Pickles And Pounds Recipe

• 1/2 a white onion, thinly sliced
• 2 hothouse cucumbers, sliced into thick rounds
• 4 garlic cloves, smashed
• Handful chopped fresh dill
• 1 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups vinegar (can use a combination of white, red wine, cider, champagne, etc.)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon tumeric
• 1 teaspoon celery seeds
• 1 teaspoon pickling spice

1. Put the onion slices, cucumber slices, garlic, and dill in a large mason jar. Combine the remaining ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 4 minutes. Pour the liquid over the cucumbers, filling the jar all the way to the top. Screw the lid on tightly, give the jar a good shake, and refrigerate. Pickles are ready the next day.

white onion, hothouse cucumbers, garlic, handful, water, vinegar, sugar, salt, mustard seeds, tumeric, celery seeds, pickling spice

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/01/pickles-and-pounds-recipe.html (may not work)