How to cook pickled cucumbers with bell peppers for the winter

Someone likes pickled and pickled cucumbers, while others prefer to make preparations from bell peppers. Still others prefer combined options. If you combine these two useful vegetables, you get beautiful and tasty preparations - cucumbers marinated with bell peppers for the winter.

Selection and preparation of ingredients

To make canned cucumbers and peppers delight family and guests on a winter evening, choose only high-quality and fresh vegetables for harvesting without damage, dents and dark areas... If canning whole, it is desirable that all fruits are the same size so that the marinade is evenly distributed.

Ideal when the fruits are grown on our own six hundred square meters without the use of chemicals.

How to cook pickled cucumbers with bell peppers for the winter

DFor blanks, small cucumbers are chosen... After collecting them in the garden, rinse thoroughly, then soak in cold water for six hours.

While the cucumbers are soaking, we prepare the container and ingredients. We wash the jars and sterilize them in any way. You can do it steamed or in the oven.

Ingredients

The following amount of vegetables and seasonings will be needed per liter container:

• small cucumbers - 10-12 pcs.;
• bulgarian pepper - 1-2 pcs.;
• garlic - 1-2 cloves;
• bay leaf - 1-2 pcs.;
• black pepper - 4 peas;
• allspice - 2-3 peas;
• dill umbrellas - 1-2 pcs.

To prepare the brine, you will need:

• water - 1 l;
• salt - 1.5 tbsp. l. no top of coarse, non-iodized salt;
• sugar - 2-2.5 tbsp. without top;
• acetic acid 70% - 1 tsp per liter can of blanks.

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Step by step instructions for cooking

Prepared put the ingredients in sterilized dishes in the following order:

1. Place dill, garlic, peppercorns and bay leaves on the bottom.
2. We put cucumbers tightly to each other.
3. Bulgarian pepper, preferably red or yellow, cut into four slices and place near the glass, alternating with cucumbers.
4. Fill with hot boiling water and leave for 20-25 minutes.

At this time, we prepare the brine in the proportions indicated above. Bring it to a boil. We drain the cooled water from the jars and pour the prepared brine into them. We leave for 30 minutes.

Then we drain the liquid again, boil it again, pour it into the jars and immediately close it.

Attention! Do not forget to add 1 tsp to each liter jar. vinegar essence before tightly closing it with a screw cap or rolling it up.

Turn the sealed containers upside down and wrap them in a blanket until they cool completely... Such blanks can be stored well even at room temperature.

Other blank recipes

It's nice to crunch a pickled cucumber with sweet pepper in winter. But the above option is not the only one. We offer you some more delicious and simple recipes.

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Cucumber and bell pepper salad for the winter

A beautiful and spicy salad will turn out if put the washed and chopped vegetables in small 0.5 l jars in the following order:

1. At the bottom - onions in half rings.
2. The second layer is bell pepper in slices about 1 cm wide.
3. The third layer is sliced ​​cucumbers.
4. Top layer - tomatoes in quarters, two cloves of garlic and a sprig of dill.

Important! Do not forget to rinse and sterilize the jars well and boil the lids before laying vegetables.

Then we put in each container:

• 1 tsp large non-iodized salt;
• 0.5 tsp Sahara;
• 2 tsp 9% vinegar (3 teaspoons of apple or wine can be used)
• 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil.

Pour the layered vegetables with boiling water and set to sterilize into a large pot of water.

Attention! Be sure to put a cloth on the bottom of the pan and place glass containers with blanks on it. Fill the saucepan with water up to the hangers of the jars, which should be covered with lids. Sterilize the workpieces over low heat within 10 minutes after boiling.

Then remove them from the water and close quickly. Flip the lids down and wrap in a warm blanket for further sterilization until it cools completely.

Assorted peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes

An assortment of various vegetables is a bright and appetizing snack. Let's keep summer colors in the jar - let's take green cucumbers, red tomatoes and colorful bell peppers. And in winter, everyone will choose a vegetable to their liking from the can.

All brine ingredients are given for a volume of liquid that fits in a 1.5 L can.... This container is convenient for assorted foods.

We pre-wash all vegetables and herbs, and soak the cucumbers for three hours. We sterilize the cans and proceed to the preparation of the assortment:

1. On the bottom we spread a dill umbrella, 2-3 black currant leaves, 2-3 allspice peas, 2-3 cloves, 2-3 garlic cloves, mustard seeds (if any).
2. Arrange the cucumbers tightly in a circle, alternating with quarters of red or yellow pepper.
3. Put tomatoes on top of everything, preferably multi-colored.
4. On tomatoes - a sprig of dill, parsley and garlic plates.
5. Fill with boiling water to the very top, cover with a lid and leave for 15 minutes.
6. We drain the water, add 35 g of table salt, 50 g of sugar and 30 ml of 9% vinegar to it and put it on the fire again.
7. Bring the brine to a boil and boil for two minutes.
8. Fill the jars with brine to the brim and urgently close them with boiled lids.
9. Turn over and wrap in a blanket until it cools completely.

Pickled cucumbers with bell pepper

To marinate a 3 liter jar of cucumbers with bell peppers you need the following amount of vegetables and seasonings:

• medium-sized cucumbers - 1-1.2 kg;
• onions - 2 pcs.;
• large bulgarian pepper - 2-3 pcs.;
• granulated sugar - 5-5.5 tbsp. l .;
• table vinegar 9% - 150 ml;
• coarse salt - 2-2.5 tbsp. l.

Soak cucumbers for 3-6 hours. We prepare containers and lids. Divide the pepper into four parts. Put dill, horseradish leaf, two currant leaves and garlic at the bottom of the container. Distribute cucumbers with pepper and pour hot boiling water over. Cover with lids and leave for 20-30 minutes to warm up. Then we drain the water and add salt and vinegar to it. Bring the brine to a boil, boil for 2-3 minutes and refill the container up to the top, seal it. We turn the jar over and wrap it in a blanket for further sterilization.

Excellent crispy cucumbers with pepper flavor are obtained.

Helpful tips for cooking, rolling and storage

Here are some tips that will come in handy when harvesting cucumbers:

1. It is better to pick cucumbers for canning in the morning. After collecting them, it is recommended to rinse and soak for 2-3 hours in clean cold water. Soaking removes excess bitterness.
2. Before canning vegetables, prepare dishes (sterilize glass containers and boil lids).
3. There should be a good seamer or intact screw caps.
4. Dishes are needed without chips or cracks.

Conclusion

Cucumbers and bell peppers go well when pickling. Many people like this mix. The marinade does not have a pronounced sugary taste of sweet pepper, but acquires spicy cucumber notes.Such blanks are suitable for everyday use and will decorate the festive table.