Over the many years of popularity of pickling cucumbers, many delicious and original recipes have accumulated. The main criterion by which the quality of seaming is evaluated is the crispy quality of the greens. If you choose the right fruits and use the described recipe, then a novice in cooking will be able to achieve this property.
Selection and preparation of cucumbers
For seaming, even, approximately equal in size (up to 12 cm in length), regular green leaves should be selected, without damage, spots on the peel, signs of rot, with black pimples.
It is necessary to purchase cucumbers of varieties suitable for salting, for example, Altai, Beregovoi, Magnificent F1, Salting F1, Courage F1, Nightingale F1 and others.Important! White pimples indicate that cucumbers belong to salad varieties that are not suitable for canning.
The process of preparing the fruits consists in thorough washing, soaking in cold water for 4-5 hours and complete drying.
Cooking utensils
For pickling crispy cucumbers in tomato paste, it is worth preparing the following items: 4 liter cans, 4 metal lids for seaming, a sealing key, 1-2 tablespoons, a measuring cup, a saucepan for 3-5 l, a saucepan for 10 l and a towel (cloth) to the bottom of the pan.
Did you know? Preservation as a method of long-term preservation of products was first patented by a culinary specialist from France, Nicolas Upper, in 1809. Prior to this, products were saved only by salting and drying.
How to pickle cucumbers in tomato sauce for the winter without sterilization
30-40 minutes
allspice
12–16 peas
blackcurrant leaves
4-8 pcs.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Pour salt, sugar and tomato paste into 1.6 liters of water.
- Mix.
- Boil.
- Keep boiling for a couple of minutes until the bulk ingredients dissolve.
- Cover the pan.
- Set the marinade to cool.
- Process leaves and dill with boiling water.
- Wash and sterilize the jars by treating them with boiling water (5 minutes) / steam (12 minutes) / in the microwave (3 minutes) / potassium permanganate solution / oven, heated to 120 ° (12 minutes).
- Boil the lids.
- Throw in jars: dill - 1 branch, currant leaves - 2 pcs., Pepper - 3-4 pcs., Garlic (whole or chopped) - 1-2 teeth.
- Fill the container with cucumbers, sealing them. Lay larger ones on the bottom, smaller ones on top.
- Pour the marinade.
- Cover with lids.
- Put the jars in a large pot of water, the bottom of which is previously covered with a cloth.
- Leave them in boiling water for 10 minutes.
- Roll up the lids.
- Flip upside down.
- Wrap with a blanket, towel or blanket.
Video recipe
How to marinate cucumbers in tomato sauce for the winter without sterilization
Important! After sterilization is complete, the cans and lids should be dried to the end. Do not place fruits in wet containers.
Features of storage of cucumber blanks
Harvesting for the winter should be preserved for 1-2 years at temperature indicators from –1 ° С to + 10 ° С, not too high humidity, and the absence of sunlight. The higher the temperature at which preservation is stored, the shorter its shelf life will be.
Ideal storage rooms for seals — basement, cellar, covered balcony, unheated loggia. Sterilized billets can be stored indoors - in the pantry, on the mezzanine, in kitchen cabinets.
Did you know? The longest cucumbers in the world belong to the Chinese species. They grow in length by 1.5-1.8 m. The Chinese and Japanese grow them on the roofs of houses, and then transplanted into open ground.
We hope you enjoy this delicious and simple recipe for pickling cucumbers with tomato paste. For those who like sharper workpieces, you can add it with hot pepper.
