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. Clean both bean varieties and cut into ~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 and cool.

2. 2.

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

3. 3.

   Boil vinegar with ~300 ml water, 1 tsp salt, and sugar for about 3 minutes until sparkling. Pour over the vegetables and seal tightly.

4. 4.

   Store in a cool, dark place.