Cucumbers for winter sweet crispy

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the ingredients for harvesting sweet crispy cucumbers for the winter. Cucumbers should be taken small, up to 10 centimeters, fresh and young. Wash cucumbers thoroughly, remove fruits with damage and rot.

2. Step 2:

   

   Trim the tips of the cucumbers on both sides. Put the cucumbers in a basin or a large saucepan, pour cold clean water and leave for three to four hours to soak. Then drain the water, rinse well again. Thanks to this technique, pickled cucumbers will be crispy.

3. Step 3:

   

   The cans need to be washed with water and soda, you can sterilize them in the oven. Put the washed wet cans in a cold oven, neck down on the grill, turn the oven on 150 degrees and sterilize the cans with a volume of 1 liter for about 15 minutes. You can sterilize the cans in another proven more convenient way, for example, in a microwave or in a water bath. Wash the lids and boil for 5 minutes.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash the greens and a couple of laurel leaves, dry them on a paper towel and put them on the bottom of sterilized jars. In order for cucumbers to acquire a pleasant taste and aroma, you need to add horseradish leaves to the jars, but they must be fresh. If there is no horseradish greens, you can use the root, peel it and cut it into several small pieces, put several pieces in jars. Peel the garlic, cut the cloves into several large pieces, put them on the bottom of the jars

6. Step 5:

   

   Place cucumbers tightly on top. Boil water in a kettle or saucepan. Fill the contents of the cans with it so that it reaches their hangers. Leave the jars for 15 minutes, cover them with lids on top.

7. Step 6:

   

   Then drain the water into a saucepan. Add the remaining bay leaf, peppercorns, sugar and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, stir so that the sugar and salt dissolve. Pour in the vinegar. let the mixture boil and boil for three minutes. Then turn off the heat and immediately pour the marinade over the jars.

8. Step 7:

   

   Roll them up with lids and leave them upside down at room temperature to cool down, covering them with a blanket on top. The blank is ready. Put it away for storage. Bon appetit!