Pickling Juice

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup rice vinegar
• 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 whole clove
• 1 teaspoon mustard seed
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger
• 1/2 jalepeno, seeded and chopped

Method

• Combine all of the ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the salt and sugar dissolves. Let cool, strain, and use as needed.

Notes

• Description:
• "Uses are endless!!"
• Yield:
• "2 cups"SOURCE: Charlie Trotter