Pickled Shrimp and Vegetables Recipe | Epicurious

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 large lemons
• 2 cups white-wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon dried hot red-pepper flakes
• 4 tablespoons kosher salt
• 4 tablespoons pickling spices (from a 2 1/2-oz jar)
• 2 tablespoons fennel seeds
• 3 large garlic cloves, minced
• 2 large Turkish bay leaves or 1 California
• 1 large fennel bulb (sometimes labeled "anise"; 1 lb), stalks discarded
• 3 large celery ribs, sliced diagonally (1/4 inch thick)
• 1 jumbo sweet onion such as Vidalia (1 lb), halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise
• 3 lb large shrimp in shell (21 to 25 per lb), peeled, tail and first shell segment left intact, and deveined
• 1 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley