A strange thing. Cucumbers are on sale all year round, and salted ones - you want it in summer. So small, it is desirable that straight from the garden, so that with a crunch. So tasty!
Of course, you can buy them in the store. But do they compare to taste with home. Moreover, it is not difficult to cook them. And even the most inexperienced hostess will please her family when she easily masters the process of cooking salted cucumbers according to the quickest recipes.
Quick recipe for salted cucumbers - general principles
Cucumbers
The most suitable will be young little cucumbers, even non-standard ones will do. Large cucumbers are used both whole and sliced. Of course, selecting cucumbers for pickling is necessary to exclude yellowed, bitter and very dark.
The cucumbers just taken from the garden are considered the best.
It is advisable to pick an even cucumbers, approximately equal in size. They will sallow evenly.
Water
A prerequisite in each quick recipe of salted cucumbers is pre-soaking them in water, always in the cold. And most recipes use pickle. And for this, too, need water. The ideal option is well or spring. If not, you can buy water in the store. In extreme cases, you can use tap water, with the exception of chlorinated.
Tableware
Most often in quick recipes of salted cucumbers are used glass jars, plastic containers, pans, even plastic bags.
The pot is best to use enameled. First of all, it is advisable to pour boiling water over the pot and the jar. And only after that lay the spices.
Herbs and Spices
A rare quick recipe for salted cucumbers dispenses with the main seasonings, garlic and dill. Moreover, dill is used as umbrellas and branches. A cherry, currant and oak (leaves and branches), horseradish (root and leaves) make cucumbers strong and crispy. Spice bouquet can be replenished with parsley, basil, mint. The hostess may not limit herself to the spices offered in the recipes, and use those that are at her disposal, those that she loves. Moreover, it can change their quantity to their own taste. Salt
The most suitable for salting is rock salt. In no case is it recommended to use iodized salt, as well as fine. Per liter of water for brine will need salt 1-2 tablespoons.
Salted cucumbers “Cannot be easier”
Ingredients:
about two kg of cucumbers (better than small ones),
a few sprigs of dill
5-6 large cloves of garlic,
salt,
litere of water.
Preparation:
Cucumbers are already washed and soaked in cold water. First cut the tips
Dill divided in half, it can be used whole branches, but you can cut the branches into 2-3 pieces, you can only use the stems.
Garlic crush.
Half of dill and garlic lay in a jar, pre-scalded with boiling water.
Fold cucumbers.
On top of the cucumbers the remaining half of the dill.
Boil the salted brine and simmer in a jar.
Leave to cool and do not close the lid until it cools down. Close before putting the jar in the fridge.
In the evening they salted, the next morning ready cucumbers. Enjoy your meal!
Lightly salted cucumbers “Urgent”
This is an express version of the previous recipe. For their preparation, it is better to use large-sized cucumbers and a 1-liter pot or a plastic container.
Ingredients:
long greenhouse cucumber or 2-3 large cucumbers,
4-5 cloves of garlic,
a few sprigs of dill
a pinch of black pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Cucumber (or cucumbers) cut into circles and put in a saucepan (or container).
Finely chop the garlic and dill.
Stir them with salt and add to cucumbers.
Close the container lid. Shake several times.
Now for the spice in the cucumbers add ground black pepper, quite a bit.
Close the lid again and shake once.
Wait only half an hour and serve cucumbers on the table as a snack.
Enjoy your meal!
Salted cucumbers “Rostov kids”
Ingredients:
3 kg of small cucumbers,
a few sprigs of dill
several sheets of cherry and black currant,
a few black peppercorns
one or two bay leaves,
a few cloves of garlic,
salt,
two liters of water.
Preparation:
In the washed and soaked cucumbers trim the tips.
Rinse in cold water the leaves of currants and cherries and dill.
Make cuts on the cloves of garlic, but you can just cut into pieces.
Half of the leaves, dill and garlic put on the bottom of a three-liter jar.
Putting cucumbers.
On top of the cucumbers is another layer of spices.
Boil the water with salt, add the bay leaf and peppercorns, cool slightly and pour hot into the jar.
Until the brine cools, do not close the lid tightly and do not put it in the refrigerator.
The morning cucumbers can eat.
Enjoy your meal!
Salted cucumbers “Rostov sweets”
Ingredients:
kilogram of small cucumbers,
a few sprigs of dill
several sheets of cherry and black currant,
a few black peppercorns
one or two bay leaves,
a few cloves of garlic,
salt,
sugar,
litere of water.
Preparation:
In the washed and soaked cucumbers trim the tips.
Rinse in cold water the leaves of currants and cherries and dill.
Make cuts on the cloves of garlic, but you can just cut into pieces.
Put half of the leaves, dill and garlic on the bottom of a liter jar.
Putting cucumbers.
On top of the cucumbers is another layer of spices.
Boil water with salt (1 tablespoon) and sugar (2 tablespoons), add the bay leaf and peas there, cool a little and pour hot in a jar.
Until the brine cools, do not close the lid tightly and do not put it in the refrigerator.
The morning cucumbers can eat.
Enjoy your meal!
Low Salted Cucumbers “Skorospelka”
Ingredients:
3 kg of medium-sized cucumbers,
a few sprigs of dill
leaves of black currant and horseradish, a few cloves of garlic,
salt,
2.5 liters of water.
Preparation:
The cucumbers are already washed and soaked. It remains to cut them from the ends.
Rinse the branches of dill, black currant leaves and horseradish.
Cut the garlic larger.
Wash the pot with boiling water and put half the spices on the bottom.
Then put the cucumbers on the spices, preferably vertically.
Spread the rest of the spices on top of the cucumbers.
Act further depending on how quickly you expect the result:
In cold boiled water, stir the salt and pour over the cucumbers.
Boil water with salt and pour cucumbers hot.
Cover the pan with a napkin and put a flat plate on top without any oppression.
In the first case, cucumbers will be ready in two or three days.
In the second - the sample can be removed after 8 hours.
Enjoy your meal!
Salted cucumbers "Kids-snacks"
Ingredients:
two kilograms of small cucumbers,
dill umbrellas,
apple leaves,
a sheet of horseradish, but you can use the root,
garlic cloves,
salt,
two liters of water.
Preparation:
In pre-washed and soaked small cucumbers, trim the ends, and those that are larger, can be additionally pierced in the middle with a knife.
Rinse the apple and currant leaves, and dill and horseradish as well. If you use horseradish root, chop it finely.
Incise the garlic cloves.
A jar of boiling water and folded apple and currant leaves, horseradish, finely chopped or its leaves, cut garlic cloves and half of dill at the bottom of the jar.
Put cucumbers on a layer of spices.
Boil the salted pickle and pour it hot into the jar.
Put dill on top of the cucumbers.
Cover the jar and leave to cool for a while.
Later, a jar of cucumbers can be sent to the fridge.
The morning is served on the table.
Enjoy your meal!
Salted cucumbers "Krepysh"
Ingredients:
3 kg of cucumbers,
a few sprigs of dill black currant leaves,
horseradish root,
oak leaves,
a few cloves of garlic,
black peppercorns,
salt,
2.5 liters of water.
Preparation:
Wash pre-soaked cucumbers and cut tips.
Rinse currant leaves and dill in cold water.
Do the same with oak leaves.
Choose a pot of the right size, but you can use a jar, even a deep bowl, pour over boiling water.
At the bottom you can lay out both oak leaves and whole twigs.
To them add half the leaves of currants and a portion of dill.
Finely chop the root of horseradish, crush the garlic and send it all there.
Now fold cucumbers, preferably vertically (here it is very important that they are approximately the same size).
Add salt and pepper to boiled water, let cool for a while and pour hot in a saucepan.
Put the leftover spices on top of the cucumbers.
Cover and store in a cool place.
After 8-9 hours the cucumbers are ready.
You can use cold pickle, salt mixed in cold boiling water. In this case, it is better to crush the peppercorns and throw them into the pan along with other spices. And the readiness of cucumbers will have to wait a couple of days.
Enjoy your meal!
Quick recipes for salted cucumbers: useful tips and tricks from my grandmother
• Wash cucumbers thoroughly before salting, and then place them in water for a while. The colder the water, the better. This is a prerequisite.
• Grandma used only well water. If you take water from the tap, the same recipe will give a very different, less successful, result. By the way, to improve the quality of water, you can drop a silver spoon into it.
• The best taste of cucumbers of small size, with pimples. They are sweetish and dense, which means they will be crispy.
• As a rule, cucumbers are cut at the ends. Grandma said that cutting off the end and trying the tongue is the surest way to recognize a bitter cucumber. But you can simply pierce with a knife or fork, if they are used whole. • Putting cucumbers in dishes in the process of salting, it is undesirable to tamp them.
• If you need to prepare a large number of salted cucumbers, it is better to put them in a pot in several layers, separating them with spices.
• If, according to a quick recipe for salted cucumbers, cucumbers are poured with cold pickle, it takes 2-3 days to cook, if hot, 8 hours is enough.
• Cucumbers, filled with hot pickle, you first need to cool, and later put in the cold. If you use a glass jar, you need to tightly close the lid just before you put it in the fridge. It is in the refrigerator that they will remain salted longer.
Cook salted cucumbers for any hostess will not be difficult. Choose any recipe and very soon the homemade ones will be happy to crunch at the table with the most delicious salted cucumbers in the world.
