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Walnuts in Vinegar

6 servings

Ingredients

• green walnuts (as needed)
• good wine vinegar (as needed)
• whole pepper (a little)
• cloves (a little)
• lemon peel (a little)

Instructions

1. Prick the green walnuts several times with a darning needle, place in cold water for 24 hours, then boil with fresh water and place on a sieve to drain.
2. Bring good wine vinegar to a boil with whole pepper, cloves, and lemon peel, let it cool, and pour through a sieve over the walnuts.
3. On the second day, boil the vinegar and pour hot over the walnuts; on the third day, let the vinegar boil briefly, add the walnuts and bring to a boil, fill hot into jars, and seal them after cooling.
4. The walnuts make a piquant accompaniment to boiled meat and roasts.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.