Tasty and crispy cucumbers "Nezhinsky": recipe for step by step cooking

Cucumbers "Nezhinsky", the recipe of which is described in detail below, received their name due to the Ukrainian city of Nizhyn. It is in this village is the largest plant for the production of preservatives, where they make pickles of cucumbers "Nezhinsky". Today, we will consider in detail how to create such a fragrant snack yourself at home.

Cucumbers "Nezhinsky": recipe for winter preparation

Necessary ingredients:

• Onion white onion - 750 g;
• Fresh cucumbers without bitterness - 1,2 kg;
• Freshly dill dill - 20 g;
• Table salt - ¾ dessert spoon;
• Sugar - ½ spoon;
• Vinegar 6% apple - 2 large spoons;
• Bay leaf - 1 pc. On the bank;
• Black fragrant pepper peas - 3 pcs. On each jar.

The right choice of vegetables

Pickling cucumbers for the winter, recipes are always simple, should only be done with freshly harvested vegetables. For such a preparation, small cucumbers that have a soft skin without the presence of bitterness are suitable. Onions for this snack are best to get white and sweet.

Processing of main components

Before preparing cucumbers pickled for the winter, they should be soaked in cold water for 1 hour, and then washed well, free of tails and cut into circles to a thickness of up to 5 millimeters. Next, you need to clean the heads of onions and shred them with thin semirings. You also need to chop the fresh fennel. After that, all the ingredients should be mixed with a hand in one bowl, and then add to them 6% apple cider vinegar, table salt and granulated sugar.

Forming the workpiece

Cucumbers "Nezhinsky", the recipe of which provides for the use of fresh vegetables only, should be laid out in 750-gram or half-liter cans. However, before this, one should throw 1 laurel leaf and 3 peas of black fragrant pepper into the dishes . After the cucumbers are placed in cans, they should be immediately poured with steep boiling water, not reaching the edges of 2 centimeters, and soak in it for 20-23 minutes.

Sterilization of the workpiece

Completely decorated workpiece should be put in a pan or a metal basin with warm water, and then bring it to a boil and sterilize the jars within 9-11 minutes. After that, cucumbers should be immediately covered with lids and corked with a special sealing device. Further, the hot jars should be put upside down on a towel and covered with a dense old blanket. In this position, the blanks should remain until they cool down (approximately 20-24 hours).

Cucumbers "Nezhinsky", the recipe of which we examined today, should be stored in a cool room. For this purpose, a cellar, a cellar or a refrigerator is ideal. Such a home preparation will be usable only after 4 or 5 weeks. During this time, fresh vegetables will absorb the entire marinade, will become very tasty, crunchy and fragrant. To serve such a snack to the table follows in a cooled state with the first or second dishes.