Pickled Cherry Tomatoes
Serve these piquant tomatoes as an hors d’oeuvre, or drop one into a martini.
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Serve these piquant tomatoes as an hors d’oeuvre, or drop one into a martini.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white balsamic vinegar
- 4 tsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. salt
- 2 chiles de arbol, crumbled
- 2 whole allspice
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and smashed
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 4 thyme sprigs
Preparation
1. Bring vinegar, 3/4 cup water, sugar, salt, chiles, allspice, and cayenne to a simmer in saucepan. Stir to dissolve sugar, then remove from heat. Cool 30 minutes.
2. Put garlic and bay leaf in bottom of 1-qt. glass jar. Add tomatoes, and tuck thyme sprigs along sides. Pour vinegar mixture over tomatoes, and marinate 1 hour. Store up to 1 day in refrigerator.
Nutrition Information
- Calories 1
- Carbohydrate Content 0.5 g
- Cholesterol Content 0 mg
- Fat Content 0.5 g
- Fiber Content 0.5 g
- Protein Content 0.5 g
- Saturated Fat Content 0 g
- Sodium Content 8 mg
- Sugar Content 0.5 g