How nice it is to remember summer in the cold winter, crunching a piece of pickled watermelon. By adding certain ingredients during preparation, you can achieve new sensations of the taste of this product. It remains to choose your recipe and the particles of summer heat will be regular participants in home feasts.
rules
Mistresses often ask how to simplify the process of preserving products and exclude sterilization, so that the preservation and quality of the workpiece does not suffer. Unfortunately, removing this stage of the work is not possible everywhere, but watermelons canned in banks without sterilization are well stored if the following rules are observed:
β’ Glass containers must be heat treated before starting work; you can use a microwave oven for this. Three minutes at high temperature will be enough. In this case, the jars should be wet, after removing them you need to put them on a towel, otherwise they may burst.
β’ Avoid temperature changes in the room where the ready-made preservation is located, and direct sunlight on it.
Watermelon with cloves
For preparation it is required (all components are taken from the calculation for a three-liter jar):
β’ watermelon - one and a half to two kilograms;
β’ cloves - 5 pieces;
β’ allspice - 3 pieces;
β’ salt - one and a half tablespoons;
β’ sugar - 4 tablespoons;
β’ citric acid - 1.5 teaspoons;
β’ water - 1.5 liters.
Canned watermelon without sterilization: preparation process
Wash well and divide the watermelon into equal parts, remove the green peel to a white base, remove the seeds. Cut prepared slices into cubes about 6 cm in size. Next, tightly, but trying not to mash, put the sliced ββpieces into a three-liter jar. Then pour boiling water, leave it in a jar for a couple of minutes, drain and put on fire again. During the repeated action, add sugar, cloves, allspice, salt. Before pouring the marinade a second time, citric acid should be added to the bowl with watermelon. After you need to roll up the jar and cover with a blanket.
Canned watermelons in banks. Recipe without sterilization
Now consider another recipe. In order to close conservation by it, you will need:
β’ watermelon -10 kg (based on 6 liter cans);
β’ salt, sugar, vinegar - 1 tablespoon per liter jar;
β’ water - approximately 0, 7 liters for each tank (for the first filling).
The ingredients are indicated for a liter can and the amount of water that will be obtained after the first draining.
How is watermelon canned without sterilization made? First you need to wash the fruits, peel and seeds. Then they should be cut into segments of 5 cm, layered in layers in banks and pour boiling water. Drain it and put it on the fire again, add all of the above ingredients and pour the resulting brine into a container with watermelon pieces, roll up, put the lid down and cover with a blanket until completely cooled.
You can use the base of this recipe for your culinary experiments. If desired, adding spices is not forbidden, who love allspice, nutmeg, tarragon, cloves or more exotic ingredients.
Garlic pickled watermelon
To prepare such a workpiece, you will need (all components are taken from the calculation for a 3-liter jar):
β’ watermelon - one and a half to two kilograms;
β’ black pepper - 6 pieces;
β’ garlic - 5 cloves;
β’ bay leaf - 2 leaves;
β’ currant leaves - 10 leaves;
β’ horseradish root - 1 pc.;
β’ salt - Art. the spoon;
β’ sugar - two tablespoons;
β’ vinegar - two tablespoons;
β’ water - liter.
Cooking
Washed and dried watermelon divided into equal segments, cut off the peel, but if desired, you can not remove it. Then you need to remove the seeds, cut into small slices. Horseradish root should be chopped into small pieces, and garlic - thin slices. At the bottom of the jar, put part of the spices, currant leaves, bay leaf, garlic and horseradish root. Fit prepared pieces tightly. Next, pour the remaining spices and add the last layer of watermelon slices. Bring the water to a boil and fill the workpiece. After you need to leave it in the jar for a couple of minutes, then drain and put to boil again, while repeating the procedure, add salt and sugar. Before removing from heat, pour vinegar into the marinade, pour the brine into the jar, roll it up and cover it with a blanket until it is completely cooled.
Watermelon marinated with honey
For such an original blank you will need (based on a three-liter bottle):
β’ watermelon - one and a half - two kilograms;
β’ salt - a tablespoon;
β’ sugar - a tablespoon;
β’ honey - a tablespoon;
β’ vinegar - two tablespoons;
β’ water - liter.
How to cook
Wash the watermelon, cut the peel, remove the seeds, cut into segments the size of a matchbox, put it in thick layers on the banks and pour boiling water. Drain it and put it on the fire again. Next, add salt and sugar, pour honey and vinegar in the last turn, pour the resulting marinade into a container with watermelon pieces. After rolling up, put the lid down and cover with a warm thing until it cools down.
Preserve watermelons without sterilization with aspirin
This method of conservation is also known to our grandmothers. But many young hostesses are unfamiliar with him. For the preparation will be required (for a 3-liter bottle);
β’ watermelon - two kilograms;
β’ black pepper - 5 pieces of peas;
β’ allspice - 3 pieces;
β’ salt - one tablespoon;
β’ sugar - two tablespoons;
β’ two aspirin tablets;
β’ water - liter.
How to cook homemade watermelon, canned without sterilization? Now we will tell.
The washed watermelon is divided into equal small slices, the peel can not be removed, peeled from seeds. At the bottom of the jar, you should initially put part of the spices. Then you need to tightly lay the prepared pieces, add the remaining spices and aspirin with the last layer of watermelon slices. Bring water to a boil and pour into a container, roll up the lid, put upside down and cover with a blanket until completely cooled.
Now consider another, no less interesting recipe.
Pickled Watermelon with Grapes
To close such conservation, it will be required (for a three-liter capacity):
β’ watermelon - one kilogram;
β’ blue grapes - a large bunch (about 1 kg);
β’ cloves - 6 pieces;
β’ salt - (a tablespoon will be enough);
β’ sugar - five tablespoons;
β’ 3 tablets of aspirin;
β’ citric acid - a teaspoon;
β’ water - liter.
How to cook watermelon canned without sterilization? First you need to wash and dry the grapes, separate the berries from the bunch. Watermelon should be peeled off, removing it to a white base, cut into 5 cm cubes. Put a piece of clove on the bottom of the can. Lay berries and slices of watermelon in thick layers. Pour boiling water over the bottle with the preparation, leave without draining for a couple of minutes. Repeat the procedure again and add the remaining cloves of salt, sugar and citric acid to the marinade, pour the fruit mixture on it, add aspirin and roll. Turn the jar over, put on the lid and cover with a blanket.
Conclusion
Now you know how to make canned watermelons for the winter, without sterilization. We hope that you will like at least one of the recipes reviewed.