Agrio de Vinagrillo [Recipe + Video] Bilimbi Pickle and Vinegar

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  • Prep Time

    10 mins

  • Additional Time

    2 d

  • Total Time

    2 d 10 mins

  • Servings

    4 servings

  • Calories

    2 kcal

  • Course

    Lunch, Dinner

  • Cuisine

    Dominican

Agrio de Vinagrillo [Recipe + Video] Bilimbi Pickle and Vinegar

The most common way we eat this fruit is just sprinkled with salt, a favorite of Dominican children. but If you can find vinagrillos, then make these amazing encurtido y vinagre de vinagrillo (bilimbi pickle and vinegar).

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Ingredients

Servings

For agrio de vinagrillo (bilimbi vinegar)

  • 2 dozen bilimbi fruits rinsed, divided
  • 8 garlic cloves
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper (or two habaneros, see notes)
  • 3 allspice berries (malagüeta)
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Vinagrillo pickle

  • 8 bilimbi fruits
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • teaspoon sugar (white, granulated)
  • 3 allspice berries (malagüeta)
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Instructions

To make agrio

1. Blending

  1. Blend half the bilimbi fruit and sift to obtain the juice. Discard solids, set juice aside.

2. Combining

  1. Cut the remaining bilimbi fruit and garlic into thin slices. Place them in a lidded jar. Add Scotch bonnet pepper (halved), and allspice.Pour in the bilimbi juice.

3. Resting

  1. Cover with a clean cloth and let it rest on the kitchen counter for 24 hours. Once rested, add salt and cover with tight-fitting lid.

4. Serving and storing

  1. This agrio can be used to make your stews spicy and more flavorful. It's left on the table for guests to add it to their own taste. It will get more potent as time passes, so keep that in mind.Always maintain refrigerated, and use within the next two weeks.

To pickle bilimbi

1. Combining

  1. Cut the bilimbi fruit into thin slices. Place them in a lidded jar. Add salt, sugar, and allspice. Add enough hot water to cover.

2. Resting

  1. Cover with tight-fitting lid. Let it rest in the fridge for 48 hours.

3. Serving and storing

  1. Use this pickle as you would regular pickle. I loved it in my burgers and sandwiches.Always maintain refrigerated, and use within the next two weeks.

Notes

  • Scotch bonnet peppers are eye-watering spicy. If you're not into that kind of thing, go with one or half a habanero.
  • Nutritional information only for the pickles. 

Nutrition Information

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Calories 2kcal (0%) Carbohydrates 1g (0%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 1g (2%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 145mg (6%) Potassium 3mg (0%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 1g (2%) Vitamin A 1IU (0%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 1mg (0%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 2 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 2kcal 0%
Carbohydrates 1g 0%
Protein 1g 2%
Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 145mg 6%
Potassium 3mg 0%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 1g 2%
Vitamin A 1IU 0%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 1mg 0%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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