How to sterilize jars: 6 simple and proven ways
Do It Yourself Educational Program / / December 19, 2019
Oven, microwave, multivarka, pan or kettle equally well to cope with the task.
Sterilization is necessary to clean the banks of the microorganisms. If you do not, home-made fermented, and they fly off the cover.
How to prepare caps and cans for sterilization
Check for the presence of banks chips, cracks or rust. For the preservation of suitable capacity without damage. The lids should be smooth, without any scratches and rust.
Clean sponge thoroughly wash the cans and lids. It is better to do it with soda, mustard powder, soap or natural cleanser.
it is not recommended to use ordinary cleaning agents for cleaning, which can be found on the shelves of any store. Often, they have chemical additives that are poorly washed away.
1. How to sterilize jars for a couple of pot
Fill the pan with water to about half and allow the fluid to boil. Put in a pan with a lid and place on top of the colander, sieve or grate. Put on top of dry jars upside down.
You can use special sterilizer. This device looks like a flat lid with one or more openings, which banks are inserted.
Small banks must stand over steam about 6-8 minutes, the volume of banks 1-2 l - 10-15 minutes and capacity for 3 liters and more - 20-25 minutes.
When the inner walls of the cans will be large drops of water, you can finish the sterilization.
Remove jars and place on a clean, dry towel upside down. Lids must be carefully removed and also to pass on the inside of the towel down.
Before canning jars and lids must be completely dry.
2. How to sterilize jars in the oven
Place the jars on the baking grate or in a cold oven. The way you set them - neck up or down - does not really matter. Banks in the oven can be placed immediately after washing.
The oven can be placed screw cap. Do not sterilize the lid with rubber bands, as these may melt. They should be boiled in water for 10-15 minutes.
Close the oven and set the temperature of 100-110 ° C. Keep banks within about 20 minutes. sterilization time does not depend on their volume.
Turn off the oven and leave the jars there for a few minutes, so they have cooled slightly. They need to get a dry towel. If it is wet, cans may burst due to the temperature difference.
3. How to sterilize jars for a couple of tea
Fill an ordinary kettle with water and boil about half of it. If possible, put the kettle lid. If they do not crawls inside, sterilize them in a pan of boiling water.
Place jar in dry kettle hole upside down.
If the bank is small, you can put it on the spout. Or put the kettle tolkushkoy and hang it on the bank.
Keep cans of steam is necessary as much as in the previous method of sterilization of the pan. Then, they need to dry on a clean towel.
4. How to sterilize jars for a couple in a double boiler or multivarka
Fill the bowl Multivarki or a double boiler with water, and put the lid. Set the nozzle for steaming and put on her dry jars upside down.
Turn on the steamer or install mode "Steaming" in multivarka. If the banks are small, you can close the device cover, but it does not play a significant role.
After boiling water jars should be sterilized as much and over the pot or kettle. Place the jars and lids to a clean dry towel and wait until they are completely dry.
5. How to sterilize jars in the microwave
Pour into jars of 1.5-2 cm of water and put them in microwave. Select the maximum power and start the timer for 3-5 minutes.
Water must boil and banks inside should be covered with large drops. Drain banks put upside down on a clean, dry towel and dry.
The microwave oven can not be sterilized lids.
They should be dipped in a pot of boiling water for 10-15 minutes.
6. How to sterilize jars in boiling water
Place the jars neck up in a large saucepan. Put next to the cover. Pour into pan and jars cold water so that it covers the necks.
If the banks do not fit in the pan, they can not put, and put horizontally.
Bring water to a boil and sterilize banks 15-20 minutes. Then move on a clean towel upside down, so that they are completely dry.
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