Description

This Homemade Pickling Spice Recipe is a quick and easy blend of aromatic spices perfect for enhancing the flavor of your pickles, brines, and marinades. Combining mustard seeds, black peppercorns, coriander seeds, and other fragrant spices, this spice mix can be stored for up to a year and used to add a zesty, slightly spicy, and savory kick to a variety of preserved and cooked dishes.

Ingredients

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Pickling Spice Mix

2 tablespoons yellow mustard seeds
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon allspice berries
4 bay leaves (crushed)
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
4 whole cloves (crushed)
½ teaspoon ground ginger (optional)
1 tablespoon dill seed (optional)

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Instructions

Combine ingredients: Add all the mustard seeds, black peppercorns, coriander seeds, allspice berries, crushed bay leaves, red pepper flakes, crushed cloves, ground ginger, and dill seed into a small mixing bowl or jar.
Mix well: Stir or shake the mixture thoroughly until all the spices are evenly combined to form the pickling spice blend.
Store: Transfer the pickling spice mix to an airtight container and keep it in a cool, dry place. The spice mix can be stored for up to one year to maintain freshness and potency.

Notes

You can customize the blend by omitting the optional ground ginger or dill seed according to your taste preferences.
The spices can be lightly toasted before mixing to deepen their flavor, but it is optional.
Use about 1 to 2 tablespoons of pickling spice per quart of pickling liquid for best flavor.
Always use a clean, dry spoon to scoop out the spice blend to avoid moisture contamination.