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Classic dill pickles cooked sous vide

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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
▶ 0:21
  • water
  • plain white vinegar
Make a brine of equal parts water and plain white vinegar.
Adventure Time farewellPickle
▶ 0:38
  • 25 g kosher salt
  • 100 g plain white sugar
Add the kosher salt and sugar and whisk until dissolved.
Dill pickle brine and why sous videBrineRead
▶ 1:08
  • kerbys
  • 1 head garlic
  • 1 whole habanero pepper
  • fresh dill
Halve the cucumbers, peel a head of garlic, rinse and dry the dill.
Packing the jars with dill and spicesPickle
▶ 1:24
  • 2–3 whole dried bay leaves
  • allspice berries
  • mustard seeds
  • whole cloves
  • whole peppercorns
Layer half the garlic, bay leaves, dill, allspice, mustard seed, cloves, peppercorns and red pepper flake into the canning jars.
▶ 1:39
  • 2–3 dashes red pepper flake
Pack in the cucumbers, leaving room between them, and drop the remaining garlic on top.
▶ 1:50
Fill with brine leaving one centimetre of headroom, seal finger tight and shake.
▶ 2:03
Cook in a 140F sous vide bath for two and a half hours.
Sous vide and lacto-fermented sour picklesFermentation
▶ 2:47
Wipe the jars down, cool completely to room temperature, then refrigerate overnight.