A pickle with pearl barley for the winter is ideal for those cases when in a lazy cold season you do not want to stand by the stove for a long time. It is worth noting that such a cereal blank can be stored in the cellar for 8 to 12 months.
Step-by-step recipe for delicious pickle with barley
Required components for winter harvesting :
- fresh cucumbers - 3 kg;
- granulated sugar - a pair of large spoons;
- refined sunflower oil - 200 ml;
- sweet onions - 1 kg;
- coarse salt - 4 large spoons;
- large carrots - 1 kg;
- tomato paste - 3 large spoons;
- pearl barley - 4 large spoons;
- table vinegar - 2 dessert spoons;
- dill and parsley - in a bunch;
- laurel leaves - a few pieces;
- black pepper peas - 15 pcs.
Cereal preparation
Before you prepare the pickle with pearl barley for the winter, you should process the cereal well. For this, the product must be sorted out, washed in a sieve until the water is clear, and then boiled until fully cooked.
Vegetable processing
Pickled barley for the winter requires the use of all the ingredients that should be present in the soup of the same name. To do this, wash and peel the following components: white onions, fresh cucumbers and large carrots. The first vegetable should be chopped into half rings, and the second and third should be grated.
Heat treatment of the workpiece
To cook pickle for the winter with barley, it is recommended to use a small pan with a thick bottom. It is necessary to pour in a little sunflower oil, and then alternately lay out sweet onions and carrots. These ingredients should be fried until golden brown. After that, they need to add chopped fresh cucumbers to them, pour in coarse salt, laurel leaves, black peppercorns and granulated sugar. In this composition, the components must be stewed for half an hour. At the end, boiled pearl barley, tomato paste, refined sunflower oil and chopped greens should be placed in the workpiece. Further, the ingredients must be kept on low heat for about 20 minutes, and then flavored with table vinegar and removed from the stove.
Container preparation
A pickle with pearl barley for the winter is best placed in glass half-liter jars. Such a portion of the workpiece is just enough to cook a rich and tasty soup for your family. But before that, the dishes should be sterilized. Such a procedure can be carried out using a gas stove, and using a double boiler.
Winter stocking
After the jars are sterilized, they should be filled to the top with a hot workpiece, and then immediately rolled up with lids. Next, the dishes must be turned over, placed under a thick blanket and kept until the next day. Store dressing for the first course is preferably in the cellar or underground.
How to use
Cooking soup from a blank made by yourself is quite easy. To do this, you need to boil the meat broth with potatoes, and then put the dressing, boil for a quarter of an hour and serve the dish to the table with bread and sour cream.