Nothin' Sweet About These Spicy Refrigerator Pickles
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1 1/4 cups white vinegar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons pickling salt
- 1 teaspoon whole Tellicherry peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste
- 6 pickling cucumbers
- 1/4 small white onion, sliced
- 8 sprigs fresh dill
- 1 clove garlic, slightly crushed
- Combine water, vinegar, salt, peppercorns, yellow and brown mustard seeds, sugar, and crushed red pepper flakes in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until sugar and salt have dissolved, 5 to 7 minutes. Allow mixture to cool, about 30 minutes.
- Cut cucumbers into even spears and pack into a 1-liter, large-mouthed glass jar. Add onion slices, dill sprigs, and garlic. Pour cooled vinegar mixture over cucumbers in the jar to cover completely. Seal with a lid and refrigerate for 24 hours before serving.
water, white vinegar, pickling salt, whole tellicherry, yellow mustard seeds, brown mustard seeds, white sugar, red pepper, cucumbers, white onion, dill, clove garlic
Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/268519/nothin-sweet-about-these-spicy-refrigerator-pickles/ (may not work)