Tomatoes stuffed with garlic herbs and pepper for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make tomatoes stuffed with garlic and bell pepper for the winter? Prepare the ingredients. Tomatoes for such a preparation must necessarily be taken firm, strong and small in size. Bulgarian pepper for contrast, you can take a multicolored one.

2. Step 2:

   

   Rinse tomatoes and bell peppers thoroughly under running water, let the water drain from the vegetables. Cut out the stalks from the pepper and remove them with the seeds. Cut them into small strips or cubes.

3. Step 3:

   

   Rinse the parsley thoroughly, dry and finely chop. Peel the garlic from the husk and finely chop it with a knife. Mix with parsley.

4. Step 4:

   

   Slice tomatoes as if you are cutting into two halves, but do not reach the end with a knife. If tomatoes are not very strong, then you can stuff them in a different way, cutting off the top and placing the filling in the pulp of the fruit.

6. Step 5:

   

   Put a few pieces of bell pepper, chopped garlic and parsley into a slice of each tomato, connect the halves of the tomato. In advance, you need to sterilize the jars for the workpiece. It is better to use cans with a volume of 0.5 liters. Cans can be sterilized in any usual way: in a water bath, in a microwave or in an oven. Wash and boil the lids, dry them.

7. Step 6:

   

   Prepare the marinade: pour water into a saucepan, add sugar, salt, bay leaf and pepper. Bring the marinade to a boil, cook for about 5 minutes. Then pour in the vinegar. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat.

8. Step 7:

   

   At the bottom of each jar, put a piece of bitter pepper, a little of the filling itself. Place the stuffed tomatoes in jars tightly on top. Pour boiling marinade over tomatoes in jars. Cover with lids. Leave it on for half an hour. Then drain the marinade back into the pan, bring it to a boil again. Pour it over the tomatoes in the jars again. Cover the jars with lids and sterilize for about 20 minutes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Then roll up the jars, turn them upside down and wrap them with a blanket, leave at room temperature until completely cooled. Store in a cool place. Enjoy your meal!