Feasting at Home· by Sylvia Fountaine | Feasting at home★ 4.8

Homemade Fermented Pickles with Garlic and Dill

Name: Homemade Fermented Pickles with Garlic and Dill
Prep time: 5760 min
Total time: 5760 min
Yield: ½ gallon
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 2- 2 1/2 lbs pickling cucumbers– all similar size ( 5 inches); 5 cups filtered water or tap water (that is not overly chlorinated); 2 tablespoons fine sea salt or Himalayan salt (or basically one heaping teaspoon fine sea salt (7 grams) per one cup of water, to make a 3% brine.) * see notes.; 1/4 teaspoon turmeric (optional, adds a “fresh” flavor); 1 teaspoon each: fennel seeds, coriander seeds, allspice, peppercorns, dill seeds, mustard seeds, celery seeds- and feel free to add more peppercorns!; 10-20 garlic cloves, sliced (or double for extra garlicky); 1/2 onion, thinly sliced (optional); big handful of fresh dill; 1-3 fresh red chilies – or dried arbol chilies, or add chili flakes (all optional); 3-4 bay leaves (or a grape leaf or oakleaf) – these are sources of tannic acid to help them stay crisp.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · 96h total

Servings

Calories

1% of a 2,000 cal day

16KCAL

Protein

1g1% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat0g

Saturated0g

Unsaturated0g

—

Total Carbs4g

Fiber1g

Total Sugars1g

—

Starch2g

—

Sodium297mg

13%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Lacto-fermented dill pickles with garlic, turmeric, and spices. Tangy, crunchy, and full of probiotics, these are a low-calorie snack or sandwich topping.

Ingredients

½ gallon

2–2½ lbpickling cucumbers — similar size
5 cupsfiltered water — or tap water
2 tbspfine sea salt or Himalayan salt per one cup of water, to make a 3% brine.) * see notes. — or basically one heaping teaspoon fine sea salt (7 grams
¼ tspturmeric — optional
1 tspeach: fennel seeds, coriander seeds, allspice, peppercorns, dill seeds, mustard seeds, celery seeds- and feel free to add more peppercorns!
10–20garlic cloves — sliced
½onion — optional
fresh dill
1–3fresh red chilies — or dried arbol chilies or chili flakes, optional
3–4bay leaves — or grape leaf or oakleaf

Method

96h total

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Nutrition as published by Feasting at Home, per serving.

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