One of the main dishes among the preparations for the winter is pickles. The best option for residents of apartment buildings is a recipe without heat treatment. Let's look at the best ways to pickle cucumbers without sterilization.
Features of the preparation of cucumbers
At first glance, you can take any vegetable for salting. To some extent this is true, but in banks, the final product is not at all as expected.
Important! Almost all varieties are suitable for canning, however, small vegetables with white small pimples and lettuce are suitable only for fresh consumption.
In addition to choosing a variety, you need to take cucumbers of the correct ripeness. Overripe brown or yellow vegetables are not suitable for canning. Their skin is too hard, and the flesh is too loose. Throw away such instances should not. Grated pulp can be used as a base for brine.
The ideal size of cucumbers for canning is 7–9 cm. It makes no sense to take smaller fruits, since they did not absorb the characteristic taste and aroma. Pikuli and gherkins are very small, so they are an exception.
Basically, the process of preparing for salting includes the following steps:
- The washing up. Before salt, all the cucumbers are washed thoroughly. Better to take a soft sponge or rag. A brush can damage the skin.
- Soak. After washing, vegetables must be poured with cold water. For a self-grown crop 2-3 hours are enough, for purchased cucumbers - 7-8 hours. You can leave the fruit in the water overnight. This stage is necessary so that the cucumbers absorb maximum moisture, and when stored in liter jars, voids do not form in them. So the pickles will be juicy and resilient.
- Preparing cans. Capacious capacities are suitable for large families. If the family has only 2-3 people, it is better to take containers with a volume of 0.5-1 liters.
Important! Sealing lids must meet certain requirements: be smooth and free from rust.
The best recipes for pickling cucumbers without sterilization
Salting cucumbers is considered an easy process, but it also has its own nuances, which must be taken into account. Only by observing all the subtleties can you get delicious twists for the winter.
Crispy cucumbers
The complexity of the preparation: easy.
You can add onions or peppers.
Did you know? People learned to preserve thousands of years ago. For example, in the tomb of Tutankhamun they found a roast duck, which was covered with oil and sealed with resin. Lying underground for more than three thousand years, the duck remained edible.
Cooking Duration: 2-3 hours
allspice and black pepper
4-5 peas
hot pepper
a small piece
Nutritional value per 100 grams:
- Cucumbers of the same size are selected, filled with water.
- Banks are sterilized. Lids are also processed by boiling.
- At the very bottom of each container is garlic, spices, dill.
- Further the bank is filled densely with cucumbers.
- From above everything is covered with horseradish.
- Cucumbers are poured with boiling water, covered and left for 10 minutes.
- Water is poured into a pan, salt and sugar are poured, mixed. Boil.
- The marinade is poured into a jar, vinegar is added and immediately the pickling rolls up.
- Tanks are turned upside down, covered with a blanket.
After the salts have cooled, they can be transferred to storage (basement, pantry, etc.).
Video: crispy pickles
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Crispy cucumberSimple and quick salting recipe
For someone who wants to quickly cook pickles, the following option is suitable.
Difficulty of preparation: medium difficulty.
Did you know? In 1804, Nicolas Upper invented modern conservation. He sterilized food, killing pathogenic bacteria.
Cooking Duration: 2-3 hours
- fruit leaves (currant, cherry - to taste)
horseradish (root or leaves)
2 pcs.
black and allspice
4-5 peas
Nutritional value per 100 grams:
- In the processed jars spread dill, fruit leaves, horseradish, garlic, pepper (you can put mustard seeds and coriander).
- Put cucumbers on top, pour salt and pour plain water. Salts are set aside for a day.
- After 24 hours, the water is poured and vegetables are poured with new water for 5-7 minutes. Then the water is drained again.
- Marinade is prepared, poured into cans, rolled up.
- Cans are turned over and covered with warm material.
Video: the easiest cucumber pickling recipe
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Simple and quick recipe for saltingWith herbs and garlic
Leaves of fruit plants give pickles a unique flavor. But they can be replaced by ordinary greens. It turns out very well.
The complexity of the preparation: easy.
Cooking Duration: 2-3 hours
Apple vinegar
2/3 cup
table salt
2 tbsp. spoons
garlic
2-3 large wedges
mustard seeds, allspice, pepper mixture
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Prepared vegetables cut into strips or rings.
- Prepare the marinade from water, salt and vinegar, boil and hold on fire for a couple of minutes.
- Put sprigs of dill in disinfected jars, add 2 cloves of garlic.
- Place cucumbers, mustard seeds, peppers and spices.
- Cut hot peppers, put in a jar with the remaining garlic.
- Pour vegetables with brine, roll up cans.
With currants and bay leaves
Another simple recipe for pickling cucumbers. It turns out quickly and tasty.
The complexity of the preparation: easy.
Cooking Duration: 2-3 hours
Red currants
1 cup
lemon acid
1 teaspoon
Nutritional value per 100 grams:
- At the bottom of the can is a leaf of horseradish, dill, garlic, spices.
- Stacked chopped cucumbers. After each layer of cucumbers currants are placed. The can is filled in full.
- Put salt, sugar, citric acid on top.
- Fill the containers with boiled water (only removed from the stove). Cover the banks and leave for 20 minutes.
- Pour the marinade into the pan, boil and pour again into jars.
- Roll up salting, turn over and cover with a blanket.
Video: pickles with currants
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With currants and bay leavesHow to store and how much pickles
If all the rules were observed during canning, cans can be stored even in the room. But it is best to choose a place where bright light does not enter. In apartment conditions, preservation can be stored in the refrigerator, on a glazed balcony, in the pantry. It is advisable to use pickles before the next season.
Important! In the room where the workpieces will be stored, the temperature should not be higher than + 18 ... + 20 ° C.
Modern citizens do not have the opportunity to pickle cucumbers in barrels or tubs. But the above recipes will help to have delicious salting in the winter. And which option to choose depends on the preferences of each.
