Categories: Pickles 
      Yield: 6 servings 
  
     24    Cucumber, medium pickling           9    Clove garlic 
           -3-4" long, 1 1/4" thick          1/4 lb Parsley, sour cherry and/or 
      1 oz Horseradish root                         -black currant leaves 
      1    Dill, bunch mature plants       3 1/2 tb Salt, non-iodized per 2 qts 
           -with seeds                              -water 
  
  Prepare the cucumbers following the instructions for Brined Cucumbers. 
   
  Rinse the dill and divide in half. Scrub and rinse the horseradish and 
  slice thinly.  Peel and halve the garlic.  Wash the various leaves. 
   
  Fold half of the dill into a ring and place in the bottom of the jar. Strew 
  half the horseradish and garlic and 1/3 of leaves on top. Arrange half of 
  pickles upright, packing them tightly.  Place 1/3 of the leaves on top, 
  then pack in the rest of the cucumbers in the same manner. Top with layers 
  of the remaining horseradish, dill, garlic, and leaves. 
   
  Combine the salt and water, stirring until the salt dissolves (the 
  percenteage of salt in this brine is 2.8-3.0 percent).  Pour the brine into 
  the jar.  The contents should be fully covered.  Place the saucer inside 
  the jar with a weight (small rock?). Cover the mouth of the jar with 2 
  layers of cheesecloth and secure with string. 
   
  Leave for 3-4 days in cool, airy room whose temperature is about 64-68 
  degrees. 
   
  Remove the scum as it appears and wash the mouth of the jar daily. After 
  3-4 days, when most active fermentation has subsided a little, remove 
  weight and lid.  cover jar with its own lid and refrigerate. In 1 2 days 
  the malossol cucumbers will be ready to eat.  Because there is less salt in 
  the brine than Brined Cucumbers, malossol cucumbers should be eaten sooner. 
   
  Store the pickles on the lowest shelf of the refrigerator for 4-5 days, 
  after which they will become either too salty (and turn into regular brined 
  cucumbers) or, more likely, too soft and almost mushy.