Pickled cucumbers as cask cucumbers with mustard in jars for the winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the necessary products. Pickles take fresh, preferably only collected, small in size, with pimples - such cucumbers are ideal for pickling. Of course, you can pickle large cucumbers in this way - they are ideal for pickle and salads. If you have cucumbers that are not the first freshness, a little soft - put them in ice water for a few hours.

2. Step 2:

   

   First we will make the brine. For 1 liter of water, take 2 tablespoons of salt. Salt is large, stony - it is ideal for preservation. Boil the brine, then cool it completely to room temperature.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash cucumbers, remove excess garbage. The edges of cucumbers can be cut off, or not to do it. I don't cut the edges. Put the cucumbers in a deep saucepan, bowl or any other salting dish.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash all the specified spices and herbs, add to the cucumbers. I have traditional herbs: currant leaf, cherry, oak, horseradish and dill. But you can also add tarragon or some of your favorite herbs.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add garlic. Its quantity is to your taste, you can even cut an unpeeled garlic head across and add it. Also, someone will add a bay leaf, allspice or a pod or rings of chili pepper - all this takes place and depends only on your taste.

6. Step 6:

   

   Leave the cucumbers in a warm enough place for 2-3 days. The time depends on the temperature of your room. But the brine should become cloudy, foam may form on top. At a temperature of 20-22 degrees, two days is quite enough.

7. Step 7:

   

   Drain the brine into a separate bowl.

9. Step 8:

   

   Add mustard to the brine.

10. Step 9:

    

    Bring to a boil. In order not to turn out that the brine is suddenly not enough, add 1 cup of water and put 1 teaspoon of salt.

11. Step 10:

    

    Sterilize the jars in any convenient way. In the microwave, in the oven or over steam. Rinse the cucumbers and put them tightly in jars. All herbs in which cucumbers were fermented should be thrown away.

12. Step 11:

    

    Fill the jars with cucumbers with boiling brine.

13. Step 12:

    

    Immediately close the lids or roll up. Sterilization is not required. Such salty cucumbers as barrel cucumbers are perfectly stored in jars in an apartment without adding vinegar.

14. Step 13:

    

    Bon appetit!