Spiced Vinegar Cucumber Pickles

Ingredients

• 10 lbs small cucumbers
• 2 handfuls salt
• White wine vinegar (enough to cover cucumbers)
• Vine leaves
• ½ oz mace
• ½ oz sliced ginger
• ½ oz whole black pepper
• 6 cloves
• Few sprigs tarragon
• ½ clove garlic

Method

1. 1 Brush cucumbers clean, remove stems, and place in a pan with salt. Let rest for 24 hours, then drain well.
2. 2 Submerge cucumbers in boiling white wine vinegar. Cover tightly and let sit for 24 hours until they turn yellow.
3. 3 Drain the vinegar. Cover cucumbers with fresh vine leaves. Boil the vinegar and pour it hot over the cucumbers, stirring well.
4. 4 Repeat the process of draining, covering with fresh vine leaves, and pouring boiling vinegar over the cucumbers 4-5 times until they turn green.
5. 5 Drain cucumbers on a sieve and pack them into glass jars.
6. 6 Boil fresh white wine vinegar with mace, ginger, pepper, cloves, tarragon, and garlic for 5 minutes. Pour the hot spiced vinegar over the pickles and seal jars.