Pickling Flavours to Grow (or Buy)

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Homegrown Coriander

As promised I’ve made up a list of herbs and spices that can be used to flavour pickles. Many of these can be grown at home!

Pickling Flavours From the Garden

  • Basil
  • Bay Laurel leaf
  • Bergamot flowers (never tried it, but would function similar to oregano)
  • Caraway seed
  • Celery seed
  • Coriander seed
  • Dill seed & weed/greens & flowers
  • Fennel seed & weed/greens & flowers
  • Garlic bulbils
  • Garlic cloves
  • Egyptian walking onion (sliced or bulbils)
  • Horseradish root
  • Juniper berries
  • Lavender flower buds
  • Lemon and citrus peel/zest
  • Lemon verbena
  • Mustard seed
  • Oregano
  • Rosemary
  • Savory
  • Tarragon
  • Thyme (fresh whole stems or dried)
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Grow Homegrown Ginger Root
You can grow your own ginger root in a container!

Common Spices Used to Flavor Pickles

  • Black peppercorns
  • Pink Peppercorns
  • Bali Long Peppercorns
  • Allspice berries
  • Cardamom
  • Cinnamon stick/bark
  • Cloves
  • Gingerroot
  • Nutmeg
  • Mace
  • Star Anise
  • Turmeric

Chinese Ornamental hot pepper
Teeny, tiny ‘Chinese Ornamental’ is one of my favourite hot pepper varieties for making hot and spicy pickles. It’s a very compact plant that can be easily grown in a pot.

Peppers: Whole fresh or dried chiles; Smoked, sweet, and hot paprika powder.

Dried Herbes de Provence mix: lavender, oregano/marjoram, rosemary, thyme, savory.

Gayla Trail
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3 thoughts on “Pickling Flavours to Grow (or Buy)”

  1. Those are good lists. I’ll be saving them to my pickling file. Do you leave basil leaves in the jar or just use them to flavor the brine. I’m curious if they discolor since they tend to turn black so easily.

    The Co-conspirator and I just “discovered” pink peppercorns this week when we got some for a recipe and have already used them again, this time on grilled halibut.

  2. Thanks for that. We’ve got cucumbers coming out of our ears at my place and I’ve got some of these growing in the garden as well.

  3. Wow, what a list…. I’d never heard of pickling half of those types of seeds. Coriander seeds, that’s definitely a new one, but one that’s now on my list. Thanks Gayla!

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