#pickled walnuts

We have at least 4 mature walnut trees here on the farm. I say at least because it seems like every time one of us makes a substantial blow against the blackberry patches we find another orchard tree of some sort buried in them (so far mostly apples and pears). While looking up how to process walnuts for their typical uses I learned that immature walnuts that are pickled before the shell hardens are a pretty popular thing in some parts of the world.

Recipe: Mini Cheese & Pickled Walnut Quiches

This Christmas, like every other Christmas was a time for feasting. We’ve eaten and eaten well and the fridge is full of lovely leftovers we’re slowly working our way through. A return to normality beckons and those leftovers really needed using up, so for lunch today I made a batch of these lovely mini quiches using the remnants of the cheese board, some pickled walnuts and some stale bread. The…

Pickled walnuts must be one of those fabulously English ingredients that everyone has heard of, yet what to do with them?

Opies one of the oldest private family-owned food companies in the UK, having been in business since 1880 and manufacture quality pickles and preserves, pickled walnuts being one of the items.

The walnuts are harvested before the shell forms. Cooked and marinated in a secret spiced malt vinegar recipe, they’re then packed into jars by hand. They make a delicious accompaniment to cheese and cold meats and provide a tasty ingredient when diced or sliced in meat, poultry and game dishes.

Opies one of the oldest private family-owned food companies in the UK, having been in business since 1880 and manufacture quality pickles and preserves, pickled walnuts being one of the items.

The walnuts are harvested before the shell forms. Cooked and marinated in a secret spiced malt vinegar recipe, they’re then packed into jars by hand. They make a delicious accompaniment to cheese and cold meats and provide a tasty ingredient when diced or sliced in meat, poultry and game dishes.