TOP 12 recipes for sweet pickled cucumbers for the winter at home

The housewives face a dilemma in summer, autumn, when the conservation season comes. The whole family wants to please and cook delicious cucumbers for the winter. There are many recipes, it is quite difficult to choose. Sweet tooths can be advised to cook sweet, sweet and sour, pickled cucumbers. To do this, they take a classic recipe for cooking vegetables as a basis, changing only the amount of sugar, salt, vinegar.

Features of pickling sweet cucumbers for the winter

Pickling cucumbers involves adding vinegar to the brine. A substitute can be citric acid, vinegar essence, sour fruits: grapes, cherry plums, apples, currants. Whole cucumbers are placed in containers, cut in various ways: in circles, longitudinal slices, grated.

After laying the vegetables, the containers are poured with boiling water, the second time - with salt, sugar, the third time - with vinegar. After this filling, sterilization is not necessary. It is enough to cork and cover with a blanket until it cools.

If the marinade is poured immediately, the preservation is sterilized, 3-liter jars - 30 minutes, 2-liter - 25 minutes, liter - 15 minutes, half-liter - 10. The countdown is carried out after boiling water in a saucepan.

The taste is sweet, sweet and sour. Adjust the desired flavor with the amount of sugar.

Selection and preparation of main ingredients

The main products in canning are cucumbers. Vegetables are selected without damage, with firm pulp, small in size. For the fruit to crunch, the skin must be firm.

Additional vegetables, fruits, are selected according to the same principle. Greens are chosen bright, fresh, with a pronounced aroma.

Before laying, vegetables are soaked in water for 2-6 hours, cutting off the ends on both sides.

How to prepare containers for the start of the process

Banks are pre-sterilized over steam. The lids are boiled in water.

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Cooking recipes

In all recipes, the amount of sugar, salt, vinegar is calculated per 1 liter.

Classic recipe "Lick your fingers" for a can of 3 liters

Cooking a simple classic recipe for cucumbers called "Lick your fingers." A 3-liter jar will require 1.5-2 kilograms.

Traditional spices:

• garlic - 3 cloves;
• currants - 3 leaves;
• cherry - 3 leaves;
• dill - a bunch or umbrella;
• cloves - 2 pieces;
• parsley - 1 bunch.

For the marinade for 1 liter of water:

• salt - 2 tablespoons;
• sugar - 2 tablespoons;
• vinegar 9% - 16 teaspoons.

Vegetables are placed in sterilized jars, poured with marinade with vinegar and put to sterilize jars.

Without sterilization

The classic recipe can be simplified even further. To do this, use the 3 fill method. No sterilization required.

Sweet crunchy pickled cucumbers, 1 liter

To marinate a 1-liter jar and get sweet, crunchy cucumbers will require more sugar than the classic recipe. Spices are selected to taste: dill umbrella, horseradish leaf, 4 pieces of peppercorns, a clove of garlic, 1 bay leaf.

For the marinade:

• sugar - 150 grams;
• salt - 40 grams;
• citric acid - 1 teaspoon.

Spices are placed on the bottom, then vegetables. Pour boiling water over. To properly fill the marinade, measure the amount of liquid. If the water is, for example, 250 milliliters, the dosage calculated for 1 liter is divided into 4 parts. The conservation is closed using the 3-fill method.

In sweet and sour marinade

Pickled cucumbers will turn out sweet and sour if you take 30 grams of salt, 70 grams of sugar, 250 milliliters of vinegar 9% for pouring 1 liter of water. Vegetables are prepared by the method of 3 fillings without sterilization.

Delicious, with mustard

Cucumbers with pungent taste are made with mustard. Greens, dill, 1 bay leaf, 5 grams of mustard seeds are placed at the bottom of 3-liter cans. 5 black peppercorns. A sweet and sour marinade is suitable for this recipe.

Mustard powder can be used - 1 flat tablespoon full of 1 liter of marinade. After the water boils, the container is set aside and mustard is added. Stir until complete dissolution. The canning method is suitable with one and three fillings.

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With citric acid

Some people dislike vinegar and can easily be replaced with citric acid. In the classic recipe, vinegar is replaced with 1 heaping tablespoon of acid. Add it to the sweet, salty pickle a third time.

With bell peppers, marinated with onions

Sweet Bulgarian pepper gives an unusual taste to cucumbers. For its preparation, take 1 kilogram of cucumbers, cut into longitudinal pieces, add the onion head, half a teaspoon of mustard, chopped dill, 1 pepper in squares in half rings. All products are mixed in one bowl. At the bottom of the cans, throw 2 peas of allspice and lay the vegetables.

Pour in boiling marinade:

• vinegar - a glass;
• sugar - 3 cups;
• salt - 4 teaspoons;
• water - 1 liter.

The cans are rolled up and sent under the blanket until they cool.

With horseradish

Cucumbers get spicy notes if you add 3 horseradish rings to the classic recipe.

With tomatoes

Pickled cucumbers are prepared with the addition of tomatoes. Each jar is filled with 50x50 different vegetables, traditional spices. Marinade is chosen according to your taste.

In oil

Sweet cucumbers are prepared with the addition of oil. To do this, cut 4 kilograms of cucumbers, add sugar - 250 grams, salt - 100 grams, vinegar - a glass, a head of garlic, 2 tablespoons of ground black pepper, 250 grams of refined oil. All ingredients are mixed, left to marinate for 4 hours. Then they are laid out in jars, filled with the released brine and sterilized.

Sweet cucumbers, sliced, with grapes

Unripe grapes can be a substitute for vinegar. All the ingredients of the classic recipe are placed on the bottom, then cucumbers, on top - a glass of grapes. A recipe for a sweet marinade is chosen and canned using the 3 fill method.

Hot and sweet cucumbers

The combination of sweet taste with bitter notes in pickled cucumbers will appeal to gourmets. For this, cucumbers are poured with sweet marinade. Chili pod will provide spiciness.

Specificity and shelf life

Pickled cucumbers are good because they are stored for a long time at room temperature.