Marinated crispy gherkins - recipe with photo

Marinated crispy gherkins

Many housewives like to prepare thin, small-sized cucumbers for the winter, which have a special name - gherkins. For such lovers, I offer this step-by-step recipe that will help you easily prepare hot and crispy gherkins at home.

They turn out delicious - just like in the store. The recipe is accompanied by step-by-step photos, so making the preparation will be easy.

Marinated crispy gherkins

What you will need for preparation:

small thin cucumbers;

garlic;

hot peppers;

horseradish root;

dill umbrellas;

Bay leaf;

mustard seeds;

black peas (pepper);

salt;

chahar;

vinegar.

How to pickle gherkins for the winter

Wash freshly picked small cucumbers and sort them by size to make it easier to put in jars.

Wash jars with laundry soap or soda. For this recipe, it is not necessary to sterilize them first. Lids - boil for 5 minutes in a saucepan with water.

We clean and wash the horseradish root, hot pepper and garlic. Cut into slices.

Marinated crispy gherkins

Place on the bottom of a 700 gram jar: 1 dill umbrella, 3-4 hot pepper rings, 4-5 chopped garlic cloves, 7-10 horseradish root rings, 1 bay leaf, 1 tsp. mustard seeds, 5 black peppercorns. Place cucumbers on top.

Marinated crispy gherkins

Sprinkle 1.5 tsp on cucumbers. coarse salt and 2.5 tsp. sugar, pour 1 glass (30 ml) of 9% vinegar into a jar.

Place a kitchen towel on the bottom of a large saucepan, place the jars, and cover them with sterilized lids. Carefully pour water into the pan itself to the level of the cans - “up to the hangers”. Sterilize jars with cucumbers and spices for 20 minutes. (1 l - 25 minutes; 1.5 l - 30 minutes, etc.).

Marinated crispy gherkins

In another saucepan, put clean water to boil. We take out the jars of cucumbers one by one.

Marinated crispy gherkins

Add clean boiling water, roll up, turn over and wrap until cool.

Marinated crispy gherkins

We store these small crispy cucumbers (gherkins) in a cool place, and in the winter, remembering the summer, we enjoy their bright spicy taste.

Marinated crispy gherkins

This is how easy it is to prepare delicious pickled gherkins, with a taste like in the store, for the winter.


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