Pickling Recipes EggsPickling Recipes and Tips How to Pickle Fresh Food. Learn how to pickle See our best pickling tipsplus, great pickling recipes from dill pickles to pickled peppers Preserve the bounty of the seasons harvest. What is Pickling In pickling, the process is about adding acid vinegar or lemon juice to a low acid food to lower its p. H to 4. 6 or lower. Acidic foods include all fruits except figs, most tomatoes, fermented and pickled vegetables, relishes, and jams, jellies, and marmalades. Pickling Recipes IngredientsLooking for pickling recipes Allrecipes has more than 120 trusted recipes for cucumber pickles, pickled vegetables, and even pickled fruits, complete with ratings. Find pickle recipes, videos, and ideas from Food Network. Pickling Tips. Produce must be fresh when pickled. Avoid using waxed supermarket produce. Select the most uniform, unspoiled produce. Scrub food well. Be sure to remove and discard inch slice from the blossom end of fresh cucumbers. Blossoms may contain an enzyme that causes excessive softening of pickles. Use canning or pickling salt not iodized table salt. Pickling salt has no additives. Iodized salt makes the brine cloudy and may change the color and texture of the vegetables as well as possibly leave sediment at the bottom of the jars. For the best results, use white distilled or cider vinegar with 5 percent acidity. Use white vinegar when light color is desirable, as with fruits and cauliflower. For crisper pickles, put the vegetables whole or sliced into a wide bowl and spread a layer of pickling salt on top. Cover and let sit overnight in a cool place. Discard the liquid, then rinse and dry the vegetables before pickling or canning as usual. The salt helps to pull the moisture out of the vegetables and makes them crisper. Measure or weigh carefully, because the proportion of fresh food to other ingredients will affect flavor and, many times, safety. Heres how much of each ingredient to use per pound or tablespoon of fruit or vegetable Pickling Measures. Pickling salt. 1 pound 1 cup. Granulated sugar. Brown sugar. 1 pound 2 to 2 cups, firmly packed. Fresh herbs. 1 tablespoon teaspoon crushed dried herbs. Canadian Bacon And Pineapple Pizza. See our Measuring Vegetables and Measuring Fruits charts to translate pounds to cups. Sterilize your empty jars. Do not use recycled commercial jars or old style home canning jars. They can break in the canning process. Use new jar lids for a tight seal. To avoid rust, screw bands should be removed from processed jars that are stored. They can be easily removed after the jars have cooled and sealed, and then reused. Always wipe the rim of the jar clean for a good seal after filling and just before putting the lid on. Process jars in a boiling water canner for the correct amount of time a canner is a large standard size lidded kettle with a jar rack, designed for heat processing 7 quart jars or 8 to 9 pint jars in boiling water. Label and date your jars and store them in a clean, cool, dark, and dry place such as a pantry, cabinet, or basement. Dont store in a warm spot To allow pickles to mellow, wait at least 3 weeks before using. Pickling Recipes. Kosher Style Dill Pickles. Crunchy Dill Pickles. Pumpkin Pickles. Pumpkin Pickles. Photo Credit Handmade. PicturesShutterstock. Pickled Peppers. Perpetual Pickles. Summer Squash Pickles. Summer Squash Pickles. Photo Credit Sherry Yates YoungShutterstock. Dilled Green Beans. Vernas Beet Relish. Pickled Green Beans. Pickled Green Beans. Photo Credit Bjoern WylezichShutterstock. Janes Zucchini Bread and Butter Pickles. Sour Mustard Pickles. Refrigerator Dill Pickles Also see our instructional video. Learn more about How to Make Sweet Pickles. Learn more about How to Make Dill Pickles. Pickling Recipes.