Pickled Gherkins
Laura SharradIngredients:
- 1 kg Gherkins
- ¼ cup non-iodized salt
- 2 cup white vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp pickling spice (combination of your favourite pickling spices, such as mustard seeds, allspice berries, red pepper flakes, bay leaves, cloves, black peppercorns, cinnamon sticks)
- Fresh sprigs of dill (one per jar)
Method:
- Wash gherkins, rub off spikey bits and pat dry. Trim at both ends. Place in a clean bowl & sinkle with salt and store in a cool place until the salt has liquidized (a few hours)
- When you are ready to go, bring to the boil water & vinegar.
- Rinse the gherkins with boiling water, drain and rinse again. Put the gherkins into a hot sterilised jars, add pickling spice and fresh dill
- Fill the jars almost to the top with water/vinegar liquid and run a knife around the inside of the jar to get rid of any air bubbles.
- Top the jar with liquid until it is just overflowing and ensure that all the gherkins are covered.
- Using a cloth, tightly screw on the lids
- They will be ready in about 3 weeks, put the jar in drive for a few hours to cool before eating.
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