Spiced Pickled Red Cabbage

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 heads red cabbage, 10-12 pounds cored and shredded
• 1/2 cup salt, separated
• 2 red onions, peeled, halved, sliced thin
• 1/4 allspice
• 1/4 cup juniper berries
• 1/4 cup mixed peppercorns
• 1/4 cup celery seed
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cinnamon sticks, broken
• 17 ounces raspberry vinegar
• 47 ounces red wine vinegar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup mustard seeds
• 1/8 cup ground mace
• 1 tart apple, peeled cored and shredded

Recipe

• 1 in a large stainless steel pot layer cabbage and 1/3 cup salt. cover and let sit in a cool spot for 24 hours.
• 2 after 18 hours of cabbage sitting layer onions and remaining salt in a separate glass or stainless bowl cover with cold water to cover and let sit in a cool spot.
• 3 transfer cabbage to a colander a bit at a time to drain and rinse under cold running water.
• 4 ok now you can place on paper lined trays to dry for about 6 hours. or go ahead and let sun dry for 3 hours on paper towel line trays.
• 5 prepare canners, jars and lids.
• 6 prepare the spice bag by placing in a cheese cloth place allspice, juniper, peppercorns, celery seed, bay leaves, and cinnamon pieces tie to enclose.
• 7 in a large stainless steel pan combine vinegars, sugar, mustard seed, mace, and spice bag. bring to a boil stirring to dissolve sugar. reduce heat and gentle boil for 5 minutes. rinse onions under cold running water add apple and onions to vinegar mixture. cook for 5 minutes.
• 8 discard spice bag.
• 9 remove onions and apples place in a very large pot or bowl with cabbage tossing to mix all together.
• 10 don`t discard the liquid. keep it heated.
• 11 packed the mixed veggies into hot jars leaving 1/2 inch head space. ladle hot vinegar mixture in cabbage filled jars leaving 1/2 inch head space.remove air bubbles. wipe rims and place lids and screw tops to finger tightness.
• 12 place jars in a canner covering with boiling water by at least 1 inch. bring back to a boil covered for 20 minutes. remove lid and turn off flame let sit for 5 more minutes. remove and jars and let cool in a draft free spot to cool.
• 13 remove air bubbles.