Delicious and aromatic beet for borscht for the winter: how to cook?

Harvesting beets for the winter, the recipes of which are very popular among fans of red soup, is done very easily and quickly. It is worth noting that there are many options for how to prepare such a gas station. Someone adds to it all the basic ingredients that are present in the borsch, and someone marinades exclusively beets. Today we will consider the second option, since it can be used not only for preparing the first dish, but also to use it simply as a tasty and fragrant snack.

Beetroot for borscht for the winter: the process of step-wise marinating

Required components for workpiece:

• Fresh large beets - at personal discretion (from three pieces);
• Sand sugar - 40 g per 1 liter of ordinary water;
• Common salt - 40 g per 1 liter of purified water;
• Vinegar 9% apple - 60 ml per 1 liter of ordinary drinking water;
• Fragrant pepper in the form of peas - 6-9 pieces;
• Dried carnations - 5-7 pieces;
• Bay leaves - 3-4 pcs.

Features of the choice of vegetables

Beetroot for borsch for the winter is especially delicious, if only fresh and hard product is used for such a preparation. When choosing this vegetable should always pay attention to its color. It should be dark and saturated, otherwise the dressing will turn out not very tasty and fragrant.

Preparation of the vegetable and its heat treatment

Before you start preparing marinated beets, you should treat it well. To do this, you need to wash all the vegetables you have got, put them in a saucepan, add water, add a little salt and boil. By the way, the tails from the fresh product should not be torn off, since in the process of long-term heat treatment, the entire rich color of the main ingredient will leave the place of cut.

Depending on the size of beets for borscht for the winter should be cooked from 50 to 70 minutes. After it becomes completely soft, it needs to be taken out of the water, completely cooled, and then cleaned and rubbed on a large grater.

Forming the workpiece

Usually beet for the winter for borsch harvested in small glass jars (0.5 liters). But before you put boiled and chopped vegetable in a bowl, they should be sterilized together with lids. After that, the product is required to put in jars, and on top place black pepper peas, dried cloves and several laurel leaves.

Preparation of marinade

To make the beet for borsch for the winter turned out juicy and aromatic, it should be filled with a marinade. To do this, it is necessary to boil water along with sugar and salt, and then remove it from heat and add 9% apple cider vinegar. After this hot marinade is required to pour over filled banks, and then roll them up, turn the bottom up and cool for a day.

As it was said above, such a preparation can be used not only as the main filling for a tasty and rich borscht, but also to use it for nothing. In this case, the pickled beets must be laid on top of a fresh slice of bread, so that you get a satisfying and very tasty sandwich.