Why did people come up with the idea of pickling tomatoes? The fact is that this vegetable spoils rather quickly. In the XVIII century, refrigerators were not used everywhere, so it was difficult to store tomatoes in any way. Tomatoes began to be prepared by a technology similar to the preparation of cucumbers for the winter, that is, to pickle.
Amazingly, tomatoes in pickled form continued to retain many useful substances and microelements.
It is worth telling more about how you can deliciously pickle tomatoes at home
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Ingredients for pickled tomatoes:
- tomatoes – how many will fit into a jar 1 liter;
- garlic – 1 clove in a jar;
- mustard seeds – 1 tsp. with a slide in the jar;
- coriander – 1/3 tsp. in a jar;
- black pepper peas – 6 pcs. in a jar;
- allspice peas – 2 pcs. in a jar;
- bay leaf – 1 pcs. per jar;
- dill umbrella – 1 tbsp. in a jar;
Ingredients for 1 liter of marinade:
- water – 1 liter;
- salt – 2 tbsp;
- sugar – 8 tbsp;
- 70% vinegar – 2 tbsp.
Preparation of pickled tomatoes:
Rinse the tomatoes thoroughly. In a jar put garlic clove, mustard seeds, coriander, black pepper, peppercorns, allspice, bay leaf and dill.
Remove the stems from the tomatoes, put them in a jar. Pour into the jar with tomatoes steep boiling water, cover with a lid and leave for 20 minutes. Pour
water into a pot, a liter of water pour salt and sugar in the specified proportions
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Pour vinegar into the liquid, bring to a boil. Pour the marinade into the jar, tightly close the lid.
It remains to turn the jar upside down and wait for cooling.
Such tomatoes turn out sweet and sour, juicy and tender.
