24 Hour Cucumber Pickles With Chile Peppers - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 medium English cucumbers, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon celery seed
1 tablespoon salt
1 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup raspberry vinegar
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 medium hot red chili peppers, fresh, halved lengthwise

Preparation

Do not peel the cucumbers. Wash them well and cut into slices.
Place the cucumber, onion, celery seed and salt in a bowl and refrigerate for half an hour. Toss several times.
Simmer the white vinegar, lime juice, raspberry vinegar and sugar in a saucepan, heating just long enough to dissolve the sugar. Stir in the dried red chilies, remove from the heat and allow to cool.
Pack the cucumber and onion slices into sterile jars. Slip half a red hot pepper, facing outwards, down the side of each jar. Ladle the vinegar brine over, making sure the contents are entirely covered in liquid.
Seal the jars with sterilized lids.