There are fruits that are not available fresh to ordinary people all year round. Plum is one of them. You can use it to prepare not only sweet preparations for the winter. Snack plums, pickled like olives, have recently gained a lot of fans. The dish has an original sweet and sour taste. Can be a worthy replacement for olives. Moreover, there are several recipes for preparing specific snacks.
Features of pickling plums like olives for the winter
In order for the treat to be a success, you need to follow some simple rules. It is better to take the fruits of the Ugorka variety, which is sometimes called Vengerka. Water must be bottled. Salt is rock salt. Under no circumstances should you use other types of salt. You can add apple or wine vinegar.
Recipe Ingredients
The special taste of the preparation depends on what kind of marinade will be prepared and on what ingredients will be in it. First of all, this concerns spices. After all, different housewives prefer to use different seasonings:
- bay leaves and garlic;
- cloves, cinnamon and vanilla;
- chopped ginger root, dry thyme;
- ground black and allspice;
- thyme, rosemary.
In addition to spices, the marinade must contain water, rock salt, granulated sugar and table vinegar (in the ratio of 1 liter of liquid and 2 tablespoons of other ingredients).
How to properly prepare food?
The housewife must properly prepare the food. Otherwise, the workpiece may quickly deteriorate.
- Unripe plums with intact skin and dense pulp are considered the best for pickling.
- The fruits are carefully sorted. Specimens that are too soft, overripe or spoiled are rejected.
- Then they are thoroughly washed under running cold water. At the same time, the stalks are removed.
- Place raw plums on a clean cloth to drain the water.
The dish is prepared from fruits with and without pits. In the first case, each slivina is pierced with a fork or toothpick. This is done so that the skin does not burst during heat treatment.
Preparing containers
The fruits are placed in well-washed, sterilized containers. Usually these are half-liter or liter glass jars.
When preparing them, care must be taken to ensure that no cracks appear on the surface.Otherwise, when hot marinade is poured into containers, they will burst, and the food from them will have to be thrown away.
Cooking process
There are several recipes for preparing an original snack so that the finished plums resemble olives.
The process of creating a dish is as follows:
- Plums are placed in containers.
- Prepare the marinade. Rock salt, granulated sugar, and spices are diluted in water. Bring to a boil, pour in table vinegar.
- The boiling solution is poured into the contents of the jars.
- The product must be sterilized.
- Cover with steam-treated lids.
- The container is placed on a horizontal surface with the lid down and wrapped in a warm cloth.
After complete cooling, the snack is put in a cold place.
Preservation storage
Canned plums are stored in the cellar or refrigerator for no longer than two years. The most important thing is to prevent the snack from freezing.
Pickled plums have become a favorite snack among Russians and residents of the CIS countries. They are served as an addition to meat, any fish and poultry dishes. And some gourmets consume such fruits with alcoholic drinks. There is no shame in displaying the preparation on both the everyday and holiday tables.
