Cucumbers in tomato filling with garlic for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make cucumbers in tomato filling with garlic for the winter? To prepare cucumbers in tomato filling for the winter, take the products according to the list: cucumbers-gherkins, strong and elastic, tomato paste (this is an option with a paste filling) and a set of spices, the important ones are garlic and dill (young umbrellas of dill are better, mature ones will not go - too tart and give a brown color to the filling), add also salt, sugar, citric acid and, if desired, a spicy option - hot pepper.

2. Step 2:

   

   Dilute a good 100% tomato paste with water to a state of thick tomato juice, add salt, sugar, citric acid to it and bring to a boil before the cucumbers in the jars are sterilized by double pouring.

3. Step 3:

   

   In sterile jars (sterilize the jars in any way, I use a microwave more often: for 5 minutes per liter jar with a small amount of water at maximum microwave power) put coarsely chopped garlic cloves - when sliced, garlic is more fragrant, its juice directly penetrates into the filling. Put a few peas of black and allspice, an umbrella of cloves.

4. Step 4:

   

   Cucumbers, previously soaked in cold water for two or three hours, put in jars, cutting off the tips. In liter bottles with a wide neck, it is very convenient to stack them tightly standing.

6. Step 5:

   

   Fill the jars to the top, placing sprigs of fresh dill between the cucumbers.

7. Step 6:

   

   Boil water and pour cucumbers in jars with overflow, cover with boiled lids for 3-4 minutes, drain. boil again and pour over the cucumbers again.

8. Step 7:

   

   After the second draining of the water from the cans, pour in the boiling tomato filling, immediately quickly tighten the lids tightly. Send jars of cucumbers in tomato filling under a fur coat, putting them on the lids, until completely cooled. After the billet cools down, cans of cucumbers can be stored in the room or sent to the basement.