Recipe for pickling baby cucumbers with citric acid
A huge number of housewives are engaged in the preparation of winter preserves. Most often, they roll pickled cucumbers for the winter. There are quite a few recipes for preparing such an appetizer. However, one recipe differs from the others, as it uses citric acid instead of vinegar. Because of this, children's pickled cucumbers have a sweet and sour taste that distinguishes them from ordinary pickles.
Sterilization of containers
Before preparing canning with pickles, you need to prepare the jars in which they will be closed. There are several main ways to prepare curling containers.
Steam treatment
Almost every housewife canning vegetables in cans that have been steamed. For this, a small pot is filled with water and placed on the gas stove. The top of the saucepan is covered with a metal sieve, which is installed to place containers on it. When the water begins to boil, a jar is placed upside down on the sieve. In this position, it should be sterilized for 20 minutes, after which another jar is placed in its place.
Oven
Gas ovens are used much less frequently to sterilize containers. To process the jars in this way, they need to be placed in a heated oven for 10 minutes. Before processing, it is recommended to fill the container a quarter with water.
Seaming cap processing
Most often, special screw caps are used to curl vegetables, which must also be sterilized before use. To do this, they should be boiled in water for 20 minutes. Get them out of hot water very carefully. For this, it is recommended to use tweezers so as not to accidentally burn yourself.
Classic recipe
Having prepared the container and seaming lids, you can start cooking the twist. Quite often, a classic recipe is used to create such a snack. In this case, you need the following ingredients:
- a kilogram of cucumbers;
- dill;
- horseradish leaf;
- two heads of garlic;
- two peppers;
- bay leaf;
- currant leaf.
Marinade is prepared from the following components:
- litere of water;
- 100 g of salt;
- 200 g sugar;
- 70 g citric acid.
The preparation of winter preservation begins with the preparation of the most important ingredients. It is recommended to use small cucumbers that can fit into the jar without any problems. They are pickled whole, so there is no need to cut them into pieces. Before curling, all cucumbers are soaked in water for several hours.
While the cucumbers are soaking, you can start preparing all the other ingredients.The garlic is peeled and cut into several small pieces. Then you need to prepare the pepper. It is cut into several pieces so that all seeds can be removed from it. After that, the pepper, along with garlic, horseradish, dill, bay leaves and currants, are placed in jars.
When all the ingredients are placed in the seaming containers, you should start creating the marinade.
It is quite simple to prepare it. To do this, fill a small saucepan with water, to which salt, sugar and citric acid are added. The liquid is brought to a boil and heated over low heat for about 25 minutes. After that, all jars of vegetables are filled with it. After 10 minutes, the marinade is drained from the cans, boiled again and poured back again. After conservation, jars of pickles are taken to the basement for further storage.
Conclusion
If the housewife has not previously pickled cucumbers, then she will have to prepare in advance for such work. To do this, you should study the basic methods of preparing children's cucumbers with citric acid and choose the most suitable recipe.
