Pickled cucumbers
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Sliced cucumbers in a sweet wine vinegar brine with lemon, garlic, dill and mint. A quick refrigerator pickle.
Ingredients
- 1 lemon juice only
- 450 ml white wine vinegar
- 200 g granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 12 peppercorns
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 cucumbers
- 2 sprigs of dill
- 2 sprigs of mint
Equipment
- saucepan
- mason jars
Directions
- Combine the vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, salt, and peppercorns in a pan. Heat over medium until the sugar dissolves, then boil for 5 minutes.
- Take it off the heat and let it cool completely.
- Cut the garlic into slivers and slice the cucumber into 5mm/1/4″ rings. Tear the herbs into pieces.
- Fill a 1 litre sterilised jar with alternating layers of cucumber, herbs, and garlic.
- Pour in the cooled vinegar mixture and put on the lid.