Mistresses pickled pickled or sweet cucumbers for the winter are almost the first thing to do. After all, these pickles are used as snacks that make up salads or main dishes, so without them it is almost impossible to imagine a home menu. And today in the article you will find a selection of the most delicious recipes for canning cucumbers for the winter.
Ingredient preparation
Experienced housewives know that not all cucumbers are suitable for pickling for the winter.
For such purposes, it is better to take vegetables:
- grown in open ground;
- with peel covered with pimples;
- up to 7–10 cm long;
- resilient, not overripe;
- without damage.
Having chosen the fruits suitable for conservation, it is necessary to prepare them correctly. Proper pre-treatment will help cucumbers not lose moisture, their freshness, become crispy and juicy after pickling.
Important! In addition to cucumbers, preparation also requires greens. It is definitely worth it to wash thoroughly, to select yellowed, damaged specimens. Spices (bay leaf, peppercorns, cloves, etc.) are preferably treated with boiling water.
Such training includes:
- Soak. If you leave the vegetables for 4-5 hours in cold water, periodically changing the liquid, then they are saturated with moisture. Without soaking, cucumbers, especially those bought on the market or collected long before canning, will begin to absorb the marinade, and its place in the banks will take air. Because of it, fermentation will begin, as a result of which the release of carbon dioxide will provoke an explosion of cans.
- Excretion of chemicals from vegetables. In pursuit of the crop, many manufacturers conduct chemical treatment of plants, and then these substances harmful to human health fall into the fruit. The same prolonged soaking in cold water will help to remove them.
- Thorough washing of cucumbers. It’s not enough to just soak them in water to get rid of dirt and germs on the surface. It is especially necessary to wash the pimples on the peel: dust often sticks to them, which, when it enters conservation, leads to fermentation.
Recipes of sweet delicious cucumbers for the winter
Crispy pickles can always be complemented with original snacks. Therefore, try to please loved ones with both classic and non-standard dishes.
The classic recipe for cucumbers
per 3 liter jar 40 minutes
Nutrition value per 100 g
First, make a brine: add salt, sugar and vinegar to 1 liter of water.
After mixing the mixture, bring it to a boil, and then let the brine cool to room temperature.
While the liquid is cooling down, take care of the container: put 2 cloves of garlic on the bottom and lay out the cucumbers.
Pour the cans with brine, and then dip them into the pan.
Covering the container, fill the pan with water and put on fire.
After 5-7 minutes, the vegetables in the banks will change color, after which they can be rolled up.
First, make a brine: add salt, sugar and vinegar to 1 liter of water.
After mixing the mixture, bring it to a boil, and then let the brine cool to room temperature.
While the liquid is cooling down, take care of the container: put 2 cloves of garlic on the bottom and lay out the cucumbers.
Pour the cans with brine, and then dip them into the pan.
Covering the container, fill the pan with water and put on fire.
After 5-7 minutes, the vegetables in the banks will change color, after which they can be rolled up.Video recipe
Did you know? Those wishing to lose weight should definitely add cucumbers to the diet: they contain tartronic acid, which neutralizes the action of carbohydrates and prevents the appearance of fat in the body.
Quick and easy recipe
For 1 liter can for 50 minutes
currant leaves
3-4 pcs.
black pepper
2-3 peas
Nutrition value per 100 g
- First put half of the spices on the bottom of the jar (leaves, pepper, garlic, dill).
- Then tightly compact the cucumbers into the container and do not forget to add the remaining spices at the end.
- Pour boiling water into a filled jar and, having covered, let it brew for 25-30 minutes.
- At this time, take up the marinade, boiling water with sugar and salt.
- When the mixture boils, it's time to add vinegar. After that, hold the liquid on fire for 2-3 minutes.
- Drain the water from the cucumbers and pour the finished marinade, after which you can twist the jar.
Did you know? Regular consumption of cucumbers helps cleanse the body and remove toxins from it.
No sterilization with vinegar
Another quick recipe that does not require sterilization. It is great for small cucumbers, so pick the appropriate varieties.
30 minutes
vinegar essence
1 tsp
Nutrition value per 100 g
- Prepared cucumbers are placed in a jar.
- Pieces of carrots, garlic cloves, parsley leaves are added to the voids between vegetables.
- Fill the filled container for 10-15 minutes with boiling water.
- Then drain the liquid and prepare marinade based on it: boil the liquid, and then add the cherry leaves, spices, salt, sugar.
- When salt and sugar dissolve, you can pour cucumbers in the marinade.
- At the very end, you need to add vinegar essence to the jar, and then close the preservation with a lid.
Important! It is best to use Courage, Capricon, Betina and various varieties of gherkins for such purposes.
With mustard and onions
1 hour
french mustard
160 g
Nutrition value per 100 g
- Pour the washed vegetables into the basin. If large specimens are collected, then cut them into 2–4 parts.
- Send chopped garlic and chopped herbs to the vegetable container.
- After seasoning the salad with spices, vinegar, oil and mustard.
- Leave the mixture for a short time so that the cucumbers let out the liquid.
- On average, this takes several hours, during which do not forget to periodically stir the salad.
- After this time, lay the mixture in jars and fill with the allocated juice.
- Next, you need to move the cans into the pan, fill them with water up to the neck and bring it to a boil.
- Boil the sunset for 5 minutes, after which it can be preserved.
Did you know? Few people know, but, like coffee, cucumber has an invigorating effect on the body due to a number of vitamins and minerals in its composition.
Sweet spicy
35 minutes
6% apple cider vinegar
1 tsp
Nutrition value per 100 g
- First, greens are laid out in the jar (leaves of currant and horseradish, dill umbrellas), garlic.
- After the container is filled with cucumbers, stacking them denser to each other.
- Pour boiling water into the jar and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Drain the water and repeat the procedure with fresh boiling water.
- While the cucumbers are infused, you can prepare the brine: in 1 liter of water add sugar, salt, ketchup and boil over.
- For the third time, vinegar is poured first into the container, and then the marinade is poured and only then screwed under the lid.
Important! If there is no apple, you can use ordinary table vinegar, but it will need to be diluted with water in the correct proportion so that the percentage of acidity is not too high.
Sweet and sour
Canned cucumbers can have a sweet and sour taste, have a unique aroma and crunch appetizingly. If you want to please your relatives with such an unusual snack, then the following recipe will come to your aid.
50 minutes
Nutrition value per 100 g
- Peel the garlic cloves, cut the onion into rings.
- At the bottom of the can, lay out a portion of the onion, a few garlic cloves, and dill branches.
- Then put one layer of cucumbers and add spices to the jar: peppercorns, mustard seeds, bay leaf.
- Add the cucumbers again, filling them with the container.
- Top with the remaining greens, onions.
- Prepare the marinade: boil a liter of water with the specified norm of sugar and salt, and then add vinegar to the liquid.
- Let the marinade cool for 2-3 minutes, and then fill them with cans.
- Cover them and sterilize them for 7-10 minutes, and then tighten the jars.
Important! To sterilize jars with hot marinade, place only in heated water in a pan, otherwise they may burst.
Sweet salted
1 hour
currant leaves
4-5 pcs.
Nutrition value per 100 g
- Cut the carrots into slices and the onions into rings.
- Lay the vegetables in a jar in layers: at the bottom, some of the spices and herbs, then cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, carrots and the remaining herbs.
- After filling the container, prepare the brine: boil water, and then add sugar, salt and vinegar. Warm up the liquid for another 2-3 minutes.
- Ready marinade, carefully fill the workpiece.
- Then you need to sterilize the preservation for 20 minutes after the liquid boils in a jar.
- After can be canned.
Did you know? Silicon and potassium, which are part of the cucumber, strengthen the teeth and gums.
In oil
1,5 hour
sunflower oil
150 ml
ground black pepper
1.5 tsp
Nutrition value per 100 g
- Cut the cucumbers into 4 pieces.
- Crush parsley and add to vegetables.
- Pour the greens with cucumbers with vegetable oil and vinegar.
- Now sprinkle the salad with salt, sugar, ground pepper.
- Add chopped garlic to the mixture and mix it well.
- Now you need to leave the salad for 5-6 hours at room temperature so that they let the juice. Stir vegetables periodically for best results.
- After the fork, carefully place the cucumbers in the jars.
- Fill the filled container with marinade, which is obtained on the basis of cucumber juice, oil and vinegar, not forgetting to add herbs and garlic.
- Put the jars with the blanks in the pan, fill with water almost to the very neck, cover with lids and start to warm.
- When the water in the pan boils, reduce the heat and sterilize the jars for 25 minutes.
- After you can spin the cans.
Did you know? Cucumber juice is recommended for prolonged coughing and for calming the nerves.
Storage of blanks
Basements and cellars are considered the best place to store preservation, but in modern cities it is more often necessary to keep blanks in an apartment. To do this, it is enough to choose a cold place where there is no moisture and away from heaters. Otherwise, the jars may burst, their contents will turn sour in warmth, and the vegetables will be flabby and soft.
Additional recommendations
Often, rolling during storage can become cloudy. If this happens, then the cooking technology has been violated.
To prevent this from happening:
- wash products and containers thoroughly;
- do not use iodized salt instead of table;
- sterilize jars qualitatively;
- choose cucumbers only pickled varieties;
- do not forget to soak the vegetables before preservation.
But if you failed to save the sunset from explosions, then in no case do not use the contents of the affected cans. Without pickles it is impossible to imagine a table in the winter. But in order to enjoy them in the cold, it is important not to forget to make blanks in the summer. Choose your favorite recipe, and your guests will always be delighted with delicious and unusual snacks.
