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Among all winter preparations, lecho is one of the most demanded. Probably, it is difficult to meet a person who would not like this canned product. The housewives cook it in completely different ways: someone uses "spicy" recipes, while someone relies on sweet cooking options. It is the sweet lecho that will become the object of attention in the proposed article. The best recipes and tips for making such blanks can be found in the section below.
The best recipes for sweet lecho
Various lecho recipes most often based on the use of tomatoes and bell peppers. These two ingredients are traditional for this dish. But there are other variations, for example, lecho with eggplant or zucchini. Preparing a sweet lecho for the winter according to any of these recipes is not at all difficult, the main thing is to know exactly what products are required for this and how to properly handle them.
A simple recipe without vinegar
This recipe for making lecho is great for both experienced housewives and novice cooks. You can preserve several jars of this product in just an hour. And surprisingly, the limited list of products in the recipe allows you to get a delicious preparation for the winter, which will surely please every family member.
List of products
The composition of the product is extremely simple: for 1 kg of sweet Bulgarian peppers, add 150 g of tomato paste (or 300 g of grated fresh tomatoes), 1 tbsp. l. salt and 2 tbsp. l. Sahara.
Cooking process
It is recommended to start the preparation of sweet lecho with the marinade. For this tomato paste diluted with water 1: 1. Pounded fresh tomatoes will have a liquid consistency, so you do not need to add water to them. The liquid component will be the basis of the marinade, to which you need to add salt and sugar, boil it over low heat.
While the marinade is being prepared, you can take care of the peppers themselves: remove the stalk and grains, partitions inside the vegetable. Peeled sweet peppers need to be cut into small squares, about 2-2.5 cm wide. It will be convenient to fill half-liter jars with them, and such a piece will fit perfectly into your mouth.
Pour pieces of pepper into the boiling marinade and boil them for 10 minutes. Then fill the jars with hot product, cover them with lids and sterilize. For half-liter jars, 20 minutes of sterilization will be enough, for liter containers this time should be increased to half an hour.
The finished product must be rolled up or closed with a tight iron lid. You can store the canned workpiece in the cellar. In winter, an open jar of peppers will delight you with its fresh taste and aroma, reminding you of the past warm summer.
Delicious lecho with carrots and onions
This cooking option may seem a little more complicated than the recipe above, since you will have to prepare and combine several vegetables at once. Thanks to this, the taste of the product is very original and interesting, which means that the hostess's efforts will not be in vain.
Necessary products
To prepare a sweet homemade lecho, you will need a pound of tomatoes and the same amount of peppers, 2 medium-sized carrots, one onion, 3-5 black peppercorns, 2 tbsp. l. granulated sugar, bay leaf, 3-4 tablespoons of butter and 1 tsp. salt.
Cooking steps
Having decided to cook lecho according to this recipe, you need to start by preparing pre-washed vegetables:
- tomatoes need to be cut into small cubes;
- peel peppers from grains and stalks. Chop the vegetable with a knife;
- grate or cut into strips of peeled carrots;
- chop the onion into rings.
Having prepared all the vegetable ingredients, you can start cooking lecho. To do this, lightly fry the onions and carrots in a deep frying pan, adding oil to it. Frying these products will take no more than 10 minutes. After this time, add chopped tomatoes and peppers to the pan, as well as salt, sugar and spices. Simmer the mixture of products for 20 minutes, covering the container with a lid. During this time, the vegetable lecho should be stirred regularly. The finished hot product must be placed in pre-sterilized jars and rolled up.
The whole cooking process will take no more than 50 minutes. The only important condition for the implementation of the recipe is the presence of a deep frying pan that can accommodate the entire volume of food. In the absence of such a pan, you can use a saucepan, the bottom of which will be thick enough to warm up the entire volume of the vegetable mixture evenly, without letting it burn.
A simple garlic recipe
Garlic lecho can also be sweet. The thing is that sugar will be added to a certain amount of products, which compensates for the bitterness of garlic. As a result of this combination of products, a very interesting dish for the winter will be obtained.
Grocery list
To prepare sweet lecho with garlic, you will need 3 kg of tomatoes, 1.5 kg of sweet peppers, 7 medium cloves of garlic, 200 g of sugar and only 1 tbsp. l. salt. All of these products are quite affordable for the owner of the garden. For those who do not have their own land, buying food does not require a lot of money.
Cooking lecho
This recipe involves slicing bell peppers into thin strips. Before chopping a vegetable, it must be washed and freed from grains and stalks. The thickness of the strips should be no more than 1 cm.
Tomatoes must be divided into two parts: finely chop one half of the vegetables with a knife, the other half cut into quarters. Pass the peeled garlic through a press.
At the initial stage of cooking, you need to mix the peppers with finely chopped tomatoes and garlic. This mixture must be extinguished for 15 minutes, then large pieces of tomatoes, salt and sugar must be added to the container. After adding all the ingredients, you need to cook the lecho for 30 minutes. Preserve the prepared product for the winter.
Lecho with zucchini
This option for cooking lecho is less popular than the above recipes, but the taste of the zucchini product is in no way inferior to other winter preparations. Preparing such a delicious canning is quite simple. This will require a "simple" set of products and literally 40 minutes of time.
Set of products
Zucchini lecho consists of 1.5 kg of zucchini, 1 kg of ripe tomatoes, 6 bell peppers and 6 onions. For canning, you will also need vegetable oil in a volume of 150 ml, sugar 150 g, 2 tbsp. l. salt and half a glass of 9% vinegar.
Product preparation
The recipe for the winter involves cutting peeled zucchini and bell peppers into strips. Onions for lecho should be cut into half rings, chopped tomatoes with a meat grinder.
You can prepare a marinade for lecho as follows: pour oil into a saucepan, add salt, granulated sugar, vinegar. As soon as the marinade has boiled, you need to add zucchini to it. After boiling them for 15 minutes, add the onion to the container, after another 5 minutes the pepper. 5 minutes after adding the pepper, add the grated tomatoes to the vegetable mixture. Cook lecho in this composition for 10 minutes, then pack it in sterilized jars and preserve.
Squash lecho will surely surprise the taster with its tenderness and aroma. Having cooked it once, the hostess will definitely take this recipe into service.
Eggplant recipe
Along with eggplant caviar, you can put lecho with this vegetable.This product has excellent taste and delicate texture. Lecho with eggplant is an excellent preparation for the winter for the whole family.
Necessary products
To prepare a delicious lecho, you will need 2 kg of tomatoes, 1.5 kg of sweet peppers and the same amount of eggplants. Sunflower oil for one recipe is used in the amount of 200 ml, sugar in the amount of 250 g, as well as 1.5 tsp. salt and 100 g of vinegar.
Preparation
You need to start cooking lecho with tomatoes. They should be washed and chopped with a meat grinder. Cook the resulting tomato puree for 20 minutes. This time can be used to peel and cut the rest of the vegetables. So, peppers need to be freed from seeds and cut into strips, chop the eggplant into cubes.
After 20 minutes of cooking, add pepper and eggplant, as well as sugar, vinegar and oil, and salt to the tomatoes. Lecho should be stewed for 30 minutes. Roll the finished product into jars and store in the cellar.
Cooked eggplant lecho will be an ideal snack and addition to various vegetable and meat dishes. You can find out another recipe for sweet lecho in the video:
A detailed guide will allow even novice cooks to prepare the necessary amount of a tasty product for the winter.
The autumn season is especially rich in various healthy foods. On the beds, vegetables ripen now and then, which are very important to skillfully preserve for the winter. Tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and eggplants can be used to make lecho. This preparation option will be optimal, since such preservation in winter can complement absolutely any dish and will always become a desirable product on the table. Cooking lecho is very simple, and eating it is very tasty.
