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Autumn cucumber salad for the winter turns out to be beautiful, mouth-watering, and most importantly - delicious. This dish is prepared in different ways, but the main ingredient is the same - cucumbers. Those that are not suitable for pickling and salting are suitable for cooking.
The dish looks appetizing and goes well with different side dishes
Selecting and preparing vegetables
In the simplest recipe for making Autumn salad, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers and onions are used. In some variations, it is recommended to add carrots and cabbage. The simpler version is not inferior in taste and appearance, and is prepared very quickly and easily.
It is worth noting that the recipe indicates the amount of spices per 1 liter can. the ratio of vegetables is arbitrary - depending on the tastes and preferences of family members.
Cucumbers of non-standard shapes and sizes are suitable for preparing salad. Large, crooked - any, in the salad they will be sliced. This rule also applies to the rest of the ingredients.
Tomatoes and peppers should be ripe, but not overripe. The preparation of vegetables is as follows:
- all fruits must be rinsed well and lightly dried on a paper towel;
- before cooking, cucumbers need to be soaked in cold water for half an hour, this time is enough to rid the fruit of bitterness, peeling of the skin will help;
- when selecting tomatoes, strong ripe fruits of any size and shape are chosen, the main thing is that they do not have rotten spots;
- bell peppers can also be any of those that are not suitable for other blanks, the fruits can be of any color, but orange and red look best in the salad - they also remove the stalk and cleanse the seeds.
Required Ingredients
In the classic version, a minimal set of ingredients is used to prepare a salad for the winter with Autumn cucumbers. It is permissible to add vegetables to your liking. It can be white cabbage and carrots. The salad will only benefit from this, it will become more saturated.
The amount of vegetables you eat depends on your taste preferences. Someone likes a salad, where the leading role is given to cucumbers, someone loves tomatoes more. The quantitative ratio of the ingredients is not of fundamental importance.
Ingredients:
- fresh cucumbers;
- tomatoes;
- sweet pepper;
- onion;
- salt - 1 tsp;
- sugar - 2 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.
Cooking Autumn cucumber salad for the winter
Step by step recipe:
- Cut prepared vegetables: tomatoes and cucumbers - into slices; onions - in half rings, pulp of bell pepper - in thin strips.
- Place the chopped vegetables in a sterile dry jar in layers so that they do not reach the very top.
- Sprinkle salt and sugar on top of the vegetable layers. Cover the jars with lids and sterilize for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, pour oil into the jar and continue sterilization for another 15 minutes.
- Cork the jars, turn the neck down and cover with a blanket. Leave it overnight.
Storage terms and rules
Since vinegar is not added to the salad, and the main preservative is salt, sugar and oil, this type of preparation should be stored in a cool place for the winter. This can be a cellar, a niche under a window in an apartment, an insulated balcony or a refrigerator shelf.
Conclusion
Preparing an autumn cucumber salad for the winter is a great option for using those vegetables that have not been used in other homemade preparations. The salad turns out to be unusually tasty and appetizing.Despite the fact that during the sterilization process a significant part of the beneficial elements is destroyed, the use of Autumn salad stimulates the digestive tract, helps cleanse the intestines and improve appetite.
