How to salute cucumbers for the winter

Crispy, fragrant salted cucumbers - a traditional Russian dish. Each hostess cans them for the winter in their favorite and proven method. Now we will tell you about the secrets of sings of cucumbers and, of course, give a couple of proven recipes.

For any way to sing cucumbers to prepare:

Wash them with a soft brush;
Soak 4-5 hours in the cold water, a couple of times during this time changing it on fresh.

By the way, if you can preserve completely tiny cucumbers, a thickness and length with a little finger, you can feel free to call them "Cornishons". And if you put the same small onions, tomatoes, cloves of garlic, the cobs of sweet corn and the squares of the Bulgarian pepper to the banks in the cans, and the kulgarian pepper cubs are "picules".

While the cucumbers are "bathe", prepare any spices to your liking:

For fragrance - Cherry leaves, black currant, umbrellas of dill, Tarhuna grass;
For crustility - root or leaf of shine, oak leaves or reed;
For acute - fresh chili pepper;
For piquancy - garlic, peas pepper fragrant or black, whole grains of mustard, black currant berries;
For beauty - slices of red bell pepper or red currant sprigs.

All leafy spices can be crushed in advance to those sizes as they like the hostess and they will look beautifully in the bank. Spices in the bank should be a percentage of 5-10 on the total mass of cucumbers (determined by the eye). It is better to divide them into two parts and put the cans and under the lid on the bottom.

Banks in which cucumbers will be preserved, it is necessary to thoroughly wash with soda and sterilize at least 15 minutes each. Also handle and covers. And now promised recipes, based on single-grade banks.

Branded cucumbers. Folded into the banks of spices and cucumbers, pour everything with steep boiling water, cover with covers and leave banks for one hour. After 60 minutes to drain the water, measuring its volume. For each liter of this fragrant water from spices, add 2 tablespoons of salt and 1 tablespoon of sugar, bring to a boil. In each jar, pour 2.5 tablespoons of vinegar, and then pour the cucumbers with boiling marinade. Quickly spin banks and wrap them in a blanket until a complete cooling.

Currency cucumbers without vinegar. Cucumbers fold into banks with spices. Separately prepare brine on cold water: 1 liter of water, 2 tablespoons of salt and 1 Sahara coffee spoon. Pour banks with cold brine, cover with covers and leave in a cool place for 3-4 days. When the brine is thrown (the cucumbers are beaten), merge it from cans, bring to a boil and then pour them cucumbers. Roll with covers and leave cool banks naturally.