Homemade Dill Relish
Make a delicious, tangy homemade dill relish that you can enjoy all year long with this easy canning method. Homemade dill pickle relish is the perfect condiment to add a zesty crunch to sandwiches, burgers, hotdogs, or even chicken salad.
Ingredients
- 8 pounds pickling cucumbers
- ½ cup pickling or canning salt
- 2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 4 cups water
- 2 ½ cups onions finely chopped
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoon dill seeds
- 4 cups white wine vinegar
Instructions
- In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, working in batches, finely chop cucumbers, transferring batches to a glass or stainless steel bowl as they are completed. Sprinkle wit picking salt and turmeric. Add water, cover, and let stand in a cool place for 2 hours. Transfer to a colander placed over a sink and drain thoroughly. Rinse with cool water and drain thoroughly again. Using your hands, squeeze out excess liquid.
- Meanwhile, prepare canner, jars, and lids
- In a large stainless steel saucepan, combine drained cucumbers, onions, sugar dill seeds and vinegar. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and boil gently, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and vegetables are heated through, about 10 minutes.
- Ladle hot relish into hot jars, leaving ½ head space. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot relish. Wipe rim. Center lid on jar. Screw band down until resistance is met, then increase to fingertip-tight.
- Place jars in canner, ensuring they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil and process for 15 minutes. Remove canner lid. Wait 5 minutes, then remove jars, cool, and store.
Notes
Don't skip the saltwater brine
Soaking the chopped cucumbers in saltwater extracts the excess water from the cucumbers, which prevents them from turning into a mushy pickle.
Keep the jars hot
Keeping the canning jars hot prevents the glass from breaking when you pour the hot dill relish into them. Remove the lids and bands from the jars before heating them for easier handling when tightening the sealed jars.
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