Sharp beets for the winter

Preparations for the winter with the presence of beets are full of their diversity. This is not surprising, because this root crop is not only surprisingly useful, but also beautiful and tasty. Spicy beets for the winter in jars are both an appetizer in which the root crop acts in splendid isolation, and dishes that are diverse in composition, but in which beets play a solo role. One thing unites them – they are all made with the participation of hot pepper, which not only adds spice to dishes, but also acts as an additional preservative.

How to cook spicy beets correctly

Spicy beets can be prepared from both raw and boiled vegetables. The shape of the cut can also be absolutely any. Any variety is suitable for this preparation, the main thing is to ensure that the vegetable is completely ripe, has a uniform intense color without light spots or streaks on the pulp.

You can boil the beets until they are fully cooked – the vegetable becomes so soft that it is easy to pierce it with a fork. So until half cooked – in this case, the roots are blanched in boiling water for 10 to 20 minutes. Most often this is done in order to remove the skin with the least effort. After such blanching, it is removed easily and quickly.

There are recipes for making spicy beets for the winter, which use the sterilization process, and despite this, everything turns out very tasty. In such recipes, vegetables usually undergo minimal heat treatment. If the beets are pre-boiled until cooked, then sterilization is usually not needed.

The classic recipe for spicy beets for the winter

This recipe is the most popular among housewives, probably due to its rich composition and good winter storage. But the beets here in any case plays a major role.

You will need:

• 2 kg of sweet beets;
• 1,5 kg of tomatoes;
• 5-6 sweet bell peppers;
• 3-4 pieces of hot red pepper;
• 7 cloves of garlic;
• 30 g salt;
• 100-120 ml of vegetable oil;
• about 2/3 tsp. vinegar essence.

Preparation:

1. All vegetables are washed and cleaned of all excess parts.
2. Peeled beets are cut into strips or grated for Korean carrots.
3. On medium heat, it is stewed in a pan with butter for about 20 minutes.
4. Tomatoes are scrolled through a meat grinder, pepper is also cut into strips.
5. After 20 minutes, chopped tomatoes are added to the pan and stew for another 20-30 minutes.
6. Then both types of peppers are added and the vegetable mixture is heated for another quarter of an hour.

   

7. Finely chopped garlic is added last and after 5 minutes the fire is turned off.
   Attention! Acetic essence can be added either at the last minute of cooking to the total vegetable mass, or literally drop by drop into every 0,5 liter jar before seaming.
8. When hot, a spicy beetroot appetizer is laid out in sterilized jars and rolled up for the winter.

From the number of products indicated in the recipe, about 7 half-liter jars of sharp billets are obtained as a result.

Spicy appetizer for the winter of beets with garlic and chili peppers

This recipe for spicy beets for the winter itself is very simple, although it requires additional sterilization, since it does not use vinegar at all. But it will certainly be appreciated by representatives of the strong half of humanity.

You will need:

• 1 kg beet;
• 1 pod of chili pepper;
• 1 L of water;
• 2 laurel leaves;
• a bunch of parsley or dill;
• 6 cloves of garlic;
• 0,5 tsp ground coriander;
• 15 g salt;
• 15 grams of sugar;
• a pinch of cumin and saffron.

Manufacture:

1. Root crops are thoroughly washed, dipped together with the peel in boiling water and blanched for 18-20 minutes.
2. Remove from boiling water and immediately lower into as cold water as possible.

   

3. Peeled, which is easily removed by itself after such a procedure, and cut into thin slices or cubes.
4. At the same time prepare the marinade. Dissolve sugar and salt in a pot of hot water. After boiling, add all the spices, boil for 5 minutes and leave to infuse under a closed lid until it cools.
5. Beets are laid out in clean and dry jars along with chopped garlic, pepper and herbs, poured with infused marinade.
6. Move the jars with covered lids into a pot of water, put on heat and sterilize for 25 minutes.
7. Then they wrap it up for the winter.

Spicy beetroot appetizer with cinnamon and hot pepper

This recipe for the winter has a different set of spices, but the taste of a spicy snack still remains original and very attractive. The rest of the cooking method is fully consistent with the description from the previous recipe. Only the filling can not be cooled after manufacturing, but beets and peppers in jars can be poured hot.

The number of ingredients is given based on one 0,5 l jar:

• 330-350 g already blanched and peeled beets;
• 5-6 tsp 6% vinegar for each jar;
• ½ hot pepper.

Filling components are given per 1 liter of water:

• 10 g salt;
• 80 grams of sugar;
• 1 / 3 tsp cinnamon
• Xnumx buds clove;
• 7 peas of black pepper.

Recipe for spicy beets for the winter with eggplant and apples

This appetizer for the winter is not only spicy, but also very healthy and nutritious.

You will need:

• 500 g of boiled and peeled beets;
• 500 g baked and peeled eggplants;
• 500 g apples with the core removed;
• 2-3 hot pepper pod;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 30 g salt;
• 75 grams of sugar;
• Xnumx g of vegetable oil.

Preparation:

1. Boil the beets in their skins until fully cooked (the pulp should be easily pierced with a fork) for about 1 hour.
2. Eggplants are baked in the oven at a temperature of about + 180 ° C until soft for 30-40 minutes.
   Important! If there is enough space in the oven, beets can also be baked in their skins along with eggplant.
3. Boiled or baked vegetables are peeled and chopped with a grater or meat grinder.
4. Apples and peppers are freed from the core with seeds, garlic is peeled.
5. All ingredients are also ground with a meat grinder.
6. All products are mixed in one saucepan, salt and sugar are added, mixed and infused in heat for about an hour.
7. Then vegetable oil is added, put the mass on fire and heated over low heat for about 20-30 minutes under the lid and another 5 minutes with the lid open.
8. When hot, a spicy snack for the winter is laid out in sterile jars and instantly clogged.

A simple recipe for a spicy beetroot snack with herbs for the winter

This spicy beetroot dish originating from the Mediterranean countries will definitely appeal to gourmets and lovers of spicy snacks.

You will need:

• 800 g of beets;
• 50 g each of fresh parsley, cilantro and dill;
• 1 pod of chili pepper;
• 10 g salt;
• 120 ml of olive oil;
• 60 ml balsamic vinegar;
• 1 bulb;
• 7 cloves of garlic;
• 20 g mustard seeds;
• 10 g of zira;
• ground black pepper – to taste.

Preparation:

1. The beets are washed and peeled, wrapped in foil, baked in the oven at a temperature of + 180 ° C from 40 to 60 minutes, depending on the size of the root crop.
2. Peppers are washed, freed from seeds and internal partitions and finely chopped with a knife.
3. Do the same with greens.
4. Onions and garlic are peeled and cut into thin rings and slices.
5. In a large container, mix olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, ground black pepper, onion, garlic and hot peppers, as well as mustard seeds and cumin.
6. Leave to infuse for a quarter of an hour after thorough mixing.
7. The baked beets are cooled, cut into thin circles or straws, mixed with spicy dressing and, covered with plastic wrap, left for an hour to soak.
8. Then they are laid out in clean glass jars prepared during this time and set to be sterilized in boiling water for 20 minutes.
9. At the end of sterilization, a spicy beetroot snack is twisted for the winter.

Rules for storing spicy beetroot snacks

All the dishes prepared according to the recipes described above can be easily stored in the winter in a regular kitchen pantry. The main thing is that access to light is limited to them.

Conclusion

Spicy beets for the winter in jars will most of all impress the male part of the population. Although the variety of recipes presented will help everyone choose something to their taste.