Remember cucumbers in large jars on the shelves of Soviet stores? We could easily empty such a jar at dinner! Write if you remember the taste of those cucumbers. Did you like them?
I just adored them! And I found this recipe! Now the rest of the cucumbers (except for the still sour cask cucumbers, of course) "don't go" with us.
HOW TO COOK:
I soak cucumbers in cold water for a couple of hours. The water can be changed once or twice. Of course, salad cucumbers won't work! I buy (and grow a little) those varieties that are suitable for canning.
I have 1.5 liter cans today. But, of course, you can take any. I will indicate the ingredients for the marinade for 1 liter of water.
At the bottom of the jar are one or two cloves of garlic. I don't add a lot of garlic. By the way, you can completely exclude it - it won't get any worse.
I am packing cucumbers. You can, of course, add horseradish root or leaves, cherry or black currant leaves... But for this recipe, I do not use such additives.
But dill is needed. I cut sprigs of fresh dill and dill umbrellas with seeds with scissors. But I will add the dill to the jars later.
In the meantime, I pour boiling water over the jars of cucumbers, cover them with lids and leave for 7-10 minutes. Then I pour the water from the cans into a saucepan (I will cook the marinade with this water).
In the meantime, while the marinade is being prepared, pour boiling water over the cucumbers again. I will already salt the "second" water into the sink. If I know that I will store the jars in the basement, one pouring of boiling water is enough (in this case, the cucumbers "warm up" for 10-12 minutes, and at this time I cook the marinade in clean water).
If the cucumbers are stored at room temperature, I still recommend two fillings with boiling water (as I showed in the video).
I have a marinade today at the rate of 2.5 liters of water. This is just enough for 4 one and a half liter cans. I add salt, sugar to the water, bring it to a boil and pour in the vinegar essence.
I drain the second water from the cans and add spices - black pepper, bay leaf (I put 1/4 on one can, I don't like it when there is a lot of bay leaves). And mustard. Mustard beans. Powder will not work! And ready-made mustard won't do! We need dry mustard seeds! Finding them is easy - look in the store on the shelves where they sell spices in bags. We have it in almost every store))
It remains to add the dill, pour the boiling marinade over the jars and roll up! But there is one more subtlety!
You can flip the cans, but you don't need to wrap them up! This will keep the cucumbers crisp!
RECIPE:
• Fresh dill
• Dill umbrellas
• Garlic
• Bay leaf
• Black pepper (peas) - 5-6 pcs. (per liter jar)
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp. (per liter jar)
For marinade for 1 liter of water (not for a liter jar!)
• Water - 1 l
• Sugar - 140-150 g (7 tablespoons)
• Salt - 2 tbsp.
• Vinegar essence 70% - 2 tbsp.
I want to clarify right away. There is NO mistake in the recipe! Every year I pickle cucumbers like that and everything is fine! I repeat - they turn out like those that were once sold in stores. Sweet and sour! Very tasty! Try to make 2 jars at least - and you will understand why I love this recipe so much. Yes, I add 70% vinegar essence to the marinade - 2 tbsp. (Of course, I do NOT pour with a "gorochka"). It turns out about 22-23 ml in two spoons. For this recipe, I take the essence. If you use 9% vinegar - then take it as much as sugar (i.e. 7-8 spoons). It turns out also delicious, the cucumbers are just as great. But for some reason, the essence is tastier! And, although more acid, it would seem, but not sour! Ideally! Can't explain why ...
If you think "a lot of vinegar" or "a lot of sugar" or "not enough seasonings and garlic", write it under my pinned comment))
If I missed something or you did not understand something, watch the video (at the beginning of the article). If there is no answer there, I will definitely answer in the comments!
TRY IT! Delicious cucumbers are obtained! Just don't deviate from the recipe!
I cook olivier and vinaigrette in winter with such cucumbers))