Pickled cucumbers not only taste delicious on a burger or with a snack. Due to the natural fermentation process, the cucumber slices are durable and the valuable vitamins are largely preserved. The multiplying lactic acid bacteria also have a positive effect on the intestinal flora.
When pickling, the cucumbers are preserved raw
What is the difference between boiling and pickling
At the Can the food is pasteurized by heat. During the cooling process, a vacuum forms in the jar with the lid and rubber ring so that no more germs can penetrate.
Through insertion the cucumber slices can be preserved without cooking. First they are salted and have to steep briefly so that they release water. Then they go into the glass together with a brew. Advantage of this method: All vitamins are retained and additional vitamin C is even formed.
Recipe for pickled cucumbers
Ingredients for 4 glasses of 500 ml each
- 1000 g pickled cucumbers
- 100 grams of salt
- 500 ml herbal vinegar
- 750ml of water
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 4 thin slices of horseradish
- 2 tsp mustard seeds
- 10 peppercorns
- 1 bunch of dill
preparation
- Wash cucumbers, cut into slices and place in a bowl.
- Sprinkle with salt and leave for thirty minutes.
- During this time, sterilize the glasses in boiling water for 10 minutes or put them in the oven at 160 degrees for 20 minutes. Leave to cool on a kitchen towel.
- Peel the onion and cut into fine rings.
- Peel and halve the garlic cloves.
- Drain the cucumbers and layer in glasses with the dill.
- Make a stock from the vinegar, water, onions, garlic, horseradish, mustard seeds and peppercorns.
- Pour over the pickles, making sure the spices are evenly distributed among all the jars.
- Seal well.
Store the cucumbers in a dark place for about four weeks to allow them to steep.
The closed jars will keep for up to six months. Refrigerate opened cucumber slices and use within 7 days.
tips
Our recipe is just one of many variants. Spices allow you to give the sliced cucumbers a completely different aroma. You can find recipe suggestions for this not only on the Internet, but also in cookbooks from a time when people mostly stored their supplies for the winter themselves.