Many people like to roll up cucumbers and zucchini for the winter. This pickling is quite practical and tasty. After all, having opened one can of preserves, you can immediately serve canned cucumbers and zucchini on the table. It is customary to prepare these vegetables together, since the taste of cucumbers and zucchini is equally neutral. That is why vegetables rolled up in one jar complement each other perfectly.
It is recommended to use cucumbers for winter preparation that are crunchy and have been recently picked from the garden, as they are the most delicious.Any zucchini can be used for canning. You can pickle both white varieties and zucchini. Pickling zucchini and cucumbers yourself is not easy. Therefore, you should familiarize yourself in advance with how to close pickled cucumbers and zucchini.
Sterilization of jars
Quite often, before preserving vegetables, it is necessary to sterilize the containers. There are several basic ways to help do this.
In boiling water
Boiling is a classic way to sterilize twist containers. Processing jars this way is quite simple. To do this, pour water into a large saucepan, into which several jars are placed. Then the pan is placed on the gas stove and heated until the water boils. Processing time directly depends on the volume of containers. Liter jars are sterilized for 15-20 minutes. If you process larger containers, the procedure can take up to 40 minutes.
Ferry
Steam treatment is the second classic method of container sterilization. To process the cans, you will need to fill a pan with water and place a special metal plate with recesses for the cans on it. In stores you can find covers for containers of any size. During processing, the jars are placed with the neck down and sterilized in this position for 15 minutes.
In the oven
This method is used much less frequently than the above. To sterilize containers, you need to place several jars in a preheated oven. If they are dry, then they will have to be placed upside down, and if wet, they will have to be placed upside down. In this case, they can be placed on a baking sheet or on a wire rack.
Classic recipe
Almost all housewives use the classic recipe for rolling cucumbers and zucchini. For preparation you will need the following ingredients:
- 2-3 zucchini;
- 500 g cucumbers;
- Bay leaf;
- one and a half liters of water;
- 50 g sugar;
- 80 ml vinegar;
- 100 g salt;
- two heads of garlic;
- dill branch;
- horseradish leaf
First, crispy cucumbers and zucchini are washed with warm water to remove sand and other dirt. After this, you should start preparing the jars. To do this, they need to be washed and sterilized. This is done using a gas oven. Several prepared jars are placed in a preheated oven for 10-20 minutes.
Having prepared the container, you can start chopping vegetables. They should be cut into large half rings that fit in a small bowl. Then vegetables, horseradish, dill and bay leaf with garlic are placed in the container. I pour boiling water over all this and marinate for 10 minutes. After this, the liquid is drained and vinegar is added to the jars. Then the water is boiled again, and sugar and salt are added to it. When the marinade boils again, pour it into the jars again and preserve them. All preserved jars cool down and are transferred to the cellar.
Without sterilization
Many people are interested in the question of whether it is possible to seal vegetables without sterilization. To prepare delicious snacks without sterilization, it is recommended to use special recipes. There are many recipes for cucumbers and zucchini for the winter that can be closed in this way. For a liter jar you will need the following amount of ingredients:
- two dill umbrellas;
- four heads of garlic;
- 30 g mustard;
- 60 g salt;
- 70 g sugar;
- three allspice;
- two bay leaves;
- 500 g cucumbers;
- 100 g carrots;
- two zucchini.
Canning should begin with preliminary preparation of cucumbers and zucchini. An appetizer of zucchini and cucumbers for the winter should be prepared from washed and chopped vegetables. They are cut with a simple small knife.
However, before this, the tails of the cucumbers and zucchini should be cut off and the skin removed. This is done so that zucchini can be stored for the winter longer.
Then you should start preparing the container. It will be enough to rinse all the jars with lids and dry them. After this, you can place several dill umbrellas with spices in them. Also, do not forget about garlic, which is also necessary when pickling cucumbers and zucchini for the winter. It is enough to pickle a few heads of garlic in each container.
Then carrots, zucchini and cucumbers are placed in jars. They should be placed in several layers and salted. After this, soak the salted vegetables in the marinade and cover with lids. The next day, the seaming is transferred to the basement for further storage.
Conclusion
Preserving pickled cucumbers and zucchini yourself is quite difficult. To make winter preparation tasty, you need to familiarize yourself with the most popular recipes for preparing preserves in advance.
