Dill Pickle Relish
A great way to use up over-ripe or extra cucumbers! Dill relish is a great condiment for burgers/brats/hotdogs and makes a wonderful tartar sauce when combined with mayo! Ball Canning Recipe.
Ingredients
- 8 lbs pickling cucumbers
- 1 lb yellow onions
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tsp tumeric
- 2 tbsp dill seed
- 1 quart water
- 1 quart white wine vinegar
Instructions
- Prepare jars, lids, and canner.
- Wash, and finely chop cucumbers in a food processor or food grinder. Place chopped cucumbers in a bowl and sprinkle with salt and turmeric
- Pour water over cucumbers; let stand 2 hours.
- Meanwhile, peel and finely chop onions.
- Drain cucumbers, rise under cold water, drain again.
- Combine cucumbers, onion, sugar, dill seed and white wine vinegar in a large saucepot; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
- Ladle hot relish into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Adjust two-piece caps.
- Process 15 minutes in a boiling-water canner.
Notes
Regular white vinegar can be substituted for the white wine vinegar as long as it is 5% acidity or more.