Aida's Pretty. Easy. Quick-Pickled Strawberries Recipe

http://www.aidamollenkamp.com/2011/07/how-to-pickle-strawberries/

Ingredients

• 1 pound strawberries
• 1 tbsp
• 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
• 3 tbsp
• black peppercorns or another seasoning, such as fennel seeds, coriander seeds, or mustard seeds

Instructions

1. Hull and halve strawberries lengthwise. Toss with salt in a medium nonreactive bowl and set aside about 10 minutes.
2. Add red wine vinegar, agave nectar or honey, stir to coat, then set aside at least 5 minutes. Use the coarsest setting on your pepper grinder and crank a few times to crack pepper over the top.*
3. Stir to coat and taste. The strawberries should be pickled enough that they taste a tad sour but not so much that you pucker. The pepper should make them spicy but not so much so that it's overwhelming*. Add more of either as needed.
4. Serving Ideas:
5. -Use as a condiment on a cheese plate
6. -Serve on crackers with chevre, ricotta, or truffled goat cheese
7. -Combine with chopped cucumbers and herbs for a quick salad
8. -Skewer with mint or basil and mozzarella for a twist on caprese salad
9. -Combine in a salad with spinach or arugula, toasted pistachios or almonds, and some torn fresh basil, parsley, or tarragon
10. -Spoon over mascarpone or ice cream instead of balsamic strawberries