The most unusual berry on the territory of our country, perhaps, should be considered a tomato. From the point of view of botany, this berry is very different from the usual strawberries, currants, blackberries. However, tomatoes, unlike other berries, have some advantage. Tomatoes
contain a lot of vitamins and minerals. Tomatoes are saturated with zinc, which is useful for residents of regions remote from the sea. Also in tomatoes there is copper and phosphorus, fiber and pectin.
Moreover, even when processed, the tomato does not lose its useful properties.
Let’s tell you how to pickle tomatoes with cabbage for the winter
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Ingredients for 2 liter jars of pickled tomatoes with cabbage:
- Tomatoes – 750 g;
- Cabbage – 250 g;
- Sweet pepper – ½ pcs;
- Carrots – 1/3 pcs;
- Garlic – 4 cloves;
- Dill – umbrellas;
- Parsley – a bundle;
- Allspice – 3 pcs;
- Peppercorns – 4 pcs;
- Laurel leaf;
- Vinegar 9% – 5 tbsp;
- Sugar – 2 tbsp;
- Salt – tbsp.
Preparation of pickled tomatoes with cabbage:
Shinkuem finely cabbage, cut small slices of sweet pepper. Grate carrots on a Korean grater, lay out with the pepper to the cabbage.
In a sterilized jar put a dill pickle, garlic, parsley, allspice, peas, bay leaf. Put in the jars layers of tomatoes and cabbage mixture, fill up to the neck.
Pour tomatoes and cabbage in jars steep boiling water, wrapped in a towel and cover with a lid. After 20 minutes, drain the water from the jars in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
In the jars pour a couple of spoons of sugar and a spoonful of salt.
Pour vinegar into the jars, fill them with boiling water from the pot. Close the jars and turn them upside down.
Leave the jars until they cool down completely. It turns out to be a great alternative to the usual pickled tomatoes.