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    Home » Our latest posts » Vegetables

    Garlic Kohlrabi Pickles (aka what to do with a 5 pound kohlrabi)

    March 21, 2017 Filed Under: Condiments, Pickles, Top Recipes, Vegetables

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    Spicy kohlrabi and carrot pickles offer a delightful alternative to traditional cucumber pickles. 

    These Kohlrabi Pickles are a delicious alternative to traditional cucumber pickles. And they are ridiculously simple to make.

    The other day I opened my CSA harvest to find this alien staring back at me.

    Kohlrabi Pickles in a Jar

    What is kohlrabi?

    Spicy Garlic Kohlrabi Pickles are a delicious alternative to cucumber pickles and a great way to preserve extra produce. Easy to make instructions.

    Kohlrabi is related to cabbage and Brussels sprouts but has a milder taste like turnips. I like them cooked and raw in salads. I recently made this recipe for Kohlrabi Apple Slaw on Harvest2U. It is amazing, but I didn't want 5 pounds of it.

    Normally you won't find them this large. They are usually more baseball or softball size. My guess is this went a bit rogue. If you have ever grown zucchini and suddenly discovered a fruit as big as your arm hiding under a leaf you know it can happen. 🙂

    Kohlrabi are not mainstream vegetables here in the US yet. Your best bet for finding them will be a farmer's market, co-op, CSA, or grow them yourself.

    Cucumbers need to stop hogging the pickling love.

    Pickled cucumbers are great, but you can pickle a host of other things. I have pickled green beans, peppers, zucchini, cabbage and cherry tomatoes. My brother even sent me some pickled okra at Christmas.

    If you can boil water you can make pickles. Cut up the vegetables or fruit (if desired), stuff them in a mason jar. Boil some vinegar, water, sugar, salt and spices then pour it over the vegetables. Let them sit for awhile and you have pickles.

    Do you have to seal the jars?

    Not if you make a small batch and keep it in the fridge. I want to mail these, so I sealed the jars.

    For pickles (and jams/jellies) sealing the jar is as easy as.... well... boiling water. Yes, I know I used that expression already. But, literally, to seal the jars all you do is submerge them in boiling water for 10 minutes. You can get the full details from the pros at Ball here.

    Go find some kohlrabi and give these a try.

    Kohlrabi Pickles

    Kohlrabi Pickles in a Jar
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    Ingredients
     

    • 3 cups kohlrabi (peeled and cut into spears or rounds)
    • 2 medium carrots (peeled and cut into sticks or rounds)
    • 1 clove garlic
    • 1 whole bay leaf
    • ¾ cups white vinegar
    • 1 ¼ cup water
    • 3 tablespoons sugar
    • 1 tablespoon pickling spice
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flake

    Instructions
     

    • Prepare kohlrabi and carrots. Peel and cut into sticks. If kohlrabi are small you can cut into rounds instead.
    • Pack vegetables, garlic clove and bay leaf into a sterilized quart size mason jar. If you are sealing the jars, fill to the ¼" line.
    • In a small saucepan bring remaining ingredients to a boil. Boil until sugar and salt have dissolved.
    • Pour liquid over vegetables up to the ¼" line. Store in refrigerator for 3-4 days before serving. Or process the jar for 10 minutes in a water bath canner.

    Notes

    This makes one quart jar which can be stored in the refrigerator. For long term storage, process in a water bath canner per the instructions here.

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    Comments

    1. Amanda

      March 22, 2017 at 11:14 am

      I'm wondering if we have them in Canada...I've never even heard of a Kohlrabi until this post. Off to do my research now 🙂

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      • Audrey

        March 23, 2017 at 7:27 am

        I'd never heard of them until I first got one in my CSA harvest. I really like them.

    2. Ona

      August 27, 2020 at 1:25 pm

      We’ve been growing Kohlrabi for many years in Minnesota. At first just the small ones and then a friend who has a nursery got us planting the 5 # ones.

      Reply
      • Audrey

        August 28, 2020 at 12:20 pm

        I got an almost 10 pound one last year that my chef brother made into cole slaw, he was absolutely amazed at the size.

    3. Lois Luckovich

      March 01, 2023 at 7:26 pm

      I have NEVER seen a kohlrabi that big before and both my late Dad and I have grown them for years. Thanks for the recipe

      Reply
      • Audrey

        March 02, 2023 at 2:04 pm

        We used to get them from our CSA, organically grown at a small farm in southern California. This one isn't even the largest I received - one was closer to 8 pounds.

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