Game Day Pickles

A Side of Pickles? Yes Please!

I loooooooooooove pickles. Like it may be gross how much I like ’em. So when Adia told me we were doing a pickle recipe for our month of Madness, celebrating college basketball, I was OVER THE MOON. Salty, crunchy, and tart, I like me some pickles. It’s not a competition for who likes them more, but if you like pickles even a fraction of the amount I do, then you’re totally going to want to make these for your game watching/gastronomic pleasure. Just don’t watch March Madness with me because I’ll totally eat them all and leave you with none. Sorry, but I’m not sorry. ;)

Game Day Pickles

Recipe by Addie of Addie’s Confetti Kitchen
Heads Up: You will need to make this recipe one week in advance!

4 cups water
2 cups white vinegar
2 tbs kosher salt
1 tsp sugar

12 pickling cucumbers
1 head of garlic, broken up into cloves and peeled
A bunch of dill and a few peppercorns

Directions

Combine water, vinegar, salt and sugar in a medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil until the sugar and salt dissolve. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Place the cucumbers into jars (samples for sale here) and add the liquid, garlic and peppercorns. Be sure there is enough brine (liquid) to cover the cucumbers completely. Seal so the jar is airtight and refrigerate for one week. Pickles will last for 4–6 weeks.

Enjoy!

Adia Benson, known as Addie, was born and raised in Minnesota, where she spent cold winters playing hockey on her frozen over backyard and summers on her brother’s soccer team (the girl is competitive!). Although her career took her to a kitchen, she has remained a sports fan and finds any opportunity to host friends and family around a game. She has worked for the likes of Thomas Keller, Martha Stewart and in culinary innovation for two years at gravitytank in Chicago. She currently lives in Lake Forest, IL with her fiancé, Alex, and puppy, Paisley, and works at Prime Publishing overseeing the production of culinary content for web platforms and testing recipes that will be published in cookbooks beginning in 2017. Addie also runs Addie’s Confetti Kitchen, where, for the next month, she’s helping us make March Madness eats effortless, appetizing, and a whole lot of fun for everyone!