# Fermented Dill Pickles

A simple recipe to make fermented dill pickles.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- pickling cucumbers
- garlic cloves
- dill
- carrots
- hot peppers
- mustard seeds
- salt

## Instructions

1. Cut off the blossom end of the cucumbers.
2. Sort cucumbers by size. Keep the small ones whole, cut large cucumbers into spears, and cut medium ones in half.
3. Place dill and garlic in a jar.
4. Stack cucumbers and carrots tightly in the jar, and put hot peppers where they fit.
5. Add mustard seeds.
6. Multiply the total weight of the jar by 0.03 to get a 3% salt content.
7. Add salt and water.
8. Let sit for four days before transferring to the fridge.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- jar
- scale

## Tips

- Pickling cucumbers are best, but any small cucumber will do.
- Cutting off the blossom end of cucumbers helps ensure a crunchy pickle. Or snip both ends.
- Pack the cucumbers in tight to prevent them from rising above the water level.
- The longer the pickles sit, the more sour they will become.
- After 4 days, the pickles are ready.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjXdEWdM/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/20ba5865-ee5b-4924-9153-2d3a88dfabc7
- Extracted: 2025-05-31

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