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I've been searching for a [[Pickled walnut|pickled walnut]] recipe for a long while, but can only find a recipe for [[Pickling|pickling]] whole green [[Walnuts|walnuts]]. The only information I can find, unhelpfully seems to be cloned all over the Internet.

This is my original attempt at pickling walnuts that have the shells removed.

35 large [[walnuts]], once shelled are enough to fill one 500 ml [[Kilner jar]]. 350 ml of sherry vinegar will cover the nuts.

Hopefully the procedures and measurements will be useful to anyone else attempting this.

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|DatePublished=23rd September 2020
|Author=Chef
|ImageComment = Pickled walnuts
|Servings = 25
|Difficulty = 2
|TotalTime = 2 days, 2 hours
|PrepTime = 2 days, 2 hours
|CookTime = None
|TotalCalories = 1022
|PortionCalories = 40
|Image = [[Image:Pickled Walnut recipe.jpg|middle|none|alt=Electus]]
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====Best recipe review====

''Absolute perfetion.''

5/5 

Unfortunately, these are but a memory until next season, which in March, is months away.

 [[User:TheJudge|The Judge]] 
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===Preparing the walnut kernels for pickling===
<gallery widths=250px heights=250px perrow=5>
Image:RemoveBrineWalnutsSaladSpinner.jpg|You can use a [[salad spinner]] to remove excess brine.
Image:PickledWalnutsinBrine.jpg|Soaking in the brine for 2 days
Image:Removethepapershellwalnut.jpg|Be sure to remove the papery layer from the centre of the kernel
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{{RecipeIngredients
| 35 large [[Walnuts|walnuts]], shells removed
| 50 g [[Salt|salt]]
| 500 ml [[Boiling|boiling]] water
| 350 ml [[Sherry vinegar|sherry vinegar]]
| 10 [[Peppercorns|peppercorns]]
| 5 [[Juniper berries|juniper berries]]
| 2 tablespoons [[Muscovado sugar|muscovado sugar]]
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===Method===
'''2 days before the [[Pickling|pickling]] is to start'''
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| Remove the shells from the [[Walnuts|walnuts]], discard any damaged or shrunken kernels.
| Break the kernels in half [into two cotlydons] to allow the [[Vinegar|vinegar]] to penetrate the kernel properly.
| Carefully pick though the shelled kernels and remove any pieces of shell, especially the thin piece that divides each [[Nut|nut]].
| [[Boil]] about 500ml of water and mix in 50g of [[Salt|salt]] and stir well.
| Soak the kernels in this brine liquid for 2 days, in a cool place.
| A quick taste test after this and the walnuts had a salty 'edge' but not too salty for my taste
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'''[[Pickling]] day''':
{{RecipeMethod
| Discard the salt-water and rinse the [[walnut]] kernels in a [[sieve]] under cold running water.
| Rinse and repeat until the water runs clear.
| Remove excess brine with a [[salad spinner]] if you have one and pat dry with a [[tea-towel]].
| Add the [[sherry vinegar]], [[juniper berries]], [[peppercorns]] and [[muscovado sugar]] to a pan and bring it almost to the [[Boil|boil]], then turn off the heat and leave it to go completely cold
| remove the [[Pickles|pickles]] from the [[Salt|salt]] water and pat dry on a clean [[Tea|tea]]-towel
| [[Sterilise]] the [[Pickling|pickling]] jar and pack the [[walnuts]] into the 500ml [[Kilner jar]]
| Pour the [[Vinegar|vinegar]], with the [[Spices|spices]] over the walnuts
| Seal and store in a cool, dark place for 2 months to mature.
}}
=====Walnut weights=====
35 large walnuts weigh 350 grams in their shells
35 large walnuts weigh 175 grams once the shells are removed.
===Variations===
I tried a few different variations as there were plenty of walnuts available locally. When they are ready I will let you know which worked, and which did not!

=====Walnuts in red wine vinegar=====
* 350 ml red wine vinegar
* 1/2 a teaspoon of sea salt
* 1 teaspoon jaggery
* 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
=====Walnuts in cider vinegar=====
* 350 ml cider vinegar
* 1/2 a teaspoon of sea salt
* 1 teaspoon jaggery
* 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce

==Commercial pickled walnuts==
[[Image:Jar of pickled walnuts.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Jar of pickled walnuts]]
'''Pickled walnuts''' are a traditional English pickle made by pickling [[walnuts]] in [[malt vinegar]]. They are commonly served with cold meats and [[cheeses]] such as [[Stilton]]. There use in the United Kingdom dates back to before 1800, however there is some evidence that walnuts were pickled in the Persian area some 8000 years ago.

Charles Dickens mention pickled walnuts in ''The Pickwick Papers'':

<blockquote>However, there he lay, and I have heard my uncle say, many a time, that the man said who picked him up that he was smiling as merrily as if he had tumbled out for a treat, and that after they had bled him, the first faint glimmerings of returning animation, were his jumping up in bed, bursting out into a loud laugh, kissing the young woman who held the basin, and demanding a mutton chop and a pickled walnut. He was very fond of pickled walnuts, gentlemen. He said he always found that, taken without vinegar, they relished the beer.</blockquote>

They are also an ingredient in [[Wow-wow sauce]], historically served with [[beef]].

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