Almost every hostess makes various blanks of cucumbers for the winter. This is due to the fact that these vegetables are affordable and have excellent taste, both in fresh and in canned form. It is worth noting that cucumbers retain useful properties when salting and pickling, so salads and snacks from them will not only bring gastronomic pleasure, but also benefits the entire body.
Today we will tell how to prepare a salad of sliced cucumbers for the winter. This preparation contains water, vitamins and minerals, as well as fiber. The presence of such a dish in the everyday winter menu will help prevent vitamin deficiency, remove toxins and wastes from the body, as well as reduce the level of harmful cholesterol in the blood and increase the digestibility of proteins. This salad is also suitable for those on a diet, as it is low-calorie: 100 g of the product is approximately 16 kcal.
Cucumbers, cooked for the winter of this recipe, turn out to be sweet and sour and very crispy.
Features of the selection of cucumbers for harvesting
For the preparation of any suitable cucumbers, and this is its undeniable advantage. Even large vegetables that are rarely used fresh, perfect for making such a snack.
Did you know? Title "cucumber" derived from the Greek "Aguros", which means immature, unripe. And, indeed, this vegetable is especially good at the moment of incomplete ripeness, since then it is filled with large seeds and covered with a thick skin.
How to prepare sliced cucumbers for the winter: a step by step recipe
Even a novice in conservation can make such a salad. All the ingredients that are included in the recipe - absolutely available and there is a season in each kitchen. Special equipment, knowledge and skills will not be needed either, so let's proceed directly to the preparation. 
Very often, cucumbers-gherkins are chosen for preparations for the winter, since they are small, they fit a lot in a jar, have a density and elasticity and aesthetic appearance.
Required Ingredients
We will need:
- cucumbers - 5 kg;
- onions - 1 kg;
- sugar - 5 tbsp. l .;
- salt - 2 tbsp. l .;
- vinegar - 100 ml (9%) or 1 tbsp. l acetic essence, diluted in 100 ml of water;
- dill - 1 bunch (to taste);
- black pepper peas - 0.5 tbsp. l
Important! Dill in the recipe can be replaced with parsley or no added greens, it all depends on taste preferences. Optionally, you can also add hot peppers or garlic cloves.
Kitchen appliances and utensils
In order to prepare a snack for the winter, you need the following:
- food processor or knife and cutting board;
- large bowl;
- spoon;
- 6 cans with a volume of 950 ml and 1 - 500 ml;
- 7 screw caps;
- large sterilization pan;
- several kitchen towels;
- a blanket.
Step-by-step recipe with photos
- We clean, wash and chop the onion in half rings.
- Wash cucumbers and dry on a towel. If you use large cucumbers, then they need to be cut in half, and then chopped into semi-rings, but if the cucumbers are medium-sized or small, then you can cut them into slices.
- Put the sliced vegetables in a large bowl and add salt, pepper, sugar and gently mix with your hands.
- Leave a bowl of salad at room temperature for 30 minutes to let the cucumber juice.
- In the meantime, we are preparing jars, for the amount of vegetables specified in the recipe, we need 6 cans of 950 ml each and one 500 ml can, but you can use jars of any size that are more convenient for you.
- The container for preparation needs to be washed and dried.
- After 30 minutes, the cucumbers have already started the juice and we return to cooking salad. Finely chop the dill and add to the bowl with onions, cucumbers and spices and mix thoroughly.
- Add 100 ml of 9% vinegar or 1 tbsp. l Acetic essence, diluted in 100 ml of water, and again thoroughly mix the salad.
- We spread the mixture obtained in cans, fill them with a tight tamping, so that the cucumbers were allowed to juice.
- Then the jars with the workpiece must be sterilized. To do this, lay out a towel at the bottom of the pot, pour water and place the jars so that they are "by the hangers" in the water, and set on fire. After boiling water, sterilize the workpiece for 15 minutes.
- After the indicated time we take the banks out of the water and tightly tighten the lids.
- Turn the container with the salad upside down and cover with a warm blanket until it cools completely.
- A delicious snack of sliced cucumbers for the winter is ready, you can eat it in 14 days. At this point, vegetables marinate and acquire the necessary taste.
Learn how to make a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the recipes of pickling, freezing and pickling cucumbers without sterilization.
Familiarize yourself with how to sterilize cans at home.
Important! If you use banks of smaller volume, for example, 0.5 l each, then the sterilization time should be reduced to 10 minutes, and for 3-liter ones, respectively, increased to half an hour. The time frame must be observed, as the "overcooked" cucumbers will not be crispy.
How to store the workpiece
It is ideal to store jars of salad in a dark, cool place with a constant temperature, for example, in a cellar or basement. But if there is no such possibility, it doesn’t matter: since the appetizer has been sterilized, it can be beautifully stored in the apartment, but, naturally, in a place protected from the sun’s rays and at a temperature from 0 to +20 ° C.
What combines cucumbers on the table
Such a salad can be both a self-starter and a great side dish for potatoes, porridge, meat or fish. Another advantage of this blank is that it can be added to soups, for example, in a hodgepodge, pickle or potato, as well as in the preparation of stews, roasts and ratatouille. The cucumbers are so tasty that they complement any culinary creation.
Did you know? Chilled fresh cucumbers in hot countries are consumed along with ice cream, their flesh perfectly refreshes, tones and quenches thirst.Now you know how to quickly and simply cook a wonderful healthy cucumber salad for the winter. This snack will perfectly complement and diversify your menu, as well as saturate the body with nutrients and help it cope with some problems, such as high cholesterol, vitamin deficiency, constipation and disorders of the digestive tract. Add in your recipe "raisins" and enjoy yummy!
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