Czech cucumbers for the winter: a pickling recipe with photos and videos

After harvesting, housewives begin to actively prepare for the onset of winter, preserving vegetables and fruits. Pickled cucumbers are one of the most popular pickles. But sometimes finding your perfect pickle recipe that the whole family will love can be tricky.

Czech cucumbers with sugar

If you are tired of the usual ways of pickling cucumbers and want something new, then you can try the Czech way of preserving cucumbers. Preserving vegetables with sugar is easy.

Required ingredients:

• 2 kg young cucumbers;
• 1L filtered water;
• 100 gr baby carrots;
• Bunch of dill;
• Horseradish root;
• 1 liter of acetic acid;
• 10 art. l. granulated sugar;
• 3 tbsp. l. table s alt;
• Bay leaf;
• Black pepper (better to take peas);
• Mustard seeds.

How to make pickles for the winter:

Carrots and horseradish root thoroughly washed under running water and peeled. Then cut into large strips. Cut the cucumbers on both sides and put them tightly in a jar, alternating them with layers of other vegetables. Before that, put lavrushka, a few black peppercorns and mustard seeds at the bottom of the jar.

Then pour the vegetables with pre-prepared brine. Sterilize and roll up jars. Sterilize within 40 minutes. Ready jars should be placed upside down and covered with a cloth. After the jars have cooled down, they can be lowered into the basement or cellar.

Canned cucumbers with onions

Dishes that have been borrowed from other national cuisines are always of interest. The recipe for canned cucumbers with onions is quite simple and even a novice hostess can cook it. The main feature is that gherkins are always marinated with sugar.

Required Ingredients

• 500g gherkins;
• 1L filtered water;
• 3 young carrots;
• 2 large onions;
• Black pepper;
• Lavrushka;
• 110 ml vinegar;
• 50g s alt;
• 100g granulated sugar;
• Dill umbrellas.

You can also use other spices, such as currant leaves or tarragon sprigs.

Czech Pickled Cucumber Recipe:

Peel the onion from the husk and cut into rings, put on the bottom of the jar along with bay leaf, dill and pepper. Wash and peel the carrots, cut into large strips. Rinse the gherkins under running water and cut off the stem.

Gherkins, along with carrots, tamp and pour brine. Sterilize for half an hour, then cover and roll up. Canned Czech-style gherkins can be served as a delicious snack in winter.

Czech cucumbers with lemon

Another simple and delicious recipe for pickles with lemon. Citrus fruits will add an unusual aroma and flavor to the familiar pickles. Czech cucumbers are also called Prague pickles.

Required ingredients per liter jar:

• 1 kg young medium-sized cucumbers;
• One lemon;
• 1 head of garlic;
• Fresh dill or parsley;
• Black pepper;

Based on individual preferences, you can add currant leaves or other favorite spices.

Ingredients for marinade:

• 1 liter of water;
• 55g s alt;
• 155g sugar;
• 15g citric acid.

Preservation recipe:

Gherkins should be taken without damage, only the best ones. Wash them under running water and then soak for 6-7 hours. After this time, cut off the stalk and you can start pickling. Peel the garlic. Lemon cut into large slices.

Jars and lids must be sterilized separately from each other.

At the bottom you need to lay dill umbrellas, garlic cloves and lemon slices. Then lay out the vegetables.

It is necessary to pour vegetables according to the Prague recipe twice. The first time with ordinary boiled water, the second time with a marinade. To prepare the marinade, finely ground table s alt, granulated sugar and citric acid should be added to the water, and then brought to a boil.

The first time you need to pour the gherkins with plain boiled water for 20 minutes. Then drain and pour the already prepared brine. Cover with lids and roll up. Turn the jars upside down and wait for them to cool. After that, send to the cellar or basement.

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