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Next pack your cucumbers tightly into each jar. Pour the brine mixture over the cucumbers in.
For spicy pickles add half a hot pepper or 1 tsp.
Making dill pickles with fresh dill. Now it is time to fill the jars. In the bottom of each jar place a teaspoon of dill seed 1 2 teaspoon of the peppercorns and 1 garlic clove. Next pack your cucumbers tightly into each jar.
Adding the brine making homemade dill pickles. Once the cucumbers are in tightly pour the hot brine into the jar. 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.
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.
When i say dill i mean the full dill plants that look like weeds with large tops and dill seeds. You can make pickles with the soft young dill fronds you find in the spring but the dill flavour isn t as intense. But don t let that be a deal breaker.
You can add dill seeds and even use the same recipe and method and pickle something else. Some people also like to include 1 tsp. 2g of onion powder or some chopped fresh onions.
For spicy pickles add half a hot pepper or 1 tsp. 3g of crushed red pepper flakes. Place 2 5 cups 591ml of white vinegar 2 5 cups 591ml of water and 1 4 cup 59ml of pickling salt in a saucepan.
Place a clove of garlic a sprig of dill and 1 teaspoons of pickling spice in each pint jar. If using quart jars add 2 cloves of garlic 1 tablespoon of pickling spice and 2 sprigs of dill in each jar. Pack as many pickles as you can into the jars without crushing them.
You don t want to bruise the pickles. Make the pickling brine by combining the cider vinegar water and pickling salt in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring it to a rolling boil then remove it from the heat.
Let it cool for a minute before pouring it into the jars over the pickles and spices. First we infuse the pickling brine by simmering it with pickling spices making a pickle tea of sorts. Then we will add extra dill and mustard seeds crushed garlic and red pepper flakes to the jars with the cucumbers give them lots of flavor.
Bay leaves add flavor and tannins to help keep the pickles crisp. Prepare 8 quart sized mason jars lids and canner for processing. Start your water bath now so it is ready when it is time to process the jars.
Add two whole garlic cloves a sprig or two of fresh dill 1 tsp peppercorns to the bottom of the mason jars along with 1 4 tsp of pickle crisp. Use oven mitts to place the jars on a dish rack and allow them to cool slowly over 30 minutes. Step 5 measure the dry dill weed.
Use 1 3 as much dry dill weed as you would use fresh herbs drying herbs increases their potency by a factor of three.