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Eastern European · Preserve / ferment
Brined Whole Watermelon
Small whole watermelons fermented for a month in a dill, garlic and chile brine, the way German-Russian farm families put them up for winter. Sour, salty and still pink inside.
- YieldServes 8
- Hands-on1 h 30 min
- Total28 d
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 1½small whole watermelons, about 950 g (2 lb) each, uncut and unblemished
- 1¼ tbspdill seed
- 5 clovesgarlic, peeled
- 4small dried hot peppers, slit lengthwise
Brine
- 110 gpickling salt, about 6 3/4 tbsp
- 3.15 Lwater, about 5 quarts
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