• These are great in salads, on a grilled chicken sandwich or on burgers in the place of gherkins

    Pickled red onions in a Caprese salad

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 15 mins

    Ingredients

    • PICKLED ONIONS
    • 250ml (1 cup) red wine vinegar
    • 45ml (3 tbsp) sugar
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 2,5ml (½ tsp) cumin seeds
    • 2,5ml (½ tsp) mustard seeds
    • a pinch of chilli flakes
    • a pinch of salt
    • 300g (2 medium) red onions, peeled
    • and cut into thin rounds
    • SALAD
    • 750ml (3 cups) baby tomatoes,
    • halved
    • 250g fresh mozzarella balls or
    • buffalo mozzarella balls
    • handful basil leaves
    • olive or avocado oil, to serve

    Instructions

    1

    Heat the vinegar, sugar, bay leaves, cumin and mustard seeds, chilli flakes and salt in a saucepan.

    2

    Bring the mixture to a boil and stir in the onions. Take it off the heat immediately and allow the mixture to cool down completely.

    3

    Pour it into a sterilised jar and ensure that it is properly sealed. Store in the fridge until ready to use.

    4

    For the salad, toss all of the ingredients together, drizzle with olive or avocado oil and serve topped with pickled onions.