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| Galangal Pickle |
Galangal pickle, homemade, and a luscious salmon pink colour, as I had hoped. It has taken four hours concocting this Asian delicacy, but well worth it. It takes three hours down time though waiting for the galangal to tenderise in the salt, while you can be doing other things, and the rest is the actual bottling and cooking time. This recipe is for long-term pickles that will keep in your pantry for at least 12 months. As you can see, this recipe, when almost doubled makes 2 large jars of pickle and around 8 large roots were needed for that amount. An essential piece of equipment for this pickle is a mandolin, as the galangal needs to be sliced paper thin. This can only be achieved on the freshest, tenderest sections or knobs of the root. You will know that the galangal isn't tender enough when the mandolin refuses to slice it. This is my first batch, and I am so pleased with it that I will be making more, however because it will also make great gifts, and is somewhat of a delicacy, it should be packaged in small jars. A little bit goes a long way.
I'd love to make this one day! And if it takes a while that's fine, that's mainly just waiting anyway :) I hope you're having a happy Easter Pauline! :D
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