Icy Time Dills

Name: Icy Time Dills
Yield: Approximately 1 quart
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon crushed chilies, or ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 tablespoon dill seed, or to taste (if fresh dill weed is available, wash and add some to the jar when packing); 1 cup cider or white vinegar; 3 tablespoons coarse salt; 1 long, slim english cucumber or 2 slim cucumbers; ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, or 1 or 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 cup water; 1 large bay leaf, broken; 2 tablespoons coarse salt; 3 tablespoons sugar

Preparation info

Approximately
1 quart

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Canning and Preserving

By Janet Cooper

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

1 long, slim english cucumber or 2 slim cucumbers
3 tablespoons coarse salt

Side dish
Preserve
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Peel the cucumbers, if not using English cucumber, quarter lengthwise, remove seeds, and cut into chunks. Toss lightly with the salt and let stand overnight. Rinse and drain well.
Combine the vinegar, water, sugar, salt, dill seed, chilies, garlic powder, and bay leaf, and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Let steep overnight.
Return the syrup to a boi