So the time has come when we start making homemade preparations: we cook fragrant jam and, of course, we make vegetable preparations. After all, every self-respecting housewife must make homemade preparations for the winter for the future, as it is always an excellent snack or a pleasant, tasty addition to main courses. Today I have a new, very tasty and not quite usual recipe for pickling cucumbers, with the addition of grain mustard. This seasoning goes well with cucumbers, making them more savory and even more crispy. You may have heard this name: "Bulgarian cucumbers" - that's exactly what they are, with the addition of grain mustard to the marinade. Mustard seeds have a sharp, tart taste, slightly reminiscent of horseradish.
This seasoning perfectly stimulates the stomach and intestines. We prepare table mustard from ground seeds, add it to homemade mayonnaise, but from grains you can make excellent French mustard, and also add grains to your taste in food, for example, in salads, various sauces, use it for pickling and, of course, for preserving vegetables , mushrooms, etc. But before you add mustard seeds to the dish, they should be lightly roasted to activate the aromatic oils.
This is not required for pickled cucumbers with grain mustard, we simply pre-wash and dry the grains thoroughly, and then put them in jars with all the spices of your choice. After all, each housewife pickles cucumbers exclusively in her own way. I always make pickled cucumbers according to one recipe that I got from my mother and grandmother ... Therefore, here I just added mustard seeds.
Would need:
- Cucumbers - I have 3 jars, a volume of 1.5 liters. each
- Dill umbrellas - 2 pcs. in every jar.
- Black peppercorns - 3-5 pcs in each jar.
- Bay leaf - 1-2 pcs. as desired in each jar.
- Carnation - 2-3 pcs. in every jar.
- Garlic - 2-4 cloves per jar
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp each on a jar.
- Vinegar 70% - 1 tsp each for each jar
to prepare 1 liter. marinade:
- Salt - 2 tbsp. topless
- Sugar - 2 tablespoons topless
- Water - 1 l.
For the indicated volume (3 cans of 1.5 liters each), it took me 2 liters. brine.
How to cook pickled cucumbers with mustard seeds:
I usually pre-soak cucumbers for 5-6 hours. Today I just washed them thoroughly and soaked them in cold water in the evening. I wash jars and lids with soda, rinse well and sterilize.
I already told you how fast you can. Many housewives sterilize in the oven or on the stove. Sterile jars are covered immediately with sterile lids.
We prepare all the spices, clean the garlic. Drain the cucumbers and cut off the buttocks and ponytails. Again, many housewives pickle cucumbers without cutting off the tails. We put dill umbrellas, garlic, black peppercorns, cloves, bay leaves in sterile jars and pour a teaspoon of mustard seeds.
Now we need to lay the prepared cucumbers tightly in jars. While laying the cucumbers, boil the water. My mother taught me to pour cucumbers 3 times: 1 time just with boiling water (drain), 2 times already pour the prepared brine (drain into a saucepan) and 3 times boil the brine drained from the cans of the second bay, boil and fill it for storage.
Pour boiling water into tightly packed jars to the top for 15-20 minutes and drain into the sink (the first fill with boiling water just shows us how much water we need to make the brine. I got 2 liters of water for 3 one and a half liter jars)
While the jars are filled, we make a 2 liter brine. water + 4 tbsp. sugar + 4 tbsp. salt. Bring to a boil and pour the cucumbers a second time with this brine. Again, let the cucumbers stand in the brine for 15-20 minutes, then drain the brine from the jars into the pan and bring to a boil again. Before pouring cucumbers for the third time, add vinegar to each jar. 1 tsp for 1.5 l. bank. And when the brine boils, fill the jars to the top and cover with lids.
It remains only for us to roll up the turnkey jars or simply close the lid if it is screw. We turn the jars CAREFULLY onto the lid and leave it in this position until it cools completely. You can cover the jars with a blanket on top. This is the beauty I got. Now it remains only to wait for winter and open fragrant, crispy cucumbers.
Svetlana and my home site wish everyone a pleasant appetite!
How to pickle - you will find in a step-by-step recipe with a photo 
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