Gherkins like my father madeTheWorldWideGourmet.com
Total time: more than 2 hr
Preparation time: 15-20 minutes
Waiting time (salting): 3 hours
Waiting time (pickling): 2 weeks
Cooking time: None
Keeping time: A few months
Difficulty: Easy
Nutritional values
per 100 g
Energy:63.6 kcal
Proteins:0.6 g
Fats:0.2 g
Carbohydrate:15.4 g
Fibers:1.1 g
Sugar:11.2 g
Cholesterol:0 mg
Sodium:1612.7 mg
Calcium:14.2 mg
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INGREDIENTS
Quantity
Weight/Volume
Unit
Ingredient
1000
g
tiny pickles
500
ml
white vinegar
2
large handfuls of coarse salt
10
small onions
2
cloves of garlic
1
sprig of tarragon
1
bay leaf
1
sprig of fresh thyme
3
cherry tomatoes
2
ml
cracked pepper
3
cloves
METHOD
- Prepare the cucumbers: trim both ends and wash several times, rubbing them vigorously in a large bowl of ice water. Drain, sprinkle with coarse salt and set aside for 3 hours in a cold place.
- Meanwhile, peel the onions and garlic, rinse the tomatoes, wash the thyme and tarragon and measure the pepper. Set these ingredients aside in a cold place along with the jars and the vinegar (it's important that everything be chilled).
- Pour half the cold vinegar into a large bowl and combine with the cucumbers to eliminate the excess salt. Drain and discard this vinegar. Half-fill the jars with the cucumbers, add the flavorings except the tomatoes, then the rest of the cucumbers and finally the tomatoes. Cover with the rest of the iced vinegar.
- Set aside in a cold place until needed.
WINE SUGGESTIONS
Zinfandel
Merlot
Sangiovese
CHEF'S NOTES
I remember that my father didn't trust anyone else to make his "cornichons," or gherkins. He followed each step in the process with great concentration, knowing that any mistake would produce soft (and therefore ruined) gherkins. These gherkins are ready to eat after two weeks and remain crunchy for several months. But I like to eat them between two weeks and one month after they are made, when they still retain some of their cucumber flavor. Try to choose tiny pickling cucumbers that are nearly identical in size.
