5 best recipes for royally eggplant appetizers for the winter
Such an eggplant appetizer for the winter is truly royal. It will delight the most sophisticated gourmets thanks to the flavor combination of the components used. This vegetable is useful, most of the valuable substances are preserved during heat treatment. It is worth noting the low calorie content of the product, therefore it is included in the dietary food. Thus, you will get not only a tasty, but also a healthy dish.
Secrets of making a royal eggplant snack
With this vegetable, it is also called "blue", there are many recipes: it is stewed, fried, baked, steamed. It goes well with sweet and hot peppers, tomatoes, garlic, onions, zucchini and carrots.
In the cooking process, it is recommended to follow not difficult, but important tips:
- to remove bitterness from the skin, vegetables must be soaked in salted water for half an hour;
- so that during the frying process the oil does not splash, it is recommended to cut the eggplants, salt and squeeze the released juice after half an hour.
Selecting and preparing vegetables
Vegetables should be firm, without signs of spoilage and not lethargic. Lethargy indicates staleness. They will taste bitter. Before cooking, they must be washed and the stalk removed.
How to prepare containers correctly?
The finished dish must be laid out in a sterilized container. To sterilize containers and lids, you can choose any of the convenient methods:
- boil for 2-3 minutes;
- fry in the oven;
- warm up in a microwave oven;
- hold over steam for 3-4 minutes.
The best cooking methods
Over the years, various recipes have been developed for preparing snacks for the winter. The best of them have become culinary masterpieces.
"Tsar's snack" for the winter with eggplants
This is a popular type of snack. The name is quite consistent with the dish, thanks to the richness of aroma, taste and variety of ingredients.
It is necessary:
- eggplant - 1.3 kilograms;
- sugar - 65 grams;
- garlic - 6-8 cloves;
- sunflower oil - 170 milliliters;
- salt - 45 grams;
- tomato juice - ½ cup;
- vinegar - 110 milliliters.
Sequencing:
- Cut the washed blue ones into rings. Fry in a pan, put in a saucepan.
- Add chopped chives, pour in juice, add sugar and salt. You can add capi or jalapeno, your favorite spices. Put out half an hour.
- Pour in vinegar, simmer for 5 minutes, put in prepared containers.
Fried eggplant
Required components:
- eggplants, bell peppers, tomatoes - 1 kilogram each;
- parsley - a bunch;
- salt - 30 grams;
- sunflower oil - 160 milliliters;
- vinegar - 65 milliliters;
- black pepper - 1/3 teaspoon.
Sequencing:
- Cut the blue ones into rings, salt, stand for half an hour. Squeeze out the juice, fry on both sides.
- Cut onion into rings, pepper into large slices. Fry in oil until tender.
- Grind tomatoes and herbs with a blender. Add salt, sugar and spices, boil for 5 minutes.
- Put all vegetables in layers, pouring tomato sauce.
- Cover with lids, sterilize for 10 minutes, seal tightly.
Option in tomato
To prepare a snack according to this recipe, you must:
- eggplant - 1 kilogram;
- tomatoes - 1 kilogram;
- sugar - 75 grams;
- salt - 25 grams;
- jalapeno - ½ pod;
- garlic - head;
- sunflower oil - 45 milliliters;
- vinegar - 15 milliliters.
Sequencing:
- Blanch the tomatoes, peel, chop with a blender. Boil for a quarter of an hour.
- Cut the washed eggplants into rings, 0.5-0.7 centimeters thick.
- Pour salt and sugar into a hot tomato, pour oil. You can add your favorite spices if desired. Simmer for about a quarter of an hour.
- Put chopped chives, jalapenos with vegetables, pour in vinegar. Stew for 5 minutes.
- Arrange in sterilized containers, seal tightly. Turn over and cover until cool.
Beans recipe
Legumes go well with this delicious vegetable.
It is necessary:
- carrots - 800 grams;
- eggplant - 1.8-2 kilograms;
- onions - 800 grams;
- beans - 450 grams;
- tomatoes - 1.5 kilograms;
- garlic - 5-7 cloves;
- black pepper - 15 grams;
- sunflower oil - 240 milliliters;
- vinegar - 150 milliliters;
- salt - 45 grams;
- sugar - 30 grams.
Sequencing:
- It is recommended to pour the beans overnight with water.
- Boil until tender, but so that integrity is preserved.
- Peel the carrots and grate them on a coarse grater.
- Cut the eggplants into cubes, add salt, stir, and stand for an hour. Squeeze out the released juice.
- Peel the pepper, cut into cubes.
- Blanch the tomatoes, peel, chop, add chopped garlic, boil for 3 minutes.
- Add pepper, sugar, the required amount of salt, pour oil and put carrots, pepper cubes and eggplant. Put out a quarter of an hour.
- Add beans, simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Spread over prepared jars, close hermetically.
Spicy appetizer with cabbage
The amount of the acute component is taken at will.
It is necessary:
- eggplant - 1 kilogram;
- cabbage - 1.2 kilograms;
- carrots - 340 grams;
- salt - 30 grams;
- garlic - 2-4 cloves;
- jalapenos - 1 / 2-1 piece;
- sugar - 25 grams;
- vinegar - 130 milliliters.
Sequencing:
- Chop the cabbage.
- Grate the carrots, add to the cabbage, along with chopped chives and jalapenos.
- Boil the blue ones for 5 minutes, cut into cubes, add to the vegetables. Add salt, sugar, vinegar, stir thoroughly.
- Arrange in sterilized containers, put in the cold or cellar.
Storage rules
It is recommended to store containers with ready-made snacks that have undergone heat treatment in a cool room. In room conditions, the shelf life is up to six months.
