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Bring to a boil. Add the dill seed and garlic.
Pack cucumbers into nine hot quart jars within 1 2 in.
Best dill pickles recipe. Place a layer of dill at the bottom of each jar along with one garlic clove if used then tightly load the cukes into the jar to the neck of the jar depending on size you may get two nice layers with a few small cukes in the top squeeze cukes into the jar tightly uniform size helps. Add a few tiny spriglets of dill at the top too and another garlic clove if desired. In a stockpot bring water vinegar and salt to a boil.
Pack cucumbers into nine hot quart jars within 1 2 in. Place one dill head two garlic cloves and two peppers in each jar. Carefully ladle hot mixture into jars leaving 1 2 in.
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 2 stir until the sugar and salt have dissolved then remove from the heat and allow to cool. An easy recipe for refrigerater pickles or canning whole minis spears or coin shaped pickles.
4 lbs pickling cucumbers. 3 cups apple cider or white vinegar or combination 4 cups water. 1 4 cup pickling or kosher salt.
2 tablespoons sugar or honey optional 12 fresh dill sprigs and or heads. 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. Pour cooled vinegar mixture over cucumber mixture.
Add the dill garlic and pickling spice in your canning jar. Wash your quart sized canning jars and set them on top of a towel or wooden surface. Then into each quart jar place 1 fresh dill head 2 cloves of peeled garlic and 1 tbs.
In a large heatproof measuring cup combine the vinegar sugar salt mustard seeds coriander seeds and dill seeds with the hot water and stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved. Sterilize the jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes. Pack the cucumbers into the hot sterilized jars filling the jars to within 1 2 inch of the top.
Place 1 dill head and 1 clove of garlic into each jar. Pour the hot pickling liquid into the jars filling to within 1 4 inch of the rim. Add the dill seed and garlic.
I usually use 1t dill seed and 2 crushed garlic cloves or 2 tsp minced per pint jar but you can experiment with these amounts according to your family s personal preferences. Add the salt brine. How much you actually use really depends on how much space is left in the jar.
But for those who have a palate for pickles there s a world of possibilities. So many delicious pickled recipes run the gamut from sweet baby gherkins bread and butter and even kool aid flavored pickles. Kosher dill pickles tread a delicate balance between sweet and sour juicy and crunchy.