Using up the rinds of your watermelon, your family will love these sweet tender cubes. Oh so good for picnics.
How To Make Sweet Watermelon Pickles
Prep:
15 mins
Refrigerate:
7 days 8 hrs
Cook:
20 mins
Total:
7 days 8 hrs 35 mins
Ingredients
- 4 cup watermelon rind, peel off green skin, cubed
- ⅛ cup kosher salt
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vinegar
- 10 cloves
- 1 tsp. sweet pickle spices
Instructions
- Soak rind overnight with salt in refrigerator.
- Next day rinse well.
- In a saucepan with water to cover rind, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Drain and set aside.
- In a saucepan, combine sugar, vinegar and spices, bring to a boil, then add rind and simmer again for 10 minutes or until rind looks clear.
- Remove pan from heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Pour into a quart jar and refrigerate.
- Ready to eat in a week.
- Keeps for 6 weeks in refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 55g
- :
- Calcium: 9mg
- Calories: 223kcal
- Carbohydrates: 56g
- Fat: 1g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 1mg
- Potassium: 85mg
- Protein: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 1774mg
- Vitamin A: 432IU
- Vitamin C: 6mg
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