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Jan
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. Cut the pickling cucumbers in half lengthways and slice regular ones through the middle then into fingers.
To begin place all of the ingredients except the cucumbers and dill in a pan.
Pickling cucumbers recipe dill. To make the pickling vinegar put the whole spices in a medium saucepan. Toast over a low heat until they begin to smell aromatic. Add the dried chilli flakes last as these can easily catch.
Add the bay pour in all of the vinegar and sugar let it dissolve and bring to a simmer. Add the dill sprigs. Mix with the onion and salt in a large bowl cover and leave to soak overnight.
Next day drain the juices rinse the vegetables in cold water and drain well. Put the vinegar sugar and spices into a very large saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Simmer for 5 mins to let the flavours infuse.
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. 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. Wash and remove the spines on the pickling cucumbers. Cut into rounds or icicles if desired or leave them whole.
Combine vinegar and water in a large stockpot and bring to a boil. In each quart sized canning jar place 1 head of dill 2 cloves of garlic 1 tsp. Of pickling spice 1 tbs.
Place mustard seeds 1 clove garlic and dill in a sterilized quart jar. Tightly pack the pickling cucumbers in the jar positioning the last one horizontally to help keep the cucumbers below the brine. Top with remaining garlic clove.
Stir water vinegar sugar and sea salt together in a saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cool completely.
Step 2 combine cucumber spears garlic cloves and fresh dill in a large glass or plastic container. Divide the garlic dill seed and red pepper flakes between the pint jars. 2 smashed cloves 1 teaspoon dill seed and 1 4 teaspoon red pepper flakes if using per jar.
Pack the cucumbers into the jars. Pack the cucumbers into the jars. Trim the ends if they stand more than 1 2 inch below the top of the jar.
Fill up the jars with the cucumbers and add garlic cloves black peppercorns dried dill and slices of horseradish in between. Add 1 2 pieces of horseradish on top. In a big pot bring vinegar to a boil together with salt and sugar.
Cut the pickling cucumbers in half lengthways and slice regular ones through the middle then into fingers. Peel and finely slice the shallots. Put the cucumbers and shallots in a colander.
Sprinkle over 2 teaspoons of sea salt.