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Pickled cucumber

Also called pickle, cucumber pickle and cornichon

Pickled cucumber is crisp and sold in jars. Cooks use it as a condiment or deep-fry it, and pair it with garlic and dill.

Made from
Cucumber
Texture
Crisp
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
France
Pickled cucumber, cut

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use pickled cucumber

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Deep fry

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Crisp

Shopping

Choosing and storing pickled cucumber

Sold as
Jarred

Around the world

Where pickled cucumber is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use pickled cucumber. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list pickled cucumber among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. 1899 · United States

    Dill pickles were served in New York City by 1899.

On the table

Dishes made with pickled cucumber

4 of the 5 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Bauernfrühstück

    Germany

  • Franciasaláta

    Hungary, Russia

  • Pickle pizza

  • Big Mac Bao

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include pickled cucumber.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: pickled cucumber in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
cucumber (pickled)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What pickled cucumber is called

Names in 58 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    pepinillo · Pepinillos

  • French

    cornichon · condiment

  • Italian

    cetrioli sottaceto

  • Portuguese

    Picles

  • German

    Gewürzgurke · Essiggurke · Essiggurkerl · Cornichons

  • Dutch

    augurk · ingelegde komkommer

  • Greek

    αγγουράκι τουρσί

  • Turkish

    Salatalık turşusu

  • Russian

    маринованный огурец · огурчик · огуречный рассол · корнишон

  • Polish

    ogórek konserwowy · korniszon

  • Arabic

    خيار مخلل · قثاء مخلل

  • Persian

    خیار ترشی

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  • Albanian

    Kastraveca turshi

  • Armenian

    Մարինացված վարունգ

  • Azerbaijani

    Xiyar turşusu

  • Bangla

    শসা আচার

  • Basque

    ozpin-luzoker · ozpinetako luzoker · ozpin-pepino · ozpinetako pepino

  • Belarusian

    Карнішон

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    карнішон · кансэрваваны агурок

  • Breton

    Kornichon

  • Bulgarian

    Корнишон · корнишон

  • Cantonese

    酸瓜

  • Catalan

    cogombre envinagrat · cogombrets

  • Chinese

    醃黃瓜 · 腌黄瓜

  • Croatian

    Kiseli krastavac

  • Czech

    nakládané okurky · znojemské okurky · kyselé okurky

  • Danish

    asie · Agurkesalat

  • Egyptian Arabic

    خيار مخلل

  • Esperanto

    peklita kukumo

  • Estonian

    Hapukurk · Hapukurgid

  • Finnish

    maustekurkku

  • Hebrew

    מלפפון חמוץ

  • Hindi

    ककड़ी अचार

  • Hungarian

    kovászos uborka

  • Indonesian

    Timun acar

  • Japanese

    きゅうりピクルス · きゅうりの漬物

  • Javanese

    Timun acar

  • Kashubian

    Kwaszoné gùrczi

  • Korean

    오이 피클 · 피클

  • Kurdish

    Tirşîna arûyê

  • Latvian

    Marinēti gurķi

  • Limburgish

    Augurk

  • Luxembourgish

    Kleng Kornischong · Gewierzkornischong

  • Macedonian

    кисела краставичка · корнишон

  • Mingrelian

    დაზმარებული კინტირი · დამჟავებული კინტირი · კინტირიშ მჟავე

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    sylteagurk · drueagurk

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    sylteagurk · drueagurk

  • Odia

    କାକୁଡି ଆଚାର

  • Picard

    Cournichon

  • Romanian

    castravete murat

  • Sicilian

    Citrolu

  • Slovak

    Kyslé uhorky

  • Slovenian

    vložena kumarica

  • Swedish

    ättiksgurka · Cornichon · smörgåsgurka

  • Telugu

    దొండకాయ

  • Ukrainian

    Мариновані огірки · корнішон

  • Vietnamese

    dưa chuột muối

  • Welsh

    ciwcymbr wedi'i biclo

  • West Flemish

    Cornichong

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q1365891

Photos

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons