Italian Pickled Banana Peppers

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 bushel fresh hot hungarian pepper (makes approximately 24 pint jars)
• 48 fresh garlic cloves (2 cloves per pint jar)
• 1/4 cup canning salt (1/2 tsp per pint jar)
• 1/2 cup olive oil (1 tsp per pint jar) or 1/2 cup vegetable oil, if you prefer (1 tsp per pint jar)
• 4 cups 5% vinegar
• 4 cups water
• 3 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 wearing gloves, wash, core, and cut peppers into approximately 1" strips. peel garlic cloves. pack peppers into jars.
• 2 place appproximately 5 jars on the counter and pour boiling water into the jars to the rim. cover with a cookie tin and weight down to hold in the heat of the boiling water. let stand 5 minutes.
• 3 pour off boiling water and place 2 cloves of garlic, 1/2 tsp of canning salt, and 1 tsp of oil into jar. pour boiling brine into jar to approximately 1/2 inch from the top. place lid on jar and seal with a ring. (be sure to have lids in a bath of hot water for 5 minutes prior to placing on jar).