Dill Pickle Martini Recipes

DILL PICKLES

Steps:

• Combine the salt and water in a pitcher and stir until the salt has dissolved.
• Rinse the cucumbers thoroughly and snip off the blossom end stem. Set aside.
• Place the peppercorns, pepper flakes, garlic, dill seed and fresh dill into a 1-gallon crock. Add the cucumbers to the crock on top of the aromatics. Pour the brine mixture over the cucumbers in order to completely cover. Pour the remaining water into a 1-gallon ziptop plastic bag and seal. Place the bag on top of the pickles making sure that all of them are completely submerged in the brine. Set in a cool, dry place.
• Check the crock after 3 days. Fermentation has begun if you see bubbles rising to the top of the crock. After this, check the crock daily and skim off any scum that forms. If scum forms on the plastic bag, rinse it off and return to the top of the crock.
• The fermentation is complete when the pickles taste sour and the bubbles have stopped rising; this should take approximately 6 to 7 days. Once this happens, cover the crock loosely and place in the refrigerator for 3 days, skimming daily or as needed. Store for up to 2 months in the refrigerator, skimming as needed. If the pickles should become soft or begin to take on an off odor, this is a sign of spoilage and they should be discarded.

DIRTY PICKLE

Steps:

• Add ice halfway up the cocktail shaker. Add gin, vermouth and pickle juice. Shake well and strain into 2 martini glasses. Garnish with a pickled okra spears.

PICKLE MARTINI

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add vodka and dill pickle juice. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into a martini glass; garnish with dill pickle spear.

DILL PICKLE MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour ice into a cocktail shaker; pour dill pickle juice and vodka over the ice. Cover the shaker and shake vigorously for about 20 seconds; strain into martini glasses. Garnish each cocktail with a dill pickle spear.

CRUNCHY DILL PICKLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Prep Canning Jars: Start by sterilizing your mason jars and lids. Clean well with soap and water, then place in a large pot with water, and let the water boil, then after 5-10 minutes, lower to let the jars simmer while you work on the pickles.
• Prep Cucumbers: Wash and rinse all your cucumbers. Trim off the ends, and then slice into spears, hamburger slices, or any style you want.
• Prepare Jars: Add 1 clove of garlic into each jar, and then with the rest of the dill seed, mustard seed, and peppercorn, split between all the jars.
• Add in the pickles, packing the jars as tight as you can.
• Make Brine: Add your water, vinegar, pickling salt and sugar in a pan over medium-high heat. bring mixture to a boil stirring, to make sure the salt and the sugar fully dissolve.
• Pour the pickle brine into the prepared jars. Leave 1/2" of space at the top. Then place seals on and lightly seal hand tight. Don't do too tight.
• Water Bath Canning: In your water canning pot, you will place your fitted rack in. Fill with water and bring to a full boil. Lift the rack out and place jars on the rack and lower into the water.
• Make sure all the jars are fully submerged and boil for 10 minutes if pint size, and 20 minutes if quart size jars.
• Once done, remove the jars carefully and place on a towel lined cooling rack.
• The seals will pop as they lock tight. You should expect them to all seal within 12-24 hours of being canned.
• Store your canned dill pickles in a pantry or cool dry place for up to 1 year.