Pickled Beans

Ingredients

• 0.5 handful thyme
• 500 g yellow beans
• 500 g green beans
• Salt
• 2 Spring Onions
• 3 Garlic cloves
• 300 ml fruit vinegar
• 1 tbsp sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Rinse the thyme. Trim and cut both bean varieties into about 4 cm pieces. Blanch in boiling salted water for 6-8 minutes until firm, then shock in cold water. Peel the spring onions and garlic. Cut the spring onions into ~4 cm lengths. Blanch both for about 4 minutes, then shock in cold water.

2. 2.

   Layer the green beans in a large jar (or two smaller jars). Top with the garlic and spring onions, sprinkle thyme over them, and finish with the yellow beans.

3. 3.

   Bring the vinegar with about 300 ml water, 1 tsp salt, and sugar to a rolling boil for about 3 minutes. Pour over the vegetables and seal tightly.