Pickled Napa Cabbage Carrots And Snow Peas Recipe Epicuriouscom

PICKLED NAPA CABBAGE, CARROTS, AND SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• Bring vinegar, sugar, ginger, salt, garlic, and cloves to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then remove from heat and let steep, uncovered, 30 minutes. Discard cloves.
• While pickling liquid steeps, blanch carrots in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water 30 seconds, then transfer with a large slotted spoon to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking. Lift out carrots with slotted spoon and drain in a colander. Transfer to paper towels and pat dry.
• Blanch snow peas in same pot of boiling water 30 seconds, then transfer to ice water, drain, and pat dry in same manner. Cut each snow pea lengthwise into 4 strips.
• Blanch cabbage in same pot of boiling water 5 seconds, then transfer to ice water, drain, and pat dry.
• Just before serving, toss vegetables with pickling liquid and chile in a large bowl.

PICKLED NAPA CABBAGE

Steps:

• Toss together cabbage, carrot, and salt in a bowl. Put kombu in a narrow straight-sided container (5 to 6 inches in diameter) and top with cabbage mixture. Cut a piece of cardboard to fit just inside container and enclose it in a sealable plastic bag. Top cabbage with plastic-covered round and stack 4 to 6 pounds of canned goods on top to weight it. Chill weighted cabbage at least 3 hours.
• Discard kombu. Squeeze excess liquid from cabbage and toss with shiso.

SNOW PEA AND NAPA CABBAGE SLAW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan of boiling water blanch snow peas 15 seconds and transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking. Drain snow peas well and slice thin diagonally. In a large bowl toss snow peas with remaining ingredients and salt and pepper to taste.

PICKLED NAPA CABBAGE

Steps:

• In a large heatproof bowl, combine cabbage, cucumber, and onion.
• In a medium saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups water, vinegar, sugar, and salt; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve salt and sugar. Immediately pour over vegetables; using a dinner plate, press down on vegetables until they are submerged.
• Let cool to room temperature; transfer vegetables and liquid to an airtight container, and refrigerate up to 2 weeks. Use as you would sauerkraut or pickles, such as in Open-Face Ham Reuben Sandwiches.

NAPA CABBAGE WITH PEAS AND PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet, heat oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. Add peas, cabbage, prosciutto, and zest and cook, stirring, 4 to 5 minutes, or until cabbage is wilted and tender. Remove skillet from heat and stir in lemon juice, Parmesan, and salt and pepper to taste.

BUTTERED SNOW PEAS AND CARROTS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan of boiling water cook the carrots for 3 minutes, or until they are crisp-tender. Add the snow peas, cook the vegetables for 30 seconds, and drain them well. Return the vegetables to the pan, add the butter and salt and pepper to taste, and heat the vegetables over moderately low heat, stirring, until the butter is melted.