Banana Peppers Stuffed With Sauerkraut

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups vinegar
• 2 cups water
• 2 lbs sugar
• 3 quarts banana peppers (hot or sweet)
• sauerkraut

Recipe

• 1 mix vinegar, water and sugar.
• 2 boil 15 minutes.
• 3 cut off stem end of peppers and seed (wear rubber gloves).
• 4 stuff peppers with saurkraut and put into pint or quart jars very tightly.
• 5 pour brine overtop.
• 6 seal jars**.
• 7 **this is an heirloom recipe that uses a method no longer recommended by the usda/nchfp (national center for home food preservation). current guidelines recommend processing in a boiling water bath at least 10 minutes at sea level to 1000 feet in elevation (more time at higher elevations) and left to cool, upright and undisturbed, on a cloth-protected counter for 24 hours. check for seal; if the jar hasn't sealed, either re-process the jars within the 24 hours or refrigerate and use first.