Tuesday, October 1, 2019

DELI STYLE PICKLES ENJOY DAN:

                                DELI STYLE PICKLES by CHEF DAN:
Serves 12
INGREDIENTS:
12 small Kirby (pickling) cucumbers
8 cups water
1/2-cup sea salt
6 garlic cloves, whole
3 fresh dill seed heads
3 jalapenos, thinly sliced
4- Teaspoon whole peppercorns
1/4-cup pickling spice (recipe to follow)
8 torpedo whole onions
1 cinnamon stick, broken
3 bay leaves

DIRECTIONS:
1.   Fill a bowl with ice water.
2.   Add cucumbers, swishing them around to dislodge any dirt and to plump them before brining.
3.   Soak for 30 minutes then remove them and scrub away any remaining dirt.
4.   Combine 8 cups of water and salt to stock-pot over high-heat.
5.   Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve salt (this is your brine)
6.   Remove from heat and let cool completely.
7.   Divide garlic, sill seeds heads, jalapenos, peppercorns, picking spice, broken cinnamon sticks, and bay leaves among four jars.
8.   Trim off and discard 1/8-inch from both ends of each cucumber.
9.   Pack 3 into each jar standing upright.
10.                Pour the brine over the cucumbers, covering them completely.
11.                Loosely cap of the jars; place in the sun for 3 days.
12.                Everyday loosen the caps and “burp: the jars.
13.                Replace cap and continue to fermentation
14.                The water will become cloudy, and lazy bubbles will appear that is a good thing.
15.                After three days, slice off a piece of one pickle from each jar.
16.                Taste it; is it sour enough for you? If not allow to ferment more.
17.                Taste it every day until it’s the way you like.
18.                Once you like it tighten caps and refrigerate for 1 month.
PICKLING SPICE:
1 tablespoon EACH whole allspice berries, fennel seeds, dill seeds, red pepper flakes, celery seeds and ginger powder
2 tablespoons whole mustard seeds, 2 teaspoons coriander seeds,
6 whole cloves, 4 bay leaves, crumble
2 cinnamon sticks crushed

ENJOY DAN:                                           HALLELUJAH

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