In the winter, canned vegetables play a big role in our diet. Any table instantly becomes bright and elegant, if you open a jar of tomatoes and carefully sliced salad. There are a lot of recipes today. But if you want to try something new, bright and incredibly tasty, then specially for you - tomatoes, canned with plums.
Why make assorted
Indeed, why put several different fruits in one jar? Why can not you make tomatoes and compote separately? In fact, allsorts look much more elegant and can become not only a tasty snack, but also the best decoration on the table. Canned plums can be a highlight highlighting your taste and personality.
Spicy marinade copes with two tasks at once. Fruits and vegetables can easily survive the whole winter, and the fruits acquire an amazing spicy taste. Together with tomatoes and plums, onion rings and cloves of garlic can be hidden in a jar. A magnificent still life can be laid out on a dish - you get a bright and tasty composition.
We begin preparation
Canned plums - this is not a very popular recipe, although this approach to canning tomatoes is quite logical. Tomatoes and plums are marinated, so why not put them together? From such a tandem, blanks only benefit. Especially good if you take small tomatoes. They acquire a piquant taste and color. Plums also tint the marinade.
So, tomatoes for the preparation of this snack you need to choose small and dense. Cream is ideal. Cherry is also great. But large and meaty leave on salads. Now the second ingredient. Canned plum tomatoes are an appetizer for the main course, and the sweetness here will be superfluous. Plums need solid, you can take a little immature, sour. An ideal option would be cherry plum or blackthorn. They are much cheaper than plum cultivars, which is also a significant factor.
Color spectrum
When preserving tomatoes for the winter, you can play with shades to make an even more interesting assortment. Blue and red plums will color the tomatoes in their respective colors. Yellow ones are neutral, but they also look very appetizing. Add to this the ability to take tomatoes in different shades. Each jar can have its own unique appearance. But greens are not required here, so as not to drown out the original shade of taste that plums give.
We preserve tomatoes for the winter
The ratio of ingredients may be different, depending on your preference. But most often, housewives take plums and tomatoes in a 1: 1 ratio. To make it easier for you to navigate, we give these numbers. A liter jar will require approximately 0.5 kg of a mixture of fruits and 0.5 liters of marinade. As soon as you fill all the sterile jars, it will become clear how long it will take to prepare the brine.
Cooking marinade
The recipe for canned tomatoes with plums can be your own for every housewife. Even minor adjustments will cause the taste to change dramatically. As a seasoning, bay leaf and allspice, as well as cloves, are suitable. To prepare the marinade, you will need to take 950 ml of water. It will need to add ½ tablespoon of salt, and one full tablespoon of sugar. Vinegar will be used as a preservative. He will add spice to the dish. At a given amount, you need to take 50 ml.
Getting down to cooking
Rinse tomatoes and plums thoroughly. Now the main secret. Small cherry tomatoes have a fairly strong skin, but plums often crack. Therefore, we arm ourselves with a toothpick and make punctures in them. Remember the advice: take necessarily unripe plums. Sweet and tender just turn into porridge. Do the same with tomatoes. This will improve the exchange of juices between the fruits. But if the plums crack slightly - do not worry, for them this is the most common thing.
According to this recipe, the most delicious canned tomatoes with plums are obtained when you make preparations with love and care for your family. Therefore, distract from other worries and thoughts.
Follow the steps
First of all, lay the lavrushka on the bottom of the jars, on top tomatoes and plums. Now boil the kettle and pour boiling water into jars. It is needed in order to prepare the fruits for the preservation process, as well as for sterilization.
When the water cools to a warm state, the liquid is drained. Do not forget to measure its volume to have an idea of how much marinade you need.
Here the reviews of the hostesses diverge. Someone repeats the procedure of pouring boiling water twice, but once is enough, especially if everything is done correctly.
A drained liquid will be needed to prepare the marinade. To do this, add boiling water (10%) to it so that the marinade is definitely enough. Add sugar and salt and boil for a few minutes to completely disperse the crystals.
Vinegar is added both after turning off the fire, and directly into the jars. It only depends on your personal preference.
While cooked, the marinade can be arranged in jars of pepper and cloves.
Hot marinade is bottled in jars.
Now it only remains to roll up the jars with special lids to get a blank for the winter. Canned plums will surprise and delight your guests.
Serving
When it appears on the table, this snack always arouses the interest of guests. It is worth immediately explaining to everyone that this is not a dessert. After such a statement, tomatoes with great appetite are used with meat and poultry dishes, with appetizers and cheese. By the way, for corking it is best to use liter jars, especially if you have a small family. This is more rational, so less residue is left and the plums do not wrinkle when unfolding.
What dishes should be served with canned tomatoes with plum? Reviews say that they are perfect for every day - to fried potatoes or mashed potatoes, to baked chicken or pork. This appetizer goes well with fish dishes and cheese.
Instead of a conclusion
Pickled tomatoes are one of the most beloved snacks in many families. Mistresses constantly come up with how to diversify it and make it unusual. The addition of plums or apples is great in these whole . Berries and fruits acquire a great taste, that is, they are not only decoration, but also an independent snack. If you decide to show imagination and diversify boring recipes, then this is a way especially for you. Reviews say that even men who are wary of such experiments, very approvingly speak about tomatoes with plums and ask to cook them again and again. And, as usual, each housewife will get a different taste. It depends on the variety of tomatoes, the amount of salt and spices.