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Eggplant is versatile in processing. They are canned with marinade, fermented in containers, and salted eggplants are made under pressure with a set of preferred ingredients. There are quite a lot of recipes for making blue ones, below are several popular options with simple technology and minimal costs.
Pickled eggplant stuffed with vegetables
Features of cooking eggplant under pressure for the winter
Preliminary salting of vegetables under oppression is done in a wide bowl, only then they are laid out in glass jars. Particular attention is paid to the material of the container. Cookware should not be aluminum, copper, galvanized steel, or non-food grade plastic. The best option is enameled or glass containers.
Salted eggplants for storage for the winter are taken out from under the press, packaged in cans, and closed with an iron or nylon lid. Metallic ones are more preferable, seaming will ensure complete tightness. Without oxygen, the shelf life of salted eggplants increases. For this method, jars must be sterilized along with iron lids.
The recipes offer a recommended, but not required, set of ingredients. In the process of cooking blue ones for the winter under oppression with garlic, you can add something of your own. They increase or decrease hot seasonings, but the ratio of salt and the amount of vinegar (if specified in the technology) must be observed.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
From low-quality products, cooking whole eggplants salted for the winter under the press will not work tasty. Blue ones are of medium size, small fruits are not ripe enough, so the taste will be much worse. Overripe vegetables have tough skins, coarse flesh, and hard seeds. Even after boiling, the quality of overripe specimens will not improve.
Pay attention to the appearance of the eggplant. For winter harvesting, fruits are chosen with a flat surface, without spots, soft depressions and signs of decay. Vegetables do not require special processing, they are washed, the stalk is cut off. Before laying under oppression, eggplants are boiled until cooked in salted water.
Eggplant blanks under oppression for the winter
There are many recipes, choose any of them to taste. There is a classic version only with garlic and salt, interesting dishes with the inclusion of carrots and sweet peppers, with the addition of herbs, vinegar, sugar or with notes of Caucasian cuisine. Several of the best recipes for the winter of salted eggplant under oppression for preparing a delicious snack will help you make the right choice.
Salted blue with garlic under pressure for the winter
The traditional way of harvesting will require the following ingredients:
- 1 kg of salted eggplant;
- salt - 3 tbsp. l .;
- garlic to taste;
- water - 0.5 l.
Recipe technology for salted eggplant with garlic under oppression:
- The processed blue ones are boiled in salted water until tender. You can check how cooked the vegetables are by piercing the peel, if the pulp is not tough, remove it from the heat.
- The fruits are laid out side by side on a flat surface covered with a clean cotton napkin, a chopping board and a load are placed on top of them.This measure is necessary to remove excess fluid. Leave the vegetables under pressure until they cool completely.
- Rub the peeled garlic on a fine grater.
- The cooled eggplants are divided in the middle, without cutting to the stalk of 1.5 cm. Vegetables should open like book pages, but at the same time remain intact.
- Put garlic on one part of the blue one, cover with the other half. Placed in a container.
- The brine is diluted in cold water and eggplant is poured.
The classic recipe for salting blue
If salted vegetables are in a saucepan, they are covered with a napkin on top, a plate is put on it, oppression is put on it. When stacked in jars, the brine is poured to the top and covered.
After the salted vegetables have collected a sufficient amount of brine, they are cut into 3 parts, carefully placed in a jar, a little sunflower oil is poured on top or left in the brine.
Pressed salted eggplant with carrots and garlic
A tasty salted preparation for the winter is obtained from stuffed eggplants, soaked under the press. The recipe includes:
- blue;
- carrot;
- bell pepper;
- garlic to taste;
- salt - 3 tablespoons for 0.5 liters of water.
The amount of the main ingredients is not specified: vegetables are taken in equal quantities. A medium blue one holds about 2 tablespoons of the filling.
Eggplants soaked with garlic and carrots under pressure are made according to the following technology:
- Rub the carrots, cut the pepper into longitudinal thin lines, chop the garlic.
- The prepared ingredients are mixed.
- Boil the blue ones until tender, take them out of the pan.
- They are laid on a flat hard surface in a row or in several rows, a cutting board is placed on top, the fruits should be completely under the cover. They put oppression on the board and let it cool for three hours.
- The cooled eggplants are cut lengthwise to the stalk, open and stuffed with the prepared mixture.
- Carefully so that they do not disintegrate, they are placed in a saucepan or container.
- Brine is made and poured.
- Cover the top with a cloth and set the oppression.
The workpiece is infused until cooked at a temperature of +20 0C for 7 days, if the eggplants are immediately sent to the refrigerator - 12-13 days.
Marinated eggplant with garlic
Eggplant salted with garlic can be preserved under oppression, heat treatment will be required according to the recipe, but the method will extend the shelf life of the product. A set of components for processing 3 kg of blue:
- carrots - 5 pcs.;
- garlic - 2-3 heads;
- salt - 100 g;
- apple cider vinegar 6% - 80 ml;
- water - 2 l.
Hot pepper can be added if desired.
The technology of the recipe for preservation for the winter salty blue under oppression:
- The fruits are cut longitudinally and boiled for 5 minutes.
- Take it out of the water, cut into half rings 3 cm wide, sprinkle with salt, place under oppression for 4 hours.
- The vegetables are taken out and washed.
- Grate carrots, chop garlic.
- Combine all vegetables and mix.
- Boil water and make a marinade, pour in eggplants.
Vegetables stuffed with herbs before salting
The oppression is set on top and left for 48 hours. Then the salted products are laid out in sterilized jars, the brine is drained, boiled again, the workpiece is filled to the top with hot, sterilized for 5 minutes and rolled up. Blue ones, aged under pressure, after preservation for the winter are moderately sour, not too salty, their shelf life is extended.
Blue with greens under pressure for the winter
You can make eggplants, salted under oppression, not only with garlic, but also with parsley, dill. A set of products for 1 kg of blue:
- carrots - 2 pcs.;
- bell pepper - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 1 head;
- salt - 1 tbsp. l. for 200 ml of water;
- parsley and dill - 1/2 bunch each.
The sequence of the process does not differ from the cold salting technology:
- Vegetables for the filling are cut into small pieces, the garlic is chopped, the herbs are separated from the branches and chopped, then everything is mixed.
- Boiled eggplants are placed under oppression to release excess moisture.
- Divide the blue ones into 2 parts and stuff them.
- Pour with brine, install the load and put it in the refrigerator.
After a week, the salty product will be ready.
Little blue in Georgian under pressure for the winter in banks
The workpiece will turn out to be spicy, cilantro will add a touch of Caucasian cuisine to the taste. The recipe set is designed for 2 kg of blue. Make a pickle:
- water - 2 l;
- vinegar - 75 ml;
- sugar - 2 tbsp. l .;
- salt - 3 tbsp. l.
For filling:
- garlic - 1 head;
- carrots - 300 g;
- bitter pepper - 1 pc.;
- ground red pepper - 1 tsp;
- cilantro - 1 bunch;
- parsley - 3 sprigs.
Technology:
- Boiled eggplants are placed under a press so that they cool completely and the liquid comes off.
- The brine components are combined in boiling water.
- Grind the filling ingredients and sprinkle with red pepper.
- Fruits are stuffed, placed in a container, poured with brine and a press is installed.
- Refrigerate for 3 days.
Then the salted product is transferred to processed jars, the brine is boiled and the workpiece is poured, rolled up.
Storage terms and rules
The workpiece under polyethylene lids requires special attention, the warm temperature will prolong fermentation, the product will turn out sour at best, and spoil at worst. It is recommended to keep the container in the refrigerator or in the basement, where the temperature is not higher than +5 0C, then the shelf life will be approximately 5 months. Canned salted blue ones are lowered for storage in the basement, the shelf life of the product is 2 years.
Conclusion
Salted eggplant under pressure is an easy way to process vegetables. Recipes do not require large material costs, the technology is quite simple. The only drawback is that the product is not stored for a long time without sterilization.
