Description
These quick pickled strawberries are tangy, naturally sweetened, and incredibly easy to make—no boiling required! A fun, low effort recipe that lets fresh strawberries shine while adding a bright, unexpected twist to salads, toast, cheese boards, and more. A must-try for strawberry season!
Ingredients
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- 1.5 cups fresh strawberries, halved (see notes)
- 1/2 - 3/4 cup rice vinegar (enough to fill jar halfway)
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
- Water, enough to fill rest of jar
Instructions
- Fill jar with strawberries. Place hulled and halved strawberries in a jar, filling it full with enough room to close.
- Add vinegar + spices. Fill jar halfway with vinegar, then add salt, honey, and black peppercorns. See notes for other spices and flavorings you could try!
- Add water. Fill the jar the rest of the way with water, cover tightly, then gently shake to dissolve honey and salt. Chill in the fridge overnight, or for at least 4 hours. Enjoy on toasts or crostini with goat cheese, salads, or plain!
Notes
- Jar. I use a 16-ounce widemouth mason jar, which works great! Feel free to use a different type of jar of similar size, or another size jar. Follow the same recipe guidelines to adjust for size (there will be less or more, depending on the jar size): fill halfway with vinegar, add spices, fill rest of the way with water.
- Spices. Try adding pink peppercorns, allspice berries, or thyme sprigs to the pickled strawberries in Step 2!
- Strawberries. The amount of strawberries that fit in your jar will depend on their size. I like halves best for size, but if your strawberries are massive, you could quarter them. Usually I end up using about 1.5 cups, which is why I recommended this amount here, but feel free to adjust!
- Storage instructions. I love this recipe because the jar you make in is the jar you store in. Simple leave the strawberries in the jar in the fridge, and I recommend enjoying within 1 week (otherwise they get a bit too mushy). We almost always devour ours within 2-3 days!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Pickle
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/3 jar
- Calories: 50
- Sugar: 9.5 g
- Sodium: 389.3 mg
- Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 12.6 g
- Fiber: 1.9 g
- Protein: 0.7 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
