Pickled Cucumbers

Simply make the brine and pour the boiled brine over the sliced cucumbers and seal in sterile jars.

Brine recipe:


6 TBS salt
3 cups vinegar
3 cups water
1 TBS pickling spice
10 Black peppercorns
6 tsp sugar
1 Cinnamon stick
2 Bay leaves


Place in the bottom of the sterile jars:
half teaspoon of mustard seeds, coriander seeds, a few peppercorns and some dried chillie flaks if you wish.
Some fresh dill sprigs ( I used dried as I had no fresh)


Make up the brine by boiling the ingredients above.
Slice up your cucumbers and fill sterile jars to about 1 inch from the top.
Remove the cinnamon stick from the brine
Pour the brine over the cucs up to about a half inch from the top of the jar and put the lids on the jars
Leave for 24 hours until the lids seal.



For the sweet pickled gherkins I simply doubled the sugar.