Cauliflower is a unique vegetable. Gardeners love it not only for its nutritional value, but also for its decorative effect. Cauliflower fits perfectly into the garden landscape. And cauliflower snacks on the table are always a holiday. Of course, she cannot bypass the popularity rating of white cabbage, but preparations for the winter are becoming more and more in demand. Unusual curly heads, extraordinary color, piquant taste with a sharp edge - this is what we will talk about in the article. Of course, this is Armenian-style salted cauliflower.
It is very convenient and easy to prepare it for the winter, so that there is a beautiful tasty cauliflower on your everyday or festive table.
Features of cooking cauliflower
Boiled heads of cauliflower are used for food. These are modified inflorescences that everyone loves to eat with butter or sauce. The heads are pre-boiled, and then they can be salted, stewed, fried, pickled. Any kind of processing is already done in a mixture with other vegetables, meat, eggs, potatoes. It is pickled and salted neat or in combination with other healthy vegetables. Any dish turns out to be very tasty and nutritious.
Let's start cooking salted kale in Armenian. Having tried this blank once, you will try to make it every year at least a little. Cauliflower salting does not require special knowledge and skills, so even novice cooks will be able to cope with it. It is important to choose the right main ingredient. Ripe cauliflower is taken dense, without darkening and blackheads.
The inflorescences should be white, uniform, firmly attached to the cuttings.
Recall that the vegetable must be boiled beforehand. But for this recipe for salting in Armenian, you don't even have to do that. What do we need? The amount of ingredients is given for 2 kg of cauliflower:
- one kilogram of juicy and bright carrots;
- one package (20 g) dried celery;
- approximately 4 heads of garlic (take the amount according to your preferences);
- ten pieces of bay leaves;
- a few peas of bitter black pepper;
- two tablespoons of regular table salt;
- six liters of clean water.
In addition, pick up a container. Everything will do:
- glass bottle;
- kitchen pan;
- Plastic container;
- small bucket;
- small keg.
Wash thoroughly, clean dishes and wipe dry. It's good if you put it in the sun. And the microbes will scatter, and you will nourish the container with light.
For pickling, you will need oppression or weight. A glass bottle of water is suitable if we marinate in a saucepan or bucket, or a stone that has been previously washed for the rest of the container.
Vegetables (cabbage, carrots, garlic) must be washed. Peel the carrots and garlic, cut into pieces. Remove green leaves from commercial cauliflower, divide it into inflorescences.
Prepare the brine. Seasonings, salt, garlic are added to the water and the mixture is brought to a boil. Then marinade cool slightly. It is not recommended to throw vegetables into hot water, the optimum temperature of the marinade is 40 ° C.
Arrange vegetables in glass jars or other containers, pour marinade over. The water should cover the contents.
Cover the workpiece with a plate or a wooden circle, lay a clean cloth on top, put oppression.
You need to insist the snack in Armenian for a week at room temperature. Then send it for storage in a cool basement or refrigerator. That's it, now in winter you yourself can feast on cauliflower and treat your guests with it.
Armenian dish options
Of course, there is not the only recipe for an Armenian snack. They all have a pungent spicy taste.But the addition of boiled cauliflower to the seasoning makes the dish completely unique. Pickled kale will add tenderness and originality to the familiar spice of Armenian cuisine. How else can you make a salty cauliflower appetizer in Armenian?
Here with the help of such products:
- two kilograms of medium "heads of cabbage";
- 700-800 grams of juicy carrots;
- 180-200 grams of peeled garlic;
- 200 ml of vegetable oil and vinegar;
- 40 grams of table salt;
- 100 grams of sugar;
- 11 grams of ground red and black pepper.
Let's get down to the process. Divide the cauliflower, and blanch the inflorescences in boiling water for no more than 3 minutes. How to blanch inflorescences correctly? To do this, pour water into a saucepan and salt it. The optimal amount of salt is 1 teaspoon per liter of liquid. As soon as the brine boils, carefully lower the prepared vegetable into the water.
We keep the inflorescences in boiling water for 3-4 minutes, then transfer them with a slotted spoon to prepared jars for salting.
While the inflorescences are blanching, we have time to grate the carrots on a medium grater. At the time of placing the boiled cauliflower in a container, transfer its layers with grated carrots and garlic.
Preparing the marinade for pouring. Mix vinegar with vegetable oil, salt, sugar and ground pepper. Mix well and pour in vegetables. We close the jars with nylon lids and send the Armenian snack to the refrigerator.
Salted cauliflower in Armenian with beets looks very beautiful. The unusual shade of the dish instantly attracts the attention of guests.
For 4 kg of vegetable, prepare:
- 1.5 kg of carrots;
- 3 pieces of medium-sized beets;
- 3 hot pepper pods;
- 2 heads of peeled garlic;
- one large horseradish root;
- one bunch of dill and parsley;
- 10 pieces of bay leaves;
- peppercorns to taste.
We will definitely need a pickle. It is prepared from one liter of water and two tablespoons of salt.
We divide the cauliflower into inflorescences, cut the rest of the vegetables into large pieces, chop the greens finely. For such a recipe, it is better to take a tub or bucket. We put all the components in layers, sprinkling with spices. As soon as we put everything in, pour the vegetables with brine, which we cook by boiling. The water should cover the layers. Press down with oppression, keep it warm for 3-5 days, then move it to a cooler place. After a week, serve.
Any recipe will not take long to prepare, and it will give you more than enough pleasure. Try it, add your own ingredients.
First try on a small amount, perhaps you will find your own unique recipe for marinating cauliflower in Armenian.
