Grandma’s Dill Cucumbers – Traditional Scandinavian Summer Recipe
These pickled cucumbers are something that almost every Finn remembers from their grandma’s summer lunch table. They are super easy and super quick to make so don’t hesitate to try out this cool and tasty side dish.
Self grown and made is the tastiest
Iida’s grandma loves to tell how carefully she nursed her cucumbers when she was younger and gardened more. Her great joy was to present fresh and self grown cucumbers by midsummer, when others were just starting with theirs. She didn’t have fancy greenhouses – only a sunny plot near the house and plastic covers. The kind of cucumbers you grown out in the open, ones with thick spiky skin, are the best ones for this recipe. But feel free to use any cucumber you have, they will taste good anyway!
Grandma’s dill cucumber recipe
You’ll need:
Cucumbers thinly sliced – self grown are the best kind
Dill – chopped
Sugar
Salt
Basic clear vinegar
Water
A big jar you can screw shut tightly
1. Mix the sugar and salt together
2. Mix the water and vinegar
3. Lay out the cucumber slices into the jar alternating them with sugar-salt mix and dill. Fill the jar this way.
4. Pour your water-vinegar mix on top of the cucumbers-dill-salt-and-sugar layers. Shut the jar tightly and shake it vigorously so that everything mixes up.
5. Let the jar stand in refrigerator 30 minutes or so. Serve them as a side dish with your summery lunches and dinners. These cucumbers make also great sandwich and salad toppings. Pickled cucumbers taste best when served during the day they were made but they are good at least a day after also.
We love this fresh side dish! Fun fact – in Finnish people call them sometimes ‘hölskykurkku’ meaning sloshed cucumbers by the sloshing sound they make when shaked inside the jar. I find the name hilarious! Do you have any pickle recipes we should try out?
Love,
Valentin
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