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The Tsar's eggplant appetizer for the winter is a delicious and original preparation, which is very popular among housewives. The dish has an appetizing aroma and rich taste, it is considered low-calorie and very healthy. There are several options for preparing an appetizer, everyone can choose a recipe according to their preferences.
The subtleties of cooking royally eggplant appetizers
There are a large number of recipes for winter eggplant preparations. The fruit is fried, stewed, pickled, frozen, baked, dried, and even fermented. It goes well with almost all vegetable crops, it is often used as the main ingredient in preservation, and the "royal eggplant snack" for many is one of their favorite dishes in the cold season.
- only fresh and high-quality vegetables should be involved in cooking;
- overripe fruits must be peeled before cooking;
- to remove the bitterness from the skin of the eggplant, the vegetable should be washed, cut off the edges, and soaked in salted water for 30 minutes;
- for recipes with fried eggplant, it is recommended to cut the fruits, salt and squeeze the juice after 20 minutes. So, during the heat treatment, the oil will not splash;
- after frying, it is better to put the product on a paper towel to remove excess fat;
- the vegetable does not contain acid, therefore, it is advisable to add vinegar (table, apple, wine) to the royal eggplant appetizer, which serves not only as a preservative, but also as a flavoring addition;
- before unfolding the royal blank, jars and lids must be sterilized;
- it is better to seal the jars immediately, while the appetizer is hot.
Vegetable selection rules
All the vegetables for canning included in the recipe for the royal eggplant snack for the winter must be pre-processed. For harvesting, only dense, not sluggish, fruits without signs of spoilage are suitable. When choosing eggplant, you should pay attention to their color and appearance: high-quality fruits do not have cracks on the surface, they are distinguished by a uniform purple color without a brown tint. For royal salad, it is advisable to choose varieties without seeds.
Only high quality eggplants should be used for seaming.
Before cooking, all raw materials should be washed well, the stalks should be cut off, if necessary, the peel should be removed.
Preparing dishes
Before you start preparing the royal snack, it is recommended to check and prepare the dishes for preservation. The glass container must be intact, without cracks or chips on the neck. It is advisable to use lacquered covers with a yellow surface. Each should have a rubber ring inside. After checking the quality of the dishes, the jars must be thoroughly washed with soda and rinsed with hot water, the lids must be boiled for 3-4 minutes.
Before laying out the finished dish, each jar must be sterilized. To do this, you can choose any method:
- over the steam kettle;
- in a microwave oven;
- in the oven;
- in a saucepan of boiling water.
It is possible to sterilize already filled jars.To do this, they need to be lowered into a container with water so that it reaches half of the container, and boiled for about half an hour.
Royal eggplant recipes for the winter
In the recipes for a royal eggplant snack for the winter, additional ingredients are usually tomatoes, peppers, onions, carrots, cabbage and zucchini. Beans are often added to the dish. Legumes go well with this vegetable. During the preparation of the royal blank, you can experiment, select sauces and spices at your discretion, add or exclude certain components (except for the main one).
A simple royally eggplant appetizer for the winter
The recipe includes:
- eggplant - 3 kg;
- sweet pepper - 2 kg;
- tomato juice - 1.5 l;
- head of garlic;
- vegetable oil - 350 ml;
- vinegar - 240 ml;
- salt - 100 g;
- half a glass of sugar.
Chopped garlic spices up the dish
Recipe:
- Rinse the eggplants with water, dry, cut off the stalks. It is advisable to peel large or overripe fruits.
- Chop arbitrarily, transfer to a deep bowl, salt and leave in this form for a quarter of an hour. Then wash well and squeeze.
- Rinse the pepper, remove the seeds and stalk, cut into cubes.
- Peel the garlic, chop into small pieces.
- Combine vegetables with tomato juice and other ingredients.
- Simmer for half an hour.
- Spread the royal appetizer in sterilized jars, twist, leave to cool upside down under the blanket.
Royale appetizer with fried eggplant for the winter
Foods needed to prepare snacks:
- eggplant - 1 kg;
- tomatoes - 1 kg;
- bulgarian pepper - 1 kg;
- a bunch of parsley;
- sunflower oil - 1/3 cup;
- vinegar - 65 ml;
- salt - 3 tbsp. l .;
- a pinch of black pepper.
Eggplants have a low calorie content and are part of the diet.
Cooking steps:
- Cut the washed main ingredient into rings, sprinkle with salt, and stand for half an hour.
- Drain the juice and fry on both sides in vegetable oil.
- Grind tomatoes with herbs in a blender, salt and pepper.
- Fry the onion cut into half rings until tender with large slices of pepper.
- Arrange the eggplants in jars, sprinkle with onions and peppers.
- Pour over tomato sauce.
- Sterilize covered for 5 minutes.
- Close hermetically, turn over, wrap up.
Tsar's preparation for the winter of eggplant in tomato
Required components:
- eggplant - 3 kg;
- tomatoes - 3 kg;
- a couple of heads of garlic;
- jalapeno - pod;
- sugar - 1 glass;
- salt - 75 g;
- vinegar - 45 ml;
- sunflower oil - 1/3 cup.
After seaming, the cans should be turned over
Sequencing:
- Wash the tomatoes, blanch, peel, chop.
- Cook for 20 minutes over low heat with the addition of spices and oil.
- Pour the eggplant rings pre-soaked in salted water with the resulting juice.
- Simmer for a quarter of an hour.
- Put chopped garlic and jalapenos in a snack, add vinegar, simmer for 5 minutes.
- Arrange in sterile jars, roll up the lids, turn over, cover until it cools completely.
Tsar's appetizer for the winter with beans and eggplants
Ingredients that make up the dish:
- eggplant - 2 kg;
- tomatoes - 1.5 kg;
- onions - 0.8 kg;
- garlic - 7 cloves;
- carrots - 0.8 kg;
- beans - 0.5 kg;
- vinegar - 150 ml;
- oil - 240 ml;
- a pinch of ground pepper;
- salt and sugar to taste.
It is better to cook the workpiece in an aluminum pan.
Cooking process:
- Clean, if necessary, peeled eggplants, cut into cubes, mix with salt and stand for 30-40 minutes. Squeeze the resulting juice.
- Remove the skin from the blanched tomatoes, chop randomly, combine with chopped garlic, cook for 3 minutes.
- Chop the peeled carrots on a grater with large cloves.
- Finely chop the onion.
- Cut the washed peeled peppers into cubes.
- Wash the beans soaked for 24 hours, boil until tender, avoiding changes in shape.
- Add all vegetables, oil, spices to the tomatoes, cook for a quarter of an hour.
- Add the beans, cook for another 10 minutes.
- Arrange the salad in prepared containers, roll up with metal lids, cool.
A royally spicy appetizer of eggplant and cabbage
For a spicy royal snack you will need:
- eggplant - 2 kg;
- white cabbage - 0.6 kg;
- two carrots;
- chili pepper - 2 pcs.;
- garlic - 5 cloves;
- vinegar - 6 tbsp. l .;
- vegetable oil - 1 glass;
- salt.
Salad gets an interesting taste with cabbage
Step-by-step cooking instructions:
- Rinse the vegetables with water and peel them off.
- Cut the eggplants into slices, put in a saucepan filled with salted water, cook for about 5 minutes.
- Put in a colander to stack the broth.
- Chop the cabbage into small strips. Simmer in hot oil, covered for 40 minutes.
- Grind chili with garlic and carrots in a blender. Mix with cabbage and simmer for another 10-15 minutes.
- Add salt and sugar to the finished royal eggplants, pour in vinegar, mix well, cook for 2 minutes.
- In pre-sterilized containers, lay out eggplants and a mixture of vegetables in layers, tighten with lids, and let cool upside down.
Tsar's eggplant salad with bell pepper
The composition of the dish:
- eggplant - 10 kg;
- sweet pepper - 3 kg;
- hot pepper - 5 pods;
- a couple of heads of garlic;
- vegetable oil - 800 ml;
- 2 cups sugar;
- salt - 200 g;
- vinegar (9%) - 300 ml;
- water - 3 l.
The salad can be served on a slice of bread
Cooking process:
- Wash the eggplants, cut off the stalk. Peel large or overripe fruits.
- Cut into small cubes, place in a deep container, sprinkle with salt and leave in this state for 15 minutes, then wash well and squeeze.
- Wash the bell pepper, remove the stalk and seeds, cut into strips.
- Cut hot pepper without seeds into thin slices.
- Squeeze the peeled garlic through a garlic press.
- Pour water into a large saucepan. After boiling, add vinegar and oil, sugar and salt.
- Mix eggplant and pepper, blanch in small portions for 5 minutes. Place vegetables in a saucepan.
- Add garlic and hot pepper to the marinade after blanching. Pour the vegetable mixture over it.
- Cook the royal appetizer for 20 minutes.
- Put in pre-prepared jars.
- Sterilize for no longer than half an hour.
- Roll up the lids. Allow to cool upside down under a blanket.
Terms and conditions of storage
A hermetically sealed container with a ready-made royal snack, heat-treated in compliance with all the rules, is well preserved in room conditions. But even better, the workpiece is stored in a cool dry room (at temperatures from 0 to +15 °FROM).
Its safe shelf life also depends on the location of home preservation. Provided that the jars are in the cellar or refrigerator, they can be stored for up to two years. An appetizer that hibernates at room temperature, it is advisable to open within six months after preparation.
If stored improperly, lettuce may lose its taste, and vegetables may partially soften.
Conclusion
The Tsar's eggplant appetizer for the winter is easy to prepare and has excellent taste. The blank can be served as an independent dish or as an appetizer for fish or meat. The original taste of eggplant royally will delight even gourmet gourmets.
