French style Dill Pickles
tangy, crispy, tart pickles
Ingredients
- 8 pickling cucumbers sliced in stripes or rounds
- 1 onion chopped
- 1/4 cup kosher salt sprinlkle over cut cucmbers
- 3 cups white vinegar
- 3 cups water
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed make sure to get a piece in each jar
- 2 tsp fresh dill 1/2 t in each jar
- 2 tsp whole peppercorns 1/2 t in each jar
- 2 tsp whole mustard seeds 1/2 t in each jar
- 2 bay leaves 1/2 in each jar
Instructions
- Cut cucmbers and onions and place in a strainer and sprinkle with salt. The salt will pull out all the water and leave you with a much more flavorful pickle. Place jars on a rimmed cookie sheet and set oven to 350 once oven comes to temp you can remove and add garlic, dill and remaining spices to each jar. Add a tablespoon or two to the hot jars and then pack with cucumbers. Wait a min or two and take a fork or knife and press cucumbers down into liquid and add more cucumbers or liquid to jars. This should be enough to fill 4 pint jars or 2 quart jars and you can double the cut recipe in half for smaller amount. These pickles taste best if they are stored in a fridge and sit for at least a month.