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Adjika has long ceased to be a purely Caucasian seasoning. The s loved her for her spicy taste. The very first seasoning was prepared from hot pepper, herbs and salt. The very word adjika means “salt with something.” For centuries of manufacture in modern adjika, the main ingredients have remained, but many additives have appeared.
With what just do not make this delicious hot sauce that whets the appetite! It can contain eggplant, zucchini, sweet peppers, apples, cabbage, leeks. But today the “heroine” of our article will be adjika from the turn for the winter. This berry will give an unusual taste of plums, emphasize the aroma of meat and fish dishes. We bring to your attention recipes with different ingredients. Choose any.
Variations on a Theme – Spicy Blackthorn Tkemali Sauce
Option One
For one kilogram of plums for the preparation of spicy adjika you will need:
- 2 teaspoons of table salt;
- half a cup of water;
- a pod of hot red pepper;
- 5 large cloves of garlic;
- cilantro and dill in large quantities;
- mint leaves 5 pieces.
How to cook
- Plums, herbs and garlic are thoroughly washed under running water. We clean the garlic from the husk and film. We remove the stalk from hot pepper, but do not touch the seeds. It is they who will give sharpness and piquancy to adjika from the turn. We remove the seeds from the fruits.
- We spread the halves of the blackthorn plum in a bowl for cooking and sprinkle with salt so that the plum juice stands out.
- We put the chopped fruits to boil by adding water. As soon as the contents boil, reduce the heat to a minimum, mix well so that the turn for adjika simmers well.
- After five minutes, add finely chopped hot pepper.
- After another 5 minutes, add chopped cilantro, dill and mint to the adjika.
- After two minutes – garlic passed through the press, let it boil for 2 minutes and remove from heat.
Since the blackthorn sauce for the winter turns out to be hot, you won’t eat much of it. For unfolding, it is better to take sterilized small jars.
Option two
To prepare spicy blackthorn sauce with adjika for the winter, you will need:
- thorns – 2 kg;
- ripe red tomatoes – 0,4 kg;
- water – 235 ml;
- garlic – 6 cloves;
- mint – 6 branches;
- hot pepper – 1 piece;
- coriander – 25 grams;
- apple cider vinegar – 25 ml;
- granulated sugar – 110 grams;
- natural honey – 25 grams;
- salt – 2 tablespoons without a slide.
Cooking features
- Before cooking, wash the plums, greens in several waters. We clean the garlic from the surface and inner “clothes”. We remove the stalk from hot pepper and, if necessary, seeds. We cut the tomatoes into four parts, after cutting out the place where the stem is attached. Many housewives do not remove the seeds, as they believe that it is they who give the adjika from the blackthorn a unique taste.
- From the cleanly washed thorns, we remove the seeds and put them in a bowl. Add water and let it boil for 10 minutes.
- Grind the slightly cooled plum mass through a fine metal sieve. The crushed turn is again set to cook over low heat.
- While the mass is cooking, let’s deal with garlic, hot peppers and ripe tomatoes. To grind them, we use a meat grinder.
- Add chopped vegetables and herbs to the thorns. Pour honey, sugar, salt. Stirring thoroughly, cook the hot sauce from the turn for several minutes.
It is not necessary to sterilize adjika for the winter. It is enough to roll it into jars and hide it under a fur coat until it cools.
Adjika for fried meat
A lot of people like fried meat. Spicy blackthorn sauce for the winter, the recipe of which is given below, is the most suitable option.
For cooking, you need to stock up:
- ripe blackthorn fruits – 1 kg 200 g;
- pure water – 300 mg;
- fresh fleshy tomatoes – 0,6 kg;
- young garlic – 1 head;
- hot red pepper – 2-3 pods;
- sweet apple – one medium size;
- sweet bell pepper – 3 pieces;
- table (non-iodized salt) – 90 g;
- granulated sugar – 150 g.
Features of preparation
- We put the washed and dried fruits of the blackthorn in a saucepan, pour water and set to boil. Boiling time is not indicated, as it depends on the ripeness of the berries. When the contents of the pan boil, set the temperature switch to the minimum setting.
- As soon as the skin begins to burst, and the pulp completely softens, we select the fruits on a sieve. We are waiting for the turn to cool down, and we begin to rub it with our hands. As a result, you will get a beautiful plum puree, and the bones with the peel will remain in the sieve.
- We cut fleshy tomatoes, sweet and bitter peppers, apples, garlic and grind in turn in a meat grinder, on the smallest grate. The resulting mass is cooked for an hour.
- Then add plum puree, sugar, salt and boil over low heat for another 30 minutes. Hot hot sauce for the winter is laid out in prepared jars and rolled up. For a day we send it upside down under a fur coat.
In conclusion about the benefits of the turn
Blackthorn fruits, resembling plums in appearance and taste, are the most useful product:
- They have a huge amount of vitamins, trace elements. Thanks to them, berries have anti-inflammatory, immune, antibacterial effects on the human body.
- Substances contained in fruits contribute to the removal of toxins and toxic substances.
- The fruits are widely used by nutritionists for weight loss.
- A person who takes products containing blackthorn forgets about shortness of breath, is less irritated.
- Berries normalize blood pressure and so on.
Although the value of fruits in adjika is reduced by heat treatment, together with other ingredients, a useful low-calorie product is still obtained. Cook for health, treat your family and friends with delicious fragrant twists.