Cornmeal-Crusted Pickle Chips - Corn Recipes | Anson Mills - Artisan Mill Goods

Ingredients

• 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1 cup spring or filtered water
• 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon dill seeds
• ½ teaspoon black peppercorns
• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 medium Turkish bay leaves, broken in half
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• ⅜ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 pound pickling cucumbers, scrubbed well
• 4 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• ¼ cup fresh dill leaves, roughly torn
• 1½ tablespoons spring or filtered water
• 1½ tablespoons finely grated shallot
• 1 teaspoon finely grated garlic (germ removed, if present)
• ¾ cup sour cream
• Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1½ tablespoons minced fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 1½ tablespoons minced fresh chives
• About 50 Dill Pickle Slices
• 1½ cups Anson Mills Fine Yellow Cornmeal
• ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce
• About 2 cups peanut oil