Preserving your own cucumbers to make a delicious pickle is not difficult and only requires a few ingredients. Crunchy, sweet and sour, with an optional kick of red chilli.
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Sweet and sour pickled cucumbers are a deliciously fresh side dish, quick to make from only a handful of ingredients. Pickling cucumbers is ideal if you have a glut of cucumbers, for example from your vegetable garden or the market. This way, you can enjoy the tastiest cucumbers all year round.
Cucumbers are easy to pickle, so you need never run out, and will always have a delicious condiment on hand, perhaps for an Indian dish.
Pickling cucumbers is done with vinegar, sugar and salt. To avoid making the cucumbers overly sour, it is best to add some water as well. If you enjoy a bit off heat, add a chilli; it pairs perfectly with the sweet and sour cucumber.
Made by Véronique
Published at 2023-09-05, this recipe is for 4 people and takes 25 minutes.
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Updated at: 28-11-2023
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Wash the cucumbers, top and tail, then cut the cucumbers into pieces or slices. There is no need to remove the seeds.
Remove the seeds from the red chilli and cut it into thin rings.
Sterilise the jars and lids; the easiest way to do this is to boil them in water for a few minutes.
Divide the cucumber between the sterilised jars. Heat 200 ml of vinegar with 200 ml of water, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt, in a small saucepan until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is very hot.
Pour the hot mixture over the cucumbers and immediately place the lids on the pots. You can store sweet and sour pickled cucumbers like these for up to a year in a cool, dark place.
What is the difference between pickling and canning?
Pickling and canning are both methods of preserving food, with canning describing storage storing in a glass jar which is vacuum-sealed in a hot water bath.
Pickling can be done in different ways. You use a preservative ingredient, such as:
What do sweet and sour pickled cucumbers go well with?
Pickled cucumbers make a delicious side dish to many cuisines, from barbecues to Indian food or an Indonesian rice table.
