Pickled radishes

Name: Pickled radishes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Japanese recipes
Ingredients: 175g French breakfast radishes; 3cm piece of fresh ginger; ½ tsp coriander seeds; 1 star anise; 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely diced; 2 tsp caster sugar; 4 tbsp white wine vinegar; ½ tsp salt

Easy
May 2011

Easy
May 2011

Serves 6
Takes 20 min to make, 5 min to cook, plus overnight marinating

Fancy pickling your own radishes? Then scroll on to find out how to pickle radishes – they’re a delicious accompaniment to a ceviche.

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Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 14kcals
Fat: 0.1g
Protein: 0.4g
Carbohydrates: 1.4g
Fibre: 0.4g
Salt: trace

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 14kcals
Fat: 0.1g
Protein: 0.4g
Carbohydrates: 1.4g
Fibre: 0.4g
Salt: trace

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Ingredients

175g French breakfast radishes
3cm piece of fresh ginger
½ tsp coriander seeds
1 star anise
1 red chilli, deseeded and finely diced
2 tsp caster sugar
4 tbsp white wine vinegar
½ tsp salt

175g French breakfast radishes
3cm piece of fresh ginger
½ tsp coriander seeds
1 star anise
1 red chilli, deseeded and finely diced
2 tsp caster sugar
4 tbsp white wine vinegar
½ tsp salt

Method

Trim and thinly slice the radishes lengthways, then slice the ginger into fine strips. Put both in a bowl.
Heat a small pan over a medium-low heat, add the spices, toast for a minute or so, then add the chilli, sugar, vinegar and salt. Simmer gently to dissolve.
Stir this into the radishes, cover and put in the fridge overnight to mellow. Serve with seafood.

Method

Trim and thinly slice the radishes lengthways, then slice the ginger into fine strips. Put both in a bowl.
Heat a small pan over a medium-low heat, add the spices, toast for a minute or so, then add the chilli, sugar, vinegar and salt. Simmer gently to dissolve.
Stir this into the radishes, cover and put in the fridge overnight to mellow. Serve with seafood.