ClubFoody's Dill Pickles
Ready In: 30 mins
Yields: 4 1 liter jars
Ingredients
CUCUMBER
- 4 lbs pickling cucumbers, scrubbed and washed
- 2 tablespoons pickling salt
- 8 large garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 8 large head fresh dill
- 1 teaspoon pickle, crisp by bernardin
BRINE
- 5 cups water
- 4 cups white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons pickling salt
- 1 tablespoon pickling spices
- 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
Directions
- CUCUMBERS:
- Soak the cucumbers for 10 minutes in a produce wash. Rinse thoroughly before putting them in a large bowl; fill with cold water. Add 2 tablespoons pickling salt, cover and transfer to the fridge for 4 hours. Meanwhile, make the brine.
- After 4 hours, drain the cucumbers.
- Add 2 chopped cloves garlic per prepared jar before filling with cucumbers. Add 2 heads of dill per jar and then add ¼ teaspoons of Pickle Crisp per 1-liter jar.
- Fill up with cool brine, leaving about ½ inch from the top. Add the lids and apply the screw bands finger tight.
- Place the jars in a boiling water bath and when the water returns to a full boil, process for 5 minutes.
- Carefully remove and place the jars on a wire rack in a draft-free area to cool off before storing them in a cool dark place for 3 weeks before eating.
- BRINE:
- In a large pot over high heat, add all the brine ingredients. Stir well and bring the mixture to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat to cool off.
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