I think everything gardeners who grow cucumbers on your site, the harvest is divided into two parts: one - for food, the other - for the winter. We tend to conservation stands as time most of the harvested vegetables as crunchy pickles, especially in winter, are just to "cheer."
In this article I want to share with you his favorite recipe for pickled cucumbersWhich I use for many years - they turn crispy and very tasty.
I want to advance to remind you that only fresh cucumbers, even shops, regardless of the recipe will really crunch, because where will the crunch when the cucumbers will initially sluggish?! Therefore, after the harvest to proceed with the marinating - the smaller cucumbers prolezhat waiting in the wings, the tastier it will turn.
For the preparation we need:
- 3 kg of cucumbers (I get five one-liter jars)
- a small bunch of dill, or a couple of umbrellas,
- leaves of black currant and horseradish
- garlic teeth - 5 units (or 1 whole garlic small size of 3 kg of cucumbers).
- black and allspice - to 6 peas in a jar,
- clove - 1 sticks in a jar
- sugar - 2 tbsp. l (per liter)
- salt - 1.5 v. l (per liter)
- Vinegar 9% - 1 st. l. (In liter jar)
These ingredients will last for two liter jars of gherkinsTherefore, for more workpieces, the proportion should be increased.
Thoroughly rinse cucumbers and fill them with cold water - even "pokisnut" in a form of about 6 hours. During this time, I usually prepare all the other ingredients - I wash the leaves and pre-prepare the necessary amount of spice.
Particular attention I pay sterilized jars and lids - wash them with baking soda and then warm up over a saucepan of boiling water.
When banks have cooled down a bit, I start to stack all ancillary components - herbs, garlic, leaves and spices.
And now the fun begins - zatrambovat in a jar as a lot of cucumbers, moreover, they can be cut even - so it will be easier to fill all the empty space.
Then just boil kettle and pour the boiling water into the jars for 15 minutes - thus still times thoroughly sterilized.
Now the hour marinade - pour into water pan and add salt, sugar, pepper, cloves, bring to the boil, then immediately add vinegar.
From that moment all we do very quickly - merge with cucumber boiling water and pour marinade over them, just spinning on the banks of the lid.
Well that's all, made preparations for the winter. You can not be afraid of the onset of the autumn blues and the winter cold - even in bad weather, a hot lunch with crunchy cucumbers must cheer up!