Gherkin Pickle Gillori Achar Recipes

Steps:

• Wash cucumbers, blossom, ends removed. Use the littlest ones you can find!
• FIRST DAY:
• In the afternoon, place cucumbers in large bowl and cover with boiling water; let stand 6 hours or overnight.
• SECOND DAY:.
• In the morning, drain cucumbers and cover with fresh boiling water. Let stand 6 hours.
• In the afternoon, drain cucumbers; add salt; cover with fresh boiling water.
• THIRD DAY:.
• In the morning, drain cucumbers; prick with fork. Combine 3 cups of the sugar, 3 cups of the vinegar, herbs, and spices (except vanilla extract) in a pan. Heat to the boiling point and pour over cucumbers.
• In the afternoon, drain syrup mixture into a large pan; add 2 cups of the sugar and 2 more cups of the vinegar. Heat to boiling and pour over cucumbers. Cover and let stand.
• FOURTH DAY:.
• In the morning, drain syrup mixture into a large pan; add 2 cups of the sugar and 1 cup of the vinegar. Heat to boiling and pour over pickles.
• In the afternoon, prepare jars. Drain syrup mixture off pickles into large pan; add remaining 1 cup of sugar and the vanilla extract (if using) to syrup; heat to boiling. Pack pickles into clean, hot jars. cover with hot syrup leaving 1/2 inch head space; seal. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

Steps:

• ingredients.
• small dill cucumbers.
• brine, using 225 g salt to each 2 litres water.
• spiced vinegar.
• method.
• Place the gherkins in a saucepan, and cover with the brine.
• Bring nearly to boiling point. Do not actually boil, but simmer for 10 minutes.
• Drain and leave until cold, then pack into (clean ,dry warmed jars) jars, and cover with spiced vinegar, preferably aromatic.
• Spiced vinegar.
• Place the vinegar and Pickling Spice in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, boil a minute or so and remove from the heat.
• You can pack and pour the vinegar when it cools if you prefer and use vinegar covers. I pour the vinegar on while still hot and seal straight away,( using mason jars, warm the jars first !).