Spice bay leaf in home canning

Many cooks love bay leaves for their tart aroma and bitter taste. Adding spices to meat and seafood makes them richer. In oriental cuisine, it is often used to make tea or a honey drink; in Kuban, it is used to make pear jam. Housewives also often add bay leaves to preserves preserved for the winter. The spice is simply irreplaceable in cucumber and tomato marinades. In general, it is difficult to imagine any fermentation, smoking or pickling without this amazing spice. Bay leaf is also a powerful antiseptic, which is why pickles prepared for future use retain their properties for so long. Step-by-step recipes will introduce you to easy ways to prepare marinades at home.

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Sweet pickled tomatoes in jars for the winter

I first tried these delicious pickled tomatoes at my mother-in-law’s birthday party. Since then, this recipe has been my favorite for preparing tomatoes at home. The canning method does not require sterilization and is quite simple, does not require a huge investment of time, but the result pleasantly surprises everyone who uses it.

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How to properly store bay leaves and bay branches

Categories: How to store

No housewife can do without a bay leaf.Everyone must have this spice. When harvesting laurel, they cut off a whole branch, then dry it, and after packaging it, separate them. Fresh leaves can be found on sale much less frequently than dry leaves.

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Lecho with garlic: a selection of the most popular and proven recipes - how to prepare the most delicious lecho with garlic for the winter

Categories: Lecho

Undoubtedly, the vegetable salad “Lecho” is one of the most popular winter preparations. In addition to the main ingredient, sweet pepper, a variety of seasonal vegetables are added to lecho. Spicy vegetables and herbs add zest to the dish. Today we offer you to get acquainted with lecho recipes that contain a garlic note. Stay with us! It will be delicious!

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Pickled tomatoes: the best proven recipes - how to cook pickled tomatoes quickly and easily

Categories: Salted tomatoes

Salting, pickling and pickling are the main types of canned homemade vegetables. Today we propose to talk specifically about pickling, or more precisely, about pickling tomatoes. Fermentation caused by the activity of lactic acid bacteria allows the maximum amount of nutrients to be preserved in tomatoes. They taste simply wonderful!

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Lecho with rice - a tourist’s breakfast: recipes for preparing appetizer salad for the winter - how to prepare homemade lecho with the addition of rice

Categories: Lecho

In the 90s, homemade preparation of a variety of letcho salads was almost mandatory for every family. Salads were made from vegetables alone or with additives from various types of cereals. Canned food with rice and barley were especially popular. Such snacks were popularly called “Tourist’s Breakfast”.Today we will look at the most popular recipes for making homemade lecho with rice.

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Hungarian lecho Globus for the winter - we prepare lecho as before, according to the old Globus recipe

Categories: Lecho

Many people remember the taste of products from the past, from the so-called “Like Before” series. It seems to such people that then everything was better, more aromatic, more beautiful and tastier. They claim that even store-bought winter canned salads had a natural taste, and the delicious lecho of the Hungarian company Globus deserved special love from gourmets.

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Lightly salted chinook salmon - a northern royal delicacy in your kitchen

Chinook salmon is a fairly large representative of the salmon family, and traditionally, Chinook salmon is used for salting. This does not mean that you cannot fry it or cook fish soup from it, but lightly salted chinook salmon is so tasty and so easy to prepare that this cooking method cannot be ignored.

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How to salt chum salmon at home - 7 most popular ways to prepare lightly salted chum salmon

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Lightly salted herring: a selection of the best cooking recipes - how to pickle your own herring at home

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Nizhyn cucumbers - quick and easy salad for the winter

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Quick pickles

Summer is in full swing and it's time to think about creating delicious homemade preparations for the winter. Pickled cucumbers are one of our favorite winter treats. Today I will tell you how you can make delicious homemade instant pickles.

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Pickled hot peppers for the winter

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Original adjika from zucchini and tomato for the winter

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Small pickled onions for the winter in jars

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Homemade pickled cucumbers just like in the store

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