10/30/22

Using salt brine to cure mission olives from our tree

The salt brine approach has two steps. It starts by using medium strength brine followed by a strong strength brine.
Medium strength brine recipe is 3/4cup pickling salt (no iodine) to 1 gallon of water.

• I made 1 quart of brine which was 3tablespoons of salt to 4cups of water.
• The olives were covered w the brine and a plastic bag was used to submerge them.
• This was loosely capped and placed in storage for a week

Strong brine recipe is 1.5 cups pickling salt : 1 gallow of water

• This will equate to 6tablespoons pickling salt : 4cups water
• This will stand for a month

ref: Olives: Safe Methods for Home Pickling; PUBLICATION 8267 from UC Davis; 2007.