Cocktails

Ogorki/ogurki are also known as Kirby cucumbers which is the standard used for pickles in the US thanks to the Polish/Czech immigrants. They are smaller than the smooth skinned Persian cucumber you see in the UK.

Start here - here are lots of options out there but what you want to look for are recipes for bread and butter pickles - this one is a really great starting point - https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/06/bread-and-butter-pickles/

And just modify it from there.

A couple of things to think about when looking for bits over here.

• Polish shops will frequently have Ogurki - also known as Kirby cucumbers - so I would start there as a source for the right ones. Fully grown Persian cucumbers (a.k.a. regular cucumbers) won't work although in a pinch if you can find baby cucumbers, they will work as well.
  
• Look hard for the sweet, all white onion - they make such a difference. I used to find them at Waitrose, but struggled anywhere else really. You can use a mix of yellow onion and banana shallots, but you will need to up your sugar by 50% to compensate. And to me, it's not quite the same.
  
• Plain white vinegar is fine although I prefer to use is the Sarson's pickling vinegar. To be clear, this is not the same as white wine vinegar, you want just white vinegar.