Freshly-salted cucumbers

Preparation time
overnight

Cooking time
no cooking required

Serves
Makes 1 jar of salted cucumbers



From The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure

Ingredients

  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp horseradish
  • 2 horseradish leaves
  • 10 small pickling cucumbers, washed
  • 2 tbsp salt

Method

  1. Put the garlic, horseradish and horseradish leaves in the bottom of a large sterilised jar and add the cucumbers.

  2. Add the salt to 2 litres/3½ pints water and mix thoroughly. Pour the salted water over the cucumbers, screw on the lid and leave to rest for 24 hours.

  3. The cucumbers will keep in the fridge for one month.