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Pickled Gherkins Recipe
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Ingredients
- cup ¾sea salt
- pickling spice which should include celery seed, mustard seed, black peppercorns, small dried red chili, coriander seed and dill seed, you can buy this already mixed
- 4 cups sugar
- 3 tbsp acetic acid
- 5 cups Water
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Instructions
- Wash your gherkins, sprinkle them with salt, and leave to stand for 2–3 hours, occasionally tossing them gently. Shake off the salt and place the gherkins in a bowl, cover with clean boiling water, and leave them to stand for 5 minutes. Drain.
- Place the gherkins in clean, sterilized sealable jars, adding a healthy, many-fingered pinch of pickling spice to each jar. Meanwhile place the sugar, acid and water into a stainless-steel pan and boil until the sugar and acid have dissolved. Pour hot over the gherkins.
- Seal the jars while the liquor is still hot. Keep in your cupboard for at least a month before eating.