Easy Pickled Gherkins

I pulled out my heavy farmhouse cookbook but the process seemed too laborious for only two packets of gherkins so I looked up simpler pickle recipes.




A quick and delicious pickle

Wash and cut gherkins. To each medium-sized jar, add a bay leaf and a piece of rosemary / a clove of garlic and a slightly heaped teaspoon salt. Then add the gherkins, fit nice and tightly but not squashed. Then fill the jar about half-way up with (which worked out to about 1/2 cup) with cider or white wine vinegar and then top up with water. Seal and shake a bit to loosen the salt through the mixture. Place in the fridge.

I also added a couple of peppercorns to one of the jars. Delicious crunchy snack within 24-48 hours. So easy... well worth it!