4 step-by-step recipes for making cucumbers with parsley and garlic for the winter
Jars of chopped cucumbers with parsley and garlic look very appetizing for the winter. The taste of the preparation is wonderful, everyone likes it without exception. Children and adults alike eat this snack with pleasure. Cucumbers cooked according to all the rules crunch pleasantly, parsley and spices give them a spicy taste.
Features of cooking cucumbers with parsley
In order for the workpiece to turn out as it should, the cucumbers need to be taken small, dense, with pimples. Zelentsy with smooth skin will ruin everything. They are salad, which means they will become soft after heat treatment, this will affect the taste and appearance of the snack. Parsley needs fresh, not wilted.
Cucumbers you need:
- wash in running water with a sponge (brush);
- put in a large basin;
- to fill with water;
- leave for 30-60 minutes.
While the greens are in the water, there is time to prepare the parsley. It must be sorted out, put in a large container, filled with water. Change it at least 2 times (interval 10-15 minutes). After that, rinse the greens and put them on a towel rolled several times. The liquid should drain.
Containers and main ingredients
Glass jars with a volume of 0.5-1 liters are suitable for the workpiece. They must be thoroughly washed with soda and sterilized in any way:
- for a couple;
- in the oven;
- in the microwave.
Metal lids must be thoroughly washed, put in a saucepan, covered with hot water, boiled over medium heat for at least 5 minutes.
Winter snack ingredients:
- parsley - 100 g (as much as possible);
- not overgrown cucumbers - 4 kg;
- sunflower oil - 200 ml;
- table 6-9% vinegar - 200 ml;
- sugar - 200 g;
- salt - 3 tbsp. l .;
- ground black pepper - 1 tbsp. l.
Cooking recipes
The snack can be prepared with or without sterilization. Not all housewives like to boil jars of vegetables before spinning. The recipe for cucumbers with parsley without sterilization is suitable for them.
Sliced cucumbers with parsley for the winter
First you need to prepare the marinade. To do this, pour water into a bowl - 1 liter. Take the washed greens, chop finely with a knife, pour into the water. Add spices to the marinade:
- salt;
- sugar;
- pepper;
- vinegar.
While the ingredients are dissolving, chop the cucumbers. First cut off the ends, then cut each fruit into 4 pieces. Long slices can be cut into halves. Pour the chopped cucumbers into a bowl with marinade.
You need to marinate for at least 4 hours. After that, transfer the cucumber slices to prepared jars, pour over the liquid. For sterilization, take a large saucepan, put a rolled towel on the bottom. Put jars on it, pour cold water into the container by ⅔ of their height.
For canned cucumbers to be stored for a long time, the jars need to be boiled over medium heat for 15 minutes.
The countdown should start from the moment the marinade boils. After that, take the hot jars out of the pan one by one, close the lids, turn over, cover with a blanket.
Without sterilization
Busy housewives will need a recipe for a cucumber snack, which is prepared without sterilization. It only takes 1 hour of free time to prepare the marinade and chop vegetables.
Ingredients:
- cloves of garlic - 250 g;
- onions - 250 g;
- cucumbers - 3 kg;
- salt - 120 g;
- table vinegar 9% - 100 ml;
- peppercorns (allspice);
- ground pepper (black) - 5 g.
Cut cleanly washed cucumbers into plastics, onions into half rings. Pass the garlic cloves through a press. Mix vegetables, pour over with a dressing of salt, vinegar and spices. After 10-12 hours, the cucumbers will be marinated, let the juice. It remains to arrange them in sterilized jars, crush them with a spoon so that there are no voids, pour the marinade remaining in the saucepan (basin), close with scalded lids.
With the addition of garlic
Many housewives will love the savory cucumber and garlic appetizer flavored with mustard. In this recipe, vegetables are stewed for only 5 minutes, but not sterilized.
Ingredients:
- large head of garlic - 1 pc .;
- turnip onions - 1.5 kg;
- cucumbers - 4 kg;
- vegetable oil - 250 ml;
- table vinegar 9% - 120 ml;
- salt - 40 g;
- sugar - 200 g;
- mustard (seeds) - 5 g.
Chop vegetables, stir, add all the spices, let stand for 1-2 hours, bring to a boil, simmer for 5 minutes. Arrange the appetizer in hot sterilized jars, roll up.
With dill
There are people who don't like the taste of parsley. They can be advised a delicious cucumber salad with dill. For its preparation, fruits of any size are suitable.
Ingredients:
- a large bunch of dill - 1 pc.;
- cucumbers - 4 kg;
- garlic - 1 head;
- table 9% vinegar - 200 ml;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.;
- sugar - 1 tbsp.;
- salt - ½ tbsp.;
- ground pepper (black) - 1 tbsp. l.
Grind the vegetables, stir, add a mixture of spices, vinegar, oil, leave to marinate for 10-12 hours. Arrange in jars, sterilize (15 minutes - half-liter, 20 minutes - liter), roll up.
Storage of the finished product
An appetizer of sliced cucumbers with parsley in winter is well stored in the apartment, cellar and in the refrigerator, because the vegetables have been sterilized, and there is vinegar in the recipe. Harvesting cucumbers with garlic is best stored in the cellar or in the refrigerator.
Cucumber salad, prepared without sterilization, must be refrigerated. In the conditions of an apartment, the bank may explode. The dill and cucumber snack can be stored at room temperature.
Shelf life of conservation
Sterilized canned vegetables can be stored at 0-20 ° C at 70% humidity. During heat treatment, harmful microorganisms that cause food spoilage are killed.
Cucumber and vinegar snacks, prepared in compliance with all the rules, sterilized, can be stored in the apartment for 1 year, in the cellar for 1-2 years. The quality of the workpiece can be assessed by external signs: the brine is not cloudy, the lid is rust-free, not swollen.
