Lettuce cucumbers tomatoes for winter without sterilization

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a salad of tomatoes and cucumbers for the winter? Prepare all the necessary products. Of course, such a preparation should be done in the most vegetable season and take ground tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the cucumbers, dry them and cut them into rings or half rings (depending on the thickness of the cucumber.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the tomatoes, dry them, remove the stalks and cut into thick slices. I recommend using plum-shaped tomatoes for blanks - they have a thick skin and they keep their shape well.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash the pepper, remove the stalks and seeds, cut into thin strips.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel the onion, cut into thin half rings.

6. Step 6:

   

   Mix all the chopped vegetables, add chopped garlic. I put the cloves through the press, but you can grate the garlic on a fine grater or just chop it with a sharp knife.

7. Step 7:

   

   Salt the vegetables.

8. Step 8:

   

   Add sugar.

10. Step 9:

    

    Pour in the vegetable oil.

11. Step 10:

    

    Pour in the vinegar. This recipe uses 6-9% vinegar, but if you have an essence, then dilute it with water in a ratio of 1:8.

12. Step 11:

    

    Put all the vegetables in a bowl with a thick bottom and put on a small fire.

13. Step 12:

    

    Cook on low heat for about 20 minutes. The salad will greatly decrease in volume.

14. Step 13:

    

    Sterilize the jars in any convenient way. I pour some water into the jars and put it in the microwave for 5-7 minutes. But you can sterilize them in the oven at 100 degrees for about 30 minutes, or just scald them with boiling water, or steam them. It is enough to boil the lids for 5 minutes.

15. Step 14:

    

    Arrange the salad in jars and close the lids tightly or roll up. Sterilization is not required.

16. Step 15:

    

    Bon appetit!