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Lacto – Fermented Green Walnuts

Lacto – Fermented Green Walnuts

Pickled Green Walnuts are a bit of a Chefy thing and cost £5.95 for a 225g jar on-line. Pff! These cost us 39p and a bit of Salt….

Ingredients:-

Salt
Water
Green Walnuts
10% Acidity Spirit Vinegar

Method:-

(1) Make a 2% Brine. We used Himalayan Pink Salt because we had some. But any Salt will work as long as it doesn’t have Iodine salts as an anti-caking agent.
(2) Allow the brine to cool to room temperature.
(3) With a folk stab each Green Walnut several times. There are a great deal of Tannings in Green Walnuts and you are likely to have stained hands. Your skin will replace itself after about 3 weeks, but until then….. Or put some gloves on!
(4) In a clip top jar pack the Green Walnuts tightly and then add the Brine.
(5) There is some interesting chemistry about to occur which means that you will not need to worry about venting the brew. Leave unattended for 2 weeks. The colour changes are great fun if you have kids in the house however.
(6) Remove the now Green and Black Walnuts and allow to stand in the kitchen on kitchen paper overnight. They are still highly staining by the way.
(7) In the morning they will be uniformly Black.
(8) Add to jars and immerse in Spirit Vinegar.

Usually when Lacto – Fermenting I would leave the Pickle in it’s Brine for storage. These little chaps are slightly different and the intensity of flavour is sufficient after 2 weeks. They are very pungent and it is possible to “Over Egg” this gig, ending up with something that is simply overpowering.

 

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Gammon Hock in a giant Yorkshire Pudding

Discount fridge Gammon Hock. I’ve generally avoided Gammon until now as Sue’s generally not a great fan. But we both really enjoyed it after a good hearty boiling with a few fragrant herbs and spices. There was enough meat for 4 adult servings for us from one Hock at £1.12.

Ingredients:-

Gammon Hock
Onion, roughly sliced
Whole Black Pepper corns
Bay Leaves
Ground Cloves
Dill
A pint of Cider

Method:-

(1) In a large pan immerse the Hock in water and bring it to the boil for a few minutes.
(2) Pour the water away and rinse the Hock in cold water,
(3) Refill the pan and add the Hock and all the other ingredients. Top the pan up with water once you’ve added the Cider and bring back to the boil.
(4) Once boiling reduce the heat to a gentle simmer for 2 to 3 hours.
(5) When the meat is almost falling off the bone remove from the pan and allow to drain.
(6) Strip the meat as you would with pulled Pork.

You can use your “Pulled Gammon” as you wish. We added ours to a full dinner in a giant Yorkshire Pudding, because we’re a bit sad like that!
 

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