Among the delicious dishes that occupy an honorable place in the winter diet of gourmets, favorites are bell pepper preparations. There are many recipes for making spins with this juicy, aromatic and tasty vegetable for the winter, and experts are born more and more original ideas. The article presents a collection of recipes for making homemade spins with bell pepper for all tastes.
Did you know? Bell pepper is rich in alkaloid called capsaicin. This enzyme is a natural medicine for lowering blood pressure, thinning the blood, improving appetite, and the functioning of the stomach and pancreas.
How to choose and prepare bell pepper
Juicy peppers are not only remarkable for their amazing taste. They contain many vitamins (A, C, P, B) and minerals (rich in potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, fluorine, chlorine, magnesium, zinc, iodine and others), contribute to the functioning of the heart, blood vessels, muscles. In addition, this is a fairly high-calorie vegetable, but spinning from it will not harm the figure and will not clog the vessels with cholesterol.
In connection with the listed healing properties of the vegetable, one of the most important and crucial stages in the preparation of spins is the choice of peppers. Of course, it’s much easier for housewives who grow crops in their garden: they are confident in the quality and environmental friendliness of the product. There are difficulties with his choice in the market.
A few tips for choosing:
- There is a wide choice on the market: there is red, yellow, orange, green pepper. The attractive color and juicy look of peppercorns give the impression that they are all suitable for winter harvesting. But when buying, you should pay attention not only to the color: look at the surface of the peppers - it should be smooth and holistic, without flaws, scratches, damage and dark spots. Make sure that the surface is not damaged by rot. Regarding the color - choose the one you like best: the twists will be equally tasty, both from green and from red. And if you like dishes to be both tasty and beautiful, then take vegetables of different colors.
- In addition to the surface of the fruit, you should pay attention to their stalks - they must be green. Red, brown, brown, blackened and withered stalks indicate that the pepper did not receive the required amount of moisture, and accordingly, its flesh will not be juicy and dense enough. A spoiled stalk may indicate that the fruit has long been plucked and stored for a long time.
- The thickness of their walls indicates the quality of peppers: the thicker they are, the tastier the twists will be. As a rule, vegetables that are large in size and blunt in shape have thick walls. To make sure the selection is correct, ask the seller to cut the fruit.
Important! It is best to organize a trip to the market in the morning, because at this time you can meet gardeners who sell independently grown vegetables. Experienced housewives are advised to purchase the necessary products from them, because they often sell crops grown for themselves, and accordingly, ecological clean, safe and high-quality. In addition, at an affordable price.
After buying peppers, you need to do their preparation for rolling, namely:
- take care of the purity of the fruit: they need to be washed in clean, warm water;
- remove all stalks, clear peppercorns from seeds;
- cut vegetables into the sizes and shapes necessary for preservation, since preservation is entirely carried out only when cooking stuffed peppers.
The best recipes for the preparation of bell pepper
Each mistress has her own secrets of cooking this vegetable. Check out the most popular.
Pickled peppers without sterilization
Perhaps this is the fastest recipe for cold and flavorful snacks. This delicacy can be served as a separate dish, or as a decoration for other dishes on the festive table.
salt
1 tbsp. l (recommended with a slide)
vegetable oil
1 cup
allspice peas
some
- Peppers need to be cut into slices along the length. Width - as you like best.
- In a separate pan, prepare the marinade, mixing the indicated portions of water, vinegar, vegetable oil, bay leaf, salt, sugar and sweet peas. All this should boil.
- While the marinade is boiling, the hostess needs to sterilize the cans.
- In a boiled marinade, you need to put pepper and boil for about 5 minutes.
- Then slices of pepper must be densely filled with jars and pour marinade to the brim.
- The final step is rolling up with sterilized caps.
Canned pepper
Sweet and aromatic goodies are obtained as a result of preservation with garlic.
vegetable oil
1.5 cups
- First of all, a vegetable (5 kg) is prepared for preservation: it must be peeled and cut into longitudinal slices of a convenient width.
- Then you need to start cooking the marinade. To do this, 2 liters of water are mixed with vegetable oil (1.5 cups), sugar (1.5 cups), finely chopped garlic (2 heads), vinegar essence 7% (1.5 tbsp.) And salt (2 tbsp. with a slide) and bring to a boil.
- Next, pepper slices are added to the liquid so that they are completely covered with it (can be added in parts), and boil for 5 minutes.
- It remains to put the pepper in the jars and do their rolling.
Variant of harvesting in tomato
- Prepare the main ingredient: it must be cut into large slices.
- Place marinade ingredients in one pan (all of the above, except for peppers and vinegar).
- Boil the marinade.
- Add chopped vegetables to the marinade and pour vinegar.
- Boil everything for about 15 minutes.
- Put the finished dish in jars that have already undergone sterilization, and roll up (the lids also need to be sterilized).
Important! It must be remembered that the storage location should be protected from light, ideally - generally dark.
Workpieces in oil
This blank has a self-sufficient, rich taste and mouth-watering aroma. At the same time, no spicy spices are used for its preparation, just garlic, onions and herbs.
hot pepper pod
1 PC.
garlic heads
1-2 pcs.
sunflower oil
100 ml
- Washed and peeled vegetables must be mixed with chopped onion rings, chopped garlic, herbs and chili.
- All this is poured with boiled marinade, which is prepared from the remaining listed components.
- For a day, the dish is pressed with a load.
- Then they spread it in cans and begin to roll up, or simply save in the cold.
Did you know? Despite the name, the homeland of bell peppers is America. They migrated to Bulgaria much later, having managed to “visit” Portugal and Turkey.
Sweet pepper with tomato
These vegetables are traditional ingredients of lecho, as an addition to them is onion. The dish is so popular that it has dozens of interpretations: each housewife adds something from herself.
vegetable oil
150 ml
hot peppercorns
1 tsp
allspice peas
4 things.
- Washed vegetables are processed as needed: tomatoes are ground (you can use a blender or a juicer). The pepper is cut into strips, and the onion is crushed into half rings.
- Move the prepared vegetables into a container of the right size and add the remaining components of the recipe (except vinegar). Simmer salad mixture over low heat for 60 minutes.
- Put the ready-made salad in jars and start rolling up (both containers and lids need sterilization).
- Turn rolled cans upside down and leave to cool.
With eggplant
The homeland of this blank is Bulgaria. The salad contains all the brightest representatives of the autumn vegetable variety.
peppercorns
taste
- First you need to properly chop the prepared vegetables: cut the peppers into strips, the eggplant in rings, the onion in half rings.
- Tomatoes are crushed in a blender. Using a blender, you can also chop chili, carrots, garlic; You can use a knife, a food processor, or a grater.
- When all the vegetables are ready, they need to be mixed in one container and cook for 20 minutes.
- Then add salt and the remaining ingredients, and then cook further.
- When the dish boils, it must be removed from the heat and distributed over the banks, which must be sterilized before that.
- Turn the rolled cans over and, wrapping them up, leave to cool.
Important! The blanks will have a brighter and more aromatic taste if heavy Bulgarian fruits were used in the process of preparation, since they are more juicy and fleshy.
With zucchini
Both vegetables have a self-contained and original taste, so their duet is a real treat. For this dish, it is best to use colorful peppers. So the workpiece will look brighter and more appetizing.
- Zucchini should be taken young, with a delicate thin peel, medium size. They need to be cut into four parts along the length, and then each part is divided into small slices.
- The form of cutting pepper - wide stripes, onions - half rings.
- The carrots should be grated coarsely.
- Put all the vegetable ingredients in an enamel container, cover with salt, mix, and leave for 1 hour until the vegetables allow juice.
- After an hour - pour the juice into a separate container, and add greens to the vegetables and arrange them in sterilized jars.
- Boil vegetable juice with sugar, vinegar and vegetable oil, and pour the vegetables in this mixture so that they are completely covered.
- Then the jars covered with lids are placed in a large container and sterilized for 15 minutes.
- After that, you can roll the assorted, flip, wrap and cool.
Important! When stacking fruits in a box, make sure that they do not touch. This will help to keep them as long as possible: if one fruit decays, then the rot will not spread to another.
Pickled peppers
This preparation allows you to save all the useful qualities of a fragrant vegetable. Pepper pickles will perfectly complement soups, stews, fries, meat dishes, salads, pizza.
1 can of 3 l
bell peppers
1 kg (it is better to take green)
- Peeled and washed peppers should be placed in a three-liter jar, at the bottom of which should already be a third of greens and garlic. If the fruits are not too large, they may not even be cut.
- When laying out pepper, it needs to be alternated with the rest of the spices.
- Salt must be diluted in water and pour the vegetables laid out in a jar with brine.
- After 3-4 days, pepper salting will be ready for use.
- To keep it from wandering, move the jar to cold conditions.
Additional ways to store bell pepper for the winter
In addition to preservation, pickling and pickling, you can stock up on fresh peppers for the winter. Here are some suggestions for keeping fragrant fruits fresh. Peppercorns can be stored in the basement, on the glazed balcony and in the cellar. Main conditions: air humidity - 80–90%, and temperature - not lower than 0 ° С. For storage, you need to choose a clean, dry container, preferably wooden, with no traces of mold. You can use plastic packaging in which holes are made for air to enter the vegetables.
Paper bags are also popular. Before moving to the storage place, vegetables should be kept in the sun for 2-3 days. When storing pepper, it is advisable to resort to the help of river sand, which has undergone heat treatment. The bottom of the box is covered with paper (you can take a newspaper), then vegetables are laid out on the paper and covered with sand. The modern method of storing Bulgarian fruits is freezing.
It is popular because it does not destroy the vitamin-mineral composition of fruits: after thawing, they are still useful. Mistresses freeze vegetables whole, or in any convenient chopped form. Another method of storing vegetables is drying. To do this, it is cut into four parts and placed in the oven or microwave. It is better to take thin-walled peppers for this purpose.
How and how much to store bulgarian pepper blanks
Canned food prepared using a fragrant Bulgarian vegetable is recommended to be stored for no longer than 1 year. Canned foods like cool, therefore they need to be stored in rooms with air temperature from 0 ° С to + 5 ° С and humidity of 75–90%.
You can use:
- cellar;
- pantry;
- a terrace;
- a garage;
- balcony (glazed);
- a refrigerator;
- mezzanines in the apartment.
Bell pepper is the main ingredient of numerous preserves. Thanks to its refined taste, it perfectly complements vegetable dishes. The main thing is to choose the right fruits and prepare them for the processing process. And regarding recipes - each hostess has the opportunity to add something of their own and diversify their favorite dish.
