This sweet pickle recipe made with freshly brewed sweet tea will bless the heart of any pickle lover. Sweet and refreshing!
One short day and it's already Wednesdayyy! For any Wicked fans out there I am currently channeling 'One Short Day' for this morning's intro. It's a caffeinated kinda morning, so bare with me...
Today marks part deux as part of the Recipe Redux crew!
This month's theme is Cooking with Tea.
"Tea cups around the world are bubbling up with bold new flavors: From cardamom chai and sencha green to bubble teas and veggie teas. We wish we could attend the World Tea Expo the end of this month – but in lieu of a plane ticket, we’ll be cooking and baking and stirring up tea-inspired healthy dishes."
Now when I sat down to check in on what this month's prompt would be, I had just come back from my 'retail therapy' sesh from Market Basket like any 20-something gal would be racking up her credit cards with. I had just landed my hands on some clearance rack cukes that I was planning for a future recipe when my Southern Belle brain blessed her heart in with a new plan, Stan.
Now I don't know where my mind comes up with these things. It just...happens. Mayyybe it was could have been from that time I jumped out of a plane...
...Or had my 7 seconds in Honkeytonk with a bull named fu manchu...
...Or maybe even that time I didn't go to Church on Sunday.
[photo cred to The Pug Father]
But darn tootin' you should be happy my brain operates this way.
Now you can have your Pimento Cheese sandwich and Sweet Tea all in one bite! They're sweet. They're tangy. They're tea...ey. And if you eat the entire jar in one sitting, I can guarantee you'll be sitting in a rocking chair on a big ol' porch for the rest of the night. And the world is okay again..
Sweet Tea Pickles {Recipe Redux}
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 3 medium pickling cucumbers, sliced thin
- 2 black tea bags
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ⅓ cup sugar
- lemon slices (optional)
Instructions
- Slice cucumbers and lemons (if using) and add to 16 oz glass jar, or container with lid.
- Bring ½ cup water to a boil in a small saucepan.
- Pour water over tea bags in a heat-safe bowl and steep for 5 minutes.
- Combine remaining water, vinegar, and sugar in saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
- Discard tea bags and add tea to vinegar mixture.
- Pour over cucumbers and cool to room temperature on counter.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 2 days and up to 2 months.
- Category: Vegetables, Condiments
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8 slices
Now I don't know how sacrilegious it is to put lemon in sweet tea, but I slipped a few slices in my mason jar of moonshine sweet tea pickles. Maybe they mentioned it during that sermon I missed...
Now unlike a gallon of milk or leftover french fries, these darlin's get better with age. My jar has been aging for 2 weeks, a rare breed indeed.
And hey, after all the pickles are gone, you can wash it all down with that aged Sweet Tea!
Just be sure to give it a good swirl and pinky out. You are drinking from a Mason jar after all.
Cheers!
Happy Eatin' Y'all!
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Elizabetheats
woahhhhh that's such a great idea!
★★★★★
Elana @ The Inventive Vegetarian
This sounds like a fascinating flavor combination. I'll definitely have to give it a try. Thanks so much for sharing such a creative recipe!
Shashi @ RunninSrilankan(dot)com
GAH - you should kiss your brain! These tea pickles are just plain brilliant! Lemon and sweet tea - isn't that like an Arnold Palmer or something??
Emily Cooper
I thought an Arnold Palmer was half lemonade and half iced tea. Which is delicious I might add!
Sarah Grace
SO UNIQUE. Wow what a cool recipe for this months tea theme
xoxo Sarah Grace, Fresh Fit N Healthy.
Alexa
Hi I am an intern with Meal Makeover Moms and I helped make their Tea party Pavlovas! This recipe is very unique and sound very yummy!
Emily Cooper
Thanks Alexa! Pavlovas sounds amazing as well 🙂