Salt & Sugar Pickles
A refreshing mix of quick-pickled vegetables and fruit, featuring radishes, daikon, cucumbers, and watermelon lightly cured with a salt and sugar mixture. Perfect as a crisp side dish or appetizer.
Ingredients
- •3 whole very large radishes
- •2 whole thin daikon radishes
- •2 whole thin-skinned cucumbers with few seeds
- •2 pounds seedless watermelon
- •1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- •1 teaspoon sugar
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Prepare the vegetables and fruit and arrange in separate bowls; there should be about 1 1/2 cups of each kind.
10 min
- 2.
Halve the radishes and slice into thin wedges.
5 min
- 3.
Cut the daikon radishes crosswise into slices about 1/8 inch thick.
5 min
- 4.
Cut the cucumbers crosswise into slices about 1/4 inch thick.
5 min
- 5.
Remove the rind of the watermelon and cut the flesh into slices 1/3 inch thick and then into 2-inch wedges.
8 min
- 6.
In a small bowl, combine the salt and sugar, and sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of the mixture over each vegetable and the watermelon and toss.
5 min
- 7.
Let the pickles stand for 5 to 10 minutes, arrange separately on a platter, and serve immediately.
10 min
