Pickled Onions

Ingredients

• 4 quarts pickling onions, peeled ((4 l) small)
• 1 cup salt (1/4 l)
• 2 quarts vinegar (2 l)
• 2 cups sugar (400 g)
• 1/4 cup mustard seeds (1/2 dl)
• 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
• peppercorns
• bay leaf
• pimiento, slices

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle the onions with the salt. cover with cold water and let stand 6-8 hours or overnight. rinse thoroughly with cold water, and drain well.
• 2 combine the vinegar, sugar, mustard seed, and horseradish in a pot and simmer for 10 minutes.
• 3 spoon the onions into hot, sterilized jars, adding a few peppercorns, a bay leaf, and some pimiento slices to each jar.
• 4 pour the boiling hot vinegar mixture over the onions, leaving 1/4-inch headspace, and seal.
• 5 or close the jars and process in a boiling-water bath for 10 minutes.