Mixed Vegetables with Mustard
From: Andree, St-Henri, Levis, quebec, Canada
  • 1/4 of a medium-size cauliflower, broken into flowerets
  • 4 cups [1 L] string beans, cut into 1-inch [2.5-cm] pieces
  • 3 medium-size onions, chopped
  • 1 sweet red pepper, membranes removed and seeded, chopped
  • 1/4 cup [60 mL] pickling salt
Mustard Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] old-fashioned mustard
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] dry mustard
  • 1 3/4 cups [440 mL] white vinegar
  • 1 cup [250 mL] firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons [17.5 g] flour
  • 1/3 cup [80 mL] vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] curry
  • 1/4 teaspoon [1 mL] curcuma
  • Sterilized jars
  • Transfer cauliflower flowerets, string bean pieces, chopped onions and red pepper into a bowl; sprinkle with pickling salt.
  • Leave to rest for 8 hours, covered with a clean cloth.
  • Drain then thoroughly rinse vegetables; drain vegetables once more.
  • Into a saucepan, mix together old-fashioned mustard, dry mustard and 1 3/4 cups [440 mL] vinegar of mustard sauce.
  • Add brown sugar; cook, stirring, until melted.
  • Mix together flour and remaining 1/3 cup [80 mL] vinegar; mix into hot mixture.
  • Bring to a boil, stirring until mixture starts to boil.
  • Add drained vegetables to mixture.
  • Ladle mixture into sterilized jars.
  • Sterilize jars for 15 minutes into hot, boiling water.