How to Preserve Cucumbers: Recipes and Tips

Most of us just adore winter billets. One of the most common among them are canned cucumbers. There is a great mass of their recipes, among which there are both bad and good. And sometimes there are very good, prepared for which vegetables are just a find in the winter. So let's take a closer look at how to preserve cucumbers.

First of all, I would like to draw the reader's attention to some rules that are unshakable when choosing the main product.

In order that the cucumber canned were tasty and stood under the lid for a long time, it is desirable to choose such fruits that will be approximately the same size. Also no less important is their color - dark green is the best option. Do not use flabby and soft cucumbers - they will not last long - you just waste your time and money.

And now, having understood the simplest rules of fruit selection, it's time to begin to describe some ways how to preserve cucumbers. And I would like to start, perhaps, with the most unusual.

Recipe 1

To prepare you need:

• Fresh cucumbers - 1 kg;
• Water - 1 l .;
• Garlic - 3 cloves;
• Sugar-1 l;
• Salt - 1.5 liters;
• Black peppercorns;
• Red currant (for decoration);
• Fennel

All of the above ingredients are designed for one three-liter jar.

How to preserve cucumbers? First of all, it is necessary to perform their primary processing. It consists in thorough washing. Note that if cucumbers are not domestic, then it is best to hold them for some time in the water - about five hours. Meanwhile, do other preparations: you need to sterilize the cans and prepare greens with berries.

When the cucumbers are ready, and the container is sterilized, proceed to the packing of the fruits. To begin with, you need to put peas, dill and chopped garlic on the bottom of the jar. Only then lay out the cucumbers. Note that they should be placed only vertically: this way you will be much easier to get them later, and even more. After that, in each jar you need to add a few currant berries and cover the marinade with a lid. After that, the jars need to be sterilized for 10 minutes and then rolled up.

Preparation of marinade. It is prepared very simply. For this, salt, sugar and water are taken. The mixture is boiled and in a hot form is poured into the jars at the right time.

Recipe 2

Now I would like to draw the attention of readers to how to preserve cucumbers so that they eventually turned out to be crispy and not less tasty than in the previous recipe. All the ingredients of this recipe are also designed for a three-liter jar. And for this, it is not at all necessary to make canned cucumbers with mustard, which is useful not for everyone!

To prepare you need:

• Cucumbers;
• Bay leaf;
• dill; 2 tablespoons salt;
• Sugar-1 tbsp;
• Water - 1.5 liters;
• Seasonings to taste (cloves, dill, bell peppers, etc.);
• Table vinegar - 2 tablespoons

Then take a pan, the size of which depends on the amount of fruit you have cooked. After this, the cucumbers should be poured and, wrapped in a blanket or towel, leave to cool until the water is not just warm.

Meanwhile, take up the sterilization of the cans and when you get the cucumbers, put them in cooked containers. Put garlic, pepper and bay leaf there.

Now pour all the marinade, which is prepared exactly the same way as for the previous recipe. At the same time, you can put in the banks of other spices you have prepared. Add the vinegar. The field of this container should be quickly clogged and, covered with a blanket or towel, let it stand for a while.

A very important point remains the period during which the ready-made cucumbers under the blanket will stand - try to reduce it to a minimum, otherwise the fruits will turn out to be soft.