Children's cucumbers with citric acid: pickling recipe for the winter with photos and videos

A huge number of housewives are engaged in preparing winter preserves. Most often they roll pickled cucumbers for the winter. There are quite a few recipes for making such an appetizer. However, one recipe differs from the others because it uses citric acid instead of vinegar. Because of this, baby pickles have a sweet and sour taste that distinguishes them from regular pickles.

Sterilization of containers

Before you prepare the preservation with pickles, you need to start preparing the jars in which they will be closed. There are several basic ways to prepare containers for spins.

Steam treatment

Practically every housewife preserves vegetables in jars that have been steamed. To do this, a small saucepan is filled with water and placed on a gas stove. The top of the saucepan is covered with a metal sieve, which is installed to place the container on it. When the water begins to boil, a jar is placed upside down on the sieve. In this position, it should be sterilized for 20 minutes, after which another jar is put in its place.

Oven

Much less often gas ovens are used to sterilize containers. To process jars in this way, they need to be placed in a heated oven for 10 minutes. Before processing, it is recommended to fill the container with a quarter of water.

Processing seam lids

Most often, special screw caps are used to wrap vegetables, which also need to be sterilized before use.To do this, they should be boiled in water for 20 minutes. Take them out of hot water very carefully. For this, it is recommended to use tweezers so as not to accidentally burn yourself.

Classic recipe

Having prepared the container and seaming lids, you can start preparing the twist. Quite often, a classic recipe is used to create such an appetizer. In this case, you will need the following ingredients:

• kg of cucumbers;
• dill;
• horseradish leaf;
• two heads of garlic;
• two peppers;
• bay leaf;
• currant leaf.

Marinade is prepared from the following ingredients:

• liter of water;
• 100 g s alt;
• 200 g sugar;
• 70g citric acid.

Preparing winter preserves starts with preparing the most important ingredients. It is recommended to use small cucumbers that could fit in a jar without any problems. They are marinated whole, so you do not need to cut them into pieces. Before spinning, all cucumbers are soaked in water for several hours.

While the cucumbers are soaking, you can start preparing all the other ingredients. Garlic is peeled and cut into several small pieces. Then you need to prepare the pepper. It is cut into several pieces so that all the seeds can be removed from it. After that, pepper, along with garlic, horseradish, dill, bay leaves and currants, are placed in jars.

When all the ingredients are placed in seaming containers, you should start creating the marinade.

Preparing it is quite simple. To do this, a small saucepan is filled with water, to which s alt with sugar and citric acid is added. The liquid is brought to a boil and heated over low heat for about 25 minutes. After that, all jars of vegetables are filled with it. After 10 minutes, the marinade is drained from the jars, boiled again and poured back again. After conservation, jars with pickles are taken to the basement for further storage.

Conclusion

If a housewife has not previously pickled cucumbers, then she will have to prepare in advance for such work. To do this, you should study the basic methods for preparing children's cucumbers with citric acid and choose the most suitable recipe.

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