Cucumbers in tomato juice for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To prepare this snack, you will need: dense fresh cucumbers, tomato juice (both homemade and purchased), garlic, bay leaf, ground black pepper, sweet peas, salt, sugar and nine percent vinegar.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pickle cucumbers (prickly) wash under running water and cut off the tips on both sides. Then there are two ways: either cut the cucumbers into pieces, or leave them whole. I choose the first option because I have a small jar and sliced cucumbers will fit in it more, and they will be marinated much faster.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put cucumbers quite tightly in a clean jar together with bay leaf, sweet peas and garlic peeled and cut into plates. Traditionally, cans for preservation are washed with baking soda, and not with detergent. We will sterilize the jar later, there is no need for this now.

4. Step 4:

   

   Fill the jar with boiling water up to the neck. Boiling water should be poured into the center, on cucumbers, and not directly on the glass. Otherwise it may burst. Leave the jar for 15 minutes, covering with a clean lid. After that, drain the water from the jar, it will no longer be needed. Make sure that the spices remain in the jar.

5. Step 5:

   

   Prepare the marinade. To do this, pour the tomato juice into a small saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Add salt, sugar and hot ground pepper. I have purchased tomato juice, but it would be better to use homemade juice.

7. Step 6:

   

   As soon as the sugar has dissolved, remove the marinade from the heat and pour in the nine percent vinegar. Stir the marinade.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour the marinade into the jar up to the neck. A little marinade may remain - this is a stock for gravy after sterilization.

9. Step 8:

   

   Next sterilization. Take a deep saucepan. Place a disposable cloth napkin or a small waffle towel on the bottom. Put a jar covered with a lid on it (not closed, but covered!). Pour cold water to the level of the neck of the jar. Put on medium heat and bring to a boil.

10. Step 9:

    

    Sterilize the jar within ten minutes after the water boils. The tomato juice in the jar will also boil, and that is why the lid cannot be screwed on at this stage. At best, it will simply be torn off by steam, and you will have to wash the entire kitchen from floor to ceiling.

11. Step 10:

    

    Carefully remove the jar with a potholder so as not to get burned. Check the marinade level. If it is still "up to the neck" and nothing has spilled out, tighten the lid tightly or roll it up with a key if you have a can for rolling. If you need to add marinade, then it must first be brought to a boil. Turn the jar over and wrap it in a towel. After complete cooling, cucumbers can be put away for storage.