Pickle Recipes | Easy & Delicious Homemade Ideas

Pickle Recipes: Pickles have been a long-time favourite food ingredient and have brought their tang, crunch, and flavour burst to meals throughout the world. Traditional fermented cucumbers or innovative types of fruits and vegetables, pickling not only preserves food, but also makes it taste good. Homemade pickles allow you to regulate ingredients, experiment with spices and make your own unique flavours based on your taste.

You like sweet, sour, spicy, or tangy, and you can find a pickle recipe to suit anyone. The pickles may be served as a side dish, a topping on sandwiches and burgers or as a snack by itself. Homemade pickles are easy, entertaining and highly fulfilling to make.

Pickle Recipes

Pickle Recipes

Pickle Recipes are another great tasting and all purpose meal ingredient. The pickling processes preserve vegetables and fruits and they also make them taste delicious, as tangy, spicy, sweet, and savory. Preparing pickles yourself gives you the option of customizing, and controlling flavors, as well as having fresh, crunchy pickles whenever you desire. These recipes are quick, nutritious and delicious as snacks, side dishes or as toppings on sandwiches.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Resting Time 2 days d

Total Time 2 days d 25 minutes mins

Course Condiment, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine American, Indian

Calories 25 kcal

Equipment

• Mixing bowls
• Saucepan
• Measuring cups & spoons
• Sterilized jars with lids
• Knife & cutting board

Ingredients

  

• 5 small cucumbers
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 1 tbsp salt
• 4 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 3 sprigs fresh dill

Instructions

 

• Peel cucumbers and cut in the desired shape (spears, rounds or leave whole).
• Add water, vinegar and salt in saucepan and boil.
• Stuff cucumbers, peppercorns, dill, and garlic in sterilized jars.
• Add hot brine to cucumbers until they are covered.
• Put the seal jars and leave in the refrigerator at least 24 hours.
• Taste in 24 hours; pickles generally should be good in 23 days.
• Serve as a side dish, sandwich topping or snack.

Notes

Other types of pickles with this format are easily adapted such as Bread and Butter Pickles, Garlic Pickles, Spicy Pickled Cucumbers or Pickled Carrots by using alternate spices, sugar, or vegetables.

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Flavour Profile of Pickle Recipes

Pickle recipes are lauded because they are full-bodied, colored and stratified. Taste may differ greatly with the type of vegetables, fruits, spices and how the pickle is prepared. The typical elements of flavour are as follows:

Tangy & Sour

• This was accomplished mostly via vinegar or fermentation.
• Offers the signature pickle punch, which wakes up the taste buds.
• Typical in fermented kimchi, lemon pickles and dill pickles.

Sweet

• The sourness and spice are counterbalanced with sugar or natural fruit sugars.
• Add in bread-and-butter pickles or sweet mango pickles.
• Gives the tangy base a dessert-like flavour.

Spicy & Pungent

• It adds hotness with fresh or dried chillies, black pepper, mustard seeds and horseradish.
• Gives a cuddling, brash kick, which is in opposition to sourness.
• Example: Spicy garlic pickles, jalape pickles, Indian varieties of achar.

Herbal & Aromatic

• Dill, fenugreek, coriander, mustard leaves, and bay leaves are added to it.
• Add pickles, their earthy, aromatic flavour, as well as adding complexity of taste.

Crunchy & Fresh Texture

• Cooked vegetables are pickled properly, and the vegetables are crisp, making the strong flavours a complement.
• Crunch provides a mouth gratification rendering pickles an enjoyable food or snack as an accompaniment.

Umami & Savoury Notes

• Subtle umami is brought on by garlic, ginger, soy sauce (in some Asian pickles), or fermented brines.
• Combines sweet, sour and spicy tastes, making the pickles taste very rich and satisfying.

Summary

The optimal pickle recipe provides a balanced amount of tangy, sweet, spicy, and aromatic taste and a crispy texture that makes each bite of the pickle refreshing and flavorful. Flavours are a way of bringing out one particular taste against the other in pickles, and so pickles can be used across a variety of cuisines and dishes.

FAQs

Q1. What is the shelf life of homemade pickles?

Ans: Pickles made at home generally have a refrigerator life of 2 3 months in a sterilised, airtight jar. Pickles fermented can have a longer shelf life of up to 6 months, yet the flavour will keep changing with time.

Q2. Is it possible that I can pickle any vegetable or fruit?

Ans: Yes! Vegetables can be pickled most, and some fruits can as well. Some of the typical ones are cucumbers, carrots, cauliflower, bell peppers, mangoes, lemons and even strawberries. The taste and texture can be different according to the produce.

Q3. Am I supposed to use vinegar and make pickles?

Ans: Not always. Pickles may be prepared by using vinegar-based brine to make them tangy or in a fermented preparation, which depends on natural lactic acid synthesised by bacteria. Both techniques keep the food intact but produce a slightly different taste.

Q4. How can I make pickles spicy?

Ans: Add fresh/dried chillies, jalapeño, chilli flakes or spices such as mustard seeds, black pepper or ginger into the brine. Add the amount depending on your desired level of spice.

Q5. Should I keep my pickles in the refrigerator?

Ans: Most homemade pickles, including those not canned or low-acidity preserved, should be refrigerated, yes. Refrigeration preserves them, keeps them crunchy and slows down spoilage.

Megan Sheley

Megan Sheley is the passionate voice and creative force behind Clean Meal Recipes. With over 7 years of experience as a Food Blogger and Recipe Developer, Megan blends her love for wholesome food with her educational background in Public Health to create nutritious, delicious, and approachable recipes.