Home Made Pickle Relish

It’s summer time – you can tell because of the smell of the grill cooking away.  Your mouth starts watering – the the searing hot juices squirting out of the brats onto the grates of the grill…  Yum!  But no brat can go without the perfect toppings – a large fluffy brat bun, a heaping pile of kraut, maybe a small squirt of ketchup…  But something is missing…  Relish.  Not that stuff from a jar, I’m talking about the best relish out there – home made pickle relish!

I know, it sounds good, right?

I threw some together for a Memorial Day BBQ the other day – oh my it was yummy!

References

I used the following recipe as inspiration for mine.  While it’s similar, I’d like to say that I’m a better cook that Bobby Flay and thus my recipe is better…  :)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/grilled-link-hot-dogs-with-homemade-pickle-relish-recipe.html

Home Made Pickle Relish

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• CourseCondiments
• CuisineAIP, American

Cook Time

10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Home Made Pickle Relish Print Recipe CourseCondiments CuisineAIP, American Cook Time 10 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1/3 tsp Ground Mustard
• 1/3 tsp Coriander Seeds
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• 2 large Dill Pickles finely diced
• 1/8 cup Red Bell Pepper finely diced
• 1 Green Onions finely diced (use only the bottom half, not the chive portion)
• 1 clove Garlic finely diced
• 2/3 tsp Dill chopped
• Sea Salt to taste
• Freshly Ground to taste

Servings:

Instructions

1. Combine apple cider vinegar, ground mustard, and coriander seeds in a sauce pan.  Bring to a boil.  Cook until reduced by half and slightly syrupy. Remove from the heat.
2. Warm a small skillet on the stove.  Either use a non-stick pan or very lightly coat a stainless steel pan with olive oil (I use a paper towel to spread it around -  you don't want to introduce oil to the recipe, rather just trying to prevent the pan from sticking).  Once the pan is warm, toss in the red pepper, green onion, and garlic.  Keep the food moving - you don't want it to burn.  Only heat it for about 30 seconds to get the food warm - this will soften it and bring out some more flavor.  Remove the pan from the heat and place the contents into your mixing bowl.
3. While the cider is reducing, combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl, including the ingredients warmed in the pan.
4. Pour in the cider syrup mixture and stir the relish together.
5. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.