Pickled Vegetable Medley for Winter II

Description

In Romanian: Zacusca pentru iarna II

Ingredients

• eggplants
• oil
• peppers
• vinegar
• tomatoes
• salt
• sugar
• ground pepper and juniper berries

Procedures

1. Slice the eggplants crosswise, salt and let drain for 1 hour.
2. Then fry in oil on both sides.
3. Wash the peppers, quarter them, remove seeds and scald in vinegar, letting them sit in the hot vinegar for 10 – 15 minutes.
4. Then remove and drain well.
5. In a glass jar, arrange one layer of fried eggplants, one layer of peppers.
6. Repeat this procedure until the jar is ¾ full.
7. Fill the balance with boiled and strained tomatoes to which you added salt, a little sugar, ground pepper and juniper berries.
8. Leave 2 inches empty space at the top.
9. Tie with a double layer of cellophane and boil in the double boiler for 25 minutes.
10. Let cool in the water in which they boiled.
11. Keep in a cool and dry place.