There are many ways to pickle tomatoes for the winter. The experiments of housewives most interested in this issue do not leave their family members, relatives and friends indifferent, offering pickled tomatoes with cinnamon as a result. In addition, cooking options are a guarantee that you won’t get tired of the same dish, but will appear in a new light to your household every time. Shades of taste will allow pickled tomatoes to remain a favorite dish on the home table.
An important component of the recipe for tomatoes with cinnamon for the winter is the spice present in the composition, which gives the tomatoes a delicate taste and bright aroma. Pickling tomatoes using this method takes a minimum of time from the housewife.
Benefits of cinnamon
Cinnamon itself is a spice that consists of the bark of a cinnamon tree wrapped in a small tube. Its main characteristic is a bitter-sweet, spicy taste. Ground spice is more convenient to use, but it is often counterfeited, replaced with a powder similar in color and consistency. This means that it would be more correct to purchase cinnamon in the form of sticks, which are crushed immediately before adding to the dish.
If we are canning, then sticks are not very convenient, because the amount of spice is calculated in tablespoons. It is very difficult to grate hard bark in such quantities, so you need to pay attention to a bag of cinnamon or purchase products from trusted manufacturers.
Cinnamon sticks can be added in their entirety to various dishes: casseroles and puddings, wine and liqueurs, syrups and cereals, hot chocolate and sauces. In the East, it is customary to use fragrant sticks even in soups, lamb and poultry dishes, and pork, because cinnamon can enhance the taste of fatty meat.
Dairy dishes go well with cinnamon. It is added to pancakes, milk porridges, and pancakes. Fish dishes with cinnamon acquire a great taste. Baking is unthinkable without it: muffins, biscuits, pies, gingerbread cookies, muffins and pies.
It is appropriate to use this spice in the process of preparing canned vegetables. Cucumbers and mushrooms, lingonberries and cranberries, salted watermelons and sweet tomatoes - the taste of all products will be emphasized and highlighted.
Add cinnamon to hot dishes approximately 7 minutes before the end of cooking. If the spice is subjected to prolonged heat treatment, it can acquire a bitterness that spoils the taste of the main dish. If we are talking about cold desserts, then adding it is recommended at the time of serving or shortly before it.
Ingredients for pickling tomatoes with cinnamon
To prepare tomatoes for the winter, you should have:
- tomatoes;
- garlic cloves;
- 1 tbsp. l. vinegar essence;
- four mint leaves;
- 1 bay leaf;
- 4 peas of black pepper and 6 - 8 allspice;
- cloves - 4 buds;
- bell pepper with garlic;
- 1 tsp. cinnamon;
- vegetable oil;
- 6 tbsp. l. Sahara;
- 2 tbsp. l. salt;
- clean jars.
The amount of spices used can vary according to the taste preferences of the housewife who salted them and her family members.
Cooking process
Cooking tomatoes with cinnamon for the winter follows the following algorithm:
- Preparing jars with lids. The container must be washed with baking soda and sterilized for 5 - 7 minutes, then allowed to cool.
- Rinse the tomatoes in a bowl of water, remove the stems and cut into quarters. It is preferable to use brown fruits, as these tomatoes will be denser and retain their shape.
- Place spices, onion rings and bell peppers on the bottom of the jars. Place tomatoes on top, place one more onion ring, garlic cloves, cut on top. The fruits are cut into slices before preservation.
- The next step is preparing the marinade. To do this, add granulated sugar, salt, and ground cinnamon to the required amount of water. Everything needs to be stirred well until the lumps disappear completely.The result should be a uniform brown liquid, which should be boiled for 5 minutes.
- The marinade is poured into jars, then the containers are covered with lids. They settle for 10 minutes, and then you need to drain the liquid into the pan and bring to a boil again.
- After refilling, you need to screw on the lids, turn the jars upside down and cover with a warm blanket until they cool completely. Should not be sterilized.
Marinated tomatoes prepared in this way will become a decoration for any holiday and its real gastronomic highlight.
