14 Day Unsealed Pickles
Description: 🥒🥒 Make and share this 14 Day Unsealed Pickles recipe, a delightful concoction of cucumbers, spices, and a sweet syrup, perfect for those who love the tangy crunch of homemade pickles. This recipe promises a tantalizing blend of flavors that will leave your taste buds craving for more.
Recipe Category: 📅 Weeknight
Keywords: 🍲 Canning
Recipe Yield: 🍽️ 1 Gallon
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 2 | cucumbers |
| 3 | canning salt |
| 1 | vinegar |
| 1 | alum |
| 1 | sugar |
| 7 | assorted spices |
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 13465.2
- Fat Content: 3.6g
- Saturated Fat Content: 1.1g
- Cholesterol Content: 0mg
- Sodium Content: 339661.8mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 3295.1g
- Fiber Content: 16.4g
- Sugar Content: 3228.6g
- Protein Content: 21.3g
Instructions:
1ST DAY:
- Dissolve canning salt in 1 gallon of boiling water.
- Pour the saltwater mixture over the cucumbers and allow them to stand overnight.
2ND DAY:
- Pour off the saltwater from the cucumbers.
- In another container, mix alum with 1 gallon of boiling water.
- Pour the alum water over the cucumbers and let them stand overnight.
3RD DAY:
- Discard the alum water.
- Prepare 1 gallon of clear boiling water.
- Pour the clear water over the cucumbers and let them stand for 24 hours.
4TH DAY:
- Boil 1 gallon of vinegar along with assorted spices wrapped in a cloth bag.
- Allow the mixture to boil for 15 minutes.
- Pour the hot vinegar mixture over the drained cucumbers.
- Let the cucumbers stand for 9 days, remembering to move the spice bag around each day.
13TH DAY:
- Slice or cut the pickles.
- Layer the pickle slices alternately with sugar until all the sugar is used.
- Let the pickles stand overnight, allowing the sugar to pull out juice from the cucumbers and create a syrupy consistency.
14TH DAY:
- Can the pickles using your preferred method.
- If desired, heat the syrup and pickle slices and pack them into hot jars.
- Store the pickles in the refrigerator for maximum freshness and flavor.
Note: This recipe yields unsealed pickles, but you may choose to can them for longer shelf life. Enjoy the tangy goodness of these homemade pickles on sandwiches, salads, or as a tasty snack any time of the day! 🥒🥒
