Serrano Lime Cucumber Pickles Recipes

LIME PICKLES

Steps:

• Mix 2 gallons water and pickling lime together in a large bowl; add cucumbers and soak, stirring often, for 24 hours. Drain and thoroughly rinse cucumbers under cold water.
• Fill a large bowl with ice water and soak cucumbers for 3 hours; drain.
• Pour cold vinegar into a large pot. Mix sugar, pickling spice, salt, celery seed, cloves, and food coloring into vinegar until dissolved. Add cucumbers; let sit, 8 hours to overnight.
• Bring cucumber mixture to a boil; remove pot from heat.
• Sterilize the jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes. Pack cucumber mixture into hot, sterilized jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of the top. Run a clean knife or thin spatula around the insides of the jars after they have been filled to remove any air bubbles. Wipe the rims of the jars with a moist paper towel to remove any food residue. Top with lids and screw on rings.
• Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil and lower jars into the boiling water using a holder. Leave a 2-inch space between the jars. Pour in more boiling water if necessary to bring the water level to at least 1 inch above the tops of the jars. Bring the water to a rolling boil, cover the pot, and process for 15 minutes.
• Remove the jars from the stockpot and place onto a cloth-covered or wood surface, several inches apart, until cool. Press the top of each lid with a finger, ensuring that the seal is tight (lid does not move up or down at all). Store in a cool, dark area.

SWEET CUCUMBER PICKLES

Steps:

• * The x-large yellow cucumbers are a particular type. If they are not available to you, regular cucumbers will do but increase the number to 12.
• Pare the cucumbers and quarter, removing the seeds.
• Cut into strips and halve.
• Combine the salt and water in a large kettle, stirring to dissolve the salt.
• Add the cucumber strips and allow to sit in the brine about 12 hours.
• DRAIN WELL.
• In a kettle, combine vinegar, sugar and spices. (The spices may be tied into a cheesecloth bag or left in the pot. I leave them in the pot).
• Heat to boiling, adding enough cucumber strips to cover the bottom of the pan, cooking until just slightly transparent.
• Remove the pickles to sterilized jars and repeat til all the cucumbers have been cooked.
• Pour the hot 'syrup' into the pickle jars (to within 1/2 inch from the rim), keeping any leftover syrup.
• DO NOT SEAL THE JARS! Cover the jars and each morning for the next 3 days, drain off the 'syrup' into your kettle (with any leftover syrup, boiling for 5 minutes & pour over the pickles.
• Follow this last step each of the following 3 days. SEAL on the third day.
• Brine time (12 hrs) is not included nor are the 3 days -- .

SERRANO LIME CUCUMBER PICKLES

Steps:

• If canning, sterilize 8 jars, lids and rings.
• Mix first five ingredients in a large pot. Bring the brine to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Meanwhile, thinly slice cucumbers. Strip skins off of winter onion (or shallot) bulbs. Slice serranos in half length-wise, keeping the seeds inside.
• When equipment is sterilized and brine is cooled, pack each jar with cucumbers, 4 serrano slices and one winter onion (shallot). Sprinkle a rounded 1/8 teaspoons of Pickle Crisp on top (if canning).
• Using a funnel, pour brine into each jar. If canning, follow standard instructions.
• If canning, process for 15 minutes. Otherwise, cover and place in refrigerator.
• Let brine for two weeks if refrigerated, or three weeks if canned.

CUCUMBER LIME PICKLES

Steps:

• Soak the cucumbers lime and water in enamel or crockery for 24 hours, stirring occasionally.
• (Do not use Aluminum Ware).
• Remove from lime water and rinse in 3 cool waters.
• Soak 3 additional hours in ice and water.
• Remove carefully to drain.
• Mix syrup ingredients and stir until dissolved.
• Pour over the cucumbers.
• Let set 5 or 6 hours or overnight.
• Add pickling spices to taste.
• (Use whole cloves or allspice).
• Boil mixture for 35 minutes.
• Fill sterilized jars with cucumber slices and pour syrup over cucumbers leaving 0.125 inch head space.
• Seal jars.
• If syrup does not cover cucumbers while boiling, mix partial recipe of syrup and add it.

OLD SOUTH CUCUMBER LIME PICKLES

Steps:

• Soak clean cucumbers in water and lime mixture in crockery or enamel ware for 2 hours or overnight. Do not use aluminum ware.
• Remove sliced cucumbers from lime water. Discard lime water. Rinse 3 times in fresh cold water. Soak 3 hours in ice water.
• combine vinegar, sugar, salt and mixed pickling spices in a large pot. Bring to a low boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove syrup from heat ad add sliced cucumbers. Soak 5-6 hours or overnight.
• Boil slices in the syrup 35 minutes. Fill sterilized jars with hot slices. Pour hot syrup over the slices, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Cap each jar when filled.
• Process pints 10 minutes, quarts 15 minutes in a boiling water bath canner.
• Test jars for airtight seals according to manufacturer's instructions. Refrigerate unsealed jars.

SENFGURKEN - RIPE CUCUMBER PICKLES

Steps:

• Wash cucumbers; peel, cut in halves lengthwise and scoop out seeds.
• Let stand overnight in a brine made of the salt and water.
• Drain very well and cut into pieces.
• Tie spices into a cheesecloth bag.
• Bring sugar, vinegar and spice bag to a boil; add cucumbers and boil until cukes begin to look transparent but are still crisp.
• Fill sterilized jars and seal.

DANISH WHITE CUCUMBER PICKLES

Steps:

• Sterilize 8 pint jars.
• Make syrup by, putting the sugar, vinegar and water in a large pot, stirring until the sugar dissolves, and bring to a boil, when you fill jars have it at a full boil.
• Peel the cucumbers, cut in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds.
• Cut cucumbers into1/2 " spears that are about 3/4 " shorter than the pint jar, thus allowing some headroom. As you are cutting up the cukes put the prepared ones in ice-water until you put them into the jars Pack jars tightly with the spears standing upright( spears go on top of the spices already in the jar).
• Fill jars with boiling vinegar/syrup , make sure the jar's edges are clean with no vinegar/syrup on them. Place a lid on and screw on the ring.
• Check that they have popped.
• Leave for at least 2 weeks & enjoy.

HYDRATED LIME PICKLES

Steps:

• Mix pickle ingredients together.
• Soak for 24 hours.
• Wash in clean running water (about 10 minutes).
• Let set in clean ice water for 4 hours.
• Syrup:Mix ingredients for syrup.
• Bring to a boil and pour over pickles.
• Let stand overnight.
• Next day, bring all to a boil and simmer 30-35 minutes.
• Add green food color and put in jars and seal.
• Not required to do the boiling water bath method.