At any time of the year, crispy cucumbers are an excellent snack and serve as a pleasant addition to various dishes. But not in all cases, the taste of cucumbers can meet expectations. Sometimes cucumbers lose their taste and become soft. The Lavrushka.info website presents selected recipes for tasty and healthy vegetable preparations for the winter, including pickles.
How to Pickle Crispy Cucumbers
To make cucumbers crispy, the following rules must be observed:
- The most suitable for pickling are thick-skinned cucumbers with tubercles. You should not opt for greens longer than 12 cm, as they may be empty inside.
- You should choose fresh cucumbers. Before salting, they can be held in cold water for some time.
- The salt concentration must be sufficient. It is recommended to use coarse salt.
- Fortress cucumbers can give horseradish leaves and currant leaves.
- Jars of cucumbers should be stored in a cool place.
Polish pickled cucumbers
To prepare this blank, you should use fresh cucumbers, after washing them from dust. Next, you need to peel the onions and carrots and cut them into rings. Then you should boil water and put currant and cherry leaves there. The cooking process should last no more than two minutes. Add salt, vinegar and sugar to the resulting marinade, then let it brew for 10 minutes.
At this time, put some leaves on the bottom of the jar. They need to impose cucumbers, carrots, onions. You also need to add pepper, garlic and bay leaf. When the jar is full, pour the marinade and close the workpiece with a lid.
Next, you need to sterilize the preservation within 2 minutes from the moment of boiling. After that, pull out the jar and screw on the lid. Then the jar must be turned upside down and kept in this form until it cools.
Cucumbers with ketchup and chili
For such a preparation, cucumbers, hot or tomato ketchup, spices, chili peppers and garlic are required.
Pour water into a saucepan and add salt, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, and then bring it all to a boil. Next, chop the chili and garlic.
Spices, garlic and pepper then need to be transferred to a jar, adding a little mustard. Then you need to put cucumbers in a jar, add dill on top and pour everything with boiling marinade.
After that, you need to close the jar with the workpiece with a lid, turn it over and wrap it until it cools. This blank will be ready for use in a few days.