Collections. Large cucumbers, what to do

It’s not difficult to prepare canned cucumbers without vinegar, the main thing is to take cucumbers of the desired pickling variety and size. It’s good to make cucumbers in small jars; it’s more convenient if the family is small.

I make canned cucumbers with onions when the main program for preparing cucumbers has been completed, and they don’t run out and don’t run out. Try it, maybe you will like this simple recipe?

Pickled cucumbers are “the most Russian appetizer”, as well as an indispensable product for preparing vinaigrettes, pickles and other dishes traditional cuisine. How to ferment cucumbers - you will learn from this recipe!

Canned crispy cucumbers are a real treasure for any housewife. I have several options for crispy cucumbers in my arsenal - I’m sharing one of them.

Canned Bulgarian cucumbers are distinguished by the fact that horseradish, dill or garlic are not added to the jars, but onions are added. You need to take small cucumbers, the pickling variety. Let's cook!

With the arrival of summer, I begin to miss lightly salted cucumbers. Therefore, as soon as fresh ones appear, I immediately salt them. My recipe lightly salted cucumbers It’s simple, they take literally a couple of days to prepare. The taste is great!

Refined and very original snack- cucumber jam. Ideal with hard cheeses and melon. Lick your fingers! Perfect for a summer evening gathering on the terrace with a glass of wine.

I run out of pickled cucumbers with mustard first. No matter how much you do, you still won’t make it until spring :) I borrowed the recipe for pickled cucumbers with mustard from my mother-in-law. I'm sharing!

Crispy pickled cucumbers - what could be better? How nice it is to crunch a cucumber, isn’t it? :) I'm telling you how to pickle crispy cucumbers. A little bit of work - and a great snack is ready!

Canned cucumbers with mustard are strong and have a wonderful taste. An excellent appetizer, side dish and a pleasant component in salads are all canned cucumbers with mustard. Family recipe!

Sweet pickled cucumbers always go with a bang! Easy to prepare and always great result. By the way, a man gave me the recipe, and they already know a lot about cucumbers. Try this recipe too!

Canned sweet crispy cucumbers turn out no worse than store-bought ones. If you take small cucumbers, you will get delicious jars that will quickly disappear from the bins. Here is the prescription!

I have known the recipe for cold pickles for many years. It is good to use when you need to quickly get delicious cucumbers without canning. Cucumbers must be covered with a plastic lid.

Canned lightly salted cucumbers are tasty, crispy and very pleasant to the taste. They are good served as an appetizer or added to a side dish. My recipe is for a three-liter jar. Shall we try some salt?)

The idea to make cucumber jam came to me when I had a successful harvest year. It turned out well! Since then, every season I brew a couple of jars of this exotic. I advise you to try it for variety.

Cucumber rolls are an original appetizer that will especially appeal to those who love Greek salad. The filling for the rolls is made from feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, olives and unsweetened yogurt.

Cold cucumber soup is a great lunch on a hot summer day. The recipe for cold cucumber soup is based on natural yogurt and vegetable broth. Suitable for vegetarians.

When there are a lot of cucumbers at the dacha, you need to prepare them for the winter. Cucumber salad for the winter is an excellent preparation, one of my favorites. I recommend making at least a jar - you won’t be disappointed.

An extremely simple salad with pickles is a regular guest on our table. Prepared from very simple, affordable ingredients. It turns out very tasty, tastier than just pickled cucumbers!

Salad from fresh cucumbers this recipe is a wonderful refreshing summer dish that can also be served as a side dish with different dishes, and as an independent light salad ik. Very tasty and fresh!

Prepare the most perfect spring salad from fresh radishes and cucumbers, and recharge your body, weakened over the winter, with a portion of delicious vitamins! A simple recipe for radish and cucumber salad - read on!

Fresh cucumber salad is my favorite quick and easy summer snack. Just a few minutes of effort - and a fresh salad full of vitamins and life is ready!

A recipe for making a vegetable salad of cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs - to help everyone who loves fresh vegetable salads. There is nothing difficult to prepare, but the recipe will certainly come in handy;)

Cabbage and cucumber salad is a quick, easy to prepare and quite tasty vegetable salad that goes great as a side dish for meat, and is also good on its own, without anything else.

Everyone knows that gazpacho is a red tomato soup. However, gazpacho can be not only red, but also green :) I’ll tell you how to prepare green gazpacho.

Light, low-calorie, delicious salad. Greens and cucumbers smell like spring, and the absence of heavy mayonnaise has a positive effect on your figure. So let's cook, eat and get ready for summer.

Yogurt and cucumber sauce is a sauce that is ideal for dressing salads, as well as for serving on grilled or grilled dishes. Fresh and light, it goes well with meat.

Russian rolls made from sausage and pickled cucumber are a kind of parody of the Japanese rolls that have become very popular. In my opinion, this is a very original, fun and tasty snack.

Canned cucumbers are a great preparation for the winter. The best thing is that such cucumbers can be eaten either separately, without anything, or used in other dishes. For example, in a salad.

Appetizer "Mosaic" of tomatoes, pumpkin and cucumbers

Appetizer "Mosaic" of tomatoes, pumpkin and cucumbers is great snack For festive table. Cheap to prepare, but tasty and effective.

Recipe for stuffed cucumbers - preparing a vegetable appetizer from stuffed cucumbers stuffed with seafood.

Nothing complicated, today we are preparing cucumber salad in sour cream sauce- easy to prepare, healthy, affordable in terms of ingredients and very tasty fresh vegetable salad.

Cold soup popular in summer time in Bulgaria and Macedonia. Usually served before main courses.

Cucumbers with mustard are a great addition to any winter feast. The taste of such cucumbers is particularly spicy and piquant in taste.

Actually, this salad is called “Ebi Sunomono”, but for simplicity I will just call it Japanese cucumber salad :) A great idea for a simple but unusual vegetable salad.

Recipe for making rassolnik - a popular Russian soup with pickled cucumbers. Rassolnik needs no introduction - we all already know how delicious this soup is.

Almost everyone loves cucumbers. And how to cook them lightly salted - this is in the recipe. The most delicious original Russian snack!

In summer, strawberries are an essential element on our table, and it is simply impossible to imagine this time of year without them. We present to your attention a delicious and refreshing salad of strawberries, peach, pear and cucumber

We all know okroshka with bread kvass, but okroshka with mineral water Few people have probably tried it. I recommend making it - it’s incredibly delicious!

Cucumber fritters are a great idea for an easy and delicious way to get rid of overripe cucumbers. These pancakes resemble zucchini pancakes. However, cucumber pancakes are more popular here.

Vegetarian okroshka is a cold summer soup, without eggs or sausage. Also, this okroshka is prepared not with kvass, but with kefir.

Carrot and cucumber salad has the simplest ingredients and amazing taste thanks to a simple but interesting dressing. If you like to experiment, this recipe is for you.

Okroshka in Bulgarian Tarator is a traditional Bulgarian cold soup with a very interesting refreshing taste!

Korean-style cucumbers are a good option for those who love cucumbers in all forms - salted, lightly salted, in salads or just fresh. Korean cucumbers are a spicy appetizer that can decorate your table.

Salad with pickles is an excellent salad option in winter period, when fresh cucumbers cost money, and you still have some left over from the summer. So, an easy option for preparing a salad with pickles.

Every housewife makes preparations for the winter from cucumbers, and every housewife has proven recipes for preparations from cucumbers. notebook, and of course, I am no exception. You must admit, it’s so nice to open a jar of pickled or pickled cucumbers in winter to accompany fried potatoes or roast meat... Also, such “hits” as Olivier salad and rassolnik simply cannot be prepared without pickled cucumbers.

Dear friends, I bring to your attention my selection of proven recipes for cucumber preparations, which I hope you will like. I took many recipes for preparing cucumbers for the winter from my grandmother’s and mother’s notebooks, but I also preserve them according to modern recipes.

If you have your favorite recipes for cucumber preparations, please share them in the comments.

Tell me, do you close cucumber salad for the winter? I really like this idea: open the jar and you have an excellent snack or delicious side dish. There are quite a lot of recipes for such preservation, but this year I decided to start with a salad of cucumbers, onions and dill for the winter with the funny name “Gulliver”.

I really liked that the process is simple, and although the cucumbers need to infuse for 3.5 hours, all other steps do not require much time. In addition, this cucumber and onion salad for the winter is without sterilization, which also greatly simplifies the recipe. You can see how to prepare a cucumber salad for the winter with “Gulliver” onions.

Crispy pickled cucumbers for the winter (dry sterilization)

Pickled cucumbers for the winter in Polish

If you are looking for delicious pickled cucumbers for the winter, then you have come to exactly the right place. I just want to tell you how to pickle cucumbers for the winter with vinegar so that they turn out simply magical - crispy, moderately salty... You can see how to pickle cucumbers for the winter in Polish.

Winter cucumber salad “Lady fingers”

This recipe has many advantages. Firstly, this cucumber salad for winter turns out to be very tasty. Secondly, it is prepared very simply and relatively quickly. Thirdly, not only medium-sized cucumbers, which are usually canned, are suitable for it: you can make such a salad from overgrown cucumbers for the winter. And fourthly, this preparation has a very beautiful and delicate name - “Lady fingers” (due to the shape of the cucumbers). How to cook winter salad from cucumbers “Lady fingers”, look.

Cucumbers in their own juice for the winter without sterilization

Crispy cucumbers for the winter with peppers and carrots

If you are looking delicious snack from cucumbers for the winter, then we went absolutely right. Today I want to present to you a wonderful preserved food - crispy cucumbers with peppers and carrots. They turn out simply delicious - bright and beautiful, aromatic and tasty. This recipe is an excellent alternative to traditional cucumbers for the winter: if you are bored with the usual preservation, try preparing them this way, I’m sure you will like the result as much as I do. Look at the recipe with photos.

The famous “Latgale” cucumber salad for the winter

If you need a simple and tasty recipe for cucumber and onion salad for the winter, then be sure to pay attention to this “Latgale” cucumber salad. There will be nothing unusual in the preparation itself; everything is quite simple and quick. The only point: the marinade for this Latgalian cucumber salad includes coriander. This spice gives the salad a special taste, highlighting the main ingredients very well. You can see the recipe with photos.

Pickled cucumbers for the winter: a preservation classic!

You love simple blanks for the winter from cucumbers? Pay attention to the classic pickled cucumbers. You can see the recipe for pickled cucumbers for the winter .

Cucumber lecho for the winter

How to cook delicious lecho from cucumbers for the winter, you can look.

Lightly salted cucumbers for the winter

You can see the recipe for making lightly salted cucumbers for the winter.

Cucumber salad for the winter in Georgian style

Do you like simple and tasty winter preparations made from cucumbers? Cucumber salad for the winter in Georgian style is exactly what you need! I wrote how to prepare a cucumber salad for the winter in Georgian style.

If you are looking for a light cucumber salad for the winter, then this recipe is exactly what you need! Marinated cucumber salad for the winter with bell peppers, carrots and onions will satisfy even the most sophisticated fans of seasonal preserved cucumbers. I am sure that this winter cucumber salad in jars will be very popular: it turns out both beautiful and very tasty. Look at the recipe with photos.

Canned cucumbers and zucchini for the winter “Ideal blowing”

You can see the recipe for canned cucumbers and zucchini for the winter.

Korean cucumbers for the winter: a delicious salad with Asian notes!

How to cook cucumbers in Korean for the winter, read.

Canning is perhaps one of the most important activities for every housewife, because on warm summer days you want to prepare as many fruits and vegetables as possible for the winter. For preservation, medium-sized fruits are usually chosen, but what to do, for example, with large cucumbers? Overgrown vegetables can be used for pickling and preparing a variety of salads. Proven recipes from experienced housewives will help you prepare a delicious vegetable appetizer for the winter, which can be served both on an everyday and holiday table.

Pickled large cucumbers

Delicious and crispy canned cucumber slices will become a favorite snack for the whole family. Making this preparation is quite simple; the rich taste of pickled vegetables will surprise everyone.

Ingredients for one 0.5 liter jar:

• several sprouted cucumbers;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 2 branches of fresh dill;
• 1 carrot;
• 15 grams of granulated sugar;
• 15 milliliters of 9% vinegar;
• 10 grams of salt;
• 25 milliliters of sunflower oil.

How to prepare large pickled cucumbers for the winter:

1. Before you start canning cucumbers, you should prepare the jars. Wash the 0.5 liter glass container thoroughly and then sterilize it. At this stage, you should boil and cool the water, which will be needed later for preparing the marinade.
2. Prepare all the necessary vegetables, peel them and rinse them under running water. Trim the sides of large cucumbers.
3. Cut the cucumbers and carrots into equal-sized slices. If you are using small cloves of garlic, it is not necessary to cut them. Large garlic should be cut into several pieces.
4. Place 2 branches of dill and 2 cloves of garlic on the bottom of the prepared jars.
5. Next, place 6 carrot rings in each jar.
6. The next step is to lay out the cucumber rings.
7. Place in each jar required amount sugar, salt, add chilled boiled water, as well as oil and vinegar. The liquid should reach the edges of the jars.
8. Place filled half-liter jars in large saucepan, cover them with sterile lids. Then you need to fill the pan with water up to the hangers of the cans. The sterilization process will take 15 minutes from the moment the water boils. Then you can start rolling up the cans. Turn the workpieces upside down and wrap them well in a blanket.

Allow canned vegetables to cool completely.

Cucumbers, preserved in pieces with citric acid (for large cucumbers)

The taste of such preparation will pleasantly surprise relatives and guests; at first glance, it will be difficult to recognize which vegetable is rolled up in the jar. The cucumbers turn out aromatic and juicy. This option for canning overripe fruits will undoubtedly become one of the most favorite, since such recipes for vegetable preparations are simple and at the same time original.

Ingredients:

• 1 kilogram of cucumbers;
• 50 grams of tarragon greens;
• 200 grams of carrots;
• 200 grams of onion;
• 5 grams of citric acid;
• 25 grams of salt;
• 1 head of garlic.

Preparation delicious preparation with tarragon and citric acid:

1. Rinse large cucumbers, carefully cut the skin from each fruit and remove the seeds. Then you should cut the vegetables into medium pieces or in the form of large straws.
2. Wash the carrots, peel and cut them in the same way as the cucumbers.
3. Peeled onions should be cut into half rings.
4. Disassemble the head of garlic into slices, then finely chop.
5. Chop the well-washed tarragon greens.
6. At the next stage of preparation for canning, you need to combine vegetables with herbs, add the required amount of salt and citric acid. Now all this should brew and release the juice.
7. Next, you need to boil the salad for 10 minutes and put it in jars. After sterilization, we complete canning by sealing each jar of salad with a key.

This preservation can be used as a dressing for pickle soup, soup, as well as a variety of vegetable dressings. The workpiece is perfectly stored at room temperature.

Cucumbers with sweet peppers

This recipe successfully combines two vegetables, each of them acquiring bright, unique flavors. Light spicy notes of spices are successfully combined with the sweetness of pepper, filling the cucumber with a pleasant spiciness.

Ingredients:

• 1 kilogram of cucumbers;
• 500 grams of sweet pepper.

Marinade components:

• 1 liter of water;
• 250 milliliters of vinegar;
• 50 grams of granulated sugar;
• 8 peppercorns;
• 70 grams of coarse salt;
• 2 bay leaves.

The process of preparing delicious vegetable preparation for the winter:

1. Peel large cucumbers, then cut into 8 equal-sized pieces or cut them into medium pieces. Using a teaspoon, carefully scoop out the seeds.
2. Prepared vegetables must be blanched in boiling water for 2 minutes, then immediately cooled by placing in a bowl with cold water.
3. Blanch the peppers for 1 minute. Next, remove the skin, remove the seeds, and cut into several pieces.
4. Place pepper slices tightly together with cucumber slices in prepared jars and pour hot marinade over them. Pasteurization of filled cans is carried out at 90 degrees. It will take 20 minutes to pasteurize 1-liter jars, 25 minutes for two-liter jars, and 35 minutes for three-liter jars.
5. After this, it is worth cooling the workpiece completely and transferring it to a pantry or cellar for storage.

“Mother-in-law’s tongues” made from large cucumbers

An appetizer under this name can be prepared not only from zucchini and eggplant, but also from large cucumbers. The taste of the preparation is unusually delicate and refined; no one will guess that it is made from overgrown fruits.

Ingredients for 2 750 ml jars:

• 2 kilograms of large cucumbers;
• 1 liter of water;
• 100 grams of sugar;
• 15 grams of salt;
• 5 grams of citric acid;
• 5 buds of cloves;
• 5 peas each of black and allspice.

The process of preparing “mother-in-law’s tongues”:

1. Wash large cucumbers, remove the skin from each fruit using a knife, and then cut into pieces, the thickness of which will be 1.5 cm.
2. Start preparing the brine. To do this, add salt with spices and sugar to the required amount of water. Bring the spice mixture to a boil.
3. Place the cucumber pieces in a large saucepan, pour boiling brine over them and let sit for 10 minutes. You can place a press on top.
4. Transfer the cucumber slices to the prepared glass container, placing them tightly inside the jar.
5. Bring the brine to a boil again, pour the cucumbers into the jars and seal.

“Caviar” from overripe cucumbers

Fragrant, juicy and very tasty “caviar” is obtained from large cucumbers. An original vegetable appetizer is an excellent solution for a holiday table.

Ingredients:

• 6 large cucumbers;
• 1 onion;
• 5 medium sized tomatoes;
• 3 carrots;
• 2 bell peppers;
• 35 milliliters vegetable oil;
• 10 grams of salt;
• ground black pepper to taste.

How to make “caviar” based on large cucumbers:

1. Peppers and cucumbers must be washed. Peel the cucumber peel with a knife, carefully remove the seeds from the inside. Cut the bell pepper into two parts, cut out the partitions, and peel the pulp from the seeds.
2. Peppers, peeled onions and cucumbers must be cut small pieces.
3. Peel the carrots using a vegetable peeler, rinse them along with the tomatoes under running water, and grate everything.
4. Heat a thick-bottomed pan over the fire, add vegetable oil. Place the cucumbers there, wait until the released juice has evaporated by half.
5. Now you can put the onions in the pan, after a few minutes add the carrots along with the tomatoes and peppers. Season the vegetables with spices and salt. During stewing, it is necessary to mix all the ingredients in the pan to avoid burning.
6. When all the liquid has evaporated, you can put the snack in sterile jars. The process of sterilizing jars in a double boiler will take no more than 2 minutes.
7. Seal jars of caviar with sterilized lids. The workpiece must cool completely at room temperature; the “caviar” must be stored in the refrigerator.

To enrich the taste of vegetables, you can add a little granulated sugar, vinegar, and Khmeli-Suneli seasoning during stewing.

Overgrown cucumbers: recipe for the winter (video)

The above recipes will help every housewife prepare excellent snacks from overripe vegetables, home canning will surprise your whole family with its bright taste. Canning – great way feel the “taste of summer” and enjoy it to the fullest.

Summer is the time for fresh greens and global vitaminization. It is for this reason that with the onset of the first warm days, dishes made from fresh cucumbers become very popular. Juicy, crispy and incredibly healthy... It's hard to find a person who doesn't love these vegetables. And the most interesting thing is that you can prepare a huge variety of different dishes from them. culinary masterpieces. After all, cucumber dishes are not only ordinary vegetable salads. This also includes a great variety of delicious snacks, vitamin cocktails, healthy soups and even desserts.

Meet Mr. Cucumber!

Surprisingly, the cucumber is directly related to the pumpkin plant family. But the origin of the name is connected with several historical facts. For example, in Sanskrit the word “cucumber” is very similar to the name of an Indian prince who had more than 60 thousand children. But the cucumber itself has a lot of seeds inside itself.

The word “cucumber” itself is of ancient Greek origin and translated means “unripe”. As a crop, cucumber originated in India approximately 6,000 years ago. By the way, at the foot of the Himalayas, cucumbers still grow in natural environment. In ancient times, the ancient Egyptians loved to feast on these vegetables. And currently, dishes made from fresh cucumbers are popular throughout globe. A huge variety of salads and cold appetizers can be prepared from this vegetable. It is noteworthy that cucumber is not only tasty, but also healthy. It's time to talk about the benefits of fresh cucumbers and chemical composition this vegetable.

All the most useful things in the garden

A cucumber is approximately 95% water. Everything else is vitamins B, C and PP, as well as carotene, fiber and various macro- and microelements that are beneficial for the human body. Cucumber contains a large number of organic matter, which promote better digestion and absorption of other foods.

Cooking method

Using a whisk, mix the ingredients needed for the sauce. Then cut the cucumbers in large pieces crosswise into the required number of barrels and remove the core using a dessert spoon. The pulp should be chopped approximately the same way as cutting cucumbers into okroshka, and mixed with chopped avocado, cherry tomatoes and lettuce. Season the mixture with salt and black pepper.

Place the barrels on a wide dish, fill with the prepared mixture and pour over the sauce. Boil the shrimp and put one in each barrel. The dish is decorated with drops of the remaining sauce and fresh herbs. It is not only beautiful, but also delicious.

How to store fresh cucumbers?

This question is asked by many housewives who want to preserve all the benefits and taste of vegetables. In winter, it is not difficult to find a fresh cucumber, but keeping it in its original form is not so easy. It turns out there are several practical advice that will extend the life of fresh vegetables:

• Fill a jar with water and place the cucumbers there, tails down. Place the container in the refrigerator and change the water in it every day.
• Pour vinegar into an enamel pan (about 1 cm), place a wire rack on which to place the cucumbers, which should not come into contact with the liquid. During the evaporation process, vinegar will create a special environment that prevents the process of rotting.
• Wash and dry the cucumbers thoroughly. Beat the egg white and coat the surface of the vegetables. The film will not allow moisture to evaporate, so the fresh vegetable can remain as tasty and healthy for some time.

The lucky owners of dry and cool cellars are a little more fortunate. They don’t have to wonder how to store fresh cucumbers - just place them in an enamel or ceramic container and sprinkle with dry sand. So the vegetables can last for a whole month.

What else can you make from fresh cucumber?

All kinds of soups and a variety of snacks, salads and vegetable smoothies, stews and even desserts - this list can be continued with dressings and sauces, gourmet delicacies and delicious recipes. Even the most ordinary sandwiches, decorated with a slice of fresh cucumber, will be much tastier and healthier. Dishes made from fresh cucumbers are a huge space for culinary imagination.

This vegetable goes well with a wide variety of ingredients, so every housewife can experiment in the kitchen and surprise her household with an unusual salad of fresh cucumbers and eggs, seasoned with an exquisite French-style sauce.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers
• Tomatoes
• Bell pepper
• Carrot
• Greenery
• Vegetable oil
• Pepper

On a note!

the number of ingredients is not indicated, since for stewing you can use any vegetable that is in this moment at hand. Jars for packaging are suitable for 0.5 - 0.8 liters.

Preparation:

Peel large cucumbers, cut into 4 parts and cut out the middle with seeds. Next, cut the prepared slices into cubes, place in hot oil in a frying pan and fry until translucent. Process the remaining vegetables, cut into cubes or slices, and add to the cucumbers.

Add spices to the vegetable mixture to taste and simmer until all vegetables are cooked. Place the mixture in a hot container, immediately roll up the lids and cover the “stew” with a fur coat.

And you can eat not only how cold snack, when serving as a side dish, it can be reheated.

Salad of overgrown cucumbers for the winter in jars

Ingredients:

• Cucumbers – 3 kg
• Fresh dill - a large bunch
• Onion - half a kilo
• Vegetable oil – 250 ml
• Salt - a quarter cup
• Vinegar 6% – 250 ml
• Sugar - half a glass

Preparation:

Cucumbers, peeled, cut into slices. Finely chop the dill. Cut the onion into rings.

Arrange the prepared vegetables in jars in layers: cucumbers, dill, onions, cucumbers and so on.

Make a cold pour from oil, salt, vinegar and sugar, that is, there is no need to boil the mixture. Pour the mixture over the salad and leave for 3 hours.

Sterilization of jars: 1 liter – 10 minutes; 0.8 l – 8 minutes; 0.5 l – 5 minutes.

“Pickles” from overgrown cucumbers

Ingredients:

• Large cucumbers – 1 kg
• Sugar – 5 tbsp. spoons
• Salt – 3 tbsp. spoons
• Water – 1.5 cups
• Vinegar 9% - half a glass
• Black and allspice peas - to taste
• Coriander – 1 teaspoon
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp. spoon
• Cinnamon - small piece

Preparation:

Peel accelerator cucumbers (if they are very rough), cut into four parts, and if desired, cut out the center with the seeds. Next, cut the prepared vegetables into small “columns”, lower them into boiling water for a minute, drain through a colander and place in jars.

Prepare a marinade from water, spices and spices, pour in the overgrown pickles, pasteurize in a water bath for 20 minutes.

Candied fruits from overgrown cucumbers

photo used as illustration

Ingredients:

• Overgrown cucumbers
• Sugar – half a kilo
• Water – 0.5 l
• Ground ginger - to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Make syrup from sugar, spices and water. Peel the cucumbers, cut into pieces, remove the middle. Next, cut into pieces, dip in syrup and cook until the cucumbers are transparent over low heat. Foam will appear during cooking, which is probably inevitable. So, it needs to be removed.

When the cucumber slices become transparent, transfer them to a sieve. After which, if the syrup has drained, place it on plates and dry it in the oven. Before storing, sprinkle the candied cucumbers with sugar.

Dressing for first courses from overgrown cucumbers

dressing from overgrown cucumbers

Ingredients:

• Cucumbers – 1 kg
• Onion – 200 g
• Carrots – 200 g
• Garlic – large head
• Citric acid – 5 g
• Salt – 25 g
• Fresh tarragon - optional

Preparation:

Cucumber pulp without peel and large seeds cut into cubes.

Also chop the peeled carrot roots.

Finely chop the garlic and chop the onion.

Place the ingredients in a bowl, add lemon and salt.

Mix and leave for an hour.

Next, boil the mixture for 15 minutes and roll up.

This dressing will be good in pickles and soups, and can be stored in the refrigerator.

Cucumber caviar

Ingredients:

• Large cucumbers – 1 kg
• Sweet pepper – 2 pods
• Onion – 200 g
• Tomatoes - half a kilo
• Carrots – 300 g
• Salt – 60 g
• Vegetable oil

Preparation:

Peel the cucumber fruits, grate them coarsely and, if possible, select large seeds. Scald the tomatoes, remove the skin, and grind the fruit through a meat grinder. Bake the pepper in the oven, remove seeds and skin, cut into cubes. Grate the carrots and transfer to a frying pan with oil. Chop the onion into half rings, add to the carrots and fry together.

Combine all the vegetables, add salt, mix and cook for 40 - 45 minutes. Place the caviar into jars, roll them up and wrap them in a warm thing.

Jam from overgrown cucumbers with sea buckthorn

Ingredients:

• Peeled yolks – 1 kg
• Sea buckthorn – half a kilo
• Sugar – 1,100 kg
• Ice water

Preparation:

Cut the cucumbers into 4 parts, remove seeds from the middle, cut into cubes and pour into a convenient bowl. Pour ice water for 10 minutes, then drain the water and cover the cucumbers with sugar (take 100 g from the total weight).

Crush clean, dry sea buckthorn, mix with sugar, and bring to a boil over heat. Next, let the sweet mass cool, strain off the syrup, pour it over the cucumbers and put it on the fire.

The heating of the stove should not be high, it is better to set it slightly below average. Cook the cucumber pieces until they become translucent. Next, pour liter jars into the floor and roll them up.

If you are looking for how to salt young green vegetables, look at the page that contains quite good and sufficient interesting recipes pickled cucumbers.

• Pickled cucumbers for the winter (several salting options)

You can crunch with lightly salted cucumbers:

Lecho with cucumbers

Have you ever tried lecho with cucumbers? Be sure to try it! Everyone will love the taste of summer vegetables. Overgrown cucumbers would be appropriate here.

Ingredients:

• tomatoes – 1.5 kg;
• salad pepper – 0.5 kg;
• cucumbers – 2.5 kg;
• granulated sugar – 100 g;
• garlic – 1 head;
• vinegar 6% - 100 ml;
• refined oil – 100 ml;
• rock salt – 1.5 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

Pass the tomatoes and bell peppers through a meat grinder, after removing the seeds from the pepper. Pour into a saucepan.

Add granulated sugar, salt, vegetable oil to the twisted vegetables, place the container on medium heat, bring to a boil, reduce the flame, cook for another 15 minutes.

Cut the cucumbers into half rings, 1 cm thick, and place them in boiling tomato for 10 minutes.

Grind the garlic using a garlic press, add after the cucumbers, simmer for 5 minutes, pour in vinegar and pour the resulting mixture into sterile jars, seal with sterile lids, wrap the rolls in a blanket, turning the jars over on the lid.

Cucumbers in their own juice

This interesting preserve is easy to prepare. The cucumbers and peppers are crispy and reminiscent of the taste of summer.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers – 4.5 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.;
• vinegar 6% - 1 tbsp.;
• bell pepper – 0.5 kg;
• vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.;
• fresh greens (dill, parsley) - 1 bunch each;
• onions – 0.5 kg;
• salt – 1/3 tbsp.

Preparation:

Cut the cucumbers into rings, onions and peppers into thin half rings, and simply chop the greens with a knife.

Mix all the vegetables in a deep bowl, add the rest of the ingredients, mix, leave the bowl of food for two hours to form juice.

Place the salad in boiled jars, cover with lids, place in a thick-bottomed pan and sterilize the salad in the jars for about 20 minutes. Seal with lids, cover with a warm item and wait until it cools completely. It is not necessary to place jars on the neck.

Spicy salad for the winter

This simple salad with a spicy note in taste will delight your household in cold weather.

Ingredients:

• onion – 0.5 kg;
• garlic – 2 heads;
• cucumbers – 2.5 kg;
• fresh tarragon - to taste;
• rock salt – 50 g;
• citric acid – 50 g.

Preparation:

Cut the cucumber pulp, peeled from seeds, and the onion into cubes.

Chop the garlic and tarragon, add to the vegetables, sprinkle with citric acid and salt, mix everything and let the salad brew for an hour.

Boil the resulting mixture for about 15 minutes, pour hot into jars and roll up. Store in a dark place.

Korean cucumbers

For lovers of spicy foods, I offer another snack option for cucumbers. Those who love Korean carrots will appreciate this recipe.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers – 2.5 kg;
• carrots – 1.5 kg;
• garlic – 2 heads;
• coriander grain – 2 tsp;
• ground red pepper – 1.5 tsp;
• paprika – 2 tsp;
• rock salt – 170 g;
• refined oil – 260 ml;
• vinegar 6% - 0.5 tbsp.;
• drinking water – liter;
• granulated sugar – 270 g.

Preparation:

Chop the cucumbers into long strips, peel the carrots and grate them as for Korean salad, pass the garlic through a press. Mix everything and place in sterile jars.

In a separate pan, prepare the marinade, mix the bulk ingredients with the liquid ones (except vinegar). Boil the contents of the container, pour in the vinegar and pour the marinade into jars, cover with lids.

Sterilize jars of Korean-style cucumbers in boiling water for about 15 minutes. Seal with lids. Cool the glass container with the salad under a warm item.

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