Composition / ingredients
Step-by-step cooking
Step 1:
How to make sweet cucumbers in a jar for the winter? Prepare the ingredients according to the list. The specified amount of ingredients is calculated for one liter jar. Cucumbers are best used for harvesting young, fresh, not stored for a long time after harvesting, no more than 10 centimeters long. Wash cucumbers thoroughly under running water, you can even wipe them with a soft sponge, but carefully so as not to remove the skin.
Step 2:
The ends of cucumbers can not be cut, but it is better to do it, they will absorb the marinade better. Put in a large saucepan or basin and fill with clean cold water, leave to soak for four hours. During this time, the water needs to be changed once. After the specified time, drain the water, rinse the cucumbers again with clean water.
Step 3:
Wash the greens, let them dry on a paper towel. Peel the garlic cloves, cut them into quarters or large pieces.
Step 4:
Put the herbs and garlic in pre-prepared jars. The cans should be washed with soda solution and sterilized. You can sterilize the jars in a water bath, in a microwave or in an oven. For cans of 1 liter, 15 minutes is enough. The lids also need to be sterilized or boiled.
Step 5:
Place cucumbers tightly on top, it is better to stir cucumbers vertically in liter jars. Pour sugar, salt, vinegar and boiled cooled water directly into the jars on top. Water should be poured to the hangers of the cans.
Step 6:
Cover the jars with lids, and put the jars in a saucepan with water, at the bottom of which you need to put a towel. The water should also reach only up to the shoulders of the cans, not higher. Put the pan with the workpiece on the fire and sterilize for about 10 minutes from the moment the water boils in the pan. Immediately roll up the jars with lids and leave to cool at room temperature upside down under a blanket. Put it away for storage for the winter in a cool pantry. Bon appetit!
How to calculate the number of cans, why banks explode and how to avoid it, as well as secrets and life hacks, read the article about preparations for the winter.
For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Fresh cucumbers - 15 kcal/100g
- Garlic - 143 kcal/100g
- Parsley greens - 45 kcal/100g
- Dill greens - 38 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Table vinegar - 11 kcal/100g