Easy to prepare tasty Cauliflower Salad Recipe. This salad come out tender crisp and is easy to prepare. I find that I like to add the boiling brine to the vegetables and for me that makes the perfect tender-crisp. I do note that the salad might take on more flavor if you drop the cauliflower in boiling water briefly  (like less than one minute) but I really like this texture and this flavor so I didn’t. The salad comes out not too sweet, spicy, salty or acidic. I think the flavor will be just right for the majority of people. The only thing I would do different is to cut the scallions in smaller pieces and maybe use a pepper spicier than a Jalapeño if I want some heat.

Ingredients

1 head cauliflower – broken down in bite size pieces – ( I cut in quarters and sliced up each quarter in three wedges including the core, sliced off and kept cores and broke down each wedge a bit.

4 celery ribs – peeled, cut in about one inch pieces

2 carrots – peeled, cut in quarter inch slices on a diagonal

2 scallions – cut longways and short ways

3 jalapeños – stem and seeds removed – chopped

3 garlic cloves – grounded

1 cup red wine vinegar

1 cup white wine vinegar

1 cup rice wine vinegar

3 cups water

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup kosher salt or sea salt

2 bay leaves

2 Tablespoons yellow mustard seeds

1 Tablespoon coriander seed

1 Tablespoon black peppercorns

3/4 Tablespoon allspice

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper

Directions

In a large bowl or pan combine the cauliflower, celery, carrots, scallions and jalapeños. Mix them up and in two sterilized containers or tubs divide them.

Get a sauce pot and add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a slightly slower boil and let it go about ten minutes.

Pour the boiling liquid evenly between both tubs. Let the tubs cool for about a half hour on your counter and then lid them up and place in your refrigerator. You might need to push the vegetables down just a little with a spoon to get them all under the hot liquid.

Put your tubs in the refrigerator and tomorrow you will have Tasty tender crisp Pickled Cauliflower Salad. Be careful not to eat the peppercorns and allspice berries.

Tender crisp and Tasty.