From the end of summer, the season of harvesting begins for the winter. And at the same time you always want to keep the useful properties of the product. Let us examine the method of pickling tomatoes in a saucepan. This is a fairly easy process and be sure that it will preserve all the benefits of this vegetable.
Souring is a way to preserve vegetables, by lactic fermentation. In the preparation process, lactic acid is formed, which has a preservative effect. Moreover, during the usual blockage the formation of the same acid occurs. But with the fermentation, more useful elements are preserved.
What dishes prefer?
According to the principle of cooking, it does not matter in which container you make tomato sourdough. You can cook tomatoes for the winter in a bucket, jar, basin, barrel, and so on. Choose dishes in which it will be convenient for you to do this.
Recommended volume
On the volume of the selected capacity there are also no restrictions.
You must take the pot with the calculation of the number of vegetables that you plan to ferment. That is, you should not take a five-liter capacity, if you have only one kilogram of tomato, or vice versa, too small for a large amount of vegetables.
You also need to take into account the fact that you will need to place the selected container with already fermented tomatoes in a cold room or refrigerator.
Choose based on the size of the selected storage space.
Cooking Instructions
There are several ways to ferment a tomato in a saucepan. Next, take a quick look at the most popular recipes with simple cooking.
IMPORTANT! All recipes on average are calculated on a three-liter pot. Perhaps a slight change in the required amount of tomatoes, it depends on their size.
With cold water
To prepare you need:
- Medium sized tomatoes - 2 kg.
- Garlic - 5 cloves.
- Horseradish - 1 sheet.
- Dill inflorescence - 1 pc.
- Currant leaf or cherry - 1 pc.
- Vinegar - 20 ml.
- Salt - 1 tsp.
- Sugar - pinch.
Cooking:
First, wash the tomatoes well.- Wipe them dry and together the location of the stem make a puncture.
- Next on the bottom of the pan, put the dill and horseradish.
- Put the tomato in the pan. So that the vegetables are tight to each other. But without violating their integrity.
- Add salt and sugar.
- Then pour clean water at room temperature and cover the pan with a lid.
- And it remains to wait for readiness. It will take about two days.
First, wash the tomatoes well.Now you know how to sour tomatoes with cold water.
Detailed video about cold sourdough:
With mustard
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes of the same size - 2 kg.
- Dill - 25 g.
- Bay leaf - 3 pcs.
- Currant leaf and cherry - 2 pcs.
For the marinade:
- Salt - a teaspoon.
- Black peppercorns - 5 pcs.
- Sugar - 2.5 tbsp.
- Mustard powder - a teaspoon.
- Water - 1 l.
Cooking:
Take clean tomatoes and lay out one layer at the bottom of the pan.- After we put the fruit leaves and lavrushka.
- And lay out the remaining tomatoes.
Take clean tomatoes and lay out one layer at the bottom of the pan.To prepare the marinade you need:
- To boil water.
- Add salt, sugar and pepper to it.
- After the brine has boiled for five minutes, add the mustard.
- After everything is dissolved, remove the brine from the heat.
- After it cools, fill them with tomatoes.
- Cover the pan with a lid and refrigerate. Cooking time is about two days.
Dry way
To prepare you need to prepare:
- Medium tomatoes - 2 kg.
- Salt - 1 kg.
- Horseradish leaves - 3 pcs.
- Dill umbrellas - 3 pcs.
- Currant leaves and cherries - 6 pcs.
Cooking process:
- Do the same with the tomato as with the cold method.
- Put currant leaves, cherries, horseradish and dill umbrellas on the bottom of the pan.
- After placing them tightly, place the tomatoes in a saucepan.
- Put on the tomato press, for 24 hours.
- After put the pan in the fridge.
- The snack is ready.
Storage
If you have washed vegetables well before sourdough, then when storing a container with a snack in a cool place, they will not spoil for a long time. Pickled tomatoes should always be stored at low temperatures.. To do this, put them in the cellar or refrigerator.
Culinary application
If guests suddenly come out, you can always get a jar of pickled tomatoes and surprise with a simple but interesting dish.
Tomatoes prepared in this way can be either an independent snack or be part of any dishes.
- There is a recipe for pickle with the addition of pickled tomatoes.
- Also, to taste these tomatoes can be added to the soup.
- Pickled tomatoes perfectly complement vegetable salads.
Conclusion
Pickled tomatoes are an excellent self-made snack, even on a festive table. Choose a convenient recipe for their preparation and delight your loved ones with delicious food. Do not be afraid to experiment with spices. Perhaps you will have your own unique recipe sourdough. Now you can not worry about preserving the beneficial qualities of the vegetable, as fermentation will save them.
