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Saviolo

(3,268 posts)
Thu Aug 15, 2019, 12:53 PM Aug 2019

Easy Cucumber Refrigerator Pickle Recipe

We've done a fermented kosher dill pickle before, but this is much simpler! You don't need to manage percentages of salt to control fermentation or anything, you're just mixing the salt and vinegar to cure the cucumbers. Much easier! It's obviously going to be a different taste, but it's a quicker pickle, and still very delicious. We got these gorgeous fresh field cucumbers, and they turned out very well.

Of course you can personalize your flavour profile with the type of spices and such that you add to your pickle brine. We add that dried chili pepper, but you can leave that out if you don't like things spicy. We also replaced dill heads with dried dill seed (we didn't have any fresh dill heads this time around).


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Easy Cucumber Refrigerator Pickle Recipe (Original Post) Saviolo Aug 2019 OP
Thanks! We are drowning in cucumbers this year! redstatebluegirl Aug 2019 #1
Did I Miss The Recipe Where It Details The Amounts Of Salt, Vinegar, Water & Spices?....... global1 Aug 2019 #2
We put all of that in the description on YouTube: Saviolo Aug 2019 #3
Thank You For The Recipe & The Description.....nt global1 Aug 2019 #4
I want to try this! PennyK Aug 2019 #5
Yes, they will be Claussen-esque. demmiblue Aug 2019 #6
Flavour profile is very customizable Saviolo Aug 2019 #7

global1

(25,167 posts)
2. Did I Miss The Recipe Where It Details The Amounts Of Salt, Vinegar, Water & Spices?.......
Thu Aug 15, 2019, 01:33 PM
Aug 2019

Can you post a link to the quantities of the ingredients please.

Saviolo

(3,268 posts)
3. We put all of that in the description on YouTube:
Thu Aug 15, 2019, 01:42 PM
Aug 2019

I'll copy and paste it here:

This refrigerator pickle is made with a hybrid pickle brine, so it can be allowed to ferment if that is desired, but keeping the pickles in the fridge and thus keeping the fermentation slow will help to preserve their bright green color. Be sure to use pickling cucumbers rather than salad or English cucumbers. The pickling ones are less pleasant to eat fresh but stand up much better to the pickling process.

Many different flavor profiles will work; we choose to make dill pickles. When fresh dill-heads are available in the garden, use one or two of them per jar instead of dried dill seed. A “pickling spice” mix may also be used.

If some sugar were added to the brine, and pickling spice were used, the result would be what are sometimes called “bread-and-butter” pickles, which are generally sliced. For this recipe I’d recommend anywhere from 2 Tbsp to 1/4 cup of either white sugar or honey, depending on how sweet you want your pickles.

Makes roughly 2 qt of pickles.

Equipment:
• large mixing bowl
• colander
• vegetable brush
• ~2 qt jar for pickles

Ingredients:
1 qt water
3/4 cup white vinegar
3/8 cup salt
2 lb cucumbers roughly 1qt dry
1 ea dried hot chili
1 ea bay leaf
1 tsp mustard seed
1/2 tsp dill seed
1/2 tsp black peppercorns
1/2 tsp coriander

Procedure:
1. Place water, vinegar and salt (along with optional sugar) into a saucepan and bring it to the simmer, then turn it off.
2. Soak all the cucumbers in water in the large mixing bowl, and scrub them to get any dried flower parts or soil off of them, especially around the flower end of the cucumber.
3. Rinse off the cucumbers and set them aside to drip-dry.
4. Place the dry spices into the bottom of the jar.
5. Carefully pack the cucmbers into the jar as closely as possible.
6. Once the brine has completely cooled to room temperature, pour it over the cucumbers to fill the jar, leaving a little head room so that the brine doesn’t contact the lid.
7. Place the pickles into the back of the fridge and forget about them for two weeks, then make a delicious rediscovery.

demmiblue

(36,744 posts)
6. Yes, they will be Claussen-esque.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 02:28 PM
Aug 2019

I don't use the bay leaf, coriander/cilantro or hot chili. I also put 1 or 2 whole cloves of garlic in each jar when I make it (and sprigs of dill instead of the dill seeds). Oh, and I also halve the cukes.

Saviolo

(3,268 posts)
7. Flavour profile is very customizable
Thu Aug 29, 2019, 11:30 AM
Aug 2019

And we do prefer to use fresh dill heads, but after our move in March, we're still getting the balcony container garden sorted out, so we didn't have any fresh dill to use this time around.

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