Pickled cucumbers for winter without sterilization

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Cucumbers are pre-washed well and soaked for 2-3 hours in ordinary cold water so that the cucumbers turn out elastic and crispy. Then we cut off the tails of the cucumbers.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cans are washed with soda, but not sterilized. The lids can be boiled in a saucepan with water for 5 minutes. Cucumbers can be canned in both a liter and a three-liter jar. It is better to salt in a liter, this is just enough for one meal.

3. Step 3:

   

   Prepare seasonings and spices. The leaves are washed and dried. Cut the bitter pepper into rings. Garlic is divided into cloves and cleaned.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put 2-3 cherry leaves and 3 currant leaves in each liter jar. Next, add 2 rings of bitter pepper, 3-4 cloves of garlic, 3 allspice to each jar.

5. Step 5:

   

   Tightly stack cucumbers in jars. I try to choose smaller cucumbers.

7. Step 6:

   

   Fill the jars with cucumbers with boiling water to the top, close the lids and leave for 15 minutes.

8. Step 7:

   

   After 15 minutes, drain the liquid into the pan. We put it on the fire, bring it to a boil. Pour the cucumbers again and leave for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, we drain the liquid and now measure its amount. Check how much water has boiled away.

9. Step 8:

   

   Add water to 1.5 liters to make it easier to calculate the amount of sugar and salt. For 1 liter of marinade, I add 2 tablespoons of salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar. One liter jar takes about 0.5 liters of marinade to mix, so that the salt and sugar dissolve, put the pan on fire, bring to a boil.

10. Step 9:

    

    While the marinade is boiling, add dry dill seeds and mustard seeds to each jar, pour 1.5 tablespoons of vinegar. Fill the jars with boiling marinade.

11. Step 10:

    

    Immediately cover with lids and roll up. Turn the jars upside down, cover with a blanket or a thin blanket. We leave it like this until it cools down completely. Cucumbers will be fully ready in about a month.