only used cauli in mixed pickles, onions, cauli, courgette/cucumber/marrow etc;

I cold pickled the cauli; don't think I salted it beforehand; I thought only watery veg like marrow etc needs salting to take the water and so it will absorb the vinegar?

katholicos

I salted mine before i pickled it and it was so salty when i tried it months later, it was really horrible! I won't salt it next time. I read it made the cauliflower crunchy...it also made it disgustingly salty...and i like salt....but not that much!

kitschkitty

I definitely won't salt mine then! I love pickled veg, but some of the ones I've had have been salty and I think they're horrible that way, I like them slightly sweet.