Tsitsibeli recipe for the winter with onions, carrots, bell peppers and garlic
Many housewives want to diversify their menu in winter. It is for this that some are engaged in the preparation of winter preparations. There are different recipes for making such preserves. Quite often, Tsitsibeli is rolled in the winter.
This sauce is a traditional Georgian dish. It is versatile and can therefore be used with a variety of dishes. It is often added to chops, kebabs, burgers, and steaks. It is recommended to close such a blank in the fall or at the end of summer, when food prices will drop slightly.
Classic recipe
Various recipes are used to create Tsitsibeli, but the classic one is the most common. To prepare a dish according to this recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
- 5 kg of tomatoes;
- three peppers;
- three heads of garlic and onions;
- 150 g of salt.
First you need to start preparing all the ingredients. Before proceeding with the creation of preservation, all products are thoroughly washed and dried with towels. Then you should cut the tomatoes. If the tomatoes are too large, then they will have to be cut into 5-6 small pieces.
Once you're done with the tomatoes, you can start preparing the pepper. First, remove all seeds from it and cut off the tail. After that, it is cut into two equal parts and finely chopped. To make the sauce more pungent, hot peppers are recommended.
You also need to prepare garlic with onions. These ingredients are peeled and cut into small pieces. You can use summer and winter garlic to create the sauce, but it is recommended to buy winter garlic, as it is more spicy. However, some recipes only use summer varieties.
After preparing the main ingredients, you need to grind them using a food processor or meat grinder. The result should be a homogeneous liquid mixture. It must be salted and mixed thoroughly.
The prepared mixture is poured into a saucepan or bowl, put on low heat and cooked for half an hour. In this case, the container with the sauce should not be covered with a lid, since all excess moisture must evaporate. During the preparation of the sauce, the mixture should be stirred periodically so that it does not burn.
The prepared sauce is distributed in small half-liter sterilized jars. It is recommended to store ready-made preserves in the basement so that it will last longer and not deteriorate.
With herbs and carrots
In addition to the classic, there are other recipes for making sauce. They differ in the ingredients used during cooking. Quite often, when creating Tsitsibeli, a little greenery and carrots are used.
To create a snack, you will need the following products:
- three heads of garlic;
- four carrots;
- a kilogram of tomatoes;
- 100 g of salt;
- a kilogram of pepper;
- greenery.
The cooking process begins with the preparation of the required products. The stalk is removed from tomatoes and washed with cold water. After that, each tomato is cut in half and placed in a saucepan. Then you can start preparing the pepper. It is also cut into equal parts and placed in a saucepan.
Tomatoes with bell peppers are minced in a meat grinder, placed in a small saucepan and boiled for 10 minutes. After that, chopped garlic with carrots is added to the mixture. All this is heated for another 20 minutes, after which the prepared liquid is distributed into the jars. When all the containers are filled with the sauce, a little chopped greens are added to them. Then the sauce in the jars can be mixed and covered with seaming lids.
Conclusion
For people who have never been preserving, it is quite difficult to close the sauce for the winter. It is recommended to study all the recipes in advance to choose the most suitable Tsitsibeli recipe for the winter.
