In July and August, the period begins when people are engaged in conservation during the day and night. And along with the usual cucumbers, tomatoes and winter salads pickled some fruits and berries. Watermelon is rarely surprised anyone, and pickled grapes - you can! This article will explain why pickled grapes and what recipes are used for this.
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Why pickle grapes for the winter
Many housewives admit that they marinate the grapes for the winter because they want something new in conservation.. Take, for example, tomatoes. They are salted, or boiled juice from them. This is a common, sometimes boring thing. Grapes make either juice or wine. Also can quickly get bored. But the preservation can be varied by pickling berries according to various recipes.
In winter, the conservation code is opened in large quantities, take out a jar of grapes. Marinating or salting grapes is remembered forever. Such grapes have a special memorable taste. In addition, pickled berries are excellent and as a snack, and as a side dish to the meat dish, and as a decoration.
Marinated grapes with cinnamon
This type of preservation is simple to prepare, it does not spend a lot of time and effort. Such grapes are ideal for meat dishes.
To pickle grapes with cinnamon, you will need:
- A pair of kg of grapes;
- Litere of water;
- A pound of sugar;
- 100 ml of 5% vinegar;
- Gram of cinnamon;
- Clove to taste.
Rinse berries, dry with a napkin. After that, put in a jar, where to pour the marinade (hot).
To prepare the marinade boil water, add spices there. Bring to a boil and hold for 10 minutes.
After that, pour sugar, boil. Turn off the stove, wait a couple of minutes, add vinegar and pour grapes over this mixture.
Cover and pour the flooded grapes in hot water for sterilization. Temperatures range from 50 to 90 degrees. In this case, the pan should stand on the included plate for 30 minutes.
At the last stage, roll up the lid, check the strength.
Grapes with mustard
For cooking will require:
- Grapes berries,
- Sugar;
- Salt;
- Mustard.
Before canning berries check. Needed large, without damage and not overripe.
Such berries require 10 kg. Rinse berries thoroughly, dry and put in jars.
The grapes are laid, you can go to the marinade. It consists of 5 liters of water, 150 grams of sugar, salt and mustard in equal proportions (50 grams each).This marinade through the fabric pour berries, pressed oppression. Insist them in a warm room for 5 days.
Move jars from a warm room to a cold one for 21 days. Store jars at low temperatures, covering the jars with lids.
Recipe with mint and rosemary
In order to prepare the grapes in this way, you will need:
- A half a kilo of grapes (more often, raisins are taken);
- A few black peppercorns;
- Dessert spoon of dried mint;
- A half spoonful of dried rosemary;
- 10 grams of ginger;
- A pair of bay leaves;
- Glass of water;
- 100 grams of sugar;
- 5 tablespoons 9% vinegar.
First of all cook the marinade. To do this, mix the spices (except rosemary), add water and bring to a boil. Let it boil for 5-10 minutes. Turn off the heat, cool.
Grapes carefully select that they were large, without damage. Sprigs to separate, the stem, too. In each berry to make a couple of punctures.
Selected prepared berries put in clean jars, add rosemary. Pour the marinade in a bowl and close the jar.
Bright marinated grapes for the winter with Lavushka without sterilization
In order to prepare the floor liter jar, you will need:
- Seven black peppercorns;
- Bay leaf;
- Dessert spoon of salt;
- A pair of dessert spoons of refined sugar;
- Dessert spoon 4% vinegar;
- Light grape variety.
Wash dishes (500 ml cans) and treat with baking soda. Put in a large saucepan, boil for 15 minutes. Get the jars, cool, dry.
Put the bay leaf and pepper in the dishes. Place the selected berries (large, not damaged). Do not hammer a tight jar, leave a place at the neck.
Grapes pour boiling water. Cover with lids for a couple of minutes. After that, drain the water back into the pot, add water, put on the fire and bring to a boil. In the future marinade add the remaining spices, hold on the fire for another minute.
Marinade, immediately removed from the stove, pour into the grapes. Add vinegar. Banks pozakryvat and roll up.
Marinated grapes for the winter with cherry leaves and aspirin
This recipe uses aspirin. Usually the housewives add it as an antibiotic. The aspirin tablet kills all germs, does not allow preservation to grow cloudy or moldy. Some say that aspirin makes the taste brighter.
To prepare grapes with cherry leaves and aspirin will be required (per liter jar):
- One and a half kilograms of any grapes
- Tablespoon grain mustard;
- 8 tablespoons of sugar;
- Aspirin tablet;
- 70 ml of vinegar;
- A pair of cherry leaves;
- 3 tablespoons of sea salt.
Selected berries thoroughly rinsed, dried and put in clean jars. On the berries put cherry leaves, aspirin, covered with spices. In a saucepan boil water, add vinegar, pour the berry solution. After pouring the jars immediately close or roll up.
In the preparation of pickled grapes is nothing complicated. Anyone can do this with a lot of grapes, marinade ingredients and enthusiasm. This article has been given a wide variety of recipes that will decorate any table and dishes on them in winter. You can safely experiment.