Lecho without vinegar and oil for the winter: a step-by-step recipe with a photo

A simple recipe for lecho without oil and vinegar for the winter is popular with housewives. The cooking process takes little time. Vegetables are subjected to minimal heat treatment, so they retain all the useful properties. In winter, lecho prepared without vinegar and vegetable oil is served as a side dish, added to vegetable stew, eaten with meat, vegetables, pasta.

Features of harvesting lecho without oil for the winter

In August, when peppers ripen, tomatoes ripen en masse. The fruits of large-fruited varieties do not lie for a long time. They need to be processed urgently. A recipe with pepper without vegetable oil solves this problem. Delicious fleshy tomatoes replace vinegar.

The preparation is excellent, the taste of vegetables is close to fresh. It takes a little time to process:

preparation of vegetables (washing, cutting) - 15-20 minutes;
preparation of containers and lids - 20-25 minutes;
cook vegetables - 35 minutes.

The heat treatment of vegetables and the sterilization of jars can be combined, so it takes about an hour, no more.

Required ingredients for the recipe

This recipe is good because you can choose any spices, add them according to your taste. Spicy lovers can add ground pepper, black is better.

Those who are turned on by aromas, put cloves, basil, other favorite spices. It is better not to put garlic, the workpiece without vinegar will be better stored, or put a little - 5-6 cloves.The main ingredients are shown in the table.

Sugar60

Product	Weight (g)
Tomatoes	3000
Pepper	1000
S alt	20

The specificity of the choice of ingredients

For lecho it is better to take varieties of pepper with red fruits, these are the ones used by the Hungarians. This is their national dish. You can take yellow ones, they will not spoil the taste. The main thing is that the fruits are ripe, juicy, fresh, and their walls are thick.

Tomatoes are needed fleshy, red. To make the lecho delicious, all vegetables must be fresh. High-quality fruits are elastic to the touch, they do not have spots, traces of rot. The skin of he althy peppers and tomatoes is smooth and shiny.

Rules for the preparation of containers

Lecho will be stored for a long time, so the preparation of containers must be taken seriously.Jars should be carefully inspected, discarded if there are chips on the neck, cracks on the walls. Wash inside and out with soda, rinse several times with clean water, proceed to sterilization:

pour ¼ of cold water into each jar;
put them on the wire rack in a cold oven;
set the temperature to 150 °C;
heat until water boils.

Do not remove sterilized containers from the oven until the lecho is ready. It is better to pour it into hot jars. Lids should be washed with baking soda and boiled for a few minutes in water.

How to cook lecho without oil?

First, cut half the tomatoes into slices - 1.5 kg. The size and shape of the pieces do not play a role. Put them in a saucepan. Wash peppers, remove seeds and membranes, cut into cubes of any size.Put the container on the burner, put the pepper cut into pieces in it.

When heated, the tomatoes will release juice, as soon as it boils, reduce the fire and continue to cook for about 15 minutes. At this time, cut the remaining tomatoes, pour them into the pan. Mix vegetables and simmer for 15 minutes. Pour s alt, sugar, spices into the lecho. Mix the vegetable mass, boil for 5 minutes. The blank is ready.

Further preservation storage

If there is no cellar, then jars of lecho can be stored at room temperature. They need to be put in a closet or pantry. Sunlight, heat from batteries reduce the shelf life of the workpiece. At a temperature close to 0 ° C, lecho can be stored for 1-2 years. After opening, the jar of snacks should be refrigerated and consumed within a few days.