Pickled cucumbers can be the highlight of any table in the winter, as the choice of fresh vegetables is not very large. There are many different recipes for preparing this type of snack and each housewife in the arsenal of culinary ideas has her own special recipe for their preparation.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
The first stage of preparation involves the selection of cucumbers.
Since banks will be used for salting, then you should choose greenery with the following characteristics:
- size 10–13 cm to fit well in a small container;
- green, without yellow and dark spots;
- must have black pimples. This is a sign that the cucumber is suitable for pickling, has no voids inside and will be crispy;
- the peel should be thick and dense, such that it is hardly possible to scratch it with a fingernail - this will also allow the salting to be crispy and elastic;
- without bitterness to taste.
The process of preparing cucumbers for salting involves soaking the vegetables in a container with cold water for 3-4 hours.
Kitchen tools
- 3 L can: 1 pc.;
- metal lid for preservation: 1 pc. (can be screwed or traditional for rolling with a key);
- sealing key;
- gauze or nylon cap;
- the spoon;
- pot for boiling brine.
Important! Fermentation and salting is one and the same process, as a result of which fermentation of lactic acid bacteria occurs, it is precisely this that leads to the accumulation of lactic acid, which acts as a preservative. It preserves salting and gives the cucumbers a unique taste.
Recipe for pickled crispy cucumbers for the winter without sterilization
The complexity of the preparation: low.
Essential Ingredients
Did you know? For the crunch of cucumbers, you can put a piece of oak bark in a jar, and for this purpose use horseradish leaves, which also protect the brine from mold.
Step by step recipe:
1 can of 3 l30 min. preparation, 3 days ripening, 30 min. canning
water (how much will go into the bottle)
1,5 l
sprigs of black currant
2-3 pcs.
Nutritional value per 100 grams:
- Wash and sterilize the jar thoroughly.
- Prepare cucumbers, after washing them and letting them lie in cool water.
- The formation of the can begins with laying a folded or torn leaf of horseradish, blackcurrant leaves, cherry leaves, dill umbrella on the bottom of the container.
- A layer of cucumbers is laid out, it is better to arrange them vertically. Filling the jar to the middle, you need to lay out another part of the spices: leaves of currant, cherry, horseradish, dill umbrella and a few cloves of garlic.
- Fill the jar with cucumbers to the top, laying in between the cucumbers the leaves of horseradish, currant, cherry, dill umbrella and garlic cloves.
- Pour cold water into the bottle and add salt at the rate of 1 tbsp. l per liter of can volume.
- A jar of cucumbers must be covered with gauze or covered with a nylon cover to prevent dust and leave at room temperature for 3 days.
- The brine will be covered with foam, which will gradually need to be removed several times a day, removing it from the neck of the can with a clean spoon.
- When the pickling process comes to an end, foam will no longer appear on the surface. Depending on the room temperature, this may take a little more or less time, on average 3 days.
- In order for the cucumbers to be stored for a long time, the brine must be boiled. To do this, it is poured from the tank, poured into a pan and boiled. Then immediately pour very hot salty liquid back into the bottle and preserve it.
- The brine in the bank will gradually cool down, and for this period it must be turned upside down and wrapped in a warm blanket to extend the process of heat transfer.
Video: pickled cucumbers without sterilization
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Recipe for pickled crisps for the winter without sterilizationFeatures of storage of blanks
Pickled pickles prepared according to this recipe can be stored in banks in the apartment, at room temperature, on a balcony or loggia, or in the basement. After opening the preservation, the glass container with cucumbers should be in the refrigerator.
A simple and affordable recipe for creating homemade pickled cucumbers is a way to please yourself and loved ones with a tasty and healthy treat in the cold season.
