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Cucumbers are versatile in processing. The fruits are pickled and salted whole, included in the assortment with other vegetables. Cucumber salad for the winter Winter's Tale is one of the ways to prepare vegetables at home with a quick, easy-to-use technology. The product is delicious, the ingredients harmoniously complement each other.
Vegetables for processing are ripe, without signs of decay
Selecting and preparing vegetables
Cucumbers are used medium to small in size, not overripe. They are processed together with the peel, so there should be no dark spots, soft dents and areas of decay on the surface. It is better to use varieties bred specifically for salting. Before making a salad, the fruits are placed in cold water for a couple of hours.
Tomatoes and peppers are also selected fresh, without damage, at the stage of biological ripeness. The vegetables are washed in warm water, the stalk is removed from the pepper and the core with seeds is taken out.
Required Ingredients
Peppers are used in any color to make the workpiece look beautiful, you can mix green, yellow and red. Vegetable oil is preferably olive oil, but it is not cheap; a more economical alternative is refined sunflower oil. Coarse table salt is suitable for preparation, without additives.
A set of necessary ingredients for the Winter's Tale salad:
- cucumbers - 3 kg;
- sweet peppers –10 pcs.;
- tomatoes - 3 kg;
- sugar - 300 g;
- garlic - 300 g;
- vinegar - 120 ml;
- oil - 130 ml;
- salt - 3 tbsp. l.
If preference is given to a spicy taste, green hot peppers can be included in the composition or ground red can be added.
Step-by-step recipe for cucumber salad Winter's Tale for the winter
To get the Winter's Tale salad with a balanced taste with a long shelf life, it is recommended to observe not only the proportions of the recipe, but also the sequence of its preparation.
Canned fresh cucumber salad Winter's Tale is obtained using the following technology:
- Cut the cucumbers into slices (about 2 mm thick) and pour the raw materials into a separate bowl.
- Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and peel them off.
- Peppers and tomatoes are cut into parts convenient for an electric meat grinder, passed along with garlic.
- Pour a homogeneous mass into a saucepan with a double bottom or non-stick coating, keep on fire until it boils.
- All the remaining components (except for cucumbers) are introduced into the boiling workpiece, the mixture boils for 10 minutes, it is constantly stirred.
- Then the cooked cucumbers are poured, they are completely immersed in the marinade and the salad is boiled for another 15 minutes.
Winter's Tale salad is packaged only in pre-sterilized jars and rolled up with lids.
After that, the cans are placed on the neck. They are carefully insulated with improvised means: a blanket, jackets or a blanket. Leave the cucumbers in this form for 48 hours.
Storage terms and rules
Winter's Tale salad undergoes sufficient hot processing, so there are no problems with storage. If the technology and proportions are observed, and the jars with lids are pre-processed, the cucumbers can be kept in an ordinary pantry at room temperature. Cucumbers will be usable for at least two years.
Conclusion
Cucumber salad for the winter Winter's Tale is served with a potato side dish, used as an independent snack. The product retains useful substances for a long time. If there is no hot pepper in the preparation, cucumbers can be included in the children's diet.
