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Cucumbers in Tomato Sauce for Winter
The wonderful combination of cucumbers with tomatoes can be used not only in salads but also in this preservation, "Cucumbers in Tomato Sauce for Winter." The volume of jars can be any, and cucumbers can be placed whole or cut to any size. For the sauce, you can use tomato juice or tomato paste, but it is best, of course, to use fresh tomatoes, ground into thick juice with pulp.
Preparation time: 60 minutes.
Ingredients
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- cucumbers – 500 g;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- bay leaf – 1 piece;
- allspice – 3 berries;
- hot pepper – to taste;
- dill, parsley – a small bunch;
- 9% vinegar – 35 ml per liter jar.
For this volume, 500 milliliters of tomato marinade will be needed. The calculation of ingredients is provided specifically for this amount:
- salt – 0.5 tbsp;
- white sugar – 1 tbsp;
- tomatoes – 530 g.
Preparation
- Prepare the ingredients for making cucumbers in tomato sauce for winter. There is no need to sterilize the jar itself, just wash it well with soda or mustard. Fresh or dried herbs can be used.
- Measure all the products for the marinade.
- Soak the cucumbers in cold water for 1-2 hours (do not soak them longer, as they may turn sour).
- Place dill and parsley at the bottom of the jar.
- Rinse the cucumbers and cut off the ends – this will allow the marinade to penetrate better. First, arrange whole cucumbers around the perimeter of the jar, and then place randomly cut pieces on top. Fill the jar as much as possible, but do not pack tightly with your hands – there should be free space for the tomato.
- Add sliced garlic, hot and allspice, and bay leaf.
- Start pouring boiling water into the jar, but not all at once, in portions (so that the glass does not crack).
- Fill the jar to the top and let it stand for 5 minutes so that the cucumbers warm up. At the same time, boil the lid.
- Next, pour the water from the jar into a measuring cup to determine the amount of necessary tomato. For a liter jar, 450-500 milliliters will be needed.
- Boil the same volume of clean water and pour it over the cucumbers again. Cover them with a lid and let stand for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the marinade. Cut the tomatoes into quarters, removing the stems. Load them into a blender (you can use a meat grinder).
- Grind the pieces into a meat-like tomato juice.
- Measure the resulting volume – it should be about 500 milliliters.
- Pour the tomato into a saucepan and add sugar.
- Also add a portion of salt.
- Stir and place the saucepan on the stove. After boiling, cook the juice for 5 minutes.
- Then pour it into the jar with cucumbers, but not all the way to the top, just about halfway.
- Next, add vinegar to the preparation.
- And pour in the remaining marinade – there should be enough to reach the very top of the preparation.
- Screw on the lid and turn the jar upside down, leaving it in this position for a couple of hours. There is no need to wrap the jar so that the cucumbers do not become too soft. Then return the jar to its normal position. When the jar is completely cool, it can be moved to a permanent storage place.
It is best to store cucumbers in tomato sauce for winter in a cool place. The preparation will last for over a year. Cucumbers in this sauce come out crispy, firm, with a pleasant tomato acidity. By the way, the sauce can be used in making borscht, rassolnik, gravies, and various sauces.
