Sarah’s Statue of Liberty Garlic Pickles
The movie “An American Pickle” tells the story of a turn-of-the-century Jewish immigrant to New York who falls into a vat at the pickle factory where he works, only to wake up 100 years later in hipster New York, where, to his constant astonishment, the men all have beards like his, no one speaks Yiddish, but everyone loves his homemade pickles.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp kosher salt
- 1/2 gallon distilled spring or purified water
- 3 pounds pickling cucumbers washed
- 5 cloves garlic sliced
- 2 heads or bunches dill
- 1 hot red chile pepper, fresh or dried
- 1 tsp whole mustard seed
- 1 tsp whole black peppercorn
- Grape or fig leaves (optional)
Instructions
- Add salt to a large clean pickling jar or crock.
- Add the water and stir to dissolve the salt.
- Cut the tips off each end of the cucumbers.
- Place the cukes in the jar, layering in spices. Top with grape or fig leaf if available.
- Weight down with clean stones or other very clean weights. Make sure the water covers everything by an inch. If not, add more water.
- Tighten the lid. Loosen it daily to release excess gas, then reseal. After three days check for doneness. Skim scum and discard. Refrigerate when the pickles reach the right taste for you.
