Garlicky Asparagus

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    1 quart

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Can It & Ferment It: More Than 75 Satisfying Small-Batch Canning and Fermentation Recipes for the Whole Year

By Stephanie Thurow

Published 2017

  • About

Children may not like roasted or grilled asparagus, but I’ve never had one turn down a fermented garlic asparagus pickle!

Ingredients

  • lbs. asparagus, uniform in thickness if possible
  • ½ tsp. dried dill seeds, or a

Method

As with water bath canned asparagus, I prefer to use medium-sized spears. Clean the asparagus thoroughly and trim off the ends to fit into your jar/fermentation vessel, leaving 1 to 2 inches of headspace. Add dill and mustard seeds to the bottom of the jar and pack the jar with the asparagus. Gently tuck the bay leaf and garlic within the spears.

Pour the brine over the asparagus and ad