Ball Canning Kosher Dill Pickles

The traditional flavorings in kosher dill pickles are garlic and dill plus a salty brine.
Ball canning kosher dill pickles. Prepare boiling water canner. You will need 3 1 2 lbs 1 6 kg pickling cucumbers about 14 small to medium 2 cups 500 ml water 1 cup 250 ml vinegar 5 acidity 1 4 cup 60 ml bernardin dill pickle mix. If you want a super quick non canning version of pickles see my recipe for refrigerator pickles. Pictures of recipes in an old binder folder called kitchen club recipes.
Ingredients 35 cucumbers pickling type estimate 5 cucumbers per quart. Fill up with cucumbers and then put in 2 level t. I also recommend canning this dill pickle recipe in pints. Pickling salt 7 cups white vinegar 5 acidity 7 cups water 7 tblsp.
Dill seed or 21 heads fresh dill 42 black peppercorns 14 garlic cloves peeled and halved. 1 3 9 dill pickles this is an interesting recipe that says to fill the jars put the lids on and after 10 days store in the basement. Combine water vinegar sugar and salt in. Some kosher dill pickles are fermented see my recipe for fermented cucumber pickles here but many are in a vinegar and salt brine like the ones in this recipe.
Put dill in the bottom of the jars. More vintage dill pickle recipes. More or less may be needed 7 tblsp. Slice 1 16 of an inch off the blossom end of each cucumber.
Oldworldgardenfarms july 17 2012 september 3 2018 canning preserving recipes cooking pickle recipes recipes we will make. Heat jars in simmering water until ready to use do not boil. Brine canning canning pickles cucumbers dill pickles garlic dill pickles hot water bath pickle recipes refrigerator pickles. 2 lbs 3 4 inch pickling cucumbers 2 cups water 2 cups white vinegar 1 4 cup sugar 1 4 cup ball salt for pickling and preserving 4 cloves garlic 4 small bay leaves 12 dill sprigs 2 tsp yellow mustard seeds 4 small hot peppers optional ball pickle crisp optional.
Dill pickles without vinegar use any size cucumbers. Wash cucumbers and hot peppers in cold water. Anything too much bigger gets made into relish or bread and butter pickles. Wash lids in warm soapy.
No matter what dill pickle recipe you use i highly recommend you use fresh picked small pickling cucumbers.