Dianes Pickled Dill Carrots Food

PICKLED DILL CARROTS

Steps:

• Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add the carrots and cook until crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Drain and rinse under cold water until cool. Pack the carrots and dill sprigs into a 1-quart jar.
• Make the brine: Combine the vinegar, 3/4 cup water, the sugar, 2 1/2 teaspoons salt, the dill seeds, caraway seeds and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Pour the hot brine into the jar and let cool completely. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 1 week.

DIANE'S PICKLED DILL CARROTS

Steps:

• Boil together water, vinegar, and salt.
• In hot sterilized jars pack a head of clean washed dill and a couple cloves of garlic.
• Pack in carrots tight.
• Pour on brine till below lip of jar and over carrots.
• Put on clean hot lid and screw on lid.
• Process jars for 15 minutes in a water bath canner.
• One batch of brine will fill 1 quart of carrots. Can double or triple brine amounts to speed up process.
• Let sit in cool dry spot for about 2-3 weeks before sampling.

PICKLED CARROTS WITH ONION AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, water, sugar and salt in a large pot. Bring to boil then gently boil for 3 minutes.
• Add garlic, dill, peppercorns, carrots and onions and simmer till carrots are still crisp about 10 minutes.
• Place 2 teaspoons mustard seed and 1 teaspoon celery seed in the bottom of each clean, hot pint jar.
• Pack carrot mixture into sterilized 8-8 ounce jars. Leaving 1/2 - 1 inch head space. Remove air bubbles. wipe rim and place lids and rings on.
• Place in a hot water bath for 15 minutes 0-1000 ft.
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• Remove jars lifting the jars out of the water and let them cool on a wooden cutting board or a towel, without touching or bumping them in a draft-free place. Remove the rings and wipe rims. They do taste great now but wait a couple days and they`ll be so much better.

DILLED CARROTS

Steps:

• Peel carrots and cut into 3/4 inch thick sticks, 1 inch (2.5 cm) shorter than jar. To prepare pickling liquid,.
• combine vinegar, water and salt in a nonreactive Dutch oven.
• Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve salt. In each hot sterilized jar, place 3 clove garlic, 1 head dill, and 1/2 tsp (2 mL) pepper flakes.
• Pack carrot sticks into jars and place a.
• second head of dill on top.
• Pour boiling pickling liquid over carrots, leaving 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) headspace. Remove air.
• bubbles with a narrow rubber spatula or plastic knife.
• Add additional pickling liquid, if required, to maintain headspace.
• Wipe jar rims thoroughly with a clean damp cloth. Seal.

TAQUERIA-STYLE PICKLED CARROTS FOR CANNING

Steps:

• In a small skillet set over medium-high heat, toast the cumin seeds, stirring often, until golden and fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a small plate to cool.
• Mix the vinegar, water, 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon of the salt, the oregano and crushed peppercorns in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the onion and jalapenos and turn off the heat.
• Bring a large saucepan of water and the remaining 1 tablespoon of salt to a boil. Add the carrots and simmer until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Drain the carrots in a colander and immediately transfer them to the saucepan with the vinegar and onions. Bring the ingredients to a boil, then turn off the heat.
• Divide the toasted cumin seeds, garlic cloves and red chiles (if using) among 4 clean pint canning jars. Using a slotted spoon, divide the carrots and onions among the jars. Top with the hot vinegar solution, leaving ½ inch of head space at the top of the jar. Wipe jar rims with a clean, damp cloth and put on lids and rings. Process jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

DILLED CARROT STICKS

Steps:

• Simmer the carrots in the Dill pickle juice.
• covered until they are just beginning to get tender (15- 20 minutes).
• Cool in the pickle juice overnight in the fridge.
• Drain well, dab dry.
• sprinkle with parsley or dill weed.
• Serve chilled.