How to pickle large cucumbers for the winter with circles: the most delicious recipes and tips for their preparation

The harvest of large cucumbers often raises questions - how to salt them, which jars will they fit in, won't such fruits be tasteless? If you think that large cucumbers are hopeless to harvest, you are wrong. Delicious winter salads are prepared from them.

Classic salting, option with mustard and vodka, salads with onions, garlic and carrots, Bulgarian appetizer and other national pickles for the winter - just an incomplete list of recipes that we have prepared for you in the article. Here you will also find tips on the selection and preparation of ingredients.

For which cucumbers is this salting method suitable

Salted slices are suitable for any healthy fruit. It is desirable that these are pickled cucumbers. If the cucumbers are small and elastic, then they can be salted whole. But too large, "thick" or irregularly shaped will be harvested after cutting. How to pickle large cucumbers for the winter in circles correctly, we will tell you in detail below.

Selection and preparation of fruits

Consider the following when choosing fruits:

• the cucumber should not be too soft;
• the stalk should not be dry;
• the color of the cucumber can be either dark or light, the main thing is that there are no places scorched by the sun;
• if the cucumber began to rot, then you should not use it in blanks.

General preparation of cucumbers for harvesting includes simple steps:

1. Rinse thoroughly in cold water. Cucumbers often have hard-to-remove stains on the skin, remove them with a soft brush. Do not use a knife.
2. Cut off the ponytails from both sides.
3. Cut into circles. Remove seeds if necessary.

Important! Do not pre-soak the cucumbers unless the recipe requires it.

The best recipes for salted cucumber slices or slices for the winter

And now to the fun part: the eight best salting recipes with simple ingredients, easy cooking and a delightful result. We are sure they will add to your personal cookbook.

A simple salting recipe

A recipe in which there is nothing superfluous.

Ingredients:

• 2 kg of cucumbers;
• 4 currant leaves;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 4 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt with a slide;
• peppercorns to taste;
• 100 ml vinegar (9%).

How to salt:

1. Rinse cucumbers well, cut off the ends.
2. Cut the cucumbers into large pieces. Cut the seeds if necessary.
3. Sterilize jars, lids can be kept in boiling water for 3 minutes.
4. Rinse the currant leaves under running cold water and place them on the bottom of a dry jar.
5. Add the garlic cloves to the currant leaves.
6. Fill a jar with cucumber slices.
7. Boil 1.5 liters of water.
8. Pour boiling water over the cucumbers and let stand for 20 minutes. Cover with a lid.
9. After 20 minutes, drain the water back into the saucepan or saucepan, add salt, sugar, pepper there.
10. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
11. Pour in vinegar, stir and immediately remove from heat.
12. Pour the marinade to half the jar, after 10 seconds, fill the jar completely. Cover with a lid.
13. Sterilize for 10 minutes.
14. Close the cans with a seaming key, turn over and wrap up with warm clothes.
15. Place in the cellar or pantry after 48 hours.

Cucumbers in Bulgarian style slices

Required for a liter jar:

• 800 g of cucumbers;
• 1 small onion;
• peppercorns to taste;
• 2 carnation buds;
• a small bunch of parsley;
• 4 bay leaves;
• 3 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 1 tbsp. l. salt;
• 100 ml vinegar (9%).

Cooking method:

1. Wash the jars with a soda solution, sterilize.
2. Pour boiling water over the lids.
3. Cut the onion into rings.
4. Chop the parsley.
5. Rinse the cucumbers and cut into slices about 2.5 cm thick.
6. At the bottom of the prepared jar, place two bay leaves, chopped herbs, cloves and peas.
7. Transfer the cucumbers to the jar so that the onion rings are located between the fruits.
8. Boil water and pour boiling water into jars.
9. After 10 minutes, drain the water back, boil again.
10. Add two bay leaves, salt and sugar to boiling water. Mix well. Make sure bulk solids are dissolved.
11. After a couple of minutes, pour in the vinegar and remove the marinade from the heat.
12. Pour it carefully into the jar.
13. Send cans for sterilization (10 minutes). Jars must be covered with lids.
14. After 10 minutes, roll up, turn over and wrap for 24 hours.

note! Garlic and dill will be superfluous in this recipe. Recipe "In Bulgarian”Does not suggest them.

Mustard recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of cucumbers;
• 2 tsp mustard powder;
• 2 tsp grain mustard;
• 1 onion;
• 3 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 1 tbsp. l. salt without a slide;
• 90 ml vinegar (9%).

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the cucumbers, remove all contamination. Cut off both ends.
2. Cut into large slices.
3. Sterilize the jars.
4. Cut the onion into half rings. Place them at the bottom of the jar.
5. Also, add a teaspoon of mustard powder and grain to the bottom of the container.
6. Fill the jar with cucumbers.
7. Pour another teaspoon of both types of mustard on top.
8. Boil water with salt and sugar. Stir well, after boiling, cook for 2 minutes.
9. Pour vinegar into the jars.
10. Remove the marinade from heat and fill containers with it, cover with lids.
11. Sterilize for 12 minutes.
12. Roll up the cans, turn them over and wrap them in towels.
13. After 48-50 hours, transfer the workpieces to a cool and dark place.

Council. The cucumbers are very aromatic and moderately sweet. This is an ideal snack for dry meat or kebabs. Do not be intimidated by the cloudy marinade. It turns out this way because of mustard powder.

Crispy cucumber circles with vodka

Required:

• 1.5 kg of cucumbers;
• 2 medium onions;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 2 oak leaves;
• horseradish leaf;
• horseradish root (small);
• 50 ml of vodka;
• 70 ml vinegar (9%);
• 5 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt;
• peas.

To cucumbers turned out to be crispy, take mid-season fruits with a healthy color.

How to cook:

1. Rinse cucumbers, remove dirt with a brush, do not use a knife.
2. Cut vegetables into slices.
3. Cut the onion into half rings.
4. Chop horseradish root and garlic, mix.
5. Place oak leaves, horseradish leaves and chopped horseradish root with garlic at the bottom of a sterilized container.
6. Fill the jar halfway with vegetables.
7. Next, lay out the whole onion.
8. Fill the jar with cucumbers.
9. Boil water. Pour boiling water into jars.
10. After 20 minutes, drain the water back, boil again.
11. Pour boiling water over the vegetables again, leaving to cool for 15 minutes.
12. Drain water into a saucepan, add salt, sugar and peas. Boil.
13. As the marinade boils, pour vodka and vinegar into the jar.
14. Remove the marinade from the stove immediately, fill the jars with it.
15. Cap the jars immediately, turn the bottom upside down and cover with thick material. Keep out of the sun.
16. Put it back in the cellar after 48 hours.

Important! Cucumbers are obtained sharp, with alcohol in the composition, therefore, such a dish is prohibited for pregnant women, during feeding and small children.

Circles in their own juice

Ingredients:

• 3 kg of cucumbers;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 130 ml vinegar (9%);
• 120 g sugar;
• 3 sprigs of dill;
• 50 g of salt;
• black peppercorns to taste.

How to cook:

1. Soak vegetables in cold water for 2 hours. After the first hour, it is advisable to replace the water or add ice.
2. Rinse the fruits thoroughly, cut into circles.
3. Transfer the cucumbers to an enamel bowl or saucepan.
4. Chop the dill, add it to the cucumbers.
5. Finely chop the garlic and add to the saucepan.
6. Add salt, sugar, pepper and vinegar.
7. Stir.
8. Cover and leave for 3 hours. During this time, juice will stand out.
9. Wash the jars, rinse well, sterilize.
10. Boil the lids for a couple of minutes.
11. After 3 hours, transfer the vegetables to jars, fill with your own juice.
12. Cover the jars with lids.
13. Sterilize for 20 minutes.
14. Seal, turn over for two days.

Note! If not enough juice comes out, leave the cucumbers in the saucepan for another hour. If in this case there is not enough juice, add boiling water.

Cucumber salad for the winter

Required:

• 3 kg of cucumbers;
• 120 ml of vegetable oil;
• 120 g sugar;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 50 g of salt;
• 150 ml vinegar (9%);
• a bunch of parsley;
• 1 tsp ground black pepper.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the cucumbers in cold water, remove all dirt with a brush.
2. Cut into slices 0.5 cm thick.
3. Chop the parsley, do not chop the stems.
4. Chop the garlic finely with a knife.
5. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
6. Add salt, sugar, peas, sunflower oil, vinegar. Mix everything.
7. Place a lid on (a large cutting board will do).
8. Leave on for 6 hours.
9. After 5.5 hours, start preparing the cans. Rinse with soda solution, rinse and sterilize.
10. Drain the marinade into a separate container.
11. Spread the salad over the jars with a spoon.
12. Pour the marinade over, cover the jar with a lid.
13. Sterilize for 25 minutes.
14. Screw the lids back on, turn the can upside down, and don't forget to wrap it up.
15. After two days, transfer the prepared salad to the pantry or cellar.

Sliced ​​cucumbers "Like barrel"

Ingredients:

• 3 kg of cucumbers;
• 2 horseradish leaves;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 3 tbsp. l. salt;
• currant leaf;
• dill umbrella.

How to cook:

1. Rinse the cucumbers well, cut off the tails.
2. Cut the garlic cloves into large slices.
3. Rinse the green leaves in cold water.
4. Wash the jars with soda or soapy water. Rinse very thoroughly with cold water.
5. Cut the cucumbers into slices.
6. Place horseradish and currant leaves at the bottom of the jar. Add garlic plates to them.
7. Fill the jar with cucumbers.
8. Place a dill umbrella on top.
9. Add salt.
10. Fill cans with cold filtered water.
11. Boil the lids.
12. Close the jars with boiled lids, without waiting for cooling.
13. Transfer to a cool place immediately.

Important! Such cucumbers must be kept in a cool room, otherwise the "barrel" cucumbers will deteriorate in a couple of weeks. When stored properly, you will enjoy them until the next harvesting season.

Snack salad

Ingredients:

• 4 kg of cucumbers;
• 200 ml of vegetable oil;
• 200 g sugar;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt with a slide;
• 200 ml vinegar (9%);
• 7 cloves of garlic.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the cucumbers in cold water, cut off the "noses".
2. Cut into circles.
3. Chop the garlic finely with a knife or pass through a press.
4. Mix all the ingredients in an enamel bowl: immediately add the chopped cucumbers, garlic. Add salt and sugar, mix. Pour in oil, stir again. Pour in vinegar, stir.
5. Leave covered for 3 hours.
6. Sterilize the jars. Boil the lids or pour over boiling water.
7. Transfer the salad to jars, pouring over the accumulated marinade juice.
8. Cover with jars and sterilize for 25 minutes.
9. Cap and turn over.
10. It is not necessary to wrap up the jars; put them in a long-term storage place in a day.

Important! When sterilizing the finished product, the water in the pan should reach the "shoulder" of the jar.

Tips and tricks from experienced housewives

To get a guaranteed result, learn the advice of experienced housewives:

1. Soaking the cucumbers is not necessary as the fruits are cut. But if you wish, you can pour cold water over the fruits for 1.5 hours, without leaving it overnight.
2. Try not to overdo it with spices.Add mustard and pepper; they work best with chopped vegetables. Avoid coriander, celery.
3. Avoid exposure to sunlight during the entire storage period. This is especially important in the first two days.
4. Do not add salt to the ponytails, they can add bitterness to the whole dish.
5. Stop the choice on 9% table vinegar, do not use citric acid, unless the recipe requires it.

Let's sum up

Salting large cucumbers for the winter is not only possible, but also necessary. Rinse the vegetable well, brush off all dirt and cut into circles or slices. Combine vegetables with carrots, mustard, parsley, onions, garlic and dill. Store in a cool place out of direct sunlight.