Pickled false Holly shoots

false Holly shoots

These days in confinement and without much work to do, I walk down to the forest everyday, a luxury. As such collected a lot of shoots from this very spiky bush that looks like Holly.

false Holly

 It is mildly bitter, hard to eat a lot, hence I pickled some to eat gradually.

Pickled false Holly shoots

1. Boil water, season with vinegar, spices like ginger, star anise, pepper, salt and sugar for 15 minutes.

2. Blanch shoots in the pickling mixture, then place in conserving jar.

Pickled false Holly shoots

3. Reboil pickling mixture and fill the jar. Keep in the fridge after cooled down.