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Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish (Garden-to-table)

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Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish - made with fresh from the garden cucumbers. Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in all your summer salads. www.savingdessert.comHomemade Sweet Pickle Relish – made with fresh from the garden cucumbers. Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in all your summer salads.

We’ve got cucumbers … lots and lots of cucumbers.  I eat them everyday for lunch with no complaints!   I need to make pickles but thought Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish might be a nice change.  My husband planted about 4 different varieties of cucumbers so I can’t even tell you what kind they are, other than the good kind!

 

Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish - made with fresh from the garden cucumbers. Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in all your summer salads. www.savingdessert.com

Aside from a little chopping, relish is super simple to cook and a real treat to eat.  Lightly sweet relish reminds me of my Mom’s Bread & Butter Pickles and that’s a good thing!

 

Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish - made with fresh from the garden cucumbers. Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in all your summer salads. www.savingdessert.com

Dice the fresh vegetables and place all together in a large pot.  Combine cider vinegar, sugar, salt, mustard seeds and celery seeds and cook for about 10 minutes.

 

Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish - made with fresh from the garden cucumbers. Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in all your summer salads. www.savingdessert.com

This is an amazing relish great served on hot dogs or mixed into deviled eggs.  In fact these are some of the best deviled eggs I’ve ever had.  The fresh relish really took them to a whole new level of deliciousness!

 

Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish - made with fresh from the garden cucumbers. Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in all your summer salads. www.savingdessert.com

Invited to a summer picnic?  Take a jar of this relish as a hostess gift and I bet you get invited back year after year 🙂

 

Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish - made with fresh from the garden cucumbers. Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in all your summer salads. www.savingdessert.com

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Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish

Prep Time: 3 hrs
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins
Yield: 3 pints
Course: Condiment
Author: Tricia
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Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in your summer salads!

Ingredients

  • 4 cups unpeeled, finely diced cucumber (seeds removed from larger cucumbers)
  • 2 large onions diced
  • 1 green bell pepper finely diced
  • 1 red bell pepper finely diced
  • ¼ cup kosher salt (not a typo)
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon celery seeds
  • 1 tablespoon mustard seeds

Instructions

  • If using large cucumbers, cut in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds with a spoon. Discard the seeds.
  • Combine the diced cucumbers, onions and peppers in a large stock pot. Sprinkle the ¼ cup kosher salt over the vegetable. Fill the pot with ice cold water enough to cover the diced vegetables. Set the mixture aside to rest for 2 hours.
  • Line a fine mesh sieve with cheesecloth and add the vegetables. Allow them to drain for 10 minutes, then gather the ends of the cheesecloth together and twist to form a bundle. Squeeze a little tighter to press out the liquid, allowing it to drain. Don't smash the vegetables but gently extract as much liquid as possible.
  • While the vegetables are draining, combine the vinegar, sugar, celery and mustard seeds in the large pot.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil and add the vegetables.
  • Stir and bring it back to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Using a slotted spoon, place the hot relish in glass jars with lids. Spoon additional brine over the vegetable if needed to cover. If preserving, process according to standard canning procedures.
  • If not canning, cool the jars then store the jars of relish in the refrigerator. This relish will keep for several weeks if refrigerated.

Recipe Notes

Recipe adapted from Donna Matthews/July 21, 2005, Food.Com
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. When multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.

Nutrition

Calories: 497kcal | Carbohydrates: 117g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 9449mg | Potassium: 619mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 109g | Vitamin A: 1520IU | Vitamin C: 94mg | Calcium: 106mg | Iron: 2mg

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Homemade Sweet Pickle Relish - made with fresh from the garden cucumbers. Delicious served on hot dogs, deviled eggs or in all your summer salads. www.savingdessert.com

Pickle relish seems like summer to me!  Are you getting ready to go back to school?  Planning any late summer vacations?  I can’t believe how quickly it has flown by.  I hope you are able to squeeze in a few backyard BBQ’s before we drag out the pumpkins.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tricia

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41 Comments

  1. Wendy says

    July 13, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    Hi! This looks awesome, I’m wondering if you know who many pound of cucumbers you need for this recipe or how many? Thank you

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    • Tricia Buice says

      July 14, 2021 at 7:56 am

      I Wendy. It’s really hard to say how many as cucumbers vary greatly in size. If using small to medium I would start with at least 4 cucumbers. Enjoy!

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  2. Joshua says

    December 28, 2020 at 2:36 pm

    Hi, I am unable to get celery seeds (or even Dill Seeds, a substitute) . Anyone have any idea as to what I could use instead, or if the recipe would still be good w/o it?

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    • Tricia Buice says

      December 28, 2020 at 5:41 pm

      Hi Joshua. If you can get celery salt use half the amount and reduce the salt equally. Otherwise you can use celery leaves cut from the top of celery stalks. I’m sure these will still be good. Enjoy!

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  3. Katharina Myers says

    September 11, 2020 at 12:37 pm

    I am making this for the firs time, it sounds so tasty. I was wondering, do you rinse the vegetables after they soak in the salt water?
    Thanks,
    Katie

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    • Tricia Buice says

      September 12, 2020 at 7:30 am

      Hi Katharina. I do not rinse the vegetables after soaking, but you can if you wish. Enjoy!

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  4. Nancy B says

    July 28, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    5 stars
    I doubled the recipe and used one red pepper, one green, one yellow and one orange which resulted in a beautifully coloured relish. My husband also likes to spice things up so I added a jalapeño pepper as well. Yummy!!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      July 29, 2020 at 8:22 am

      Thanks for the feedback Nancy! Sounds like this relish is gorgeous in vibrant colors. Thanks for trying the recipe and for taking the time to comment. Have a great summer!

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    • Carol says

      August 1, 2020 at 10:05 pm

      Hi Tricia, I made this relish a few years ago and loved it. I just washed a batch of cukes and since it’s been awhile I have a couple questions. My cukes are only about
      3 1/2″ long, they are crisp but not juicy, is that ok or should I get some larger ones at the farmers market tomorrow? I was wondering also if the 4 c. measurement is before the pickles are diced or after the pickles are diced? I am assuming I measure after they are diced for accuracy as it would be hard to measure whole cukes. One other thing, can I double the recipe with success?

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      • Tricia Buice says

        August 2, 2020 at 9:30 am

        Hi Carol – sorry if my recipe wasn’t clear. You need 4 cups of diced cucumbers. Cut large cucumbers in half and scrape out the seeds with a spoon. Don’t peel the cucumbers, just dice and measure. I use whatever size cucumbers I have on hand. No need to buy more unless you want to double the recipe – which is fine, too. Enjoy and thanks for the great questions!

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  5. Jennifer @ Seasons and Suppers says

    August 6, 2015 at 7:37 am

    Beautiful relish and such a perfect way to preserve summer 🙂

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 6, 2015 at 7:47 am

      Thanks Jennifer 🙂

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  6. John/Kitchen Riffs says

    August 5, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    Never even thought of making my own pickle relish. But I should — we have cucumbers coming out of our ears. OK, not really, but you know what I mean. 🙂 This looks awesome — thanks so much.

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 5, 2015 at 5:36 pm

      I keep asking myself why it took so long to make this! Love it 🙂

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  7. Susan says

    August 5, 2015 at 10:16 am

    I have lots and lots of baby cukes on the vine waiting to grow up. I can’t wait to try this recipe when they do, Tricia. Pinning to my canning and preserving board!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 5, 2015 at 5:35 pm

      I hope you get the opportunity to make this Susan – it is so tasty!

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  8. Toni | BoulderLocavore says

    August 5, 2015 at 7:54 am

    I love this Tricia! It looks so fresh and flavorful. So much better than the watery version at the store. Beautiful dice on all the veg!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 5, 2015 at 5:35 pm

      Thanks so much Toni! It is so good and really does taste fresh.

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  9. Gerlinde @ Sunnycovechef says

    August 4, 2015 at 11:49 pm

    Anything homemade is so much better and your relish looks great. My mother canned all time.

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 5, 2015 at 7:18 am

      My mother did too Gerlinde. I wish I had more time to do it! Have a great week.

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  10. Betty says

    August 4, 2015 at 11:34 pm

    I have not canned one thing this entire summer, and I just have a few days of summer vacation left! My two cucumber plants have been prolific though, and I just may be able to squeeze in a batch of this before reporting back to work next week. How does the summer fly by so fast?

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 5, 2015 at 7:19 am

      I can’t believe summer is almost over Betty. I bet you will be busy getting all those things done you wish you had finished. I feel the same way each and every weekend! There is never enough time 🙂 Have a great week and best wishes for a wonderful school year!

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  11. sue|theviewfromgreatisland says

    August 4, 2015 at 11:22 am

    This looks so colorful and fresh, I think I’d end up with a 2 to 1 ratio of relish to hot dog!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:45 am

      Good plan Sue! I can’t believe how much better homemade is compared to store bought (or maybe I can!) Thanks!

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  12. Monica says

    August 4, 2015 at 8:37 am

    You even make relish mesmerizingly beautiful! : ) It looks wonderful, all the better with your own homegrown cucumbers.

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:44 am

      Thank you so much Monica!

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  13. Mandy says

    August 4, 2015 at 3:43 am

    Divine!
    🙂 Mandy xo

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:44 am

      Thanks Mandy 🙂

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  14. cheri says

    August 3, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    Hi Tricia, isn’t amazing that even condiments tastes better homemade and with fresh ingredients. Looks like once again you took it to a new level.

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:44 am

      Thanks so much Cheri – it does have an amazingly fresh taste – and it’s good on everything!~

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  15. Becky Green says

    August 3, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    This looks SO GOOD, Tricia!!!! Love all the color! 😉

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:43 am

      Thanks Becky!

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  16. Monique says

    August 3, 2015 at 6:16 pm

    I am MARKETING tomorrow..
    I want to make this..I make our relish..but this is so different!
    Thank you!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:43 am

      Thank you Monique. Hope you love it!

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  17. Larry says

    August 3, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    I’m not a fan of sweet pickle relish, but yours looks delicious.

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:43 am

      Thanks Larry – it tastes a lot like Bread & Butter pickles. Happy travels!

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  18. Chris Scheuer says

    August 3, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    I’ll take mine right out of the jar. I see you have a spoon waiting for me. It looks fabulous!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:42 am

      Thanks Chris – it is really good on everything!

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  19. [email protected]'s Recipes says

    August 3, 2015 at 6:36 am

    So colourful and fresh!

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    • Tricia Buice says

      August 4, 2015 at 11:42 am

      Thanks Angie 🙂

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