Among winter selections, salads occupy an honorable place. They look great on the table, tasty and are a valuable source of vitamins, which is very important during the off-season. Such dishes are called "assorted", and another advantage is that any vegetables available on the farm are put in jars.
Mosaic Assorted
Such a recipe for a vegetable salad for the winter, called vegetable mosaic, is very easy to prepare. All the gifts of your garden go to it. Ideal proportions - if you take the number of components 1
to 1. But if something is more, it does not matter either, it will turn out deliciously anyway. Another secret to the success of canned food is a pleasant marinade. So, vegetables are sorted and stacked in banks in layers. First, the larger ones, then the smaller ones.
The recipe for a vegetable salad for the winter recommends putting tomatoes, both ripe and brown, and even greenish. Cucumbers will do. It would be nice to add cauliflower, and if there is none, then a few slices of ordinary, white. There is also a place for asparagus beans in pods in jars. For a greater variety, the vegetable salad recipe for the winter recommends adding mugs of zucchini, small squash, bell pepper - it gives preservation a special relish. Sweet and sour apples cut into slices will complete the culinary delight. Before laying vegetables on the bottom of the cans, add garlic (2-3 cloves), 5-6 peas of allspice, a few bay leaves and horseradish circles, corollas or sprigs of dill. You can add tarragon - this recipe for a vegetable salad for the winter allows you to experiment with spices. If you like spicy, then do not forget about capsicum. Fit components tightly to fit more. Shake the cans for a compact arrangement of harvested products.
When filled, pour boiling (do not remove the pan from the heat) marinade. Composition for pouring (for each three-liter jar): per liter of water of salt - 40 g, sugar - 50 g, vinegar - 10 tablespoons (6%). Or you can fill up, pour in the components, and then just add water. If desired, in such
vegetable salads for the winter, recipes suggest adding 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil to jars for a better taste. Sterilize preservation for 20 minutes and roll up.
Cucumbers in Tomato: Special Salad
The traditional combination of vegetables, cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions will be pleasantly diverse if you can preserve them in tomato sauce. The proposed option is called "Special" due to the spicy taste and unusual design. The advantage of this dish is that not only small, but also large cucumbers that can be cut into circles are suitable for it.
This, by the way, is good for vegetable salads: the recipes are simple, not only selective, but also ordinary products are used: spoiled places are cut, removed, and good parts of the fruits are used for canning. For our salad, soft juicy tomatoes are taken - 2.5-3 kg. They need to be chopped in a meat grinder or cut into small slices. Pour in salt and sugar (2 tablespoons each), the same amount of oil. Stew for half an hour over medium heat, so that the excess liquid evaporates. 4.5 kg cucumbers need to be cut into circles with a thickness of 2-3 cm, and 0.5 kg of onions - in half rings, put in a saucepan and boil for 15 minutes. Then the container is removed from the fire, crushed garlic (2-3 heads or less) and a spoon of
vinegar essence (tablespoon) are added to it. Mix the salad, try. Distribute it in sterile jars and roll it up.