Pickled cucumbers are one of the favorite snacks of many, but it happens that the crop was not harvested on time, the cucumbers overgrown. There is no sense in marinating such things, even if you manage to put them in a jar - very few people like their taste. However, throwing large vegetables is not worth it - you can make an overgrown cucumber salad from them. Such snacks have no less fans than lecho or adjika.
Cooking Tips
Delicious salad of overgrown cucumbers will turn out, if you follow several important rules.
- Overgrown cucumbers - this does not mean spoiled. You should not use bitter fruits for salads, as well as rotten and soft fruits.
- The remaining vegetables used to make over-cucumber salad for the winter should also be fresh and of high quality.
- Cucumbers must be washed very thoroughly. If before that they are soaked for an hour or a half in cool water, it will be easier to wash them and they will be more crispy.
- It is possible to close the cucumber snack only in sterilized jars, otherwise they will not be sufficient until winter. Covers also need to boil.
- It is best to use small banks of about a liter - they are ideal for preserving salads, including overgrown cucumbers.
By following these recommendations and observing the recipe, any housewife will be able to surprise their guests in the winter with a delicious salad of overgrown cucumbers.
Nezhinsky Salad of Overgrown Cucumbers
Composition:
- cucumbers - 3 kg;
- onions - 0, 7 kg;
- dill (fresh) - 100 g;
- vegetable oil - 150 ml;
- table vinegar (9 percent) - 100 ml;
- sugar - 60 g;
- salt - 40 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the cucumbers, cut off the “nose” and “tail”, cut across into 3-4 parts, cut each part in half or into 4 parts along.
- Peel the onions and cut into half rings.
- Finely chop the dill.
- Mix all ingredients in a large saucepan, enameled or stainless steel. Leave for half an hour.
- Sterilize one-liter jars and spread the salad over them.
- In a large pan or tank, lay a towel, put cans on it, covering them with sterilized lids.
- Pour water into the tank so that it reaches the “hangers” of the cans. In this case, banks should be approximately the same height.
- Put on a slow fire. After the water in the tank boils, mark for 25 minutes.
- After the indicated time, carefully remove the tanks from the pan, cork.
- Put the jars upside down with a warm blanket.
- A day later, remove the cover, remove the banks for storage.
Salad is well worth it at room temperature. If you want to save a little time, then when preparing it you can do without sterilization, but in this case, the snack, before you lay out the banks, you need to cook for 12 minutes.
Vegetable salad from over-ripe cucumbers
Composition:
- overgrown cucumbers - 1 kg;
- carrots - 0, 3 kg;
- onions - 0, 2 kg;
- Bulgarian pepper - 0, 3 kg;
- tomatoes - 0.5 kg;
- salt - 40 g;
- black ground pepper - 5 g .;
- vinegar (9 percent) - 2, 5 tbsp. l
Method of preparation:
- After washing cucumbers, rub them into large pieces.
- Grate peeled carrots on a coarse grater.
- Heat the water and dip the tomatoes in it, blanch 5 minutes.
- Take out the tomatoes with a skimmer, put them in cold water, and after 5 minutes, take them out. Peel off the tomato skin.
- Cut the tomatoes into large chunks, mince.
- Peel and finely chop the onion and paprika.
- Mix all the vegetables in the cauldron, salt them and pepper.
- Place the cauldron on the stove, add vinegar and simmer the vegetables under the lid for 40 minutes. All this time you need to periodically lift the lid and mix the contents of the cauldron.
- Sterilize one-half to one-liter jars.
- Spread the vegetable mass on the cans and close them tightly.
- Turn over the lid, wrap it in something warm.
- After 12 hours, you can remove to a place of permanent storage.
This overgrown cucumber salad resembles vegetable caviar. Especially it will appeal to those who do not like salads with oil and vinegar. Those who follow the figure should also pay attention to this snack.
Spicy overgrown cucumber salad
Composition:
- overgrown cucumbers (peeled and chopped) - 3 kg;
- carrots - 1 kg;
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 kg;
- onions - 0.5 kg;
- garlic - 3 heads;
- adjika (purchased or home) - 0, 25 l;
- water - 0, 25 l;
- salt - 40 g;
- sugar - 0, 18 kg;
- vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- Table vinegar (9%) - 120 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Cut the washed cucumbers in half lengthwise, remove the seeds from them with a teaspoon. Cut into thin half rings.
- After washing the pepper and removing the seeds, cut it into thin strips.
- Grate grated carrots for Korean salads.
- Cut the bulbs into half rings.
- Pass the garlic cloves through the press.
- Mix all the ingredients listed in the recipe and leave the salad for 2 hours.
- Spread the snack in sterilized cans. Pour the liquid that has remained in the pan where the vegetables were pickled.
- Cover the jars with lids and sterilize them for 20 minutes.
- Seal hermetically with sterilized caps.
- Allow to cool upside down under a warm blanket.
- When the jars of salad have cooled, remove them for the winter.
This appetizer will surely appeal to lovers of spicy dishes, it turns out to be really hot.
Salad of overgrown cucumbers with garlic and carrots
Composition:
- overgrown cucumbers - 1 kg;
- garlic - 1 head;
- carrots - 0, 25 kg;
- tarragon - 5 g;
- onions - 0, 25 kg;
- salt - 25 g;
- citric acid - 1/3 tsp.
Method of preparation:
- After washing the cucumbers, cut them into small cubes.
- Grate carrots.
- Finely chop the onion.
- Crush the garlic cloves.
- Mix vegetables, season with tarragon, add citric acid and salt. Leave for 2 hours.
- Place the saucepan with the vegetables on low heat and simmer 15 minutes after boiling.
- Spread over sterilized jars. Close them tightly and, turning over, covered with a blanket, leave to cool.
- Remove the cooled jars for storage for the winter.
The recipe for this snack is simple, but, nevertheless, it turns out very tasty. Especially it will appeal to those who prefer spicy snacks.
Salads from overgrown cucumbers are so tasty and easy to prepare that it makes sense to deliberately make some of these vegetables grow to large sizes.
