Photo: Quick Sweet Pickles Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 kirby cucumbers or 2 regular cucumbers
- 1/4 cup kosher salt
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon coriander seed
- 1 tablespoon mustard seed
- 1 tablespoon whole allspice berries
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
Directions
Wash and dry the cucumbers. Using a sharp knife or a mandolin, slice the cucumbers thinly and place in a colander. Sprinkle with salt and toss to coat. Place the colander over a bowl and allow it to sit, covered, for about 1 hour. Rinse off the salt and dry the cucumber slices well. Place them into a sterilized quart jar.
In a small saucepan add the remaining ingredients. Stir to dissolve sugar and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and allow it to cool. Pour the brine over the cucumbers in jar. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. Will keep, refrigerated, for about 2 weeks.
* Sterilizing Jars
Properly handled sterilized equipment will keep canned foods in good condition for years. Sterilizing jars is the first step of preserving foods.
Tips:
Jars should be made from glass and free of any chips or cracks. Preserving or canning jars are topped with a glass, plastic or metal lid, which has a rubber seal. Two-piece lids are best for canning, as they vacuum-seal when processed.
To sterilize jars before filling with jams, pickles or preserves, wash jars and lids with hot, soapy water. Rinse well and arrange jars and lids open sides up, without touching, on a tray. Boil the jars and lids in a large saucepan, covered with water, for 15 minutes.
Use tongs when handling hot sterilized jars, to move them from boiling water. Be sure tongs are sterilized too, by dipping the ends in boiling water for a few minutes.
As a rule, hot preserves go into hot jars and cold preserves go into cold jars. All items used in the process of making jams, jellies and preserves must be clean. This includes any towels used, and especially your hands.
After the jars are sterilized, you can preserve the food. It is important to follow any canning and processing instructions included in the recipe and refer to USDA guidelines about the sterilization of canned products.
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By Beau1500
on February 23, 2012
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When I read the recipe I thought that the 1/4 cup of salt went into the vinegar mix and that "sprinkle with salt" was totally separate. You can imagine how they turned out!!!
By valerie.lam_8918625
Charlestown, MA
on October 25, 2009
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All of the salt gets sprinkled on the cucumbers. The rest of the ingredients go in the pot...yummy!
By mullaney2006_77...
Beulaville, NC
on August 05, 2007
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When I saw this recipe I was very excited to try it. I went to the store and bought all the ingredient the recipe called for. However, as I was in my kitchen preparing everything, I read the recipe in detail and realized that, in the beginning of the recipe, it does not specify you are sprinkling the cukes with ADDITIONAL salt, or ALL the salt that the recipe calls for. What makes it even more confusing is later on when the recipe says "...add the remaining ingredients". Usually a recipe will list the ingredients it tells you to add, instead of telling you to just add the rest. That would have made all the difference in this recipe. I ended up not making it.
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