From the recipe by Seth Travins / Hawthorne Valley Farm. These are so tasty!
Equipment
One-quart Mason jar
1- or 2-piece lid
Timeframe: Approximately 14 days
Ingredients
1 1/4 pounds young green beans (beans should be crunchy and not fully formed)
3 to 4 teaspoons non-iodized salt
2 to 4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 to 2 flowering dill heads (can substitute 1 teaspoon dried dill)
1 teaspoon mustard seed
fresh or dried hot pepper to taste
Optional: Other spices to taste-coriander, cloves, black pepper, cinnamon, ginger
Method
1. Boil 2 to 3 quarts of water with a little salt.
2. Submerge green beans for 2 to 3 minutes (until they turn bright green); remove from heat and cool completely with cold water.
3. Place cooked, cooled beans in a clean, 1-quart Mason jar and add salt, garlic and spices.
4. Cover beans, spices and salt with water to top of jar.
5. Put a 1- or 2-piece lid on the jar; shake to dissolve salt.
6. Place jar in a room where the temperature is steadily 65 degrees to 75 degrees (if the temperature fluctuates, the fermentation will be mediocre).
The beans should be done in about 14 days. After this initial fermentation, the beans should be stored in the refrigerator. They will continue to mature and age for several months, but can be eaten any time after the initial fermentation.