Don’t you hate it when you discover mid-recipe that a vital ingredient is missing? That’s how I stumbled on this Sweet Relish recipe. Midway through making Egg Salad, I realized I had a mere tablespoon of sweet relish when a 1/2 cup was needed. No time to run to the store, I remembered a hack from an off-the-gridder I follow, who made relish out of pickles that had accidently been overprocessed and became soft.

If Dill Relish is your goal, simply swap dill pickles for bread and butter pickles. Follow the recipe the same. This is also a great use for excess pickles, if you happened to have *accidentally* canned more than 50 quarts of a bumper crop and your family is kinda, sorta sick of pickles.

Sweet Relish – The Shortcut Way!

This Sweet Relish comes together in minutes by using premade bread and butter pickles.

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Equipment

• Food Processor

Ingredients

  

• 1 quart bread and butter pickles about 2 cups
• 1-2 tsp reserved pickle juice

Instructions

 

• Drain pickle juice, reserving 1-2 tsp. Place drained pickles in food processor.
  
• Pulse 5-6 times, scraping down the bowl after a few pulses.
• Add reserved juice, pulse one more time to combine.
• Store in a covered container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

Notes

For Dill Relish, swap dill pickles for bread and butter pickles. 

Keyword bread and butter pickles, pickles, relish, sweet relish