Crispy lightly salted cucumbers on mineral water for winter

Quick to prepare, sharp and delicious lightly salted cucumbers. This simple recipe will help to cook lightly salted cucumbers on mineral water at home. Cold salting with mineral water with gas will make cucumbers elastic, crispy and very tasty.
Natalia VasilenkoAuthor avatar
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 0 % 0 g
Fats 0 % 0 g
Carbohydrates 100 % 2 g
9 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 12 h 15 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    The recipe for lightly salted cucumbers on mineral water differs little from salting according to the classic recipe with cold water, but the salting process is much faster and the taste of the cucumbers themselves turns out sharper. Cold salting with mineral water with gas will make cucumbers delicious, gas bubbles will quickly saturate them with the aroma of herbs and garlic and give a crunch.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Preparation of lightly salted cucumbers on mineral water begins with the preparation of cucumbers themselves. We take small or medium-sized fruits, cut off the tips, so cucumbers will be saturated with brine faster and salted faster. Peel the garlic and cut it into plates. If desired, you can peel the garlic plates until the juice appears, so the cucumbers will be more fragrant. At the bottom of the enameled pan, we put half a large bunch of dill, a few plates of garlic and cucumbers.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    So alternate the layers until the end of the pan, until the cucumbers run out. Cover the top with dill and prepare the brine.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pour salt into a separate saucepan and fill it with mineral sparkling water, stir with a spoon until the salt dissolves.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Pour the cucumbers with the resulting brine, cover with a plate on top so that the cucumbers do not float, and send them to the refrigerator. Cucumbers salted according to this recipe are ready in 12-14 hours, depending on their size. Ready cucumbers are stored in the refrigerator.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Lightly salted cucumbers on mineral water are ready! Enjoy your meal!

Lightly salt to get a spicy crispy snack for a colorful summer feast. This is how we often cook our favorite lightly salted cucumbers. On mineral water, with minimal hassle during processing, they will be ready for tasting after 12 hours in the refrigerator. We hope our clear recipe will inspire you to a quick and easy experiment. The advantages of the dish: simplicity of ingredients and speed — only half a day in the cold to a pleasant salinity. For this recipe, it is better to choose pickled cucumbers. I hope you enjoy this simple and delicious recipe.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Fresh cucumbers - 15   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Mineral water - 0   kcal/100g

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