Have you ever eaten at Zankoo chicken in Los Angeles? It's the best Armenian fast food joint ever! Their yummy garlicky chicken is served up with lots of sides including these pickled turnips that you eat to wash away the strong garlic flavor and to calm your tongue after biting into what looks like a harmless yellow pepper...
I am planning ahead for my Zankoo reinactment in France. I'm making my own pita bread, hummus and grilled chicken, garlic paste and yes, the pretty pink pickled turnips! I have to wait ten days...
The recipe is to cook some beets, peel and cool...cook some turnips for three minutes in boiling water and then sliced and cool. Stack in a sterilized jar, turnips,slivers of garlic, celery heart leaves, then beets, then turnips, garlic and so on until the jar is full and ending with beets. Boil some vinegar with equal amounts of water and some salt...then pour it inside the jar, filling it all the way up around the vegetables. Put in the fridge and wait ten days...enjoy!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Beet Pickled Turnips
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Love the idea of this -- "bookmark" -- thanks for the inspiration! Alanna
These look so good! I am on a pickling kick. Thanks for the recipe. I'm going to try it this week.
These look wonderful (and beautiful!), Riana. Were they all that you were expecting? I'm trying to tell from the photo - did you slice the turnips but cut the beets into chunks? Thanks!
hi ya farmgirl!!
the beets are in chunks and the turnips or radishes are in round slices. i really love the radish ones and plan to make double or triple the amount as last year (they last for a year or more). the turnip ones are an acquired taste, but i like them too with really garlicy chicken and hot peppers.
i bet your garden has all the right ingredients!! have a great day!! riana
Thanks, Riana. Can't wait to try these! xo
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