Recipe for canning tomatoes in the snow with garlic for the winter
Tomatoes in the snow is one of the popular recipes for harvesting tomatoes for winter storage. Now in winter you can find any fruit and vegetable, but they have a high price and may not contain all vitamins. Therefore, many housewives make preparations for the winter in the summer. Even canned tomatoes retain a lot of vitamins and fiber.
Standard Option
Recipes for tomatoes in the snow for the winter are easy to cook and will not take much time. The name claims snow, which replaces the antiviral and antibacterial product of garlic. In jars, he lays down on tomatoes, resembling snow drifts.
For cooking, you need to prepare glass jars with a capacity of three liters, the marinade and the tomatoes themselves. Banks must first be sterilized. It is better if the tomatoes are small, rounded, and the cherry variety will do.
For a 3 liter jar, the marinade is prepared as follows:
- put 1.5 liters of water on the fire;
- after the water boils, add 100 g of sugar and stir a little;
- then add about 35 g of salt and leave the water to boil for another 4-6 minutes.
While the water for the marinade is being prepared, each tomato must be thoroughly washed. Clean vegetables fit tightly into the container. During laying, you do not need to press hard on the tomatoes so that they do not crack. After the entire jar is filled, boiling water is poured.
The snow, as mentioned above, is garlic. It can be chopped finely with a knife or grated. It all depends on the size of the desired snow. If you use a blender or garlic press for chopping, then pickled tomatoes begin to cloudy.
During the cutting of the garlic, the right time passes, so you can pour boiling water out of the jar. Chopped garlic is spread on top of the tomatoes under the snow for the winter and the contents are poured with brine, leaving a little space. Then you need to add vinegar.
A similar recipe for the winter involves the last step of twisting the can with an iron lid. The container is placed on the surface with a lid down and covered with warm clothing until the contents cool.
Aceless option
Vinegar recipes make canned tomatoes keep for a long time. Vinegar prevents bacteria growth and prolongs shelf life. It also gives the tomatoes a sour taste. But some people may not like this taste. And people who have diseases of the digestive system, they simply cannot be eaten. Therefore, you can harvest without this ingredient.
How to cook tomatoes without adding vinegar? For a liter jar, you need to pick up a small tomato, two large heads of garlic. Citric acid and dill sprigs are also useful.
The recipe for tomatoes in the snow with citric acid preserves the rich red color of the fruit for a long time, making their taste unusually delicate. In addition, lemon acid does not act as strongly on the stomach wall as vinegar.
For the marinade, you will need to take 30 g of salt and 100 g of sugar. You need to marinate as follows:
- dill is placed on the bottom of a glass liter jar, you can put a leaf of lavrushka;
- followed by tomatoes;
- the contents are poured with boiling water for a few minutes, then this water must be drained and filled with new boiling water;
- water that has been poured must be reused for the marinade;
- it is poured into another container, put on fire and sugar and salt are added.
While the marinade is boiling on the stove, citric acid is poured over the tomatoes and garlic slices are added. Then all the contents are filled with marinade. The garlic-shaped snow begins to slowly settle onto the tomatoes.
Salting vegetables ends by twisting the jar. The container turned upside down is covered with a warm blanket, which must be removed only after everything has cooled down.
Tomatoes in the snow with garlic can also be made, for example, with apple or grape vinegar, currant juice, sour apples, or you can add sorrel.
Mustard composition
For the winter, tomatoes can be prepared using recipes that include mustard. For a two liter jar, chop about two small heads of garlic.
Marinade for canning tomatoes in the snow is prepared with the addition of 200 g of sugar, 5 ml of vinegar, and 30 g of salt and mustard powder are also added.
Preservation involves putting clean vegetables tightly in a 2 liter glass container and pouring hot water for about 17 minutes. After that, the water is poured into another container, salt with sugar and mustard are added. Put the contents on low heat and simmer for 6-7 minutes. As soon as the marinade has cooled slightly, add table vinegar.
Tomatoes and garlic are poured with the resulting brine, the jar is twisted with an iron lid, turned over and wrapped in heat.
Reviews of this recipe are good: “I have been preparing tomatoes with mustard for the winter for several years. The taste is unusual and pleasant. There is no bitterness, the tomatoes are sweet, and the brine can be drunk separately. "
Spicy taste
Tomatoes for the winter using garlic can be made according to another recipe. Among the proven recipes, the composition with sweet peppers and sweet peas is known. For a three-liter jar, you need to prepare the following components:
- tomatoes that need to be washed thoroughly;
- sweet bell pepper (can be supplemented with half hot pepper, then the taste will become spicy);
- a couple of pieces of cloves;
- a few peas of allspice;
- a few cloves of garlic.
For a three-liter container of tomatoes in the snow with garlic for the winter, you need to prepare 1.5 liters of marinade. You need to take 50 g of salt, 100 g of sugar and 35 ml of vinegar.
We preserve according to the following scheme. Tomatoes and spices are placed in a glass jar, which must be poured with boiling water for 18 minutes. After this time, the water is poured into another container, salt and sugar are added. Pour again to the tomatoes and cover.
Important recommendations
There are some secrets that will help keep tomatoes in their original appearance under the snow with garlic for the winter and prolong their storage during the winter:
- so that the skin of the tomatoes does not crack, you need to pierce the place where the stalk was located before laying;
- if you add a leaf of horseradish, then the pickle marinade will remain transparent and not cloudy;
- for preparing meals for the winter, it is best to choose grainy salt;
- you can not replace vinegar with aspirin, as this is a chemical that can harm health.
If a sludge has formed on the bottom of the jar, then this is a sign of good quality and natural composition. A tomato harvest with snow can be stored for no more than 4 years.
