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There are a lot of unripe tomato snacks. Fresh fruits are unsuitable for consumption, but in salads or stuffed amazingly delicious. Pickled green tomatoes are prepared with different fillings.
It can be spices, herbs, other vegetables. In any case, the result is always excellent. Let's get acquainted with the options for cooking pickled stuffed green tomatoes.
The nuances of pickling unripe tomatoes
We pay special attention to the selection of fruits for pickling. Green tomatoes should be:
- Not too small. Stuffing very small tomatoes will not work, and their taste will not be of very high quality. Therefore, we take tomatoes of medium size and preferably the same.
- Not quite green. For fermentation choose slightly white or brown tomatoes. If there are no such ones, and you have to ferment too green ones, then they can be consumed no earlier than in a month.
- Whole, intact, without any signs of spoilage and decay. Otherwise, the taste of the workpiece will be worse and the shelf life of pickled tomatoes will be significantly reduced.
Tomatoes selected for pickling and stuffing must be thoroughly washed.
The second important question is - in what container to ferment green stuffed tomatoes?
Initially, oak barrels were considered the most convenient container. But stuffed tomatoes fermented in glass bottles, an enamel pot or bucket is no worse. And in city apartments this is the most convenient and familiar container. Therefore, housewives ferment tomatoes in plastic buckets and enamel pans of different sizes.
Before laying the tomatoes, 1/3 of the herbs and spices are placed on the bottom of the dish, then the stuffed tomatoes, herbs and spices are alternated in layers.
The brine should completely cover the green stuffed tomatoes.
Now let's move on to the description of popular recipes for pickled stuffed tomatoes.
Classic version
For the classic recipe, you need 3 kg of green tomatoes of approximately the same size.
For the filling, take:
- 1 pod of hot pepper;
- 10 cloves of garlic;
- 1 medium carrot;
- 1 bunch of traditional greens - parsley and dill.
My green tomatoes and cut with a cross, but not completely.
Wash, peel, chop the carrots. A food processor or grater will do.
If we use a harvester, put pepper, garlic and herbs in the same place.
If we work with a grater, then finely chop the remaining components with a knife.
Mix pepper, garlic and herbs in a separate container.
We fill the cut green tomatoes with a teaspoon, putting the filling into each fruit.
We immediately put the stuffed tomatoes in a bucket or saucepan for pickling. You can put small vegetables in a bottle, large ones are inconvenient to get out.
Let's prepare the brine.
Proportions per 1 liter of boiling water:
- 1 tablespoon each of vinegar and granulated sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of salt.
For 3 kg of green stuffed tomatoes, about 2 liters of brine is used.
Cool the solution to 70 ° C and fill in the vegetables.
We put oppression so that they do not float, the brine should cover the tomatoes.
Now the stuffed green tomatoes need warmth. If the room temperature is not lower than 20 ° C, then this is good. If it is lower, then you can move the workpiece closer to the heating devices. After 4 days, our pickled green tomatoes stuffed with spices and herbs are ready. You can try!
Pickled green tomatoes stuffed with greens
This type of harvesting for the winter requires choosing a suitable variety of tomatoes and preparing greens for the filling. The best for this recipe is "cream" of approximately equal size.
In the marinade, we need black currant leaves, dill umbrellas, tarragon, horseradish leaves.
We will make minced meat from celery and parsley with garlic.
We will wash the cans with soda and sterilize them, we will already have them ready in advance.
Before pickling, wash the green cream tomatoes.
Before pickling and stuffing, blanch the tomatoes for 2-3 minutes in boiling water.
We sort out the greens prepared for the filling and wash them. We carefully remove the dried and spoiled leaves. Dry, grind in a blender. Salt the resulting green mass well.
During this time, our cream has cooled down a little, and we begin to stuff it.
With a knife, carefully cut out the places of the stalks, going a little deeper inside the tomato.
Then we fill with green mass, put it tightly in a container for fermentation.
Now let's start preparing the brine.
We will disassemble the greens, wash them, cut them coarsely with a knife.
Boil water and add salt, sugar, spices, herbs to it. Boil the fragrant mixture for 5 minutes, and remove the herbs from the brine. She completed her task, and we will no longer need it. The brine was saturated with the nutritional components of the greenery and its aroma.
Fill the jars with boiling brine to the very top.
We sterilize cans of tomatoes for 15 minutes. At the end, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to each jar and roll up the jars with lids.
We send the preparation for fermentation. After a month, the brine in the jars will become transparent. Now we are already sure that green pickled tomatoes with garlic-green filling are completely ready to eat.
Bell pepper option
A very tasty recipe for harvesting stuffed green tomatoes for the winter. For 10 kg of unripe tomatoes, we need to cook:
- 2 bunches of dill and parsley;
- 1 cup peeled garlic cloves
- 4-5 pieces of red or bright yellow bell pepper;
- 1 pod of hot chili;
- 1 glass of vinegar.
Wash and dry the greens.
Chop the garlic, sweet and hot peppers using a food processor. If cut by hand, it will take a long time.
Pour the minced meat with vinegar, add sugar and salt, mix and set aside for 1 hour to marinate.
We cut the tomatoes at this time, and when the filling is ready, we lay it out in each fruit. Be sure to squeeze the stuffed tomato with your hands to remove excess vinegar.
Put the tomatoes in sterile liter jars.
We put 1 tablet of aspirin in each.
We prepare the brine from 5 liters of clean water. Boil the water and add 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup each of salt and vinegar.
Fill the jars with boiling brine, roll them up and send them for storage in a cool room.
Tomatoes according to this recipe are beautiful and very tasty.
There are enough options for making pickled green stuffed tomatoes for any taste. You can find more spicy or sweeter, acidic or neutral. When in doubt, prepare a small container to taste. Then choose the one you like the most.
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