Everyone from childhood knows that it is better to eat fresh vegetables in order to get the maximum of vitamins and other beneficial substances. But what if the climate does not allow to eat vegetables from the garden all year round? Here just marinated, canned and salted preparations for the winter will be useful.
Today we will talk about one of the types of cooking products - marinating. Cucumbers closed in banks acquire a sour-salty taste, smell fragrant spices and greens. Together with the natural change of taste, comes an increase in the viability of the product. So, pickled cucumbers, both store and home-made, can stand up to two years.
As for the benefits of the product, it is not entirely correct to compare pickled and fresh cucumbers. On the one hand, when processing the product with vinegar, about 70% of vitamins are lost, which are not very numerous in cucumbers. All the same vinegar has a bad effect on tooth enamel and is absolutely not recommended for people with a stomach ulcer. On the other hand, it is the presence of acetic acid that gives pickled cucumbers those qualities that they do not have fresh - they cause appetite, speed up metabolism, promote the production of enzymes.
What cucumbers are suitable for preservation
To get excellent crunchy cucumbers, the choice of vegetables should be taken responsibly. Lying down, spoiled, as well as very large, yellow and overripe vegetables will not work. They do not bear any harm to health, but because of the wateriness may be simply tasteless.
Important! Note that acetic acid does not remove nitrates from vegetables. Therefore, if you use purchased products for preparation, you will need to remove all chemistry from them. Before you start cooking, soak the cucumbers in water for an hour, then cut off the tips. It is in the tail and contains the highest concentration of all fertilizers and chemistry, which the plant received in the process of growth.
There are 3 basic rules for picking cucumbers for pickling:
- The ideal time to buy is morning. It is no secret that in the store and on the market the most beautiful and tasty products are understood first. In addition, having lain all day in the sun during the hot season, any products deteriorate.
- Do not take too beautiful specimens. Surprisingly, beautiful as in the picture, vegetables and fruits are often disappointing. First, the appearance says nothing about taste. Secondly, often the cause of the glossy smooth skin is paraffin, quite harmful to our digestive tract. Thirdly, dirty cucumbers give odds completely washed for one simple reason. Any minor damage to the product can cause fermentation in future preservation, which will ruin the entire jar. And when washing often and scratches and punctures occur.
- Ideal pickling cucumber - 10-12 cm long, dark green, without stains and streaked with dark bubbles. Such a vegetable perfectly absorbs vinegar, pickles evenly, crunches, without voids and water inside.
Often used as a tasty snack cucumbers. Read the useful salted and pickled cucumbers.By the way, there are special varieties bred just for pickling. They are ideal for marinade, but because of the thin skins, their shelf life is almost half the size of regular cucumbers - a maximum of 1 year.
How to pickle cucumbers for the winter: a step by step recipe
Once the vegetables are selected, you need to prepare everything you need. The recipe below is the classic version.
Did you know? Breeders have a special term for describing the surface of a cucumber - “shirt”. There are three options: Slavic, German and Asian. Large rare bubbles belong to the "Slavic shirt", such cucumbers are ideal for pickling. Learn the "German shirt" can be on the frequent small bubbles. Such vegetables are better suited for pickles, in particular - for the preparation of salted cucumbers. But the smooth skin without pronounced bubbles is a clear sign of an "Asian shirt", purely salad varieties of vegetables.
There are also a lot of variations: with horseradish, lemon flavor, with sweet pepper and basil, in apple juice, with mint, and even with oak bark. In most cases, these options are based on the traditional recipe presented below.
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Ingredients Required
To prepare pickled cucumbers at home, you need to prepare everything you need:
- cucumbers;
- greens (dill umbrellas, parsley, leaves of cherry, grapes, walnut or currant);
- Bay leaf;
- garlic;
- salt;
- sugar;
- vinegar (70%);
- black pepper, fragrant;
- red hot chili pepper to taste.
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Kitchen appliances and utensils
Prepare also in advance:
- jars with lids, twists;
- large volume pot;
- device for tightening the covers.
Did you know? Despite the minimal amount of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, as well as low calorie content, cucumber has distinguished itself in history by its effect on the human body. So, at the time of Columbus, seafarers ate pickled cucumbers daily for the prevention of scurvy. The intuitive measure was confirmed at the beginning of the 19th century, and sea rations began to include sources of vitamin C: citrus, pickled and pickled vegetables.
Step-by-step recipe with photos
When everything you need at hand, proceed to cooking:
- We wash the washed jars with boiling water, pour out the water. At the bottom of the cans we put several umbrellas of dill, 1-2 leaves of cherry or currant, 3-4 cloves of garlic, a couple of peas of pepper, 2-3 bay leaves, 1-2 rings of hot red pepper. The amount is based on one 2-liter jar.
Put ingredients on the bottom of the jar - We cut the tips of cucumbers and put them tightly in a jar (about 1 kg of cucumbers will be needed for one 2-liter container).
We put cucumbers tightly in a jar - Top put greens. This not only adds flavor to the future harvesting, but also prevents the floating of cucumbers.
Top put greens - Fill the jar with boiling water and leave for 10-15 minutes, after which the water is drained.
Fill the jar with boiling water - Pour boiling water over the jar again and let it brew for 5 minutes.
Pour boiling water over the jar again - Drain the water into the pot. We pour half a dessert spoonful of sugar and the same amount of salt into the water. Put on the fire and bring to a boil.
Fall asleep 1/2 dessert spoon of sugar - Meanwhile, in a jar, pour 25-30 g of vinegar.
Pour 25-30 g of vinegar into the can - When the pickle boils, pour it into the jar.
Pour the pickle in the jar - Roll cover. Make sure the lid is well closed, there is no distortion.
Roll cover - Turn the jar upside down, wrapped.
Put ingredients on the bottom of the jar
We put cucumbers tightly in a jar
Top put greens
Fill the jar with boiling water
Pour boiling water over the jar again
Fall asleep 1/2 dessert spoon of sugar
Pour 25-30 g of vinegar into the can
Pour the pickle in the jar
Roll coverVideo: how to pickle cucumbers for the winter
How to store the workpiece
The shelf life of pickled cucumbers is up to 2 years. However, if a special thin-skinned variety has been used for procurement, then you should not hold banks longer than 1 year.
Since it is in the winter, our body can receive less of its rate of vitamins and minerals, it is necessary to eat more vegetables. Read how to cook Don salad, cucumber and tomato salad, green tomatoes in Georgian, caviar of squash, close the stuffing pepper, beans, freeze horseradish, pickle mushrooms, squash and prepare hot pepper for the winter.If the jar has a swollen lid, the muddy pickle or marinade smells bad - it is better to get rid of the preform. To poison with pickled products is a simple matter, any violation of the process technology (poorly closed cans, spoiled products) can lead to this result.
It is better to keep jars in a cold, dark place - in the refrigerator, cellar or on the balcony in winter. 
What combines cucumbers on the table
Cucumbers can be served on the table as a snack or included in other dishes.
Important! Do not confuse salted and pickled cucumbers. Pickle, a known remedy for thirst and hangover, is formed only in pickles. Drinking the liquid after marinating is not just useless, but also harmful. Vinegar is not the most beneficial substance for the human body, it has a bad effect on the gastrointestinal tract, increases the sensitivity of teeth and does not remove toxins from alcohol at all.
The list of what this workout is combined with is truly long. Most often, cucumbers are included in the composition of salads ("Olivier", vinaigrette). Less often - in soups and vegetable snacks. Perfectly combined with sprats on sandwiches and canapes.
If you want to refresh yourself with vitamins and many nutrients in winter, read how to prepare juice from grapes, sweet cherry compote, black currant jam, tangerine jam, pear, quince, wild strawberries, strawberries and red currant jelly.
Marinating cucumbers at home allows not only to be confident in the quality of all the components of the dish, but also gives you the opportunity to do everything to your taste.
Reviews from the Internet about recipes for cooking cucumbers for the winter
Cucumbers as needed Garlic head 0.5-1 pcs. Horseradish root 1 pc. Salt large 3 tbsp. Granulated sugar 3 tbsp. Laurel leaves 2 pcs. Currant leaves and cherries, dill to taste Vinegar 3 tbsp. Black pepper 7 peas To begin, take on cucumbers. Soak them in a large bowl of cold water for at least 4 hours. Then rinse thoroughly. Place the processed fruits in clean jars and place the garlic cloves, greens and spices. Fill each jar with cucumbers with boiling water, and, having covered with a lid, let me brew for a couple of minutes. Then gently move the water from the cans into a separate container, add salt and granulated sugar and put it on the stove. When the marinade has a temperature of one hundred degrees, add vinegar. While the marinade is boiling, pour another portion of boiling water into the jars. When the marinade is ready, remove the water from the cucumber jars, and in its place enter the marinade. Roll hermetically. //evrikak.ru/info/kak-marinovat-ogurtsyi-na-zimu-5-samyih-vkusnyih-idey/
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