Tomatoes and cucumbers are the classic ingredients for summer salads that everyone loves so much. But the summer is passing and with it the period of these vegetables ends.
Therefore, thrifty housewives are sophisticated in the preparation of blanks for the winter. All in order for your beloved households to receive all the vitamins all year round, and just go to the table with pleasure.
Salad with cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter - general principles of preparation
You may be surprised to learn that you can close your favorite salad with tomatoes and cucumbers in jars without heat treatment. You can add any ingredients to your taste in such a preparation: from onions with carrots and bell peppers, to cabbage. The advantage of such winter salads is their lightness and satiety.
So, let's look at the classic ingredients of our winter salads from "summer" vegetables:
Cucumbers Of the many varieties, it is preferable to choose special salad cucumbers. A distinctive feature of this species is the presence of white spikes on the peel. Salad cucumbers are not used for making pickles, because they become soft, but for salad they are most preferable. A universal variety is also suitable.
On a note! Adam, early Altai, Parade, Graceful, Synthesis and other similar varieties - suitable cucumbers with which your salad will be delicious!
Tomatoes As for the suitable varieties of tomatoes, there is a fairly wide variety, both in species and in size, from the smallest to the gigantic. The most delicious are varieties of Bull's Heart, or the Pink Giant.
Herbs and spices. The greens used are also quite diverse. Most often, dill and parsley are used, complementing the taste of salads with young black pepper or fragrant, due to its spiciness and pleasant spicy aroma. There can be no rules, since everyone is guided solely by their preferences in the choice of spices.
Salt. Fine salt is very easy to salt any food, so its use is undesirable. In the recipes, the proportions of coarse salt are given.
Onion and garlic. For the salads in question, either onions, preferably onions, or garlic are more often chosen.
Vinegar. An essential ingredient for canning. There may be exceptions where there is no need to add vinegar, but in most recipes it is necessary, and not essence, but 9% table.
Winter cucumber and tomato salad (classic)
Simple enough for salad lovers with tomatoes and cucumbers and onions
Components:
Large juicy tomatoes - 4 pieces;
Green gherkin - 4 pieces;
Onion - 200g .;
Olive oil - 30 ml.;
Vinegar (usually taken 9%) - 30 ml .;
Salt - 10 g;
Sugar - 5 g;
Garlic - 1 clove;
Water;
Greenery.
Cooking order
We wash the vegetables well and cut the rings with cucumbers and halves of tomatoes, onions - in half rings.
In a 1l jar. (not sterile) pour the oil and spread the onion. We lay out the cucumbers and tomatoes on top of them. Cut thin garlic on top, and add all the necessary spices and vinegar. At the very end, add dill and fill the collected jars with hot water. Put all the cans in the pots, pour water in them so that it reaches the shoulders, close the lids and detect for 15 minutes. Water should boil, after which you can safely roll up. Having wrapped the banks, we wait until they cool.
Salad of cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter "Danube winter" with green pepper
It differs from the previous one by the addition of additional ingredients, but also perfectly preserves the taste and aroma of fresh vegetables.
Components:
Cucumber - 2 kilograms;
Green pepper - 1 kilogram;
Juicy tomatoes - 1 kilogram;
Onions - 0.5 kilograms;
Olive oil - 200 ml.;
Coarse salt - 30g .;
Sugar - 75g .;
Vinegar - 50 g;
Hot peppers - 1 piece.
Cooking order
Cut the ends of the washed cucumbers, cut along and shred. Put in a pan, a volume of 5 liters. Peeled peel cut into pieces and chop into pieces. Hot peppers (for an amateur), peel and cut into strips, just put everything in a pan.
Cut and peeled tomatoes, cut into pieces, cut into slices and add to the already prepared ingredients. The onion needs additional processing, so it’s better to soak it before peeling, first peel it without peel in cool water, and then chop it and put it in a pan. We season everything with spices, oil and vinegar.
We put on the stove and gently stir. The salad boils, after a few minutes you can start to lay out on sterilized containers, pre-rammed vegetables so that air does not accumulate. After that, you can roll up the cans and turn them over onto the lids. Having wrapped a blanket, let the salad cool. Our appetizer is ready.
Salad of cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter "Gentle"
A feature of this snack is shredded tomatoes, hence its name and rich taste.
Components:
Gherkin - 1.25 kg;
Tomato - 700 g;
Garlic - 50 g;
Olive oil - 1/4 cup;
Sugar - 1/4 cup;
Salt - 15g.;
Vinegar - 30 ml .;
Cooking order
Pass the well-washed tomatoes through a meat grinder, or use a blender to grind. Put the resulting mixture into a pot of sufficient size, add salt and add spices to taste. But do not forget that the highlight of this recipe is the natural taste of tomatoes. Next, add sugar, butter and simmer for about 15 minutes. Add sliced cucumbers, grated garlic, vinegar. The mixture boils, continue to cook for 20 minutes. We pour it into containers, roll it up and, as always, wait for readiness, letting the gas station cool completely.
Tomato and cucumber salad for the winter with carrots
Components:
Gherkins - 1 kg.;
Tomatoes - 1 kg.;
Onion - 500 g;
Carrots - 500 g;
Olive oil - 6 tbsp;
Salt -30 g;
Apple cider vinegar - 30 g.
Cooking order
We wash the ingredients, chop the onion into cubes, slices of tomatoes and cucumbers in circles. Carrots must be grated. Fry onions for 15 minutes, add carrots and cucumbers, then another 10 minutes, but with the addition of tomatoes. Add oil, vinegar, salt and, stir, remove from the stove.
My containers, boil the lids, do not forget to dry the cans well. An oven heated to 150 degrees will help here. We spread the hot dressing in hot tanks, and you can roll up and cool.
Salad of cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter "Winter's Tale"
Components:
Gherkins with thin skin - 2 kg;
Red tomatoes - 2 kg;
Pepper - 2 kg;
Hot pepper - 2 pcs.;
Garlic - 200 g;
Sugar - 200 gr.;
Salt - 45 g;
Olive oil - 200 g;
Vinegar - 60 g.
Cooking order
Grind tomatoes, garlic, all kinds of pepper according to the recipe through a combine or blender. We put it in a pan, add spices, oil and vinegar, set everything on fire for 10 minutes.
At this time, we cut all the cucumbers in half rings and add them to the pan for 5 minutes and turn off the fire, put the salad in the cans and roll it up.
Salad of cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter "Special" without vinegar
This recipe is more reminiscent of caviar than salad, and for lovers, this is its pluses. To prepare it, we do not need vinegar, but pay attention to the conditions of its storage, because you will have to keep such a salad in a cool place, otherwise it will deteriorate.
Components:
Gherkins - 9 pieces;
Tomatoes - 3 pieces;
Carrots - 4 pieces;
Sweet pepper - 2 pieces;
Onion - 3 pieces;
Olive oil - 50 ml;
Pepper;
Salt - 30 g.
Cooking order
Rub the cucumbers and carrots using a coarse grater, chop the onion and pepper with a knife. It is necessary to combine the onions with carrots and pass the oil until golden brown. Grind tomatoes in the combine. Combine our ingredients, add spices and simmer over low heat for 40 minutes. We sterilize the jars and lay eggs in them. Roll up and wrap. We wait 12 hours until fully cooked, then remove the jars in a cool place prepared in advance.
Winter cucumber and tomato salad "Hunter" with green tomatoes and cabbage
Garnish will appeal to that part of gourmets - lovers of sour, and its original and non-standard look will seem especially attractive.
Components:
Tomato green - 2 pieces;
Gherkin - 4 pieces;
Cabbage - 300 g;
Sweet pepper - 2 pieces;
Carrots - 2 pieces;
Onion - 1 piece;
Garlic - 1 clove;
Greenery;
Salt - the salad should be slightly salted.
Acetic extract - 75 ml .;
Olive oil - 30 ml.
Cooking order
As usual, we prepare all the vegetables. Cut the carrots into strips, it is possible not finely, but in no case do not use a grater to avoid the extra softness of vegetables. Finely chop the onion and pepper into small cubes. We clean the cucumbers from the peel, but if they are young, then it is enough to cut off the edges. Cut into large strips. Dice tomatoes, like pepper and onion, but a little larger.
Shredding cabbage is not too small so that it does not get lost among the other vegetables. Add spices and squeeze the garlic. Leave for 1 hour, during which time the vegetables will give juice under the action of salt, then heat, but do not bring to a boil.
For convenience, divide the salad in 2 liters per serving and warm in parts. At the end of the heat treatment we add the essence in the required proportions to our every 2 liters and vegetable oil.
We shift the resulting salad into sterile jars and sterilize using a water bath.
Salad from cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter "Juicy" seasoned with tomato juice
Components:
Green tomato - 3 kg;
Pepper - 1 kg;
Onion - 1 kg;
Carrot - 1 kg;
Sugar - 1 cup;
Salt - 30 g;
Tomato juice - 3 liters;
Olive oil - 500 ml.
Cooking order
Using a coarse grater, grind the carrots. The remaining vegetables are cut into small pieces to your taste. Season with oil, tomato juice, salt and add sugar. Salad must be cooked for half an hour, and only then spread out over steamed jars and roll up.
Sterilization time. For cans with a capacity of 0.5 liters, 12 minutes is enough, 1 liter. - 15 minutes.
Roll up, wrap and wait, because the banks, as in all recipes, should be completely cooled. If you carefully heated the salad and did not allow it to be digested, then the vegetables will remain crispy and juicy.
Cucumber and Tomato Salad for the Winter - Tricks and Tips
- To ensure that your salads do not look like porridge after temperature treatments and preparations, it is very important to select the "right" ingredients and chop them coarsely. Everything must be whole. With the exception of caviar blanks.
- In all salads, using cucumbers, an important quality is their crunchiness. To maintain this quality of such significance, you just need to soak them in cold water for about 5-6 hours before harvesting.
- Dill for marinade is suitable for anyone. The use of dried is quite acceptable. Be careful when using a vinegar essence with a concentration of 70%. The essence is too toxic for the human body. In case of skin contact, wash immediately the affected area under cold water. It is very dangerous to breathe in pairs of essences, because you risk getting burns to the mucous membranes.
