In a pickle over making pickles? Does that even make sense? These Horseradish Pickles are super easy to make, but with a little spice, they’ll getcha!
Dudes. This weekend was insane. Tell me about yours! Here is how my weekends normally go. Fridays I stay in because I’m tired from the week and lame and my favorite TLC shows are on. There’s usually wine. Saturday I wake up early (read: 9am. I don’t have kids. Not sorry), cook something for y’all on the blog or for me for funsies, work out, attend there is a theme party or two, sometimes I trick a gentleman caller into taking me to a nice restaurant, and then Sunday Funday. Mimosa or bloody Mary is the hardest decision anyone should make on a Sunday.
But this weekend was on another level. Drag Queen Bar Crawl (wigs!), The Victory Club Polo Match (horses and hats!) followed by the Austin Food + Wine Festival (food! And wine.) To say there were more costume changes than a Katy Perry concert would be an understatement. I’ll share photos later this week!
I’m surprisingly not that tired (she says with second coffee in hand.) But my brain is functioning at a slightly slower pace than normal. So I bring you, pickles.
But not just any pickles.
Horseradish pickles. Yes!
Like I said, these are pretty easy to make. I used Kirby cucumbers aka pickling cucumbers because they are the classic cucs used to make pickles! Make sure you start with firm cucumbers to yield, ahem, firm pickles. No one wants a limp pickle.
This is a quick pickling recipe, because pickles have never lasted more than a few days in this house anyway, but you can also preserve them.
Pickle party! (I don’t know what that means.)
Horseradish Pickles
Ingredients
- 16 small Kerby pickles washed, dried, and with the ends trimmed and cut into spears
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar you can use white vinegar too
- 2 tablespoons pickling salt
- 2 garlic clove smashed
- 2 tablespoons fresh horseradish ground in a food processor with a little water (or 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish)
- 1 tablespoon pickling spices
Instructions
- Rinse out your mason jars (you'll need 3-4). (If you are canning, you'll have to sterilize.)
- Bring the sugar, water, vinegar and salt to a boil over high heat in a sauce pan. Meanwhile, add the garlic, horseradish, and pickling spices to the jars, evenly distributed. Pack the pickles tightly into the jars. Top with the boiling brine, making sure there are no air bubbles, screw lids on tightly,cool and refrigerate. (At this point, you can also boil and preserve the pickles.) Wait 2 days for prime pickles. Eat! Pickles will last a few weeks.
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Now that’s a pickle I want to eat.
🙂
Wow, those look great, I will try soon and let you know.
As Mae West used to say, “is that a pickle in your pocket,
or are you just happy to see me”!
Haha love it!
Is the spices, salt, and horseradish measurements per jar or divided for the 4 jars?
It’s for the entire recipe.
I have been making your recipe for a few years now…..I just add double the garlic! 🙂 They are fantastic……
So glad! You can never have too much garlic I don’t think.
This is sooo delicious! Thank you.
Wondering if the sugar makes these sweet? I like Kosher dills for the most part but this recipe is intriguing….
All pickles use sugar but you can use less.
I just found your reciepe in the comp. My kids love them I do make kosher dills with NO VINEGAR okay back to your pickles my daughters will pull them out of the fridge and sit at the table and continue to eat them My son was wondering if I could put less sugar HE is not a sweet guy Can I put 2Tablespoons of sugar in with the vinegar water instead of 1/2 cup Thankyou for your time PS these will be my go to pickles THANKYOU
Back to your pickles my daughters will pull out the bjar and sit
Sure, you can try it!
I’m looking for a sweet horseradish pickle, can I just use maybe double the sugar in this recipe? Thanks
I haven’t tried the recipe with more sugar but you can try! It would still work but I am not sure the sweetness.
Can these be preserved in a hot water bath and if so, any modifications and for how long ?
Sorry, I haven’t tried!
I’m water bathing them as we speak. 10 minutes + altitude.
Hi. Recipe looks wonderful. Two questions:
1. Do you know how many pounds this recipe is for (i.e., 16 small Kirby cucumbers = approximately how many lbs/oz)? I’ve got a lot more pickles in the garden, so I wanted to adjust the recipe to accommodate.
2. What size jars are you using?
Thanks in advance and can’t wait to make these this weekend!
Thanks! 16 Kirby cucumbers is about 2.5 – 3 pounds. You just want to use a jar that will fit the length of the cucumber. I think these were 16ox, about 5 inches tall. Hope that helps!
Hi. Recipe looks wonderful. Two questions:
1. Do you know how many pounds this recipe is for (i.e., 16 small Kirby cucumbers = approximately how many lbs/oz)? I’ve got a lot more pickles in the garden, so I wanted to adjust the recipe to accommodate.
2. What size jars are you using?
Thanks in advance and can’t wait to make these this weekend!
Thanks Amy. That helps. I pickled today and used 32 oz wide-mouth jars with about 2 lbs of cucumbers. It was 2 jars, so worked out well. Can’t wait to taste!
Awesome! Hope you enjoy!
Are you using pickles that are already pickled or fresh cucumbers?
These start with cucumbers!