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Autumn cucumber salad for the winter turns out to be beautiful, appetizing, and most importantly – delicious. This dish is prepared in different ways, but the main ingredient is the same – cucumbers. Those that are not suitable for pickling and salting are suitable for cooking.
The dish has an appetizing look and goes well with different side dishes.
Selecting and preparing vegetables
In the simplest recipe for making Autumn salad, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers and onions are used. In some versions, it is recommended to add carrots and cabbage. A simpler version is not inferior in taste and appearance, and is prepared very quickly and simply.
It is worth noting that the recipe indicates the amount of spices per 1 liter jar. the ratio of vegetables is arbitrary – depending on the tastes and preferences of family members.
Cucumbers of non-standard shapes and sizes are suitable for preparing a salad. Large, crooked – any, in a salad they will be chopped. This rule applies to other ingredients as well.
Tomatoes and peppers should be ripe but not overripe. The preparation of vegetables is as follows:
- all fruits must be washed well and lightly dried on a paper towel;
- before cooking, cucumbers should be soaked in cold water for half an hour, this time is enough to rid the fruits of bitterness, peeling will help;
- when selecting tomatoes, strong ripe fruits of any size and shape are chosen, the main thing is that they do not have rotten spots;
- bell peppers can also be any of those that are not suitable for other blanks, the fruits can be of any color, but orange and red look best in a salad – they also remove the stalk and clear the seeds.
Necessary ingredients
In the classic version, a minimum set of ingredients is used to prepare a salad for the winter with Autumn cucumbers. Feel free to add vegetables of your choice. It can be white cabbage and carrots. The salad will only benefit from this, it will become more saturated.
The amount of vegetables depends on taste preferences. Someone likes a salad, where cucumbers play the leading role, someone loves tomatoes more. The quantitative ratio of the ingredients is not of fundamental importance.
Ingredients:
- fresh cucumbers;
- tomatoes;
- sweet pepper;
- bulb onions;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- sugar – 2 tsp;
- vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. l.
Preparation of Autumn salad from cucumbers for the winter
Step-by-step recipe:
- Cut the prepared vegetables: tomatoes and cucumbers – into circles; onions – in half rings, the pulp of bell pepper – in thin straws.
- Lay the chopped vegetables in a sterile dry jar in layers – so that they do not reach the very top.
- Sprinkle salt and sugar on top of the vegetable layers. Cover jars with lids and sterilize for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, pour oil into the jar and continue sterilization for another 15 minutes.
- Seal jars, turn upside down and cover with a blanket. Leave overnight.
Terms and rules of storage
Since vinegar is not added to the salad, and the main preservative is salt, sugar and oil, this type of preparation should be stored for the winter in a cool place. It can be a cellar, a niche under the window in the apartment, an insulated balcony or a refrigerator shelf.
Conclusion
Making an autumn cucumber salad for the winter is a great way to use those vegetables that have not been used in other homemade preparations. Salad turns out unusually tasty and appetizing. Despite the fact that during the sterilization process, a significant part of the useful elements is destroyed, the use of Autumn salad stimulates the digestive tract, helps to cleanse the intestines and improve appetite.
