Sides, sauces & preserves

Sweet and sour peppers

Ingredients

  • 10 bell peppers, deseeded and cut into strips
  • 1 litre vinegar4¼ cups vinegar
  • 3 tbsp salt
  • 500 g sugar1 lb sugar

Method

  1. Bring a large pan of water to the boil.
  2. Leave the peppers in the hot water for about 4 minutes, then drain.
  3. Bring the pickling liquid (vinegar, salt and sugar) to the boil.
  4. Boil the peppers in the liquid for 3–4 minutes.
  5. Pack the peppers and liquid into clean, hot jars and seal.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Sætsúrar papr.
10papr. - 1L. edik - 3msk salt 500gr. sykur.
Vatn soðið. Papr látin liggja í heitu vatninu í ca. 4 min. Sjóða löginn papr. látin sjóða í leginum 3-4 min. Látið á glös. Loka