Canning green tomatoes for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the ingredients for canning green tomatoes for the winter, the amount is indicated for two 0.75 l cans. Wash the vegetables thoroughly. Green tomatoes contain such a dangerous substance as solanine. It is better to take the fruits not dark green, but a little brown, and even better to soak them in a salty solution for 2 hours, the salt will pull the solanine out of the vegetables. Drain the water, make a hole in the tomatoes with a toothpick so that they do not burst when pouring boiling water.

2. Step 2:

   

   While tomatoes are soaked, you need to prepare dishes for preservation. Wash the jars of the required volume thoroughly and sterilize them in one of the convenient and proven ways: in a water bath, in an oven or microwave, wash the lids, boil and dry.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the carrots, if they are young, then rinse well enough, cut into large pieces or circles. Cut the bell pepper into rings. Peel the horseradish root and cut into small pieces. Peel the onion and cut it into rings. Peel the garlic cloves from the husk.

4. Step 4:

   

   Greens for conservation: I used horseradish leaves, sprigs of parsley, dill - wash thoroughly and dry with paper towels. You can use other seasoning, herbs for pickling to taste.

6. Step 5:

   

   Put some greens, garlic cloves, pieces of horseradish root, carrots and bell pepper in sterile jars. Place a row of green tomatoes on top tightly, then again a row of greens and other vegetables. And so fill all the jars up to the hangers.

7. Step 6:

   

   Boil water in a kettle and pour boiling water over the vegetables in the jar completely, cover the jar with a sterile lid and leave for 20 minutes.

8. Step 7:

   

   Then drain the water, pour the tomatoes with a new batch of boiling water and leave again for 20 minutes. Pour the second water into a saucepan, add sugar, salt, bring the marinade to a boil. Pour in the vinegar, let the marinade boil, turn off the heat.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pour the marinade over tomatoes in jars, add a few peas of black pepper and bay leaf to each jar. Roll up the jars with lids and turn them upside down, cover them with a blanket on top, let them cool completely at room temperature. Remove the blanks for storage in a cool place. Bon appetit!