Homemade Pickling Spice

Why buy store-bought pickling spice when you can make your own at home? You likely already have all the ingredients you need in your spice cabinet!

What Is Pickling Spice?

Pickling spice is a spice blend that's used to pickle all different kinds of foods, from cucumbers to eggs. It contains mostly whole spices instead of ground spices, so it stands up well to the potent ingredients used in the pickling process.

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What’s In Pickling Spice?

For this top-rated pickling spice recipe, you'll need: whole mustard seeds, whole allspice berries, whole coriander seeds, red pepper flakes, ground ginger, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, and whole cloves.

How to Make Pickling Spice

Making homemade pickling spice is as easy as shaking all the ingredients in a jar! You'll find the full, step-by-step recipe with detailed instructions below.

Tips from Mooseinthekitchen :

· You can substitute caraway seeds for coriander seeds if desired. Drop a whole clove of garlic into each jar of cucumbers as the final spice element to this blend.· The fresher your spices, the more pungent your pickling blend will be. Spices that have been ground into a fine powder have more surface area and should be used carefully or they will overpower the mix.

How to Use Pickling Spice

Use your DIY pickling spices to make traditional homemade pickles or any pickled vegetable you like! For delicious inspiration, explore our collection of 40 Foods You Can Pickle. You can also use it alone with a brine for overnight quick pickling of tough meats ? the next morning, rinse the meat, pat dry, then slow-roast in a water bath at low heat for several hours.

How to Store Pickling Spice

Store the pickling spice in a tightly sealed glass jar or airtight container for up to one month in a cool, dark place (such as the pantry or spice cabinet).

Cookdap Community Tips and Praise

“I will be making this from now on when I need [pickling spice],” says Lynn Dudar Hagan. “I usually have all these spices on hand. It smells great in the beet and horseradish that is now simmering on the stove waiting to be canned.”

“This ended up working perfectly for the fridge pickles I made today,” according to SimpleGifts. “Very easy to put together, and a nice, small amount in the end(doesn’t clutter up the cupboards this way). Thanks for sharing, it was a lifesaver!”