Quick Refrigerator Dill Pickles
Crisp, lightly salted cucumbers couldn't be easier! Making half-sour pickles in a pot is a simple way to treat your family to homemade pickles. Cucumbers made this way come out crunchy and really tasty. Use them in salads, as a side to all sorts of dishes, or just snack on them straight.
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Quick Refrigerator Dill Pickles
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 33 %
1 g
Fats 0 %
0 g
Carbohydrates 67 %
2 g
12 kcal
GI:
100
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- This is a cold-brine method of pickling. It takes a little longer than usual, but the cucumbers come out crunchier and more aromatic. Pick small cucumbers, ideally all the same size, so they cure evenly. To make them extra crisp, put them in a basin, cover with cold water, and let them soak for a couple of hours — they'll plump up and firm up, which is just what you want for pickling. Then wash the cucumbers well under running water and trim the ends off both sides so the brine penetrates better. Pack the clean, soaked cucumbers tightly into a pot of a suitable size. Peel the garlic and break it into cloves. Rinse the dill, soak it in cool clean water for about 10 minutes, then spread it on a paper towel to dry. Lay the dill and garlic over the cucumbers in the pot. In a separate pot, bring the water to a boil. Add the salt and sugar and stir until fully dissolved. The brine is ready. Pour the fresh, still-hot brine over the cucumbers, making sure it covers them completely. Cover the pot with a lid and leave the cucumbers for about 4 hours. By then the brine will have cooled and the cucumbers will be cured. Lift the pickles out of the pot, arrange them on a plate, and serve. You can store these pickles right in the pot they cured in — just keep it in the fridge. Enjoy!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Fresh cucumbers - 15 kcal/100g
- Garlic - 143 kcal/100g
- Dill greens - 38 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Table salt - 0 kcal/100g
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