Instant recipe for cucumbers on mineral water for the winter
Not everyone likes pickled cucumbers, as they have too rich taste. The long waiting period is also a disadvantage. In this case, it is possible to get a quick and savory snack. A common recipe is lightly salted cucumbers, prepared in mineral water. The very next day after refrigeration, you can taste the finished dish.
Benefits of pickling cucumbers in mineral water
If you want to grind cucumbers in purified mineral water with gas, you should know the advantages of this quick preservation method:
- Cucumber fruits are crispy, firm, with a rich salty flavor.
- The ability to cook quickly and less hassle makes pickling a great snack option.
- There is no need to use boiling water, since the whole process is carried out using cold mineral water.
- The components retain their consistency, taste and most of the nutrients, unlike long-term salting.
Preparation of ingredients
To salt in a quick way, you need the following main components:
- gherkins;
- mineral water with increased formation of gases;
- salt, preferably sea salt, with large crystals;
- cloves of garlic onion;
- greens - dill and parsley.
It is allowed to add spices, herbs, cherry leaves, currants or other ingredients to taste. Preparation should start with vegetables. It is better to take small cucumbers. If the fruits are large, then they must be cut. The tips can be left or removed. Rinse cucumbers, remove thorns.
The garlic should be peeled and cut into slices each clove. Dill umbrellas must be divided into the top and stems with herbs, and the parsley must be rinsed.
Step-by-step cooking instructions
A step-by-step easy recipe for making lightly salted salt includes a list of ingredients:
- slightly unripe gherkins of the same size - 1 kilogram;
- umbrella dill - 5 pieces;
- cloves of garlic - 6 pieces;
- horseradish root - 1 piece;
- laurel leaves - 3 pieces;
- large salt crystals - 1.5 tablespoons;
- sugar - 1 small spoon;
- carbonated mineral water.
Salting is carried out according to the following algorithm:
- Preparation of components - wash gherkins, cut off the ends; Peel the garlic, rinse the dill.
- Put herbs and chopped horseradish root on the bottom of the prepared dishes.
- Put cucumber fruits on top of the dill in a dense layer, slightly crushing them.
- Sprinkle everything with chopped garlic, dill and chopped horseradish.
- Lay out the second layer of cucumbers and cover it with the remaining elements.
- Prepare a salt filling - add salt and pour with carbonated mineral water, add bay leaf and granulated sugar, mix.
- Add the brine to the bowl with the cucumbers, cover and put in a cold place for 12 hours or a day.
The resulting pickles will pleasantly surprise you with their rich taste and aroma, and mineral water will add crunchiness to them.
What can be added to cucumbers
If you like to experiment, you can diversify the standard recipe. You can add to the main ingredients:
- horseradish, cherry, currant or oak leaves;
- green apple with sour taste - cut one small piece into thin slices;
- plum Hungarian - chop several pitted fruits into four parts each;
- zucchini - cut into semicircles of medium thickness.
Consider the recipes for each additional ingredient.
Oak leaves, currants, horseradish
To prepare delicious lightly salted cucumbers, you can add oak, horseradish or currant leaves. This will give the dish an unusual, bright taste.
Recipe for lightly salted currant leaves:
- Rinse small cucumbers of approximately the same length and leave in cold clean water for several hours.
- Cut off the tips of the fruits, divide the dill umbrellas into several parts and rinse with the currant leaves, peel the garlic.
- Put some of the herbs and a couple of cloves of garlic in a prepared saucepan, add a few peas of black pepper.
- Dip in half of the cucumbers.
- Add remaining herbs, garlic and seasonings.
- Add the second part of the cucumber and mix everything.
- Preparing the brine - pour salt into the mineral water until it dissolves, pour the contents of the pan.
- Cover with a plate and refrigerate.
Already in the morning you will receive crispy, firm cucumbers with a pleasant taste and aroma.
Hard sour apple
Fans of new sensations are recommended to pickle cucumbers with a hard green apple. This will require standard ingredients and two small fruits.
Recipe:
- for cooking, take glass, ceramic or wood dishes, rinse thoroughly;
- Wash one apple and cut into slices, the second finely grate to release the juice;
- put fruit plates, dill umbrellas, chopped garlic, peppercorns and horseradish or cherry leaves (optional) on the bottom of the container;
- immerse the gherkins on herbs and spices, cover everything with grated apples on top;
- prepare a liquid for salting - mix mineral water with gas and salt;
- pour the contents of the container, cover and put in the refrigerator.
Lightly salted cucumbers according to this recipe will pleasantly surprise you with a delicate sour-sweet aftertaste.
Plum Hungarian
Salting vegetables with plums is an original recipe that not everyone will like:
- Rinse cucumbers of equal sizes, remove seeds from fruits and cut each fruit into four parts;
- clean the jar with soda, rinse well;
- put half the plums, cherry leaves, dill umbrellas and chopped garlic cloves on the bottom;
- add cucumbers and the rest of the ingredients on top;
- Pour the contents with saline on mineral water, cover the jar with gauze, leave in the room for a day and a half, then put in the refrigerator for several days.
Using Vengerka plums will add a sweetish taste to the finished dish. The recipe will suit real connoisseurs of unusual combinations.
Zucchini
For the salting you will need:
- fresh gherkins;
- medium-sized zucchini;
- highly carbonated mineral water;
- coarse crystalline salt;
- a spoonful of granulated sugar;
- cherry and currant leaves;
- dill stems and umbrellas;
- a pair of garlic cloves;
- allspice peas;
- a slice of lemon (to taste).
Recipe:
- Wash the gherkins, leave in cool water for several hours, cut off the ends by 2-3 centimeters.
- Rinse the zucchini, cut into circles about 1.5 centimeters thick.
- Rinse the dishes, scald with boiling water.
- Put leaves, dill and garlic at the bottom.
- Submerge the vegetables on top, cover with peas and add a slice of lemon.
- Mix mineral water with salt and sugar and pour the prepared ingredients with the mixture.
- Cover with a plate or lid, put in a cool place.
Lightly salted cucumbers with zucchini can be stored for several months.
Benefit
Short-term salting allows you to save up to 90% of nutrients in vegetables. These elements include fiber, calcium, potassium, sodium, iron, iodine, vitamins C, A, group B.
Lightly salted cucumbers are allowed on a diet. There are only 12 kilocalories per 100 grams of the product.
If for health reasons it is impossible to consume a lot of salt, for example, with hypertension, then quick cooking will be an excellent alternative to long-term pickles. In almost unlimited quantities, lightly salted cucumbers are allowed during pregnancy. They will help to cope with nausea and toxicosis.
