Old Fashioned Bread and Butter Pickles
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Ingredients
- 4 Qts cucumbers, sliced
- 3 medium white onions, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 2 peppers, diced (I like to use red for the color and flavor)
- 1/3 cup pickling salt
- 3 cup white vinegar
- 5 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 1/2 tsp celery seed
- 2 tbs mustard seed
- crushed ice
Instructions
-Slice cucumbers, onions, garlic, peppers in thin strips.
-I like to use a food processor for this. Use the slicing disc and just put everything in to get sliced. I'll post a few food processor options below!
-In a extra large bowl (metal will allow the ice to last longer) mix together all your sliced produce with the salt. Layer with crushed ice. Let sit for a min of 3 hours or overnight. The longer you let them sit the more "crunch" you'll have.
-Prepare your mason jars. Sterilize in an oven or boiling water for 10 minutes.
I have used 6, 250 ml mason jars along with 2, 1 ltrs mason jars. The recipe filled all of those perfectly.
You could also use 12-14, 250 ml mason jars or 6-8 500 ml mason jars. (depending on how much liquid there ends up being)
-In a large saucepan, add your vinegar, sugar, turmeric, celery seed and mustard seed. Bring to a boil.
-Drain the cucumber mix and add to the boiling mixture. Bring everything to a boil.
-Use a wide mouth funnel and pour into mason jars while still hot.
-Make sure to check your jars every 30 minutes to an hour to tighten them.
-Enjoy! These are perfect with any home cooked meal.
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All ready to be mixed! The food processor makes this so much easier.
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Mixed with salt and layered with ice
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Finished product! Yumm
You can grab this food processor here
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