Photo: Kinda Sorta Sours Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
- 2 medium cucumbers, thinly sliced
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup champagne vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1 teaspoon pickling spice
- 4 whole garlic cloves, smashed
Directions
Combine the onion and cucumber slices in a clean spring-top jar.
Combine the remaining ingredients, with the exception of the garlic, in a non-reactive saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 4 full minutes to wake up the spice flavors.
Add the garlic cloves to the jar. Slowly and gently pour the pickling liquid over the onion and cucumber slices, filling to the top of the jar.
Cool to room temperature. Top off the pickles with any remaining pickling liquid and refrigerate.
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By paeschke_12605816
Hermiston, OR
on August 21, 2011
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This has become the favorite pickle for my family.
By beckys19
on August 17, 2011
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I've made these often, using cider as the only vinegar, and adding several fresh dill heads and leaves to the jar. It makes for an awesome dill pickle!
By robcangel
Reddick, Fl
on August 15, 2011
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I will NEVER buy pickles from the store again! I just made these and while still hot, they are better than the store's. I didn't have champagne vinegar, but I had some red and white wine vinegars so that was used. Also didn't have mustard seeds so I used an extra teaspoon of pickling spice, which has mustard seeds in it anyway. I should have known that anything coming from Alton Brown was going to be worth trying. Thanks Alton :
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