Receta Dill Slices
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Prepare Ball brand or possibly Kerr brand jars and closures according to manufacturer's instructions.
- Wash cucumbers and remove 1/16-inch from blossom end. Cut into 1/4-inch slices. Combine sugar, salt, vinegar and water in a large saucepot. Tie pickling spices in a spice bag; add in spice bag to vinegar mix and simmer 15 min.
- Pack cucumber slices into warm jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Add in to each jar; one bay leaf, one garlic clove, 1/2 tsp. mustard seed and one head of dill. Heat pickling liquid to boiling. Remove from heat.
- Carefully ladle warm pickling liquid over cucumber slices, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles with a nonmetallic spatula. Wipe jar rim clean. Place lid on jar with sealing compound next to glass. Screw band down proportionately and firmly just till a point of resistance is met - fingertip tight.
- Process 15 min in a boiling-water canner. At elevations higher than 1,000 feet, boil 2 additional min for each additional 1,000 feet elevation.
- This recipe yields about 5 pints.
- Yield: 5 pints