Georgian cucumber recipes for the winter: 7 most delicious salads

Georgian cucumber salad for the winter is an original spicy appetizer. It can be prepared quickly and consists of simple ingredients. There are several varieties of this blank. Everyone can choose an option to their liking.

Rules for cooking cucumbers in Georgian for the winter

Sluggish or rotten foods will not make a tasty preparation for the winter. Tomatoes must be ripe, juicy, bright red. Then the filling will turn out not only tasty, but also beautiful.

Cucumbers should also be strong and firm. Their size only affects the appearance of the finished dish. You can even use overgrown fruits that can no longer be preserved separately. It is important to cut them thinly so that they marinate well.

Spices are actively used in Georgian cuisine. It is not recommended to remove them from the recipe, but you can change them to taste, for example, put less chili to reduce the spiciness.

The dish contains vegetable oil. It can be sunflower or olive, but in any case it must be refined, odorless.

Classic Georgian cucumber salad

According to this recipe, Georgian cucumber salad for the winter turns out to be very fragrant. Vegetables cooked in tomato juice remain crispy.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 1 kg;
• tomatoes - 300 g;
• garlic - 1 head;
• granulated sugar - 1 tbsp. l .;
• salt to taste;
• vinegar 9% - 2 tbsp. l .;
• vegetable oil - 0.5 tbsp.

Cooking according to the classic recipe:

1. Peel the tomatoes and chop with a meat grinder or blender.
2. Combine everything in a saucepan except the garlic and cucumbers.
3. Wait for the mixture to boil and keep it on low heat for 10 minutes.
4. At this time, chop the garlic and cut the cucumbers into cubes. Place in a saucepan and stir.
5. Let it boil again and simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes.
6. Spread the blank for the winter in sterile jars, cork and wrap it with a blanket.

In winter, this spicy appetizer will take its rightful place even on the New Year's table.

Georgian cucumbers for the winter without sterilization

If you plan to eat a snack in the near future, you can use apple cider vinegar or wine vinegar instead of regular vinegar. Chili is added to this recipe, as hot seasonings act as a preservative and reduce the rate of bacterial growth.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 1.3 kg;
• tomatoes - 1 kg;
• bulgarian pepper - 4 pcs.;
• red hot pepper - 1 pc .;
• garlic - 80 g;
• granulated sugar - 100 g;
• salt - 1 tbsp. l .;
• vinegar - 40 ml;
• vegetable oil - 70 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Grind the washed and peeled tomatoes with a meat grinder or blender. Send to a saucepan and turn on a small fire.
2. Twist the garlic and both peppers.
3. Pour the twisted vegetables and other ingredients into a saucepan. Cook for 10 minutes without letting the mixture boil too much.
4. Cut the cucumbers into rings and place in a simmering salad. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Place the workpiece in jars and seal.

Georgian spicy cucumbers for the winter

For lovers of spicy, this recipe will make the most delicious Georgian cucumbers for the winter.The amount of seasonings can be adjusted as desired.

Ingredients:

• tomatoes - 1 kg;
• cucumbers - 2 kg;
• sunflower oil - 0.5 cups;
• vinegar 9% - 100 ml;
• sugar - 100 g;
• salt - 2 tbsp. l .;
• garlic - 4 heads;
• to taste: chili, coriander, suneli hops.

Preparation:

1. Chop tomatoes (peel off first) and chili.
2. Mix loose ingredients and sunflower oil with chopped vegetables in a metal container. Turn on a low heat and cook for 20 minutes, not letting it boil too much.
3. Cut the cucumbers into thin rings. Chop the garlic.
4. Add hops-suneli, coriander and vinegar to boiling tomato sauce. After a couple of minutes, add chopped vegetables.
5. Boil for 10 minutes, remove from the stove and put the Georgian salad in glass jars.

Georgian cucumber salad recipe with herbs

Greens are interesting to complement vegetables in tomato sauce. The recipe uses ready-made sauce. It can be replaced with diluted tomato paste.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 2 kg;
• tomato sauce - 200 ml;
• water - 1.5 l;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• parsley, dill - in a small bunch;
• salt - 2 tbsp. l. with a slide;
• granulated sugar - 200 g;
• vinegar 9% - 200 ml;
• black peppercorns - 15 pcs.;
• allspice - 10 pcs.;
• cloves - 5 pcs.

Cooking steps:

1. Dissolve sugar, salt in water, add sauce. Boil, pour in vinegar and set aside.
2. Cut the cucumbers into circles, chop the parsley and dill not too finely.
3. In clean jars, evenly spread the garlic cloves, cloves, peppercorns and herbs. Place cucumber slices on top and cover with brine.
4. Sterilize the filled jars in a saucepan with hot water and roll them up under the lids.

Georgian cucumbers for the winter: a recipe with tomato paste

If there are no fresh tomatoes, a Georgian snack for the winter can be made with tomato paste. It will take less time.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 1.7 kg;
• tomato paste - 150 g;
• garlic - 100 g;
• vinegar 9% - 80 ml;
• granulated sugar - 70 g;
• salt - 1 tbsp. l .;
• sunflower oil - 70 ml.

Cooking method:

1. Dissolve the tomato paste in a third of a glass of water and pour into a saucepan.
2. Add sugar, salt, refined oil immediately after boiling. Cook for about 5 minutes without bringing to a high boil.
3. Chop the garlic, cut the cucumbers into thin slices and put them in a boiling liquid.
4. Pour vinegar there and simmer vegetables over low heat for several minutes.
5. Pack the mass into jars and close them.

Georgian canned cucumbers with carrots for the winter

If you add carrots to the preparation, a Georgian cucumber salad will look more elegant.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 1 kg;
• tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l .;
• garlic - 1 head;
• carrots - 2 pcs.;
• chili pepper - 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil - 50 ml;
• vinegar 9% - 100 ml;
• water - 1 glass;
• sugar - 1 tbsp. l .;
• salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the washed and peeled carrots into strips.
2. Cut the cucumbers into round slices.
3. Chop the chili and garlic teeth.
4. Combine all ingredients, except for tomato paste and water, in a saucepan. Turn on low heat.
5. Dilute the paste and pour the contents of the pan into it.
6. Wait until the mass begins to boil slightly, and cook for 15 minutes, not allowing it to boil more. Pack in glass jars.

Georgian cucumber salad with bell pepper and cilantro

Sweet peppers and herbs will diversify the taste of vegetable preparation for the winter in Georgian style.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 2 kg;
• tomatoes - 1 kg;
• bell pepper - 1 kg;
• cilantro - a small bunch;
• Svan or Adyghe salt - 2.5 tbsp. l .;
• garlic - 3 heads;
• sugar - 5 tbsp. l .;
• sunflower oil - 150 ml;
• vinegar essence - 2 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the washed pepper into strips.
2. Scald the tomatoes, peeled and cut into slices.
3. Put the chopped vegetables in a saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes over low heat.
4. While the mixture is stewing, cut the cucumbers into semicircular slices, chop the cilantro, chop the garlic not too finely.
5. Put all the remaining ingredients in a saucepan with boiling vegetables.
6. Mix thoroughly and cook for 5 minutes.
7. Place the hot workpiece in clean jars. Put them on the lids, cover with a blanket and leave overnight until they cool completely.

Storage rules

Mold or rust on canned food can be an unpleasant surprise. In order for pickled cucumbers in Georgian to be preserved for a long time, it is necessary:

• make sure that the jars and lids are sterile;
• store blanks at a temperature of 8-10 degrees Celsius to prevent microorganisms from multiplying;
• do not leave jars in the light - this destroys vitamins;
• make sure that the covers are not exposed to moisture or rust. Rust on the vegetables will make them inedible.

Conclusion

Those who have tried Georgian cucumber salad for the winter will surely remember its unusual spicy taste. This preparation will become a spicy addition to pasta or mashed potatoes, an appetizing garnish for meat, and will make a splash at a festive feast. Georgian-style blanks in sterilized jars can be stored until spring.

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