peppered garlic dill pickles
(4 ratings)
I made this recipe in memory of the many years I canned pickles with my dear grandmother. It is a mix of spices between two recipes from the Ball Book of Canning (Bible of Canning).
(4 ratings)
yield
6 pints
prep time
1 Hr
cook time
1 Hr
Ingredients For peppered garlic dill pickles
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3 Tbsppickling spice
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6 cwhite or cider vinegar (5% min)
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6 cwater
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1 craw brown sugar
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2/3 cpickling or canning salt (kosher salt can be used)
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6bay leaves
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1-1/2 tspwhole black peppercorns
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6 clovefresh garlic
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3 tspmustard seeds
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12heads (sprigs) fresh dill
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12-13-1/2 cwashed, sliced, trimmed pickling cucumbers (1/4" thick slices)
How To Make peppered garlic dill pickles
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1Prepare canner, jars, and lids
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2Tie pickling spice in a square of cheesecloth to create spice bag.
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3In large stainless steel saucepan, combine vinegar, water, sugar, pickling salt, and spice bag. Bring to boil over med-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Reduce heat and boil gently for 15 minutes, until spices have infused liquid.
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4Place 1 bay leaf, 1/4 tsp. black peppercorns, 1 clove garlic, 1/2 tsp. mustard seeds, and 2 heads of dill into each jar. Pack cucumber slices into hot jars to within a generous 1/2" of top of jar. Ladel hot pickling liquid into jar to cover cucumbers, leaving 1/2" headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary by adding hot liquid. Wipe rims. Center lid on jar. Screw band down until resistence is met, then increase to finger-tip tight.
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5Place jars in canner, ensuring they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil and process for 15 minutes. Turn off and remove canner lid. Wait 5 minutes, then remove jars, cool and store.
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