Good pickles

Name: Good pickles recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 x 750ml jars
Ingredients: 4 cups (1L) water; 2 tbs rock salt; 500g pickling cucumbers; 2 garlic cloves, roughly sliced; 1/2 bunch dill, fronds picked; 2-3 tsp caster sugar (optional)

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2 x 750ml jars

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by delicious. team

delicious. team

May 03, 2020

“No matter what the occasion, a good pickle just can’t be beaten," says Aaron Turner. Begin this recipe 1 week ahead. This is an edited extract from The Hot Chicken Project by Aaron Turner (Hardie Grant, $48).

4 cups (1L) water
2 tbs rock salt
500g pickling cucumbers
2 garlic cloves, roughly sliced
1/2 bunch dill, fronds picked
2-3 tsp caster sugar (optional)

Method

1.

To pickle the cucumbers, add the water and salt to a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool to room temperature.
2.

Pack 2 wide-mouthed sterilised jars tightly with the cucumbers. Divide the garlic and dill between the jars, pour over the cooled brine and seal tightly with the lids. (If you like your pickles a little sweet, you can add a few teaspoons of caster sugar at this stage, too.)
3.

Leave the jars somewhere cool and dark for about 7 days, then give one of the pickles a try. If it is salty and sour, then transfer the jars to the fridge; if not, leave the jars where they are to keep pickling. Jars will keep in the fridge until needed.