Dill Pickle Relish Food

DILL PICKLE RELISH

Steps:

• Combine cucumber, peppers, onion and celery with salt and water. Let sit 3 hours. Drain and rinse thoroughly with cold water and drain well again.
• Bring vinegar, sugar, and remaining ingredients to a boil in a large pan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add drained, chopped vegetables, and return to boil. Reduce to simmer and continue until relish reaches desired consistency - about 15 minutes.
• Ladle into hot pint jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Close with hot 2-piece caps, and process in boiling water bath for 15 minutes.
• Store in cool dry place.

HOMEMADE DILL PICKLE RELISH

Steps:

• Place the diced cucumbers, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in a large mixing bowl. Combine with the salt and pour water over the mixture until covered. Let sit for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• Drain the cucumber mixture in a colander, rinse thoroughly with water, and drain again.
• In a large stock pot, add the sugar, vinegar, and spices and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the drained cucumber mixture and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Discard the bay leaves.
• Ladle the hot relish into hot sterile jars, leaving ¼ inch of headspace. Wipe the rims of the jars clean and seal tightly with the lids.
• Process the jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
• Sealed jars will store in a cool, dark place for a year. If the seal is broken, the relish will keep in the fridge for at least a month. Makes 4 pints (you can use pint-sized or half pint jars). Best eaten at least a week later after the flavors have had time to meld and the vinegar mellows out a bit.

TANGY DILL PICKLE RELISH

Steps:

• Finely chop cucumbers and onions. Place in a large bowl and sprinkle with salt, stir well. Let stand for 1 hour.
• Drain mixture in a colander, rinse under cold water and drain again, pressing out any excess moisture.
• In a large pot, bring vinegar, sugar, garlic, dill seed, mustard seed, celery seed to a boil.
• Add cucumber mixture, bring to a boil again, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. After 9 minutes, mix the cornstarch with a bit of the simmering juice until no lumps remain. Add to the relish and mix well until thickened.
• Remove from heat, add the turmeric and mix well.
• Pour into sterilized jars, leaving 1/2 inch head space. Seal with lids and rings. Process in boiling water bath in canner for 10 minutes.

HOME MADE QUICK PICKLE RELISH

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, stir and serve with hot dogs or hamburgers.

DILL PICKLE RELISH

Steps:

• Shred all of the cucumbers into small pieces by using a cheese grater. Mince the jalapeño peppers.
• In a large stainless steel pot boil vinegar, salt, seeds and halved garlic cloves. Once the liquid mix has come to a boil, add veggies; cucumbers and jalapeños.
• Bring liquid mixture back to a boil. Simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes.
• Pour hot liquid mixture into cleaned and sanitized pint jars.
• Sanitize and clean pint glass jars with steaming hot water, or by running them through the dishwasher.
• As you're cooking the relish liquid, fill a separate water bath pot with water. Put on stove at high heat and cover so that it will be boiling by the time you are ready to use for the Water Bath Canning.
• Put canning jar lid tops in hot water to soften wax around rims for an easier seal.
• Wipe rims of filled jars with a clean cloth. Place lids from hot water on jar top, hold securely in place and screw on bands.
• Place jars in boiling hot water bath using a jar lifter. Process (leaving jars fully submerged under water) in water bath for 15 min. Remove from boiling water and let cool.

DILL PICKLE DIP

Steps:

• Stir cream cheese in a bowl with a wooden spoon until smooth. Stir in dill pickles, onion, pickle juice, dill weed, salt, and pepper until evenly distributed. Refrigerate before serving, at least 1 hour.

DILL PICKLE SALSA

Steps:

• Mix crushed tomatoes, diced dill pickles, chopped onion, dill pickle juice, cilantro, jalapeno pepper, lime juice, sugar, salt, red pepper flakes, chili powder, cumin, and black pepper together in a bowl.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 24 hours.

EASY HOMEMADE DILL RELISH RECIPE

Steps:

• Wash the cucumbers and peel if desired (I peeled about half of each one- I didn't mind leaving some of the peel on for color/texture, I just didn't want the peels to be overwhelming.)
• Finely chop the cucumbers- I used the blade of my food processor, but I was careful to not overprocess and end up with cucumber puree.
• Put the chopped cucumbers in a large bowl and mix in the salt and turmeric. Pour water over the cucumbers until they are completely covered and let them soak for 2-3 hours.
• After the soaking period is complete, drain the cucumbers and rinse them under cool water. I used a fine-mesh sieve for this.
• Placed the drain cucumbers in a stockpot and add in the chopped onions, sugar, dill, mustard seed, bay leaves, and white vinegar.
• Bring this mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• At this point, I like to taste the relish to check the flavor balance and adjust accordingly. Add more sugar if you feel the vinegar is too strong.
• Remove the bay leaves.
• Ladle the relish into hot pint jars with 1/4″ headspace. Affix lids and rims, then process pints in a hot water bath canner for 15 minutes. (Altitude Note: Add an additional one minute of processing time for every 1000 feet you're above sea level.)