Summer is a beautiful time, which pleases us with sun and warmth, as well as fresh vegetables and fruits. For many housewives, summer is a time to make twists for the winter. Lightly salted cucumbers and tomatoes, by right, are considered one of the most popular domestic preparations. Moreover, these canned vegetables are extremely popular not only in winter, but also in other seasons. From this article you will learn how to make lightly salted cucumbers, how to pickle them, and how to cook lightly salted cucumbers without brine.
Although there are many recipes for cooking lightly salted cucumbers, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the basic rules:
- To prepare lightly salted cucumbers for the winter, you need: cucumbers, water, greens, salt, seasonings.
- To pickle salted cucumbers should choose strong cucumbers of the same size, without damage and yellowness. Carefully washed vegetables should be filled with water and allowed to stand for several hours.
- Pre-cut greens and garlic, pepper and condiments are laid out on the bottom of the can. Cucumbers need to cut off the tips and, also, put them in cans in dense rows, but not squeezing.
The next important step in the preparation of delicious lightly salted cucumbers is to prepare the brine. In the pot, water is poured and salt is poured - about 2 tablespoons of salt per liter of water. After the water boils, let it cool and pour the cucumbers with cold brine.
A jar of cucumbers should be stored indoors at room temperature for several days. After the fermentation has ended (the level of liquid in the can drop), cucumbers can be rolled.
Recipe for light-salted cucumber with pickle:
- in order to make lightly salted cucumbers crispy, add cherry or oak leaves to the jar. It's best to tear off the leaves in the countryside, away from roads, as city dust and exhaust poison leaves;
- do not use aluminum cookware to pick up cucumbers. Due to the oxidation of the walls of the pan, harmful substances can enter the cucumbers;
- so that the cucumbers in the pot do not float up, they need to be crushed by a saucer on top;
- If cucumbers pour hot brine, then they will saline faster, but will be softer. Cold brine makes cucumbers crispy, but the salting takes more time.
Freshly salted cucumber in the package
A great popularity among modern housewives was gained by the recipe for quick cooking of lightly salted cucumbers. Here's the secret, how you can quickly make lightly salted cucumbers - a recipe for salting lightly salted cucumbers without brine. With our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, this method would have caused great surprise, since it began to be used only a few decades ago.
Before you can salt the freshly salted cucumbers, you need to prepare the dishes. For this dish, a plastic container or a plastic bag is suitable. In a plastic container or a packet, chopped herbs, garlic, pepper, spices are poured. Cucumbers are cut along into four parts and stacked behind the seasonings, from above sprinkle abundantly with salt. Salt should be strewed 3 times more than for a simple salad of fresh cucumbers. Next, you need to tightly close the plastic container (tie the package) and shake vigorously, the longer, the better. In 30 minutes cucumbers will be ready. Lightly salted cucumbers in a package or container can be put overnight in the refrigerator, then they will turn out to be more juicy.
This recipe can be supplemented with various spices and dressings. Thus, cucumbers can be salted and marinated. In summer, lightly salted cucumbers of your own quick preparation, you will surprise guests and loved ones.