The idea of covering cucumbers with vodka appeared relatively recently, but has already gained popularity among housewives of all ages. Recipes for crispy cucumbers with vodka for the winter are slightly different, but all such preservation can be stored for a long time, while the vegetables remain firm and tasty. Cucumbers closed according to this recipe will become good addition for potatoes and meat.
When storing cucumbers for the winter, vinegar is most often used as a preservative. But its disadvantage is that the gherkins do not always remain dense and crispy, plus some people cannot stand the smell of vinegar.
Alcohol is an ideal preservative; it prevents the proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms and fermentation. Cucumbers with the addition of vodka come out crispy and tasty. To make such preservation, it is enough to add only 2% vodka or moonshine without a distinct odor to the brine.
Amount of alcohol in finished product is negligible, so after eating cucumbers you can get behind the wheel and do any work. But for the children younger age You should give no more than two of these cucumbers a day.
The taste of the product directly depends on the seasonings that the housewife puts in the jar.
Preparing the main ingredients
For canning, small gherkins with prickly pimples are used. The fruits are sorted, separating limp or rotten vegetables. To ensure that the preserves are tasty and store well, you should adhere to the following recommendations:
- Only ground cucumbers can be pickled; greenhouse cucumbers are not suitable for this purpose.
- The bottles should contain gherkins of approximately the same size.
- Before preservation, cucumbers are soaked in cold water for a couple of hours.
A tasty preparation is obtained if other vegetables are placed in the jar in addition to cucumbers. This does not change the amount of vodka poured into the bottle.
Recipes for pickling cucumbers with vodka at home
There are many recipes for pickled cucumbers with vodka. Some preserves are prepared quickly, while others require some fiddling. If everything is done exactly according to the recipe, the result will be delicious snack.
A quick method for a liter jar
Using this recipe, you can close up delicious and crispy cucumbers for the winter. The recipe is designed for liter jar. If vegetables are sealed in a larger container, the amount of ingredients increases.
To prepare pickled cucumbers for the winter, take a clean liter jar, a metal lid and the following components:
- Gherkins - 600 grams.
- Water - 0.5 liters.
- Salt - 2 teaspoons.
- Vinegar - a dessert spoon.
- Sugar - a tablespoon.
- Vodka - 1 tablespoon.
- Spices.
Place peeled garlic, dill, lava leaf and other spices to your liking on the bottom of the jar. Fold the cucumbers tightly and pour boiling water over them.
The marinade is made from water, salt and sugar. Drained from jars plain water, pour vinegar and vodka into them, and then the marinade. Sealed iron lids, turn over and cover with a blanket.
Without sterilization
It is possible to pickle cucumbers with vodka without rolling them under a nylon lid. Cold canning is quick and easy to prepare. To prepare you need to take the following ingredients:
- Cucumbers - how many will fit in a 3-liter jar.
- Salt - 3 tablespoons.
- Water - three liters.
- Vodka - 50 ml.
- Spices.
Spices are poured into the bottom of the jar and cucumbers are placed in it. Salt is diluted in cold water and the resulting solution is poured over vegetables. Leave the cucumbers for 3 days at room temperature turn sour.
As soon as a white warbler appears on the surface of the jar, you can move on to the next stage. The water is poured from the jar, vodka and brine prepared from one and a half liters of water and a tablespoon of salt are poured into it. Close the bottle with a nylon cap. Cucumbers are considered ready after two weeks.
You can even use tap water to pickle cucumbers. If it is of dubious quality, then it is better to pour purchased water.
“Rowanberry” with citric acid, honey and vodka without sterilization
“Rowan” cucumbers can be pickled in 3-liter and liter jars. Such a preparation will become the real pride of the hostess. For preservation you will need:
- Gherkins - 600 grams per liter jar.
- Water - 500 ml.
- Spices - garlic, rowan sprigs, dill, currant leaves and pepper.
- Salt - a tablespoon.
- Honey - a tablespoon.
- Citric acid - 0.5 teaspoon.
- Vodka - 30 ml.
Spices are placed on the bottom of the jar and then cucumbers are placed on top. Boil water in a saucepan, add cucumbers and wait 15 minutes. After this, the water is drained, brought to a boil again and the jar is filled.
The marinade is made from water, sugar and salt. Pour it into a jar, add citric acid and vodka, and then screw it on with a metal lid. Preserve under a blanket for a day.
You can pickle cucumbers according to interesting recipe, which contains lime and cognac. To prepare, you need to take liter jars and the following products:
- Small cucumbers.
- Salt and sugar - 2 teaspoons for each jar.
- Lime - 4 slices per bottle.
- Cognac - one and a half tablespoons.
- Spices.
We put the spices and gherkins in jars along with the spices. Pour boiling water over and leave for 15 minutes. Afterwards, the water is drained and filled with boiled brine. Canning is completed by pouring cognac and sealing the jar with a metal lid.
Assorted with tomatoes
If you salt the cucumbers along with tomatoes and peppers, the appetizer will have a rich taste. The preparation is made in 2-liter jars. The following products are needed:
- Gherkins and tomatoes - how much will fit into the bottle is approximately the same.
- Spices.
- Salt, sugar and vinegar - a tablespoon each.
- Vodka - 2 tablespoons.
Garlic, dill umbrellas and other spices are placed on the bottom of the jar. Place cucumbers on top and pour boiling water over them. Leave for 15 minutes, drain the water, add sugar and salt to the bottle, pour in vinegar and vodka, then pour boiling water over again. They roll them up with iron lids and place them upside down, covering them with a blanket on top.
With onions, vodka and vinegar
You can marinate cucumbers with onions and vodka. They are closed in the same way as with tomatoes, only instead of tomatoes they put onions in the jar. For a liter jar take 1 small onion, cut into rings. Properly closed conservation has spicy taste and an unforgettable aroma.
The brine will take on a beautiful color if you add a slice of beetroot to the jars.
With mustard
If you pickle cucumbers with mustard, you get a delicious appetizer for meat dishes. For a 3-liter jar you need the following ingredients:
- Cucumbers - 1.7 kg.
- Salt - 1.5 tablespoons.
- Vegetable oil - 0.5 cups.
- Sugar - 100 grams.
- Vinegar - 100 ml.
- Mustard powder - a tablespoon.
- Garlic - one head.
- Ground pepper.
Cucumbers are kept in cold water for 3 hours. Then they wash it, cut it into 4 pieces lengthwise and salt it. Mix the remaining ingredients, pour the resulting sauce over the cucumbers, mix and place in jars. Pour in the remaining juice and set to sterilize for 20 minutes. Next, the banks need to be closed metal lids and cover with a blanket.
With red currants
It's worth rolling up cucumbers with red currants. This workpiece has a very delicious marinade. For cooking you need the following products:
- Gherkins - 1 kg.
- Red currant - glass.
- Vinegar - 100 ml.
- Water - 1 liter.
- Vodka - 1 tablespoon.
- Salt - one and a half tablespoons.
- Spices - dill, garlic, horseradish root, pepper and currant leaves.
Spices, currants and cucumbers are placed in the bottle. Pour boiling water into the container and leave for 15 minutes. Drain the water, fill with marinade and roll up with metal lids. Cool upside down under a blanket.
Cucumbers sealed with vodka store well. Jars can be stored even at room temperature. Cucumbers covered with a nylon lid should be stored in a cool place, on a loggia or in the refrigerator.
Vodka can serve not only as alcohol, but also as a good disinfectant and, most importantly, a means for extending the storage of food. In the latter case, it works as a kind of preservative. Try sealing cucumbers with vodka for the winter. As a result, you will get crispy and delicious vegetables. The recipe will help you use such a colorful ingredient correctly.
You can easily give ready-made cucumbers to your children; you should not consider such a recipe inappropriate, since the main essence remains the same - canning. So, perhaps your husband will still be upset, because an alcoholic cucumber will be completely non-alcoholic. So, let's go through the list of everything you need.
Ingredients for a 1 liter jar:
- medium-sized cucumbers - how many will fit,
- salt– 1 tbsp. l. without a slide,
- sugar – 1 tbsp. l. with a low hill,
- vinegar 9% - 1.5 tbsp. l,
- vodka – 1 tbsp. l,
- garlic – 2 cloves,
- dried dill seeds – 1 tbsp.,
- sprigs of green dill – 2-3 pcs.,
- hot peppers– 1/3 pod,
- water.
How to prepare cucumbers with vodka for the winter
Our cucumbers must be left in cold water, and the water itself must be periodically replaced with fresh water. It’s worth doing this at least two or three times. Leave the cucumbers in this state for four hours.
Meanwhile, all jars and lids are thoroughly washed and sterilized. When our container is ready, we put all the aromatic spices on the bottom of the jars: dill, red pepper rings, dill seeds and garlic, cut into halves.
Now you can place the previously soaked cucumbers on top. It is advisable to cut off the butts.
We also add the same spices on top as below.
Carefully pour boiling water over it, cover with a lid (do not roll it up) and let the cucumbers warm up for half an hour. To prevent the jar from bursting, place it on a knife and then pour boiling water over it.
We pour the water back and heat it to boiling water, pour our cucumbers again.
Now they should warm up for about fifteen minutes and cover them as well. Now it’s time to pour salt into the second drained water.
Again you need to bring the marinade to a boil.
Meanwhile, pour 9% vinegar and vodka into a jar.
We also pour the boiling marinade back into the jars; it is necessary to pour it to the very top; it will be better if the liquid reaches the top and begins to overflow.
Ingredients for a liter jar:
- cucumbers – how many will fit,
- dill umbrella – 1 piece,
- Bay leaf- 2 pcs,
- allspice peas – 4 pcs.
- garlic – 1-2 teeth,
- horseradish leaf – 1/4,
- salt – 1 tbsp. l. (without slide),
- sugar – 1 tbsp. l. (with a slide),
- vinegar 9% – 1.5 tbsp. l,
- vodka – 1.5 tbsp. l.
We will prepare liter jars in advance. They should be washed using baking soda. There is no need to sterilize them, since we will be pouring boiling water into them three times. Place spices at the bottom of each jar: horseradish leaf, garlic, pepper, dill, bay leaf. 
Densely, but without violating the integrity of the fruit, we first lay the cucumbers vertically, and then you can put them on top. It is advisable to seal small cucumbers in liter jars. 
Fill the contents of the jars with boiling water. We pour water to the very top. Cover tin lids(pre-boiled). Let it warm up for 40 minutes. 
Then pour the water back into the pan to bring to a boil again and pour again. Pour in the cucumbers a second time and let them warm up for 20 minutes. Then we drain it. 
When you pour the water into the pan for the second time, add sugar and salt at the rate of one tablespoon of sugar and salt per liter jar. Bring to a boil. 
While the water is boiling, add vinegar and vodka directly to the jars. 
This time pour boiling brine over the cucumbers. And immediately roll up the lids. We turn over and wrap the preserved food, allowing the workpiece to cool completely in this form. After which you can store the pickled cucumbers in a cool, dark place.
We remind you that in last time we prepared delicious
Today we’ll talk about canning cucumbers for the winter and look for new cooking methods. delicious preparations, let's share our findings and ideas. An easy way to keep cucumbers strong and crispy, and to avoid spoilage and jars exploding, is to pickle cucumbers with vodka.
Vodka will not be noticeable in the marinade or brine due to its small amount.
Today we will meet different recipes crispy cucumbers with vodka for the winter. From my recipes you will learn how to pickle cucumbers quickly and efficiently, how to make a spicy pickle, how to pickle vegetables, how to close jars without sterilization. Each recipe is step-by-step, so making winter preparations will be easy. Cans can be used of any size; we will use standard liter and three-liter containers.
Pickled cucumbers with vodka for the winter in jars using the cold method: without sterilization
Let’s put into practice the simplest recipe for pickling with vodka. For containers, we will take three-liter jars, well washed and sterilized over steam or in the oven. Cucumbers, cold-salted in jars for the winter, acquire a pronounced crispness and rich taste with vodka.
What should we take:
- Cucumbers - any size (we will put the same size in jars);
- Spicy additives: horseradish, currant, canupera leaves, dill umbrellas, celery sprig, garlic, peppercorns (black, white, allspice);
- Table salt – 3 tbsp. l.;
- Well or purified water - 3 liter capacity - about one and a half liters;
- Vodka - a shot glass (50 g) per jar.
Let's prepare glass containers, nylon lids, a deep basin and a towel.
- Rinse the cucumbers, place them in a basin, pour them over cold water, leave for three hours. Then dry them on a towel, cut off the ends and sort them into jars.
- Peel the garlic, rinse the greens and leaves and dry.
- Place half of the spices on the bottom of each jar, then a layer of cucumbers (it’s easier to place them vertically), then again spices and cucumbers. Add vodka, salt and fill the jar with cold water to the top.
- Let's close nylon covers, put it in a cool place.
After 3 or 4 days, our cucumbers should be salted and they can be tasted.
Cold pickled cucumbers should be stored under nylon lids in a cool place.
And in this video there is another recipe - using the hot method under an iron lid:
To the piggy bank useful tips: when salting and marinating cucumbers great importance has the quality of the water used, chlorinated tap water can ruin all the preparations and turn the cucumbers into a soft mess, so use either purified or well water.
We take the simplest salt for pickles, not extra-class and not iodized, and, moreover, without anti-caking agents (E-535 and E-536), which are the strongest poisons– sodium and potassium ferrocyanides.
Cucumbers with vodka for the winter - a reliable pickling recipe
To prevent cucumbers with vodka from exploding in jars, the pickling recipe for the winter should include the step hot pour, which interrupts the fermentation process of the brine.
What should we take:
- Cucumbers – small or medium in size;
- Spicy additives: oak, cherry leaves, dill umbrellas, garlic, black peppercorns, allspice,
- Table salt – 3 tbsp. l.;
- Purified water - 3 liter capacity - approximately 1.5 liters;
- Vodka - a shot glass (50 g) - for each jar.
Let's prepare glass containers, lids, a seaming machine, a towel, oven mitts, and a basin.
- Wash the cucumbers and soak them in a basin for 3-4 hours in cold water. After soaking, dry them on a towel and trim the ends.
- Wash and dry the greens and leaves, peel the garlic, cut the cloves lengthwise into quarters. At the bottom of each jar we place half the spices, a layer of cucumbers (vertically), again spices and cucumbers.
- Pour salt, add vodka and fill the jars with cold purified water. Cover with lids and put in a dark place.
- After 3 days, the cucumbers will change color, the brine will become cloudy and covered with a film. Carefully pour the brine into the pan and boil. Add vodka to each jar and pour boiling brine over the cucumbers.
Seal the containers with lids, turn them upside down, wrap them up and leave until cool.
Cucumbers pickled with vodka for the winter without sterilization
Recipes for crispy cucumbers for the winter with vodka are becoming increasingly popular due to their ease of preparation and reliability. With vodka you can prepare not only pickled cucumbers, but also pickled ones; they turn out just as crispy and tasty. Using this recipe, you will get blanks that never explode and are stored for a long time without loss of quality. For work, take liter jars.
What should we take:
- Cucumbers are small, young and pimply;
- Onions – medium-sized bulbs;
- Salt, sugar - 2 tsp each. for each container;
- Vinegar 9%, vodka – 1.5 tbsp. l. for each jar;
- Spices and herbs: currant and cherry leaves, a sprig of celery, mustard seeds, hot red pepper - half of the smallest pod, garlic bulbs - they are formed at the end of the garlic stem in the form of small heads.
Let's prepare glass liter containers with threads on the neck, lids for them, a saucepan, a towel, and a basin.
- Rinse the cucumbers, pour cold water in a basin for 3-4 hours, wash, dry on a towel, cut off the ends. Peel the onions and cut into thin rings, wash the greens and leaves and dry on a towel.
- Let's fill the jars: put spices, herbs, half the leaves and one garlic head with bulbs at the bottom. Fill the jar up to half the volume with cucumbers, add onion rings, cucumbers again, and cherry and horseradish leaves on top.
- Boil water in a saucepan and carefully pour boiling water into the jars. Let it stand for 10 minutes, add water to the pan and repeat the procedure - fill the jars with cucumbers a second time, let it stand, and add water for the third boil.
- While the water is boiling, add salt, sugar, vodka and vinegar to each jar. After the third filling, seal the jars with lids, turn them upside down, wrap them up and let them cool.
These cans can stand for a very long time without exploding or becoming cloudy.
Rowan cucumbers with citric acid, honey and vodka without sterilization
For lovers mild taste winter preparations I advise you to try the recipe without vinegar and sugar, the cucumbers will turn out crispy, dense, and aromatic.
What will we take:
- Medium sized cucumbers - for three-liter cans, small - for liter containers;
- Dill umbrellas, horseradish root, red rowan and cherry leaves, garlic, peppercorns (optional), bunches of red rowan;
- Table salt – 1.5 tbsp. l. for 1 liter of filling;
- Liquid honey – 2 tbsp. l. for 1 liter of filling;
- Citric acid – 1 tsp. for 1 liter of filling;
- Vodka – 1.5 tbsp. l. for a 1 liter container or 50 g (stack) for a 3 liter container.
Let's prepare clean glass jars, lids, a seaming machine, a saucepan, a basin, and a towel.
- Soak the greens in a basin for 3-4 hours in cold water, rinse and dry on a towel.
- Wash the greens, leaves, rowan bunches, dry them, separate the rowan berries from the branches, peel the garlic, wash the horseradish root, peel it and cut it into 2 cm pieces.
- At the bottom of the jars we throw rowan leaves, dill umbrellas, pepper, pieces of horseradish root and garlic cloves. We will beautifully arrange the cucumbers up to the shoulders of the jars, placing rowan berries between them, and cover them with cherry leaves on top.
- Boil water in a saucepan and carefully pour it into jars with cucumbers, let it sit for half an hour, pour the liquid back into the saucepan, measure the volume for further calculations, boil it and pour the cucumbers again.
- Let's calculate the amount of salt, honey, citric acid. After half an hour, cook the marinade from the drained liquid, adding salt and lemon to boiling water, boil for 3-4 minutes.
- Pour vodka into all the jars with cucumbers, add honey to the marinade, let it dissolve and immediately pack it hot into the jars. Seal the lids, turn the jars upside down, wrap them up and let them cool completely.
Perhaps this is the recipe for the most delicious crispy canned cucumbers with vodka. Enjoy this delicious treat with the whole family!
Add to the collection of tips: Rowan leaves have strong bactericidal properties, they disinfect water, killing even the dysentery bacillus, they can be used in canning along with horseradish and oak leaves.
Spicy cucumbers - preserved for gentlemen
If you want to surprise the stronger half of humanity, prepare spicy cucumbers according to my recipe. The taste of this pickling is unforgettable, magical, hot-spicy, with an emphasis on the masculine “Yang” principle. Don't forget to copy this recipe for pickled crispy cucumbers with vodka for the winter into your homemade notebook. We will cook in 1 liter jars.
What should we take:
- Cucumbers – medium size;
- Clove buds, fresh ginger root, hot pepper, mustard seeds, cherry leaves, dill umbrellas;
- Vodka (and if you take cognac, it will come out simply magical) – 1.5 tbsp. l. per container.
- Wash the ginger root, peel it and cut it into thin slices. Place 3 clove buds and 3-4 slices in the bottom of the jars ginger root, a quarter of a small one hot pepper, 1 tsp. mustard seeds. We will beautifully arrange the cucumbers, lemon slices, and cover the top with cherry leaves and dill umbrellas.
- Boil water in a saucepan and carefully pour it into jars with cucumbers. Let it cool a little, pour the liquid into a saucepan, boil it, add salt, sugar, boil for 2-3 minutes. While the brine is boiling, add vodka or cognac to each jar.
- Pour boiling brine over the cucumbers to the very top, seal with lids, turn upside down, and cool.
If you want to please your guests with these cucumbers, hide the jars until the next holiday, otherwise your family will simply “sweep them away.”
Cucumbers for lovely ladies - an awesome recipe with lime and cognac
Preparing cucumbers for the winter for your family and friends is a creative process that requires a fair amount of imagination; it is akin to kitchen witchcraft. Your seams will always be in high demand among all household members and friends. I'll share one more with you magic recipe. We use liter jars.
What should we take:
- Cucumbers – medium size;
- Lime or lemon - 4-5 slices per container;
- Table salt, sugar - 2 tsp each. for each container;
- Cinnamon stick, star anise, nasturtium buds, cardamom boxes, cherry and canupera leaves, tarragon sprig;
- Vodka (it’s better to replace it with cognac, the taste will be exquisite) – 1.5 tbsp. l. per container.
Let's prepare glass jars with threaded necks, screw caps, a saucepan, a basin, a towel, and oven mitts.
- Prepare the cucumbers as in the above recipes - soak for several hours, rinse, trim the ends. Scald the lemon with boiling water and cut into thin slices.
- Divide the cinnamon stick into several parts, break the star anise in half. In the bottom of the jars we place a piece of cinnamon stick, half a star anise, 2-3 boxes of cardamom, one leaf of canupera (can be replaced with peppermint), a sprig of tarragon.
- We will beautifully arrange cucumbers, lemon slices, nasturtium buds, and cover the top with cherry leaves. Boil water in a saucepan and carefully pour it into jars with cucumbers. Let it cool a little, pour the liquid into a saucepan, boil it, add salt, sugar, boil for 2-3 minutes.
- While the brine is boiling, add vodka or cognac to each jar. Pour boiling brine over the cucumbers to the very top, seal with lids, turn upside down, and cool.
These cucumbers should be eaten leisurely, enjoying the bouquet of “Yin” flavors and their unsurpassed aroma.
To help all housewives, I advise you to study various master classes, watch the video, write down original recipes for crispy cucumbers with vodka for the winter. Try it, look for your own canning options, share recipes. Good luck!
- Per liter glass jar you will need:
- fresh medium-sized cucumbers, about seven pieces;
- one leaf each of cherry, currant, laurel;
- two cloves of garlic;
- black pepper, allspice, two peas each;
- dill umbrella;
- tablespoon of vodka, 9% acetic acid;
- a teaspoon of salt, sugar.
- Preparation time: 00:15
- Cooking time: 00:25
- Number of servings: 7
- Complexity: average
Preparation
- Wash the leaves and peel the garlic.
- Place peas, leaves, dill, and garlic in the bottom of sterile jars. Place the prepared cucumbers.
- Before putting cucumbers into jars. Be sure to rinse well and trim the ends on both sides.
- Bring water to a boil in advance. One liter jar yields approximately half a liter of water. Pour into jars and leave for ten minutes. Pour into a saucepan, add salt and sugar to the water. Bring to a boil again.
- Fill the jars with marinade to the brim. Pour in vinegar and vodka. Seal with lids. Turn over and place on lids. Place in a dark place, cover with a blanket until completely cool.
Pickled cucumbers, crispy for the winter with vodka, are ready. Bon appetit!
Pickles tasty addition for any dish. Can't do without them popular recipes salads Unfortunately, such a delicacy is not good for the stomach. Due to the vinegar content in the marinade, it is not recommended to consume cucumbers with gastritis and ulcers. If teeth are highly sensitive, acetic acid causes pain.
Pickling cucumbers appeared in Rus' at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The marinade preserves vegetables well, suppressing all microorganisms in the jar. Recipe for the winter with vodka new way achieve crunch while retaining most of the beneficial properties cucumbers
How to sterilize jars?
For all preparations for the winter, it is imperative to sterilize the jars. There are many different microorganisms on the surface of a visually clean jar. When they get into the product, they cause fermentation. The marinade becomes cloudy. The product spoils and can no longer be eaten. You can sterilize jars in the following ways.
First way consists of treating the inner surface of the can with steam. To do this, pour the kettle into the pan a small amount of water. Covered with a lid with holes. After boiling, steam is released and the jars are placed on the lid. The treatment lasts at least five minutes. You can use a slow cooker. Place the jars on a niche for steaming food.
Second way consists of treating cans in a special solution. Per liter hot water add a tablespoon of 70% acetic acid and salt. The jars are rinsed with the solution. Afterwards everything is according to the recipe. Finally, after closing the lids, the jars are heated in a saucepan with warm water up to seventy degrees on the stove. It is necessary to have a water thermometer to prevent the jars from bursting.
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