Fire & Ice Salad With Cucumbers & Tomatoes

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 medium tomatoes, each cut into eight wedges
• 1 medium green pepper, julienne cut
• 1 small jalapeno pepper, minced
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 3/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons celery seeds
• 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• 1 teaspoon salt
• hot pepper sauce, to taste (optional)
• 2 medium cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine tomatoes, green pepper, jalapeno pepper, and sliced onion; set aside.
• 2 in a saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, mustard and celery seed, horseradish, salt, and hot pepper sauce, if using; bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute.
• 3 pour over vegetables.
• 4 let stand until mixture comes to room temperature, then stir in sliced cucumbers. refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 5 drain just before serving.