6 delicious recipes for crispy pickled cucumbers in jars for the winter
The most popular canned vegetables are cucumbers. Housewives are stocked with them for use in salads in the cold season or for use as an appetizer on a festive table. It is not too long to cook crispy pickled cucumbers in jars for the winter, but you must strictly follow the sequence of actions to obtain the desired result.
Features of cooking sauerkraut for the winter
Canning can be carried out according to various recipes. Almost all of them require the addition of salt, vinegar and spices. However, there are several options for cooking without vinegar. Cucumbers can be lightly salted, sour or pickled. It all depends on the proportions of the ingredients and their selection.
Selection and preparation of cucumbers
For canning, it is better to use vegetables grown on your own. However, in the absence of such an opportunity, you can purchase them on the market. In this case, they should be carefully selected. They should not be too long, dense, with black spines. It is not recommended to choose smooth vegetables - they are intended for preparing salads. The color should be dark green.
To prepare for canning, they should be washed and soaked for several hours. This procedure will help cleanse the fruit from nitrates and refresh.
Preparing containers for the start of the process
Banks should be prepared: thoroughly wash on both sides, and then sterilize in any available way:
- in a water bath;
- in the oven;
- in the microwave.
Any of them will allow you to process containers before rolling.
Methods for making pickled cucumbers
There are several ways to make pickled cucumbers at home. These can be options with and without sterilization, cold, or using mustard.
Pickled cucumbers for the winter
The standard "grandmother's recipe" is time-tested. He assumes for a start to ferment vegetables, then drain the brine and pour fresh. Then you need to fill the workpiece with boiled brine, sterilize the jar with the contents. You need to roll up the jar immediately after pouring it with boiling marinade.
Without sterilization
For those who have little time, you can do without sterilization and cook cucumbers by placing them under a nylon cover. For this you should:
- Make a standard blank and fill with cold water.
- Cover the jar with gauze and leave in the room for three days.
- The resulting foam must be removed.
- After the specified time, the brine must be boiled over and the vegetables in the jars must be poured hot.
- Roll up the banks.
You can do without boiling the brine. However, in this case, the probability of conservation for the entire season is small. It is better to eat such preparations in the near future.
With mustard in cans like cask
You can close the cucumbers like barrels. To do this, they should be washed, but not sterilized. They should be soaked in ice water for 1.5-2 hours. Then place them in jars and cover with ice brine. Top with a tablespoon of dry mustard.
The entire container is covered with a plastic lid, after which the vegetables are infused for 3 days.
Important! Since cucumbers can juice, it is best to avoid canning in one-liter jars.
Cold pickled cucumbers
You can preserve delicious cucumbers using the cold method. It consists of the following sequence:
- Cucumbers are poured in a bowl for about 6 hours.
- The ends of each cucumber are trimmed.
- Pre-washed leaves of currant, horseradish, cherry, blackcurrant, dill umbrellas are placed in glass jars. Add a couple of garlic cloves there.
- Vegetables are stacked on top, alternately with leaves and herbs, to the top of the container.
- From above, the contents are covered with leaves.
- The brine is being prepared. For him, salt is added to the water.
- Banks are poured with salt water.
- The jars are closed with special polyethylene lids, which are put on only after lowering them into hot water.
The product will be ready in a month. There is no need to roll up such blanks.
Recipe for an iron lid
This recipe for cooking vegetables for the winter involves the use of Aspirin. The whole process corresponds to the classic one. After filling the jars with cucumbers and the necessary spices, they are poured with marinade, to which three Aspirin tablets are added. Then the jar is covered with a metal lid. It should be tightened immediately. The cucumbers are salty, with a pungent flavor.
With onions without vinegar
Instant salting can be done without using vinegar. For this, the fruits are prepared, laid in jars along with currant leaves, horseradish and spices. Onion rings are placed on top of each layer of vegetables. The prepared marinade is poured into jars three times (drained after the first two times). The cans are immediately covered with metal lids and rolled up.
Proper storage and use
The resulting preservation should be stored in a cool place, however, without high humidity. A cellar or a pantry is a good place for jars of cucumbers.
