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lacto fermented pickles

Lacto-fermented Pickles

Ingredients
  

  • 4 large pickling cucumbers (only because this is what fit - if using baby cukes you may need more)
  • 3 cloves of garlic, crushed, not peeled
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 t. celery seed
  • 1/2 t. dill seed
  • 1 quart of water
  • 1 1/2 T. kosher salt

Instructions
 

  • Sterilize the jar
  • Wash the cucumbers
  • Add spices to the jar
  • Mix together water and salt until salt is completely dissolved (this is your brine)
  • Pour brine over cucumbers and herbs
  • Use pickle weights to hold down the cucumbers
  • Loosely cover jar with wax paper and a ring or rubber band
  • Let sit in a warm (not hot) dark place
  • After 4 days you can cut off small pieces of pickle to taste
  • When it tastes pickle-y enough you can put it in the refrigerator
  • This will slow down but not completely stop the fermentation process