Cucumber and tomato are vegetables available to everyone. Typically, these ingredients are used to make fresh summer salad. However, in the cold season, no one is willing to enjoy pickled preparations.
In this article, we will tell you how to use cucumber and tomato for making winter snacks. Let's start with the most popular recipe.
Pickled vegetables for the winter
How to harvest cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter? Pickled snack recipes may include different preservation methods. We will introduce the easiest and fastest way.
So, to make assorted winter cucumbers and tomatoes, you must purchase:
- leaflets of cherries, currants and horseradish - several each;
- table salt - 3 large spoons per 3 l of the workpiece;
- allspice, garlic cloves, dried dill umbrellas - as you wish;
- small sugar - 2 large spoons;
- small cucumbers (pimply) and medium-sized whole tomatoes - at one’s discretion (equal amount);
- drinking water - at its discretion;
- table vinegar - 2 large spoons.
We prepare the components
To get delicious cucumbers and tomatoes in a fragrant marinade, you should proceed in stages. First you need to prepare the vegetables.
Small cucumbers are spread in a basin and filled with very cold water. In it, vegetables are kept for several hours. Over time, they are thoroughly washed and cut off the navels.
As for tomatoes, they are thoroughly rinsed in hot water. At the same time, they make sure that the tomatoes are whole, without any damage.
All remaining ingredients are also treated separately. The cloves of garlic are peeled, and the dried dill umbrellas, leaves of cherry, currant and horseradish are thoroughly washed and scalded with boiling water.
We form a snack
Now you know how to prepare cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter. Recipes for pickled snacks require the use of two- or three-liter cans. They are washed with soda, and then sterilized over steam. Next, several leaves of cherry, currant and horseradish are laid out on the bottom of the containers. Garlic cloves, allspice and dried dill umbrellas are also placed in jars.
After the described actions, they begin to lay out the vegetables. First, small cucumbers are tightly placed in the prepared container. Filling the cans only halfway, they spread the tomatoes in them. At the same time, they make sure that the tomatoes do not burst, but remain in their entire form.
We make marinade and canned vegetables
Once the jars are full, they are poured with ordinary boiling water and kept for 11 minutes. After the lapse of time, the water is poured into a deep pot and put it on the stove again.
Adding sugar and salt to the brine, it is boiled for 1 minute. After that, the water is removed from the stove and table vinegar is added .
Having prepared a fragrant marinade, it is poured into cans (right to the top). After this, the containers are rolled up using tin lids, which are pre-sterilized in ordinary water.
Turning the blanks upside down, they are covered with a dense blanket. After two days, the snack is sent to the cellar.
How to present to the table?
Cucumber and tomato, pickled for the winter, can be served only after 6-8 weeks. If you open the snack ahead of schedule, it will turn out to be fresh, as the vegetables do not have time to be saturated with brine flavors.
Serving marinades to the dining table is advisable only after cooling. Appetizer is served in small bowls along with the first or second hot dishes.
Salad "Cucumbers and Tomatoes" for the winter: recipes
Above, we presented the easiest way to harvest cucumbers and tomatoes. However, it should be noted that most housewives prefer not just to pickle these vegetables, but to make them a delicious and nutritious salad.
To implement this recipe, we need:
- fresh cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes - 2 kg each;
- bitter onions - 700 g;
- table salt - 3 large spoons;
- hot pepper - 1 small pod;
- small sugar - 1 large spoon;
- sunflower oil - 55 ml;
- fresh carrots - 800 g;
- table vinegar - 3 large spoons.
We process vegetables for salad
How should cucumber and tomato be processed for winter harvesting? The first vegetable is thoroughly washed, navels are removed and cut into not very thick slices. If necessary, it can be pre-cut peel.
As for tomatoes, they are poured with boiling water, and after ¼ hours, peel and peel in mashed potatoes using a hand blender.
Also peel sweet pepper and bitter onions separately. These ingredients are chopped with medium cubes.
To make a winter salad of vegetables especially satisfying, carrots are definitely added to it. Her tinder on a coarse grater.
Heat treat snacks
Before preserving the salad for the winter, vegetables should be cooked. To do this, use a large container. Cucumbers, sweet pepper, carrots and onions are laid out in it alternately. Next, the ingredients are poured with tomato puree and put on fire.
By mixing products regularly, they are brought to a boil. Reducing the fire, add salt, chopped hot pepper, sunflower oil and fine sugar to the dishes. In this composition, the salad is cooked on low heat for about half an hour.
After time, natural vinegar is poured into the ingredients. Having mixed vegetables again, they are boiled for another 4 minutes.
How to preserve salad?
To preserve vegetable salad for the winter, we recommend using containers of 1 liter capacity. They are washed and sterilized. Tin lids are also separately prepared.
Having processed the container, it is filled with hot vegetable mass. After that, the cans are rolled up and covered with a thick towel.
Leaving the salad at room temperature for a day, it is cleaned in the basement. If you do not have such a room, then the workpiece can be stored in a dark cabinet.
How to use?
In order for a vegetable snack to be saturated with aromas of spices and seasonings, it must be kept closed for about a month and a half. After this time, the workpiece is cooled and laid out in a bowl. Such a salad is presented to the table with a slice of bread and hot dishes.