Cold-salted cooking of cucumbers is attractive not only by the simplicity of the process and energy saving, but also by the ability to preserve the maximum of useful substances in the product. Read more about cold pickling of cucumbers in the article.
Advantages and features of cold salting
- The main point of this method of cooking salted cucumbers is the use of cold brine, which, in addition to simplicity, speed and low cost, has the following advantages:
- high tastes of the resulting product;
- preservation of the crisp properties inherent in fresh fruits;
- speed and low energy consumption of the preparation of brine;
- the ability to retain maximum nutrients in the final product.
Selection and preparation of cucumbers
To cook lightly salted cucumbers at home quickly and tasty, you need to carefully select the vegetables.
Cucumbers for quick cooking in cold brine should:
- Belong to salting species characterized by modest size and tuberous surface;
- have equal sizes, because the discrepancy in the size of the fruits will lead to their uneven salting;
- be recently ripped off (no earlier than 24 hours);
- have pronounced crispy properties.
Important! Before pickling cucumbers, they can either leave the tips or trim them, bearing in mind that vegetables are cut off faster with the cut ends.
How to cook crispy salted cucumbers in cold brine?
There are several ways to pickle cucumbers using the cold method. Consider two popular ones.
Universal classic recipe
Type of dish: salting, snack, ingredient for other dishes.
The complexity of the recipe: simple.
Important! Regardless of the recipe for salted cucumbers, they should be kept in cold water for several hours before starting the process to remove residual dirt and maintain elasticity during salting.
15–20 minutes and a day for salting
currant leaves
2 pcs.
black peas
5 pieces.
salt
70 g per liter of water
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Soaked washed cucumbers for 2 hours in cold water.
- While water-drenched fruits absorb moisture, preserving crisp qualities, rinse the greens thoroughly.
- Free the garlic cloves from the husk.
- Greens and spices divided into 2 parts.
- Place the first part at the bottom of the pickling tank.
- Place cucumbers on top.
- Put the remaining ingredients on top of them.
- Pour the required amount of water into a separate container.
- Pour salt into water and dissolve with active stirring.
- Pour the fruits with the resulting cold solution so that it completely covers them.
- Then leave the vegetables in the dressing at room temperature for at least 24 hours.
- The readiness of the resulting product is visually determined by its darkening. The darker the shade of the fruit, the more salty the vegetables are. In addition, the finished product produces a specific “lightly salted” flavor.
Video: cold-salted cucumbers
Video recipe
Universal classic recipeSpicy Salted Cucumbers
Type of dish: salting, snack, ingredient for other dishes.
Difficulty of preparation: easy.
Did you know? Yellow are not only overripe cucumbers, but also belonging to a special variety. In addition to varieties with yellow fruits, there are also cucumbers of white and even red color.
20 minutes and a day for salting
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Rinse fruit thoroughly for 2 hours in cold water.
- Cut into rings about 1 cm thick.
- To prepare the brine in lemon juice, mix granulated sugar, salt and mustard.
- Add the resulting mixture to vegetables.
- Close the container with the chopped cucumbers lid and shake it several times so that the brine mixes with the chopped vegetables.
- Put the container in the refrigerator for a day.
Features of storage of blanks
Keep salted cucumbers in the refrigerator or in the cellar for no longer than one week. When warm, they will quickly turn from salted to salted. If the product is not contained in a pan, but in a glass jar that has undergone sterilization, the shelf life is extended by several days, but this does not eliminate the need to keep the product in a cold place.
Did you know? The ancestors of today's cucumber culture were tropical vines, which in the jungle of Southeast Asia could "climb" to a height of 20 m.
Salted cucumbers are just as popular as snacks, as they are easy to prepare. Subject to the recipe, this crispy product will delight you with its unique taste and health benefits.
