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Easy Homemade Pickles: Making the Perfect Pickle

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Author: Andrew Gavin
Easy Homemade Pickles: Making the Perfect Pickle
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Ingredients
 

  • 3 4-inch long cucumbers , sliced into 1/4-1/6 inch rounds
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 2 piri piri peppers, replace with pepper flakes or other spicy pepper
  • 200 mL water, .85 cups
  • 200 mL fruit vinegar, .85 cups, or white wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp white sugar
  • 4 tsp sea salt, 4-6 tsp of kosher salt
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 sprigs of dill
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds

Equipment

  • 1 16 oz jar
  • 1 medium pot
  • 1 bowl and whisk
  • 1 pair of tongs

Instructions
 

Sterilize Jars

  • Bring a pot of water to a boil on the stove top making sure there is enough water to submerge the jar.
  • Once the water is boiling gently submerge the jar and lid with a tongs or other tool.
  • Boil for 10 minutes. Prepare the pickle ingredients below while the sanitizing the jars.
  • Remove the jar from the water and let cool for a minute or two.

Pickles

  • Cucumbers are sliced into 1/4-1/6 inch thick pieces for perfect pickles.
    Wash, cut and prepare the ingredients for pickling.
  • The brine for making perfect pickles is a mixture of fruit vinegar, water, salt, and sugar.
    In a bowl place the water, vinegar, salt and sugar. Whisk vigorously to dissolve the salt and sugar.
  • The cucumbers and other flavoring ingredients are pack tightly into jars when making perfect pickels.
    In the jar start layering in the flavoring ingredients such as garlic, peppers, and dill. Add the cucumber pieces the jars, packing everything in tightly. Fill gaps on the side with the remaining garlic, peppers, dill, mustard seed, bay leaf.
  • Pour the vinegar solution into the jar filling to the rim. Seal the the jar with the lid.
  • Place the jar in the refrigerator for quick pickles. Leave the pickles for 2 day and then enjoy!
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