Pickled plum with mustard

How to make soaked plums

The first stage in preparing soaked plums of our own production is collecting fruits and preparing them for processing. Only ripe, but not overripe fruits, in which the pulp is still dense, are suitable for urinating. You can also pick not quite ripe fruits, but a little unripe, the main thing is that they are already juicy and tasty.

Any variety of plums is suitable for peeing, but it is preferable to use late varieties that ripen in late summer and autumn. They are the ones that best withstand wetting, while acquiring a bright taste and aroma.

The second stage is the selection of utensils for urinating and their preparation. It is advisable to use the bulky wooden barrels used in traditional recipes, but plums can be soaked in enamel buckets, large pots, or regular 3-liter jars. Important! Do not use metal utensils; the fruits contained in them may acquire an unpleasant aftertaste.

The very technology of urinating plums is as follows: the prepared fruits are tightly placed in a bowl and poured with brine, the composition of which depends on the recipe. After insisting, they acquire a characteristic taste, for which they are wetted. The process of making soaked plums at home according to many recipes takes about 3-4 weeks, after which they can already be eaten. During the time that urination continues, you need to monitor its course and care for plums, as well as for apples. The finished product is stored in the cellar for about 5-6 months, during which it must be eaten. It is not recommended to keep it longer.

The traditional recipe for making soaked plums

The easiest way to soak the fruits of the plum tree is according to this recipe, which is considered a classic. And all because it requires a minimum of ingredients:

• fresh, whole fruits - 10 kg;
• salt and granulated sugar 20 g each (per 1 liter of water);
• seasonings - cloves and allspice.

The cooking sequence according to the traditional recipe is as follows:

1. Wash the fruits well in clean water, changing it several times, and put it in a saucepan or bucket along with the spices.
2. Prepare the brine and pour over the fruit so that it covers them completely.
3. Press down with pressure and leave for 2 or 3 days in a warm room.

Then move the pot to a cold room. In it, they can remain for about 4 months, that is, approximately until mid-winter.

Soaked plums for the winter: a recipe with malt

To prepare homemade preparations according to this recipe, you need to prepare:

• fruits - 10 kg;
• sugar - 0.25 kg;
• salt - 0.15 kg;
• malt - 0.1 kg;
• wheat or rye straw or chaff - 0.15 kg;
• water - 5 l.

The process of making plums soaked with malt is as follows:

1. Put straw in a saucepan and pour hot brine made from salt and sugar over it.
2. When the liquid has cooled, filter it.
3. Pour plums into a keg, saucepan or 3-liter jars and pour brine over them.
4. Close the jars with plastic lids.
5. Leave the container warm for 3 days, during which fermentation will begin, and then take it to a cool room.

The fruit will be soaked after 3 or 4 weeks, after which it can be eaten.

Pickled plums with mustard and spices

It turns out that sweet plums go well with various spices, which give them a distinctive flavor and aroma. In addition to spices, you can also use mustard, which is exactly what is indicated in this recipe. Ingredients to stock up on before starting cooking:

• fruit - 10 kg;
• 2 cups granulated sugar;
• 1 tbsp. l. table vinegar (9%);
• 2 tbsp. l. mustard powder;
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon;
• sweet peas - 10 pcs.;
• cloves - 5 pcs.;
• 1 tbsp. l. star anise.

Soaked plums with mustard for the winter must be cooked in the following sequence:

1. Boil the marinade (pour all the spices, mustard into a saucepan, boil and pour vinegar into boiling water).
2. Fill sterilized jars with fresh washed plums and immediately fill them with hot marinade.
3. Close the lids, put under the blanket.

After natural cooling, which ends the next day, transfer them to a cool place.

A simple recipe for soaked plums

It is also possible to harvest soaked plums so that they can be stored in winter using sterilization. To do this, you need to prepare cans from 1 to 3 liters with a capacity, wash them and steam them. Ingredients for the recipe for soaked plums for the winter in jars:

• 10 kg of fresh ripe plums;
• 200 g of salt and sugar;
• seasonings to taste.

You need to make blanks like this:

1. Spread over clean plum banks.
2. Prepare the brine.
3. Let cool slightly and pour it into jars.
4. Put the container with fruits in a container for sterilization and sterilize 15 minutes after the liquid boils.
5. Remove from the pan and roll up with tin lids.

Store after cooling in a cellar or at room conditions.

Soaked plums in jars for the winter with honey

You will need:

• plums of ripe solid - 10 kg;
• 5 liters of water;
• 0.1 kg of salt;
• 0.4 kg of any honey.

For this recipe, you can soak the fruit in a 10L bucket or any suitable size ceramic or wooden barrel. For what:

1. Fill a clean, steamed container with them to the top.
2. Pour in hot brine prepared in advance from honey and salt.
3. When it cools down, place a large plate or circle of wood on top, cover with a piece of gauze, press down with something heavy and leave for 2 or 3 days in a warm fermentation room.
4. Then put the pan in a cool dry place, in which it will be stored.

Plums can be enjoyed after 3 or 4 weeks, stored in the cellar - 4 or 5 months.

Soaked plums: an instant recipe

The ingredients you need for this recipe are:

• 10 kg of fruits, ripe, just picked from the tree;
• 5 liters of cold water;
• 200 g of salt and the same amount of sugar;
• 1 glass of vinegar;
• sweet peas, cloves, cinnamon to taste.

Detailed step-by-step cooking:

1. Sort fruits and rinse several times in warm water.
2. Steam the jars and let them cool down.
3. Fill them up to the neck with plums.
4. Boil the marinade and pour hot into all the jars.
5. Close with thick nylon lids and after the jars have cooled, put them in a cold storage for permanent storage.

Soaked plums, harvested for the winter, can be tasted after about a month.

Recipe for soaked plums with mustard and aromatic herbs

The main difference between this recipe and the previous ones is that fragrant herbs such as mint sprigs, currant and cherry leaves, and oregano are used to add flavor to the plums. Otherwise, the ingredients are similar:

• 10 kg plums;
• water 5 l;
• 0.2 kg of salt and granulated sugar;
• 2-3 st. l. mustard powder;
• 5 pcs. cherry and currant leaves;
• 2-3 sprigs of mint;
• 1 tsp oregano.

Cooking guide step by step:

1. Prepare a wooden or earthen barrel, an enamel pot.
2. Fill them with fresh fruit.
3. Boil the brine and pour the fruits hot, so that the liquid covers them completely.
4. Cover with gauze, put oppression on it and, after cooling, take the container into a cold cellar, basement.

Soaked plums will also become ready in about a month, and will remain usable for six months.

Soaked plums: recipe with rye bread

Rye bread, which must be added to the fruit according to this canning option, will give the brine a peculiar taste of kvass. Some housewives consider it the best recipe for soaked plums and use it most often. Components to prepare:

• 10 kg of fruit, ripe or slightly unripe;
• 0.2 kg of sugar, salt;
• several crusts of dry rye bread;
• seasonings that you like.

Step by step cooking process:

1. Sort fruits, wash in clean water at least 2 times.
2. Pour into a saucepan of suitable size.
3. Boil the pickle with bread and spices.
4. Strain or squeeze out the liquid and pour it into a saucepan.
5. Put oppression on the cooled fruit.

Leave the pot warm for 2 days, then transfer to the cellar. If mold forms, remove it, rinse the mugs in hot water or scald them with boiling water and put the oppression back on. It will be possible to start tasting the product 1 month after the day of preparation.

Conclusion

Soaked plums in glass jars, in a barrel or in a saucepan can be easily prepared by any housewife who is familiar with the principles of preparing food for the winter. You can use any recipe of your choice, or try several of them.

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