Make homemade Pickling Spice and add this spice mix to create amazing pickles, corned beef, braised stews, rice, or use in marinades to flavor meat!
Be sure to try it in my wildly popular Spicy Pickled Eggs recipe...
What Is Pickling Spice?
Classic pickling spice has black peppercorns, mustard seeds, coriander seeds, dill seed, allspice berries, bay leaves, and crushed red pepper flakes.
Pickling Spice Mix Recipe
- 1 tablespoon coriander seed
- 1 tablespoon dill seed
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tablespoon whole allspice berries
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 5 dry bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon peppercorns black, pink, white, or mixed is fine
- 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
Mix It Up!
- In a small bowl, combine all your spices. Add some of the optional ones I listed for additional flavor.
- Keep your pickling Spice in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid, and use within 6 months.
What Else Can I Add?
You can add additional spices to add to your basic pickling spice, try some or all of these:
- a few whole cloves
- a couple of star anise
- some juniper berries
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- a couple of cardamon pods
How To Store Pickling Spice?
Store your mix in an airtight container out of direct sunlight, small mason jars work really well. Use within a few months. The fresher your spices, the stronger your pickling spice blend will be in dishes.
How Can I Use Pickling Spice?
RECIPE IDEAS: Pickling spice not only adds characteristic flavor to pickles, but it also adds complex flavor to braised stews, bean, and rice dishes.
For meat stews, you can tie the pickling spices into a piece of cheesecloth tied with a long piece of butcher string and braise in the pot or slow cooker until the meat is deliciously tender.
Pickling Spice works well in crockpot or slow-cooker recipes, pot roast, soups, and braised meat dishes.
What Recipes Can I Use Pickling Spice In?
- make a brine solution for meat cuts
- use to make quick pickles
- add into a corn beef brine
- use in a hearty beef stew recipe
- add to bean and rice dishes
- quick brined pork chops
My Favorite Pickled Spice Recipes
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Take a look at all my homemade recipes for spices, seasonings and flavor infusions, they make great gourmet food gifts!
Pickling Spice
Ingredients
Pickling Spice Mix Recipe
- 1 tablespoon coriander seed
- ½ cinnamon stick
- 1 tablespoon dill seed
- 1 tablespoon whole allspice berries
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 5 dry bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon peppercorns black, pink, white, or mixed is fine
- 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
Optional Pickling Spices To Add:
- 2 star anise
- 8 whole cloves
- 4 juniper berries
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 cardamon pods
Instructions
Mix Pickling Spice
- In a small bowl, combine all your spices. Add some of the optional ones I listed for addition flavor.
Storing Pickling Spice
- Keep your pickling Spice in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid, and use within 6 months.
Notes
How Can I Use Pickling Spice?
RECIPE IDEAS: Pickling spice not only adds characteristic flavor to pickles, but it also adds complex flavor to braised stews, bean, and rice dishes. For meat stews, you can tie the pickling spices into a piece of cheesecloth tied with a long piece of butcher string and braise in the pot or slow cooker until the meat is deliciously tender. Pickling Spice works well in a crockpot or slow-cooker recipes, pot roast, soups, and braised meat dishes.What Else Can I Add To Pickling Spice Mix?
You can add additional spices to add to your basic pickling spice, try some or all of these:- a few whole cloves
- ½ cinnamon stick
- a couple of star anise
- some juniper berries
- ground ginger
- a couple of cardamon pods
This pickling spice blend is amazing. My Grammy always made sweet pickles in the fridge but always used the store-bought pickling spice. The flavor was so much better with yours. Thanks Lisa!
This is my go-to pickling spice for my Grandmother's bread and butter pickles recipe!! So easy to make and so much better than store-bought!
Wow! Oh Jessie that is so great that you are using this recipe on your Grandmother's pickles. Made my day, thank you so so much for your comment, and happy pickling this summer!
Love this pickling spice with your Jalapeno Pickled Eggs Recipe! Delish!! I'm trying it next with pork chops!
Love that I can make this simple yet really flavorful pickling spice at home with simple, store-bought ingredients!