23
Sep
Yellow mustard seeds10 cloves. Black peppercorns1 tbsp coriander seeds.
Place the peppercorns pepper flakes garlic dill seed and fresh dill into a 1 gallon crock.
Cucumber dill pickle recipe. Wash the cucumbers split along their length and scoop out the seeds. Cut each half into finger length chunks then cut into 5mm strips. Mix with the onion and salt in a large bowl cover and leave to soak overnight.
Small pickling or ridged cucumber85g. Coarse crystal sea saltfor the pickling vinegar. Black peppercorns1 tbsp coriander seeds.
Yellow mustard seeds10 cloves. Few pieces of. Mace bladespinch of dried chilli flakes optional 2.
White wine vinegar plus 3 5 tbsp100g white sugar. Turn the cucumber into a colander or large sieve and leave to drain for 10 15 minutes. Return the cucumber to the bowl add the sugar vinegar and dill and mix together.
Spoon into a large. To begin place all of the ingredients except the cucumbers and dill in a pan. Bring to the boil then turn down to a simmer and add the dill.
Stir until the sugar and salt have dissolved then remove from the heat and allow to cool. Thin slice the garlic and add to the vinegar solution add the dill or dill seed if you cannot get fresh 2 teaspoons of coriander seeds simmer for 5 minutes. After 4 hours the cucumbers will be saturated with water the salt dehydrates them ie removes the liquid from the cucumbers.
Place the peppercorns pepper flakes garlic dill seed and fresh dill into a 1 gallon crock. Add the cucumbers to the crock on top of the aromatics. Pour the brine mixture over the cucumbers in.
In a large bowl toss the cucumbers with the dill and garlic. Pour the brine over the cucumbers and turn to coat. Place a small plate over the cucumbers to keep them submerged then cover the bowl.
Stir water vinegar sugar and sea salt together in a saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cool completely.
Combine cucumber spears garlic cloves and fresh dill in a large glass or plastic container. This recipe was given to me by my late mother in law and makes use of the abundant summertime supply of cucumbers. A neighbor recently presented me with four five gallon buckets of cucumbers from his garden and i made pickles for the whole neighborhood.
Place in a shallow dish sprinkle with the salt lightly and toss to distribute the salt. Cover the surface with baking paper and weigh it down with a plate. Leave in a cool place for 12 24 hours.