Brined Dills
- 48 small cucumbers
- 1 box pickling spices whole
- 3 bunch dill weed dry
- 1 pint white vinegar
- 2 gallons water
- 1 pound salt
- Wash and drain cukes.
- Put down a layer of dill in a large crock.
- Layer cukes, dill, pickling spices (and whole rocambole and washed grape leaves if desired) in crock.
- Stir together remaining ingredients and pour over cucumbers until well covered.
- (make more brine as necessary) Place a heavy plate on top of cukes, and weight it down with a large jar filled with water.
- Do not fill crock to the top as it may overflow when the cukes release water.
- Let sit for approx 3 weeks, or until cukes are uniformly colored throughout and well flavored with dill.
- Remove cukes from brine and wash, discarding any soft cukes.
- Pack pickles into clean quart jars adding 1 to 2 cloves sliced rocambole (or garlic), 1 teaspoon peppercorns, 1/4 teaspoon pickling spices, and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric.
- Make up fresh brine from recipe above, bring to a boil and pour over dills in jar leaving 1" of headroom.
- Seal jars and process in boiling water bath 5 minutes.
- Start counting time the second the jars are placed in the boiling water.
- Wait at least three weeks before eating.
cucumbers, pickling spices whole, dill, white vinegar, water, salt
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/brined-dills-43345 (may not work)