Pickled bell pepper for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the specified products. Bulgarian pepper is taken fresh, if possible, choose ripe whole fruits. It is advisable to take different colors of pepper to make the snack look more interesting. Vinegar 9%. Vegetable oil. Spices: allspice, bay leaf, salt (not iodized) and sugar. If desired, you can take other spices, for example, coriander, cloves, black pepper peas). Prepare sterilized glass jars.

2. Step 2:

   

   For this recipe, it is advisable to take sweet pepper, choose fruits with thick walls, then the finished snack will turn out tastier and juicier. Wash the pepper under running cold water and dry it, cut off the stems and remove the seeds. Cut the prepared pepper into large pieces of arbitrary shape. The weight is indicated in the already sliced form. If you have fewer vegetables, use as many as you have.

3. Step 3:

   

   For the marinade, pour water into the selected pan, add table vinegar and odorless vegetable oil. Then add sugar, table salt, bay leaf and allspice peas. Put the pan on the fire and, stirring, bring to a boil.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add chopped bell pepper to the boiling marinade. The whole pepper may not fit at once, the procedure can be done in two steps.

6. Step 5:

   

   Bring the marinade with pepper to a boil over medium heat, boil for 3-4 minutes. Depending on the desired softness of the pepper, the cooking time may vary markedly. For example, after 4 minutes of moderate boiling, the pieces will retain their crunch and will be slightly soft. Longer cooking can lead to softening of vegetables and loss of shape. Boil the remaining pepper also in the same marinade.

7. Step 6:

   

   In pre-sterilized jars and lids (in any convenient way), put, tamping, pieces of Bulgarian pepper. Then add, if necessary, marinade, previously brought to a boil. Pepper in jars should be completely covered with marinade. Immediately cover the jars with pickled pepper lids. Turn the jars upside down and cover with a blanket or blanket. After cooling, remove the jars for storage in a dark, cool place.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pickled bell pepper can be tasted immediately after cooling down and do not wait for long-term storage. This is a cold snack, but it can also serve as an independent dish, like a snack with slices of fresh bread.