Pickles like Grandma

Ingredients

• 2.5 kg salad cucumber
• Salt
• 3 onions
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 3 tbsp mustard seeds
• 2 handfuls dill blossoms
• 1 tbsp peppercorns
• 10 bay leaves
• 200 g sugar
• 0.75 l white wine vinegar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the cucumbers, place them in a bowl and cover completely with cold water. Drain and measure the water. Add 25 g salt per liter of water and stir well. Pour the brine over the cucumbers and let them soak for 24 hours.

2. 2.

   Remove the cucumbers from the water, brush thoroughly and dry them.

3. 3.

   Peel the onions and garlic. Slice the onions into rings or half‑rings depending on size; finely chop the garlic cloves. Pack the cucumbers with onions, garlic, mustard seeds, dill blossoms, peppercorns and bay leaves into clean, hot‑washed jars.

4. 4.

   For the brine, combine sugar, vinegar, 3 ¾ liters water and 1 tsp salt in a saucepan over low heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes, then let cool slightly. Pour the brine over the cucumbers. Seal the jars with rubber rings, lids and clamps and cook them in a pressure cooker at 80 °C for about 30 minutes.