The other day while I was smoking some pork butts for BBQ I had some time on my hands as well as about 5 lbs of cucumbers. I’ve made sweet pickles, I’ve made relish. Dill pickles would round out my pickle storage requirements. I used the recipe right out of the Ball Blue Book.
While I didn’t have as many pickles as suggested for the recipe I figured if I had a little extra pickling liquid that would be OK. It’s very inexpensive.
Dill Pickles
[tw-divider]INGREDIENTS[/tw-divider]
8 lbs 4-6 inch cucumbers split
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup canning salt
1 quart each: vinegar, water
3 TBS mixed pickling spices
dill
garlic (1 clove per jar)
Jalapenos – 1/2 pepper per jar
[tw-divider]METHOD[/tw-divider]
- Wash cucumbers, drain
- Split lengthwise and trim off a little the blossom end. (I ended up quartering them to fit the jars better
- Combine, sugar, salt, vinegar and water in a large sauce pot
- Tie spices in a spice bag (I used cheese cloth), add spice bag to vinegar mixture
- Bring to boil then simmer for 15 minutes
- Pack cucumbers into sterile jars, add jalapeno slice, dill and clove of garlic to each jar
- Ladle pickling liquid over cucumbers leaving 1/4″ head space
- Adjust two piece caps. Process pints and quarts 15 minutes in boiling water canner
I got 6 pints out of this and maybe a cup of left over pickling liquid. Incidentally, this was the first canning I’ve done where a jar didn’t seal. That’s OK, it’s in the fridge and I’ll eat them up soon!
Until next time, Eat Well & Keep Digging!
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August 3, 2011
>When I end up with extra pickling liquid, whether it be sweet, dill or bread & butter, I just put it in a jar in the refrigerator and slice fresh cucumbers into it. In just a few days they're good enough to eat.
August 4, 2011
>Granny, That's a great tip! I've done that with onions as well.
August 4, 2011
>Let us know how they taste. I have not found a dill pickle recipe that I like yet.
August 4, 2011
>Looks good. I have never tried making split pickles. Now I will have too
August 4, 2011
>Becky, I'll let you know…
Mrs Pickle, how is it you've never made split pickles?
August 13, 2011
>I just picked 30lbs of cuckes tonight…i think i will try this recipe tomorrow!
August 14, 2011
>Mrs. Pickles, you have surely earned your moniker! I've got some more to do today, and just did some pickled gingered carrots last night.