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Homemade Pickles
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Homemade Pickles

Homemade brine pickles - simple and natural

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Wash the cucumbers and trim the ends.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Arrange the cucumbers in a clean jar, upright and tightly packed, with the garlic, dill, chili pepper, bay leaf and peppercorns between them.
    Jar
    💡Fresh, firm cucumbers, tightly packed and completely covered with water: a cucumber sticking out of the water softens and grows mold.
  3. 3
    In a pot, bring the water to a boil with the salt, until the salt dissolves, and cool completely.
    StovePot
  4. 4
    Pour the brine over the cucumbers until they are completely covered.
  5. 5
    Close and leave at room temperature for 3–5 days, until the cucumbers turn olive green and are as sour as you like.
    💡Taste the water after a day: it should be as salty as seawater. Add salt or water as needed.
  6. 6
    Move to the fridge: the cold stops the fermentation.
    Refrigerator
31calories
2 gprotein
5 gcarbs
0 gfat
● protein 21%● carbs 67%● fat 12%

Per serving (410 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Jar · Also works: Storage container (None)

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🧩 Built from…

Salt-Brined Pickles

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