Garlicky Asparagus

Name: Garlicky Asparagus
Yield: Yield: 1 quart, or taller jar if you’d like to keep them mostly whole
Ingredients: ½ tsp. dried dill seeds, or a sprig of fresh dill; ½ tsp. yellow mustard seeds; 1½ lbs. asparagus, uniform in thickness if possible; ½ tsp. dried dill seeds, or a sprig of fresh dill; 1 tbsp. kosher salt, dissolved in 2 cups of water; 1 tbsp. kosher salt, dissolved in 2 cups of water; 1 bay leaf; 2 cloves garlic, halved

Preparation info

Yield:
1 quart

Difficulty
Easy

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Can It & Ferment It

By Stephanie Thurow

Published 2017

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

Ingredients

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

Preserve
Gluten-free
Vegan

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.

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