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Sauerkraut is always a welcome guest on the table.
And green tomatoes in blanks look very original.
Housewives love to combine two in one to make it even better. Therefore, in the article we will consider recipes for sauerkraut with green tomatoes in several variations.
Green tomatoes with cabbage for the winter is a surprisingly simple and tasty combination of familiar dishes.
In winter, it is necessary to replace the lack of fresh fruits and vegetables. Crispy cabbage comes to the rescue. When fermented, many useful components are formed in it, especially vitamin C. Salting it, pickling it or fermenting it with tomatoes is more useful than just chopping it with carrots.
Useful tips for housewives
There are several ways to ferment a vegetable. Combinations with various spices, spices and additives give the finished dish a different taste. It can be spicy, slightly sour, or sweeter. Therefore, salads with green or brown tomatoes and sauerkraut also differ in their taste.
It is preferable to choose cabbage of late varieties, without signs of spoilage or decay.
To enhance the aroma and taste of the preparation, garlic, onions, dill seeds, herbs and spices, hot peppers and carrots are used. Sauerkraut acquires a special personality in combination with green tomatoes. It is worth considering that you can ferment not only white cabbage. This makes the recipes even more varied.
Another way to increase the amount of pickles is to use different processing options for cabbage forks. They can be chopped using the usual method, cut into pieces or squares, fermented in halves or a whole head of cabbage.
Tomatoes are also used whole, cut into halves, slices or rings.
Before cooking, vegetables are sorted, washed and peeled.
If the workpiece is closed in jars, then they must be pre-washed and sterilized.
Preparations for the winter are often made from already sour cabbage, adding unripe tomatoes to it. Or you can ferment vegetables at the same time in one bowl. Consider recipes for different options.
Ready-made cabbage salad with green tomatoes
To prepare a delicious salad for the winter, you will need to ferment the cabbage in advance in the usual way. When the cabbage is ready, let's start preparing the green tomatoes. It is best to take all medium-sized fruits.
Wash the green tomatoes well and put them in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Then immediately cool in cold water and remove the peel.
Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
Peel the onion and cut into even rings.
Squeeze sauerkraut from the juice.
We lay out vegetables in layers in prepared jars.
Fill with hot marinade and pasteurize at 85 ° C. For half-liter cans, 20 minutes is enough, for liter cans - 30 minutes.
We roll up and send for storage in a cool place.
Ingredient proportions:
- 1.5 kg of ready-made sauerkraut;
- 1kg green tomatoes;
- 1 kg of onions.
We prepare the fill from:
- 1 liter of clean water;
- 1.5 tablespoons of granulated sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of table salt;
- 12 grams of black pepper;
- 3 laurel leaves;
- 4 allspice peas.
The salad turns out to be very beautiful, tasty and healthy.
Harvesting from simultaneously fermented vegetables
In this case, sauerkraut with green tomatoes is prepared by simultaneously pouring brine on vegetables.These recipes are very popular as they do not require additional preparation of vegetables.
For 1 medium head of cabbage we need:
- 4 pieces of medium-sized green tomatoes and garlic cloves;
- 1 bunch of fresh dill and parsley.
We will fill it with brine with such a tab - for 250 ml of water we take 320 grams of coarse salt.
Prepare a container for pickling cabbage with green tomatoes. Wash and dry thoroughly.
Cut the cabbage into 4 parts and blanch in boiling water for 7-8 minutes.
Cut the green tomatoes into circles.
Finely chop the herbs and garlic.
Cooking the brine. Boil water with salt, then cool.
We put vegetables in layers in a prepared container, while sprinkling the layers with a mixture of herbs and garlic.
Fill the cabbage with green tomatoes with brine, put a stand and oppression.
We stand for three days at room temperature.
After that, we transfer to a cool storage place.
Sauerkraut with tomatoes in a multi-colored combination
The unexpected color combination makes the recipe very interesting. To prepare it, you will need not only white cabbage, but also red cabbage, green tomatoes and bright bell peppers. Better if it is yellow, orange or red pepper. Tomatoes will give green color in the preparation. From vegetables, take 1 kg of white cabbage:
- 0.7 kg of red cabbage;
- 0.5 kg of green tomatoes of the same size;
- 0.3 kg of sweet pepper.
Additionally, we need salt (150 grams), vegetable oil (50 ml), black ground pepper (10 grams).
We will prepare the brine from 1 liter of pure water, 50 grams of granulated sugar and 150 grams of coarse salt.
The cooking process is clear and does not require any special skills.
Remove the top leaves from the heads of cabbage and finely chop the cabbage.
Wash the pepper thoroughly, remove the stalk and seeds, cut into thin strips.
We sort out unripe tomatoes, wash, cut into slices of equal size.
Mix vegetables in one saucepan, salt, sprinkle with ground pepper. We put an inverted plate on top and bend.
Cover with a clean cloth and let it ferment for 12 hours at room temperature.
After 12 hours, drain the juice and do not use it in the future. It must be removed so that the contents of the snack are not too sour.
Cooking the brine. Boil water, add salt and sugar, mix until the components are completely dissolved.
We put cabbage with vegetables in sterile jars, fill with boiling brine.
Boil vegetable oil and top up with brine.
Let's wait until the cabbage has cooled down, close it with lids and move it to a prepared place for storing the workpiece. It should be cool enough. At this point, the sauerkraut with green tomatoes is ready and ready to be served.
The described recipes have been tested by many housewives and have earned their approval. If you have your own way of pickling cabbage, you can cook the vegetable separately. Then combine the already sauerkraut crispy cabbage with milk-ripened tomatoes and cork up a delicious salad. Such blanks are instantly eaten and are liked by children and adults. Feel free to try new options to diversify your diet during the winter months.
