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Even in the most successful season in the greenhouse, all the tomatoes do not have time to ripen. If you do not pinch the tops in advance, the tomatoes bloom and set the fruits until the very cold. It is not worth keeping them on the bushes at this time - they can rot. It is better to collect and make tasty preparations for the winter. There are no less recipes for such canned food than for red tomatoes, and the taste is no worse.
Dealing with it is very simple. It decomposes not only with any heat treatment, but also when green tomatoes are kept in salt water. But this is exactly how the fermentation process takes place.
Salted green tomatoes with spices are a tasty and healthy preparation for the winter.
Features of pickling green tomatoes
The number of tomatoes depends on the volume of the bucket. They can be any, but you cannot salt them all together, since they ferment over different times. Therefore, before salting, tomatoes are sorted according to their degree of maturity. Fully ripe tomatoes are salted the fastest.
Greens are usually placed about 50 g for each kilogram of tomatoes. It can be any, but traditionally they use currant leaves, horseradish, both leaves and pieces of roots, celery, dill, both seeds and greens, cherry leaves, some add oak or walnut leaves.
You can add other spicy herbs to the fermentation: marjoram, basil, tarragon, mint, lemon balm, catnip, lovage. Each herb will not only change the taste of the final product, but also enrich it with vitamins and minerals.
You will not get tasty pickled tomatoes without garlic and spices: peppercorns, bay leaves, cloves. The most vigorous spicy tomatoes will turn out if you add hot pepper pods when pickling, each person determines its amount independently.
Sugar is needed to speed up the fermentation process. If you do not like the sweetish taste in pickled tomatoes, you can do without it, but then the pickling will not be so fast.
Tap water must be boiled and cooled. If possible, it is better to take well or spring water - it can be used without boiling.
Recipes pickled tomatoes many. Most often they are fermented whole. Good barrel tomatoes, but you can salt them in any container, its value depends only on the availability of green tomatoes and the needs of the family. Let's try to cook pickled green tomatoes in a bucket.
Hot pickled tomatoes
Red tomatoes according to this recipe are ready in 3 days, for green ones it will take a little longer. For a ten-liter bucket you need:
- about 6 kg of tomatoes;
- 2 bunches of stalks of celery and dill with umbrellas;
- a couple of heads of garlic;
- for each liter of brine, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar and salt.
We prick each tomato with a toothpick and cut out a small part of the pulp along with the stalk.
We prepare a brine from 6 liters of water, adding sugar and salt at the rate indicated in the recipe. It needs to be boiled and celery added there, having previously cut off the upper part with the leaves. Keep celery stalks in boiling water for only half a minute. Divide the peeled garlic into cloves. We put tomatoes in a bucket, layering with herbs and garlic cloves.
The brine is simmering over low heat at this time. Pour it into ready-made tomatoes.
This workpiece can only be made in an enamel bucket; boiling water cannot be poured into a plastic container.
Install a small oppression and wait for the tomatoes to ferment. We take it out in the cold if the brine tastes pleasantly sour.
Cold pickled quick pickled tomatoes
They will be ready in 2-3 weeks. It is best to choose a dense cream for the workpiece, but small in size - it sour faster.
One puncture should be in the area of the stalk attachment. You can make a shallow cruciform incision in this place.
We need:
- green tomatoes;
- chilled boiled water;
- sugar;
- salt;
- leaves of currant, horseradish, cherry;
- horseradish roots;
- garlic.
The amount of ingredients is determined by the weight of the tomatoes. The brine is prepared according to the above proportions: for 10 liters, 2 cups of salt and a glass of sugar. About 1/3 of the spices with leaves are placed on the bottom of the bucket, then 2-3 layers of tomatoes, some spices with leaves, again tomatoes. We do this until the bucket is full. Don't forget about cloves of garlic and pieces of horseradish roots. Fill with prepared brine and install a small load. We keep it in the room. After complete fermentation, take out into the cold.
There is a recipe for pickled green tomatoes for the winter without brine at all.
Dry pickled green tomatoes
It will require for every 2 kg of tomatoes:
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 2 dill umbrellas;
- 2 leaves of cherry and horseradish;
- 2-3 cabbage leaves;
- 2-3 teaspoons of sugar and 2 tbsp. tablespoons of salt.
Each tomato must be chopped with a fork or toothpick at the place where the stalk is attached. Blanch the cabbage leaves in boiling water for about 5 minutes - they will become softer. We put tomatoes in a bucket interspersed with spices, horseradish leaves and cherries, add sugar and salt to every 2 kg of fruit. Lay cabbage leaves on top. We install oppression. If after a day the tomatoes have not given juice, you will have to add brine. To prepare it, dissolve 60 g of salt in a liter of water. Store the product fermented for the winter in the cold.
Tomatoes pickled according to the following recipe are very similar to barrel tomatoes, but they are cooked in buckets.
Green tomatoes as barrels
We will need:
- green or slightly brown tomatoes - how many will fit in the bucket;
- greens and dill umbrellas;
- cherry, currant, horseradish leaves;
- garlic and hot pepper;
- peppercorns;
- for every 5 liters of brine, you need ½ cup of salt, mustard powder and sugar.
At the bottom of the bucket we put a third of all the leaves and spices, then a couple of layers of tomatoes, again leaves, garlic and spices, and so on to the top. A third of all seasonings should go to the layer. The rest is placed on top.
Pour the required amount of brine into a bucket, dissolve all the components for it well in water. We install oppression. We keep it in a room for several days and take it out to a cold place for the winter.
Fermented stuffed tomatoes
If the green tomatoes are cut a little and stuffed, and then fermented, you get delicious pickled stuffed tomatoes. Tomatoes are stuffed with herbs with the addition of garlic. You can add carrots and sweet peppers.If you want the flavor of the product to be bright, add hot pepper pods.
All the ingredients for stuffing tomatoes need to be chopped, the easiest way to do this is with a blender.
For a bucket in which we will ferment tomatoes, you will need:
- 4 kg of green tomatoes;
- 1.2 kg of sweet pepper;
- 600 g carrots;
- 300 g of garlic;
- 2 bunches of dill and parsley;
- a couple of hot peppers - optional;
- for brine: 3 liters of water and 7 tbsp. tablespoons of salt.
Grind everything except tomatoes and herbs in a blender. Finely chop the dill with parsley. Making a stuffing mixture. We cut the tomatoes in half or crosswise, if they are large. Place a mixture of vegetables in the cut.
We put them in a bucket and fill them with cold brine. We place it under oppression so that it is completely covered with brine. We keep it warm for a week, then we put it in the cold for the winter. They are well stored until spring, especially if you put hot pepper or horseradish roots on top.
Green pickled tomatoes are not only a great way to use all unripe fruits, but also a delicious vitamin preparation for the winter. They are good as an appetizer, they will be a great spicy addition to any dish.
