How to marinate cauliflower deliciously for the winter

Healthy and tasty cauliflower is grown by many farmers, and having received a good harvest of vegetables, they try to preserve it. Fresh cauliflower is stored for only a few days, after which it loses its taste and external qualities, so it must be processed. For example, delicious pickled cauliflower for the winter can become a favorite treat for the whole family and a godsend for the hostess. An appetizer from this vegetable always turns out tender and fragrant. It can be served with various dishes of meat, poultry, potatoes or cereals. You can pickle a vegetable in several different ways, which we will try to describe in detail later in the article.

The easiest recipe

Cauliflower is often pickled with the addition of various vegetables, such as tomatoes, bell peppers, carrots. Such recipes are quite difficult for novice cooks, so we decided to start our article with the simplest recipe that is available to everyone.

For pickling, you will need cauliflower directly. One recipe is designed immediately for 10 kg of this fresh product, but if necessary, the amount of all ingredients can be reduced. In addition to the colored “beauty”, you will need salt and vinegar in equal amounts, 400 g (ml.), Water in a volume of 5,5 liters. From such a limited number of ingredients, you can cook cauliflower for the winter with a very interesting taste.

This is done as follows:

• Divide the cabbage into inflorescences of approximately equal size.
• Plunge the cabbage pieces into boiling water.
• Pack vegetables tightly into sterilized jars.
• Boil salted water. After the salt crystals are completely dissolved, remove the liquid from the heat, mix it with vinegar.
• Wait until the marinade cools slightly, then fill the jars with it and preserve the product.
• For 2 weeks, containers with cabbage should be kept at room conditions for better pickling. After this time, the cauliflower will be ready to serve.
• For storage, jars need to be removed in a cool cellar.

The proposed recipe is very simple, requires the least effort and time. It turns out pickled cabbage is delicious, natural. The absence of deep heat treatment allows you to best preserve all the useful substances of a fresh product. A large amount of salt and vinegar preserves the cauliflower for the winters.

Another recipe for harvesting without sterilization and cooking cabbage is shown in the video:

Perhaps this cooking option will be the best for another caring hostess.

Easy spiced cabbage recipe

Unlike the recipe suggested above, the cooking option for pickled cauliflower with spices involves short-term cooking, which makes the vegetables more tender. Useful substances in cabbage during heat treatment will be partially destroyed.

You need to prepare the salt using the marinade. So, for every 1 kg of cabbage inflorescences, 1,5 tbsp. vinegar, 2-2,5 liters of clean water, literally 2 tbsp. l. salt and half a glass of granulated sugar. Spices in moderation can be added to the recipe any. Of the recommended spices, it is worth noting sweet peas (about 8-10 pieces) and bay leaf.

The process of preparing pickles begins with cutting cabbage:

• The vegetable must be disassembled into inflorescences, then washed and dried with a towel.
• Put the prepared vegetables in a saucepan, fill it with water. Salt the liquid (1 tablespoon of salt).
• Boil vegetables for 3 minutes. on a small fire.
• After cooking, the water from the pan must be drained.
• Prepare a marinade based on 2,5 tbsp. water. Vinegar, sugar, spices and salt (another 1 tablespoon of salt) must be added to this volume of liquid. Cool the finished marinade.
• Put the cooled boiled cabbage in pre-sterilized jars.
• Pour cold marinade over vegetables and preserve.

The recipe is fast and easy to prepare. Every hostess can cope with such a task. As a result of cooking, a very tasty and fragrant winter preparation is obtained, which will always be at the table.

Cauliflower with herbs and garlic

For lovers of spicy and fragrant food, the following delicious recipe for cooking cauliflower pickled cabbage will surely become interesting. In addition to the main vegetable, it contains garlic, parsley and ground pepper. So, for 700 g of cabbage, you need 5-7 garlic cloves, a bunch of parsley, ground pepper and salt to taste. Vinegar is added to the pickle in the amount of 3 tbsp. l.

You can prepare a pickled, spicy delicacy as follows:

• Divide the cabbage, wash and boil for 5 minutes in salted water.
• Throw the vegetables in a colander, rinse them under running cold water. Leave 200-250 ml of cabbage broth.
• Peel garlic cloves and cut into thin slices.
• Fry the garlic in a frying pan for literally 3 minutes, adding a little vegetable oil first.
• Add chopped herbs, salt and pepper to the garlic pan.
• Pour cabbage broth and vinegar into the total mass of spicy products. Bring the mixture to a boil and remove the pan from the stove.
• Put the cabbage in a jar. Fill the remaining volume with hot marinade, and then preserve the pickling for the winter.

The peculiarity of the recipe is that after 2 hours the cabbage, being in the marinade, acquires its spicy taste and aroma. After this short period of time, the product can be served on the table.

Recipes for professionals

Pickled cauliflower for the winter is very tasty if it is supplemented with tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers. The combination of products allows you to get a unique taste and aroma of winter harvesting.

Recipe with carrots

Cabbage and carrots are a traditional combination of vegetables used in many recipes. We will try to describe one of them in detail later in the section.

For one 500 ml jar, you will need 200 g of cabbage, 1 medium-sized carrot, bay leaf, mustard seeds and sweet peas to taste. The composition of the canned winter preparation will also include sugar 1,5 tsp. and a little less salt, as well as 15 ml of vinegar. If you decide to pickle cauliflower in a larger volume, then the amount of all ingredients in the recipe must be proportionally increased.

Instructions for preparing this pickle consists of the following items:

• Divide the cabbage into pieces, rinse and boil for 2-3 minutes.
• Peeled carrots, wash and cut into slices.
• Fill jars with spices, then with slices of boiled vegetables and fresh carrots. It is recommended to lay out the ingredients in rows.
• Boil water separately. Add vinegar, sugar, salt to the marinade.
• Fill jars with hot marinade, then cork them.

Canned according to the proposed recipe, the product looks great on the table, has a bright aroma and wonderful taste. The winter preparation is stored successfully even at room temperature.

Cabbage with sweet and hot peppers

Often in the composition of this or that recipe you can find a combination of cauliflower with bell pepper. We propose to combine these vegetables and supplement them with hot chili peppers.

To prepare a pickled product for the winter, you need cabbage in the amount of 1,5 kg, and the same amount of bell pepper. It is preferable to use peppers of different colors to make the dish brighter and more appetizing. It is necessary to supplement the composition of the salt with parsley and dill. The amount of these ingredients can be taken at your discretion. Chili peppers will make the appetizer more spicy, tart and fragrant, but you should not overdo it with this ingredient. Only 1 pod should be added to the entire volume of these products. To prepare the marinade, you need 0,5 liters of vinegar, a liter of water and 100 g of salt.

The recipe for pickled cauliflower includes the following steps:

• Wash all vegetables. Divide the cabbage into inflorescences, free the sweet pepper from seeds, cut into pieces (strips).
• Finely chop the hot chili pepper and fresh herbs with a knife.
• In jars, put pepper, chopped greens with chili, cabbage and again pepper in layers. It is recommended to keep the specified sequence for the aesthetics of the cooked dish.
• Prepare the marinade by adding salt and vinegar to boiling water. When all the ingredients are dissolved, the marinade must be removed from the heat and cooled.
• Pour vegetables with marinade and preserve jars.
• Store the finished product in a cool place.

Using this unique recipe, the hostess gets two delicious products at once: pickled cabbage florets and pickled bell peppers. Thus, winter harvesting is able to satisfy the needs of literally every member of the family.

Korean cauliflower

Another recipe for a spicy but very tasty winter harvest is offered later in the section. It allows, in addition to the inflorescences of the main vegetable, to prepare bell peppers and carrots for the winter. To prepare a snack, you will need 1 kg of cabbage, 3 large bell peppers and 2 medium-sized chili peppers. Also included in the composition of the workpiece are carrots and a head of garlic. The composition of the marinade will include 1 liter of water, 2 tbsp. l. salt (preferably coarse), a glass of sugar, 100 ml of vinegar and one third of a glass of oil. Of the spices, it is recommended to use 1 tsp. coriander and ground peppers (red, allspice, black) to taste.

Preparing pickles for the winter can be quite quick and easy. For this you need:

• Divide the vegetable into inflorescences of approximately the same size. Boil them for 3-4 minutes, then drain all the liquid through a colander.
• Peel and grind the garlic with coriander and ground peppers.
• Peel and chop the carrots, preferably on a grater for Korean carrots.
• In a separate saucepan, boil the marinade from water, sugar and salt. After completely dissolving these ingredients, add vinegar and remove the marinade from the stove.
• Mix inflorescences with carrots and spices. Arrange the workpiece in jars.
• Fill containers with hot marinade and preserve.
• Keep the pickled appetizer in a warm blanket until it cools completely, then put it in the cellar for further storage.

Any festive table can be complemented by spicy cabbage in Korean. It is quite easy to prepare and very tasty to eat.

Cauliflower with cucumbers and tomatoes

This recipe is unique because it combines several seasonal vegetables at once. So, to prepare pickles, you will need 1 kg of cabbage inflorescences and 500 g of tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers. Sweet and sour marinade will need to be prepared on the basis of 1 liter of water, with the addition of 1 tbsp. l. salt, 2 tbsp. l. sugar and vinegar. The amount of vinegar is calculated from the volume of seaming: per 1 liter. the jar needs to add 40 ml of this ingredient.

Salt should be preserved as follows:

• Boil cabbage florets for 1-3 minutes.
• Wash the pepper, cut into large pieces, before removing the seeds and partitions.
• Tomatoes should be washed without chopping.
• Wash cucumbers thoroughly. Remove tails from their surface. The cucumbers themselves can be cut into pieces.
• Prepare the marinade by completely dissolving salt and sugar crystals in boiling water.
• Mix vegetables and transfer to jars. Fill the rest with boiling water.
• After 15 minutes, drain the water. Fill jars with boiling brine and preserve.
• Insist pickles in a warm blanket and hide for permanent storage.

This recipe is popular with many housewives. Its main advantage is the variety of delicious vegetables and sweet fragrant syrup, as well as a long period of winter storage.

Conclusion

There are quite a few recipes for pickling cauliflower, and choosing one specific cooking option can be problematic. We offered the best, most delicious pickled cauliflower recipes for the winter. It is they who are used by experienced housewives in order to surprise and feed their entire family.