Summer Pickles ~ KOVÁSZOS UBORKA

How To Make Authentic Hungarian KOVÁSZOS
UBORKA (Dill Pickels) with Marika 

Ingredients:

For 1 jar 

• 3 generous bunches of fresh dill, preferably strong
• 6 cloves garlic
• 2 litres water
• 5 tablespoons salt
• small pickling cucumbers, enough to fill jar (2 litre jar seen here)
• stale white bread

Method:

1. Wash cukes, cut ends off and slice half way through, but not all the way.
2. Put a generous handful of dill in the bottom of jar
3. Add cukes to about half full. Stand them up of lay them down.
4. Cover with another generous handfull of dill
5. Add 3 cloves cut up garlic
6. Add more cukes to about an inch of the top of the jar
7. Cover with another generous handfull of dill
8. Add 3 more cloves of cut up garlic.
9. Add 1" thick slices of white bread to top.
10. To 2 litres of hot tap water, add 5 tablespoons of salt. Stir to dissolve. 
11. Pour brine over bread and fill jar to the very top. Keep adding brine until the level stays at the top (the bread will absorb) 
12. Cover jar with a plate and place out in the sun. 
13. Wait 2-3 days. Pickles will be ready when the water has gone cloudy. 

Uborka Day 1

Uborka Finished