Easiest Way to Make Delicious Garlic Dill Pickles

Garlic Dill Pickles. These garlic dills will forever change the way you approach pickles. What's in These Homemade Dill Pickles? This recipe starts with the homemade pickling spice mixture suggested by Marisa in the NPR segment.

Garlic Dill Pickles: Canning or Refrigerator Method. Now, don't let the information above scare you away from canning food at home. Home food preservation has been practiced for thousands of years. You can have Garlic Dill Pickles using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Garlic Dill Pickles

1. You need 2 of cucumbers, sliced (enough to fill a pint jar).
2. You need 3/4 cup of vinegar (white, cider or wine).
3. It's 3/4 cup of water.
4. It's 2 tbsp of canning salt (or any pure salt).
5. It's 1 head of garlic (to taste).
6. You need 2 bunch of fresh dill, divided.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of whole peppercorns.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of whole mustard seed (if you've got it).

Because garlic is popular in our house (understatement), I made Extra-Garlic Garlic Dills. Again, you can change the amounts if that's too much for your tastes. Pickles are one of my favorite ferments! In this video, you'll see beautiful fermented Garlic-Dill Pickles.

Garlic Dill Pickles step by step

1. Pack a clean pint jar with cucumber, peeled garlic cloves, a few dill sprigs, peppercorns and mustard seed..
2. In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar, water, and salt, and bring to a boil..
3. Remove from heat and add the rest of the dill to the liquid..
4. Allow the liquid to cool for about 25-30 minutes, until it's almost room temperature. (You can skip the cooling step if you want a less crisp "cooked" pickle)..
5. Remove the dill and pour the liquid over the cucumbers, garlic, and seasonings in the jar..
6. Cover the jar tightly and refrigerate for at least 24 hours (several days is better) before serving..

They are so easy to make at home. And by the way… These are NOT your regular vinegar pickles. Garlic dill pickles are brined with many cloves of garlic and a combination of other spices. These homemade garlic dill pickles produce an epic crunch! Just pour boiling salted water over the cucumbers, garlic and dill and the pickles are ready for crunching the next day!