Preserved Small Cucumbers
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
15 min.
Preparation
ready in 12 h. 15 min.
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Ingredients
for
450
- Ingredients
- 16 ozs baby gherkins
- Sea salt
- 3 cups white wine vinegar
- 6 black peppercorns
- 6 allspice
- 1 Mace (whole blade)
- 3 cloves
- 4 bay leaves
Preparation steps
1.
Put the gherkins in a shallow dish and cover with sea salt. Leave to stand overnight, then drain and rinse well.
2.
Put the vinegar, salt, spices and 2 bay leaves in a large pan and bring to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes, then remove from the heat, cover and leave until cold.
3.
Pack the gherkins into cold sterilised glass jars with the remaining bay leaves.
4.
Strain the cold vinegar mixture through a sieve over the gherkins, making sure that the jars are filled.
5.
Seal the jars and leave for 2 weeks before eating.
