Pickled Garlic

Ingredients

• 3 cups fresh garlic cloves
• 1 1/2 cups white distilled vinegar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  

Instructions

1. Peel cloves; if large, cut in half lengthwise.
2. In a non-reactive saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar and salt. Bring to boiling and stir until sugar dissolves.
3. Drop garlic into mixture and cook, uncovered, over high heat 1 minute, stirring occasionally.
4. Remove from heat; let cool.
5. Store in tightly covered jar in refrigerator for 3 months or longer.

To make a crisper, slightly spicier garlic pickle, add 1/16 to 1/8 teaspoon alum and 1/2 teaspoon crushed red peppercorns.