Marinated cucumbers — great snack in winter time when fresh cucumbers are a rare guest in the daily menu. The crunchy fragrant cucumbers prepared according to the special recipe not only diversify a habitual diet, but will give a highlight to a feast.
Salting, marinovka of vegetables — rather simple business from the point of view of a large number of people. However in order that cucumbers had magnificent taste and filled kitchen with the aroma tempting appetite, it is necessary to have talent and to own some secrets of salting. Cucumbers — the main ingredient of this recipe. Correctly chosen vegetables will provide a half of success. If you don't grow up cucumbers independently, try to buy home-made cucumbers from a bed. Give preference to vegetables of approximately identical size that they well and accurately looked in banks.
That marinated cucumbers crackled, young vegetables will be necessary. It guaranteed not hollow inside, so, strong and juicy. Taste their more sweet and saturated in comparison with old copies.
Give preference to firm vegetables with the smooth thin skin which doesn't have thorns and a pimple. The following ingredient — water. If there is an opportunity — gather spring water. The cucumbers made in such brine will have the best taste and aroma. If you use water from a baking plate crane, then boil it or filter before a posolka. Prepare cucumbers. For this purpose wet them at several o'clock in cold water. It will help them to become stronger and elastic. For preparation of the Bulgarian cucumbers, the following ingredients will be necessary: - 2 l of water; - cucumbers of the small size; - salt; - sugar; - vinegar; - garlic; - spices. Prepare marinade. For this purpose in a big pan boil water and add to it 1 glass of sugar and 3-4 tablespoons of salt. As soon as water begins to boil, pour in 350 ml of 9% of vinegar. In other big pan boil water and lower the washed-up cucumbers there. You cook them for 3-5 minutes. It is necessary to cook until cucumbers don't decolorize on emerald. Then drain water. Sterilize banks. On a bottom of cans put a small amount of the following spices: peas of a black pepper, allspice, carnation, bay leaf, mustard seeds. Then several garlic gloves. From above densely lay hot cucumbers and fill in with the prepared marinade. Roll up banks. Then cover banks with cucumbers with a warm blanket and wait until they cool down. With cucumbers it is possible to add greens to banks: fennel, parsley, horse-radish. It is possible to add carrots. For this purpose it needs to be boiled previously together with cucumbers and to cut thin circles. Pickle cucumbers in good mood and then they for certain will turn out very tasty.