Quite a lot of housewives prepare canned cucumbers for the winter. There are a huge number of different ways to prepare them. However, Polish cucumbers are most often preserved for the winter. They have a pleasant aroma and sourness that sets these preparations apart from the rest.
Before making such a preserve, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with how you can prepare cucumbers in Polish and what recipes to use for this.
Classic recipe
There are various recipes for creating such preservation. However, many people use the classic Polish cucumber recipe.To close the cucumbers, you will need the following ingredients:
- kilogram of cucumbers;
- four peppers;
- three liters of water;
- 100 ml vinegar;
- 120 ml oil;
- 120 g sugar;
- 80 g salt;
- two bay leaves;
- 60 g mustard.
Before preparing pickles with mustard, you should start creating a brine. To do this, place the pan on a gas stove and fill it with water and salt. The liquid is brought to a boil and stirred until the salt is completely dissolved.
After this, you can cut the cucumbers. We cut them not too large so that they fit in the jars without any problems. It is recommended to cut them into small round slices. Then the parsley, onion and bell pepper are chopped. The crushed ingredients along with mustard seeds are added to the container and filled with the prepared brine.
While the pickling is infusing in containers, you can start preparing the marinade. To do this, mix water with bay leaf, mustard, vinegar and sugar in a saucepan. Then the mixture is placed on a gas stove and cooked for 10 minutes. To pickle vegetables in a marinade, pour the brine out of the jars and fill them with the marinade liquid.
It is not recommended to roll cucumbers in Polish without sterilization.
To sterilize them, pickled cucumbers in jars are boiled in a pan of water for half an hour. Only after this do we preserve the cucumbers for the winter and transfer them to the cellar.
With carrots
Some recipes for preparing this dish are supplemented with various ingredients. Sometimes carrots are added to them to make the preserves more tasty. For this you will need:
- kilogram of cucumbers;
- two carrots;
- onion head;
- 65 g mustard;
- 100 ml vinegar;
- 70 g salt;
- 60 g sugar;
- two peppers;
- horseradish.
Before pickling cucumbers in Polish, you need to prepare the ingredients. To make the pickling look appetizing and tasty, it is recommended to use small cucumbers. They are soaked for three hours and cut into small pieces. After this, you should start preparing the remaining vegetables. Onions and carrots are cut into small rings, and peppers are cut into strips.
Then vegetables with parsley and horseradish are placed in a liter jar. Sliced cucumbers should be added last. After this, you can start preparing the marinade. To do this, pour water into a pan and add a little vinegar with salt and sugar. To make the marinade more spicy, you need to mix it with mustard seeds. This whole mixture is boiled for about 5-10 minutes, after which it can be distributed into jars and rolled up.
With cherry leaves
The most unusual cucumber twist is made with the addition of cherry or currant leaves. You can prepare this preservation using the following ingredients:
- three cloves of garlic;
- 500 g cucumbers;
- two branches of dill;
- Bay leaf;
- three cherry leaves;
- 200 ml vinegar;
- 100 g sugar;
- 60 g salt;
- pepper.
Canning cucumbers begins with soaking them and cutting them into rings. Then the greens with cherry leaves and cucumbers are placed in the seaming container. Mustard seeds, horseradish and dill are placed on top. After this, the container is filled with brine, sterilized and sealed with lids. Preservation should be stored in the cellar throughout the winter period.
Conclusion
You can prepare cucumbers for the winter yourself. To do this, just study the recipes, which describe the preparation process in detail.
