Salt-free Dills With Horseradish (canning)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 12 -16 small pickling cucumbers (about 3 lb.)
• 3 inches by 1-inch piece fresh horseradish
• 20 fluid ounces vinegar
• 16 fluid ounces water
• 4 fresh grape leaves, washed
• 4 garlic cloves
• 4 heads fresh dill (or 4 tsp. dill seeds)
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds

Recipe

• 1 cut a thin slice from the blossom end of each cucumber. cut horseradish into 4 lengthwise pieces and reserve.
• 2 combine vinegar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
• 3 place 1 piece horseradish, 1 grape leaf, i garlic clove, 1 head dill, and 1/2 teaspoons mustard seed in each clean jar. pack cucumbers in jars.
• 4 pour boiling vinegar mixture over cucumbers, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. process in a boiling water bath 10 minutes for pints, 15 minutes for quarts.