How pleasant it is to open jars prepared in the fall in winter , in which salads are extremely tasty and healthy, rich in vitamins! "Hunter", stocked up for the winter - one of the simplest canned salads, with the preparation of which there will be no difficulties even for novice housewives. Moreover, which is especially interesting, a salad prepared according to the recipe offered to your attention can rightfully be called universal. After all, it can be eaten both as an independent dish, and as a side dish for meat, and even be used as a dressing for various soups!
So, we turn to the coverage of the preparation of this workpiece for the winter. Salad "Hunter", prepared according to a traditional recipe, suggests the presence of the following products:
- 1 kg of cabbage (white);
- carrots (1 kg);
- large cucumbers. (1 kg);
- rep. onions (1 kg);
- garlic (6 tooth.);
- sugar (1 cup);
- grows up. oil (250 milliliters);
- salt (100 g);
- 9% vinegar (140 milliliters);
- black peppercorns (10 peas);
- dry bay leaf (5 pcs.).
Wash and peel all vegetables beforehand. Further, according to the plan, slicing. Here, of course, there are no strict restrictions. You can slice all the ingredients as you like. However, it is customary to cut carrots and cucumbers in the form of thin straws, and onions into half rings. Head of cabbage should also be chopped into strips, having previously cut the stump and removing the upper leaves.
Salad "Hunter" (winter recipe, which was described above) is very easy to prepare, in fact, preparing vegetables, peeling them and shredding is the most difficult step.
Garlic, in turn, must also be minced with a knife or press. After that, all the ingredients should be folded into a pan, salt, add garlic and sugar, as well as spices. You need to thoroughly mix everything the way you do it when cooking regular salads.
"Hunter", prepared for the winter, should be infused after this for an hour. Next, the pan is placed on the stove and heated (it should not be brought to a boil).
While the salad is cooling, you can do marinade. Oil is poured into a saucepan, and then sugar, salt, vinegar, bay leaf and pepper are added to it. Marinade, unlike the bulk, needs to be boiled. Then, prepared vegetables are poured with this mixture. All together should be boiled for 10-15 minutes. In order not to digest the salad, you can cook it in portions (this is especially true when there are a lot of vegetables). There are criteria that allow you to determine how correctly prepared certain salads. "Hunter", prepared for the winter, for example, should be slightly crispy.
Glass jars are sterilized in a water bath. Tanks with a volume of 0.5 l will be enough for 12 minutes of a steam bath, and it is better to hold liter cans for about fifteen minutes. Next, the jars should be removed with tongs and filled with hot salad. At the end, the jars are tightly covered with lids, and also wrapped in soft rags or towels, leaving so until completely cooled.
Like other salads, "Hunter", prepared for the winter, has options for recipes. For example, you can make its taste even more interesting by adding a small amount of bell pepper or green tomatoes to the list of ingredients. In any case, having prepared such a salad in the warm season, you can get enough vitamins all winter and enjoy the excellent taste of this dish!