Cucumbers in their own juice for the winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to pickle cucumbers in their own juice for the winter? Prepare all the products listed in the list. For the recipe, you can use those cucumbers that have lost their presentation, from them we will prepare cucumber pulp. Take the amount of garlic and aromatic herbs to your liking.

2. Step 2:

   

   So, first of all, fill the cucumbers with cold, almost icy water. Leave it this way for 2-3 hours. During this time, the fruits will be saturated with water and become elastic and crispy.

3. Step 3:

   

   Drain the water, and dry the cucumbers with a kitchen towel or put one layer on the table surface and wait until they dry out.

4. Step 4:

   

   Grate about half of the cucumbers on a grater with large teeth. Alternatively, you can put them through a meat grinder. Add salt, mix everything well and leave to infuse for 15-20 minutes.

5. Step 5:

   

   At the remaining cucumbers, if desired, cut off the tails on both sides.

6. Step 6:

   

   Wash the jars and lids thoroughly and sterilize them in any way that is available to you. This can be done using a microwave oven, an oven or a water bath. At the bottom of each jar, put a horseradish leaf, a couple of currant leaves, a bay leaf, a dill umbrella and a few peas of black pepper. Peel the garlic, rinse it and send it to the greens. Leave the small garlic cloves intact, and cut the larger ones into two or four parts.

8. Step 7:

   

   After 15 minutes, the juice should appear in the chopped cucumbers. Mix everything well again and proceed to the next step.

9. Step 8:

   

   Put 1 tablespoon of cucumber pulp on top of the greens and garlic in each jar.

10. Step 9:

    

    Next, send the cucumbers to the jars. Lay them out vertically. Try not to do it too tightly to each other, as it will not be very convenient to pour cucumber pulp with juice into jars. There should be a small distance between cucumbers. I have 4-5 cucumbers in a 750gr. jar (depends on the size and thickness of the fruit).

11. Step 10:

    

    Add grated cucumbers to each jar. Fill the jars to the top, distribute cucumber juice evenly. If the pulp is not enough, then rub a small amount of cucumbers, add salt, let it brew and add to the jars.

12. Step 11:

    

    Close the jars with lids and put the cucumbers in the refrigerator.

13. Step 12:

    

    On the fourth day, you can take the first sample, cucumbers will be lightly salted. And in a month they will be completely salted.