3 Day Sweet Pickles

⏱ 105 mins 🍽 10 serving(s) 🏷 Vegetable

This recipe details a classic three-day process for creating sweet pickles. Cucumbers are first brined in a saltwater solution. After draining, they are boiled in a vinegar mixture before being packed into jars. A sweet syrup of sugar, vinegar and allspice is then heated and poured over the pickles, with a pinch of alum added to each jar before sealing. The total preparation time is 105 minutes, not including the multi-day brining period.

3 Day Sweet Pickles

Ingredients

  • 5 cucumbers (just a guess here)
  • 1 gallon water
  • 1 cup salt
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 4 cups vinegar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 pinch alum, as needed

Method

  1. For the first three days, submerge the cucumbers in a mixture of 1 gallon water and 1 cup salt.
  2. On the third day, drain the pickles and rinse them thoroughly.
  3. Combine 2 cups of vinegar with 1 cup water and pour this over the drained pickles.
  4. Bring the pickles in the vinegar mixture to a boil.
  5. Transfer the boiled pickles into clean jars.
  6. In a separate pan, mix together 3 cups sugar, 2 cups vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon allspice.
  7. Heat the sugar and vinegar mixture until it is warm.
  8. Pour the heated syrup over the pickles already in the jars.
  9. Add a pinch of alum to every jar.
  10. Seal the jars tightly to finish.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium11330300 mg

Recipe details

CategoryVegetable
AuthorBrian48195