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1 kilo fresh pickles
3 tablespoons sea salt
200 grams of sugar
600 ml canning vinegar
mustard seed
Juniper berries
bay leaves
sprigs of dill
coloured peppercorns
Now there are fresh gherkins at Rechtstreex, lovely! Pickling your own gherkins is a breeze, so let's do it! A good vinegar, sugar and some (fresh) herbs, it will be delicious. But do sterilize the jars!
How to preserve fresh gherkins
Wash and dry the gherkins.
Place them in a bowl.
Sprinkle the salt on top.
Cover the bowl.
Store the pickles for 24 hours in a dark, cool place (outside the refrigerator).
Wash the gherkins under a running tap.
Drain the gherkins well.
Dry them with a clean cloth.
Divide the pickles over the sterilized jars, you can cut them if you like
Divide the herbs over the jars.
Place sugar and 400ml water in a pan.
Add 600 ml natural vinegar to the pan.
Bring the mixture to a boil.
Let the vinegar mixture boil until the sugar has dissolved
Schenk de azijn over de augurken tot ze helemaal bedekt zijn.
Close the jars tightly and let them cool upside down.
Let the completly cooled gherkins ripen for 3 weeks in a cool, dark place outside the refrigerator.