How to cook a delicious and crunchy pickles

How to select and prepare the cucumbers that add to them and how to pickle, to this winter it crunched perfectly.

How to select and prepare the cucumber

For pickling cucumbers are ideal for small to medium size - are easy to pack tightly. Naturally, they must be free of lesions and cavities.

For the three-liter cans require approximately 1.5-2 kg of cucumbers.

Purchased vegetables or its but torn advance before marinating should be soaked in cold water for 2-3 hours. So make up for the lack of moisture, and cucumbers ready to be elastic and crispy.

What pickled cucumbers

In most recipes as co-ingredients act dill inflorescence (2-3 pieces on the three-liter jar), garlic cloves (4-6 units) and allspice (5-10 peas).

You can also add (proportions for three-liter jar)

• 3-5 currant leaves;
• 3-5 leaves of cherries;
• 1-2 bay leaves;
• Horseradish 1 sheet;
• 2-3 cloves bud;
• 1-3 teaspoons of mustard seeds;
• few sprigs cilantro, parsley or peppermint;
• 1 chopped carrot.

From accompanying ingredients depends on the taste and aroma of the finished

How to prepare pickled cucumbers

Method 1: Fast

In a well-washed three-liter jar put all related ingredients (fennel leaves, garlic, peppers and other - your choice). Then lay cucumbers firmly: try to make sure that the bank was the least possible space.

Prepare the marinade. In 1.5-2 liters of water, add 2 tablespoons of salt, 1-2 tablespoons sugar and bring to boil. Add the jar to cucumbers 3 tablespoons 9 percent vinegar and then carefully pour the marinade.

It is best to pour the hot marinade ladle to the bank is not cracked.

Cover the jar with sterilized lid and send it in a large pot of boiling water. The water should cover ¾ banks. Sterilize thus jar for about 7 minutes. During this time, the color will start to change cucumbers and pickles - boil.

Screw the bottle, turn it down a lid and leave to cool in this position. When the cucumber cool, remove them in a cool place for storage.

Method 2: reliable

As in the previous method, place all the ingredients in a clean three-liter jar. Then fill it with boiling water up to the neck, cover and let stand for 20-30 minutes.

If a good warm cucumbers, the bank is not exactly explode.

Drain the water from the jar, add it to 2 tablespoons of salt and 1 tablespoon sugar and bring to the boil again. This will be the marinade. While he was getting ready, you can pour the cucumber another portion of boiled water (just be sure to drain it before proceeding to the next step).

Add the jar 3 tablespoons of vinegar, pour marinade to the base and tighten the cap sterilized. Turn the jar upside down, cover with a blanket and leave for a day. After that cucumbers can be removed at storage, About anything without worrying: marinated so they do not vzduyutsya not explode.

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