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Ben Hartung

Grandma Hartung’s Dill Pickles (relish?)

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Course: Canning
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Brine
  • 6 cup water
  • 1/2 cup picking salt
  • 3 cups white vinegar
Pickling
  • dill weed
  • black peppercorn, whole
  • cucumbers, shredded using a food processor

Method
 

  1. In a large pot, bring the water, salt, and winter to a rolling boil. Then reduce to a simmer and cover.
  2. Meanwhile, sterilize jars and lids. Line the bottom of the jars with peppercorn and dill. Add cucumber (sliced or spears). Seal, boil x 10 min. Wait 2 days before eating.
  3. Using a cheese cloth, press extra water from the cucumbers. Add shredded cucumbers to the jar, leading XXX inch of headspace .
  4. Submerge in boiling water and boiled for xxx minutes.