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Caring housewives try to prepare as many pickles as possible for the winter. Rolled cucumbers and tomatoes, assorted vegetables and other goodies will always come to the table. Especially popular are spicy snacks, which are good in combination with meat, fish, vegetable and potato dishes. So, it’s not difficult to cook Green tomatoes for the winter. We will try to give a few simple recipes for delicious salting later in the section. Our recommendations and advice will help novice housewives master the basics of canning, and more experienced craftswomen will find new interesting recipes with photos for themselves.
A good recipe for every housewife
Green tomatoes will turn out spicy if they are supplemented with garlic, hot chili peppers and spices. Mustard, horseradish root, celery and some other ingredients can also add spice to the appetizer. The more products are included in a particular recipe, the more difficult it will be to implement, but the taste of a “complex” snack will be more vivid and original. For example, a simple recipe for quick pickled green tomatoes with hot peppers for the winter includes only a few of the most affordable ingredients.
For one jar of 1,5 liters, you will need the green tomatoes themselves (how many will fit into the indicated volume), 1-2 hot chili peppers, 2-3 garlic cloves. Salt and sugar in the recipe must be used in the amount of 2 and 4 tbsp. l. respectively. The main preservative will be 1 tsp. vinegar essence 70%. The appetizer will acquire a special aroma and spice with the addition of currant and cherry leaves, allspice peas, dill umbrellas.
Pickle green tomatoes in the following way:
- Wash and preferably sterilize the jars.
- At the bottom of the containers put currant and cherry leaves torn into several pieces, dill umbrellas.
- Peel the garlic and cut into several pieces.
- Cut the chili pods. Remove grains and partitions from the internal cavity. Cut the peppers into small pieces.
- Garlic and chili also put on the bottom of the jar.
- Cut the washed tomatoes in half or into several parts, depending on the size of the vegetables.
- Put the tomato slices in a jar.
- You need to prepare the marinade from 1 liter of water, salt and sugar. Before pouring liquid into jars, it must be boiled for 5-6 minutes.
- Add essence to filled jars before corking.
- Turn the rolled containers upside down and cover with a warm blanket. After cooling, remove the pickles in the cellar.
Slices of green tomatoes are very fragrant and tasty. They retain their shape, but at the same time are saturated with the marinade as much as possible. Such an appetizer is good on a lenten and festive table.
Spicy tomatoes with bell pepper
Spicy tomatoes can be marinated for the winter in combination with bell peppers. The following recipe allows you to find out all the details of such preparation.
To fill two liter jars, you will need about 1,5 kg of green tomatoes and 2 large bell peppers. Vinegar is recommended to add 9% in the amount of 200 ml. Spices in the composition of the product can include various, including cloves, peas of allspice and black pepper, bay leaves and other spices. Be sure to put 4 cloves of garlic and 1 red chili pepper in each jar of salt.
If all the products are collected, then you can start preparing winter pickles:
- Wash the tomatoes and immerse in cold water for 2-3 hours.
- Boil the marinade with sugar and salt. After a short boil, remove the marinade from the stove, add vinegar. Cool the liquid.
- You can fill prepared, previously sterilized jars in layers. It is recommended to place bitter pepper, garlic and spices on their bottom.
- Cut the tomatoes into slices. Cut the peppers into slices.
- Fill the main volume of the jar with a mixture of tomatoes and bell peppers.
- Pour the marinade into jars and cover them with lids.
- Sterilize the workpiece for 10 minutes, then preserve the containers.
Pieces of bell pepper will make the preparation colorful and unusually tasty. The pepper itself will be saturated with the aromas of the marinade and will be spicy, crispy. It is also readily eaten at the table, like pickled green tomatoes.
Green tomatoes in hot sauce
The recipe for green tomatoes for the winter below is unique. It does not provide for the use of brine, since it will be necessary to fill the main volume of the jar with a spicy mixture of vegetable ingredients. Such preparations are eaten especially quickly. Banks always remain empty, because all the components of the product are very tasty, fragrant and healthy.
To prepare a snack for 3 kg of tomatoes, you will need 6 large bell peppers, 3 pods of hot chili peppers, 8 garlic cloves. Salt is included in the recipe in the amount of 3 tbsp. l., sugar should be added 6 tbsp. l. For safe storage, it is recommended to add a glass of 9% vinegar.
It will take several hours to prepare the snack, because most of the products will need to be chopped with a meat grinder, and then the tomatoes will be infused in the prepared vegetable sauce:
- Cut clean tomatoes in half or into several slices.
- Hot and sweet pepper cut and free from seeds. Grind vegetables with a meat grinder.
- Peel the garlic and also twist.
- Transfer the tomato slices to a deep saucepan and mix with the resulting vegetable gruel.
- Add sugar, salt and vinegar to the mixture of ingredients.
- Salting insist 3 hours at room temperature.
- Wash and sterilize jars.
- Fill the jars with a fragrant mixture of vegetables, close with a nylon lid and place in the cold for storage.
Tender slices of green tomatoes in a fragrant vegetable sauce are perfect as an addition to various side dishes and meat and fish dishes. A spicy appetizer during the cooking process is not subjected to heat treatment, which means that all its ingredients retain their natural benefits.
Recipe “more Georgian”
You can make green tomatoes spicy using the “Georgian” recipe. In addition to the main ingredients, it contains a large number of spices, herbs and even walnuts. The exact composition of the product is as follows: for 1 kg of tomatoes, you need to use a glass of walnuts and 10 garlic cloves. Hot capsicum in this dish must be added in the amount of 0,5-1 pc. depending on taste preferences. Dried basil and tarragon 0,5 tsp each, as well as dried mint and coriander seeds 1 tsp each will add a unique taste and aroma to the dish. An incomplete glass (3/4) of table vinegar will help preserve the fragrant product.
To preserve the original taste of this snack, you must strictly follow the cooking technology:
- Wash the tomatoes and pour boiling water for 20 minutes.
- Divide the tomatoes into wedges.
- Grind walnuts with garlic and hot pepper into a homogeneous gruel. Add coriander, basil and mint with vinegar to it. If desired, salt can be added to the mixture to taste.
- Fill sterilized jars with tomatoes. Each layer of green vegetables must be shifted with a spicy gruel.
- Seal the products in the jar so that the products are covered with juice on top.
- Seal jars and store refrigerated. You can eat salt only after 1-2 weeks. At this time, the tomatoes will turn slightly yellowish.
One can only imagine how spicy and spicy the Georgian-style dish turns out, because in its classic composition it does not contain either sugar or salt. At the same time, tomatoes are perfectly stored and are beneficial for humans throughout the winter.
The hottest appetizer recipe
All lovers of hot food will be interested in the following recipe for stuffed green tomatoes. The dish turns out not only very spicy, but also surprisingly beautiful, however, you will have to work hard to create this culinary masterpiece.
It is recommended to cook pickles immediately in large quantities, because very tasty tomatoes begin to disappear from the bins even before the onset of winter. So, for 1 bucket of green tomatoes you will need 200 g of garlic and the same amount of hot chili peppers. You need to take a little more celery leaves, about 250-300 g. Peppers without grains, garlic and leaves must be chopped with a meat grinder. In clean tomatoes, cut out the place of attachment of the stalk and remove with a knife or spoon a small amount inside the fruit. The selected part of the tomato can be cut and added to the previously prepared gruel of spices. Stuff the tomatoes with the resulting mixture and put them in sterilized jars.
To prepare a brine in 5 liters of water, you need to add an equal amount of salt, sugar and vinegar (250 g each). Marinade with salt and sugar should be boiled for 5-6 minutes, after cooking, add vinegar to the liquid. Fill jars with hot marinade and preserve them.
Green tomatoes stuffed with garlic
You can stuff green tomatoes in two different ways: by partially removing the insides of the fruit or by incision. Unlike the first recipe, you can stuff tomatoes with garlic through an incision. This will make the preparation of the salt much faster and easier.
To prepare the snack, you will need 3 kg green tomatoes themselves, garlic (5 heads) and 3-4 carrots. Garlic and carrots should be peeled and cut into circles. In pre-washed tomatoes, make 4-6 cuts, depending on the size of the fruit. Stuff chopped tomatoes with slices of carrots and garlic. At the bottom of a clean jar, put sprigs or an umbrella of dill, a few inflorescences of cloves and black peppercorns. Put stuffed tomatoes on top of spices and seasonings.
To prepare the brine, boil 1 liter of water, 4 tbsp. l. sugar, 2 tbsp. l. salt. After a short boil, remove the marinade from heat and add 9% vinegar (0,5 tbsp.). After the jars are filled with marinade and vegetables, the workpiece must be sterilized for 10-15 minutes and rolled up.
The pickled product does not require special storage conditions. Even in the pantry, salting will retain its quality and taste for several years. Stuffed green tomatoes look good on the table, exude an appetizing aroma and perfectly complement all the dishes on the table.
Another option for quick preparation of spicy stuffed tomatoes for the winter is offered in the video:
A good example will allow every inexperienced housewife to master the basic principles and rules for preparing spicy pickles from green tomatoes.
To prepare a delicious preparation for the winter, you need to know a good recipe. That is why we have selected and described in detail some of the most common and proven recipes from experienced chefs. Among the presented variety of options, each housewife will be able to find the most delicious recipe for herself and her family.