Russian Sour Pickles

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Russian Sour Pickles

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup coarse Kosher salt
  • 16-20 small cucumbers (preferably kirby) tips trimmed, and well washed
  • 1 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1 cup white vinegar
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • 12 black peppercorns
  • 6 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 2 bay leaf
  • 2 bunches dill with seed heads
  • 1-2 horseradish or grape leaves (optional)

Instructions

Cucumber Pickles. Dissolve 1/4 cup salt in 2 1/2 quarts water in a large bowl. Add cucumbers and set aside for 12 hours. Drain and rinse. Combine 1/4 cup salt, sugar, vinegar, and 2 cups water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Place grape leaf, 3 cloves of the garlic, 1 bay leaf, 6 black peppercorns, and 1 bunch of dill in hot sterilized quart jars. Fit cucumbers upright in jars. Pour hot vinegar mixture over cucumbers to cover. Put lids on jars, and process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. Remove jars from pot and cool. Store in a cool, dark place for at least 3 weeks, and up to 1 year. I put up alot of pickles last year and I tripled this recipe with no ill effects. The original recipe calls for straight cider vinegar, but I found them to be a little TOO strong. It work really well if you put half and half. However, if you really want to pucker up - use straight cider vinegar.

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