They like to eat cucumber not only raw, but also to harvest it for the winter: pickle or pickle it. Often, housewives are faced with the fact that they come across bitter fruits, and then the question arises: where can they be used. Throw them away. We offer you to learn how to make tasty preservation from bitter fruits.
Important! Sudden changes in temperature are harmful to cucumbers, therefore, under such conditions, the fruits become bitter.
Can I close the bitter cucumbers?
The causes of bitterness:
- heat or prolonged direct sunlight in the place where vegetables are grown;
- irregular watering, in addition, cold water;
- insufficient plant fertilizer;
- weak or damaged root system.
How to protect cucumbers from bitterness before preservation?
There are several ways to reduce bitterness in vegetables:
- soak in cold water for 10-12 hours, and then cut off the peel;
- soak in salt water for 30-40 minutes, so that the juice comes out with bitterness;
- to rub a slice - is that you need to cut off the tip of the fetus, then rub it along the slice until white foam forms, with which bitterness will come out.
Did you know? Bitter cucumbers are specially grown in China in order to make medicines on their basis.
The best recipes for preserving bitter cucumbers
If you choose the right ingredients for the blanks, you can prepare the dish so that the bitterness disappears completely.
Cucumbers in tomato
1.5–2 hours
small or medium sized cucumbers
5 kg
black pepper peas
5 pieces.
Nutrition value per 100 g
- Cut the fruit around the edges and soak for 3 hours in cold water.
- Pour tomato sauce, spices, vegetable oil into boiled water, boil for another 15 minutes.
- Put the washed dill on the bottom of the cans.
- Cut onions into rings, chop the garlic with a knife.
- Cut the cucumbers lengthwise into 2–4 parts and fold them into half-liter jars, gently tamp.
- Top with onion and garlic.
- Pour the vegetables with cooked boiled tomato marinade.
- Cover the jars and put them in a pan for sterilization, before that, covering the bottom of the pan with a towel (so that the glass containers do not burst).
- Pour water into the pan at 2/3 of the height of the cans, put on fire.
- Sterilize over low heat for 10-15 minutes. from the moment the water starts to boil in the pan.
- Remove the cans and tighten the lids, then fold them upside down, wrap them with a blanket or blanket.
- After the workpiece cools down, transfer the cans to the pantry (or other cool dark place).
Important! People who suffer from gastritis or a stomach ulcer can use small amounts of cucumbers.
Spicy cucumbers
1–1.5 hours
vegetable oil
1/2 tbsp.
ground black pepper
1/2 tsp
ground red pepper
1/2 tsp
Nutrition value per 100 g
- Wash the fruits, trim the edges, cut into circles and put in a bowl.
- Put onion, chopped onion, chopped garlic and hot pepper.
- Add a mixture of sugar, salt, vinegar, vegetable oil, black and red peppers.
- Mix everything and simmer over low heat, stirring until the cucumbers darken.
- Spread the prepared mass in sterile jars and roll up.
Did you know? The bitterness found in cucumber fruits stimulates the gallbladder, which improves the outflow of bile.
Spicy cucumbers
1.5 h
large cucumbers
2 kg
mustard seeds
4 tbsp. l
black pepper peas
1 tsp
Nutrition value per 100 g
- Cut cucumbers and onions into rings, put in a bowl, pour in salt, mix and put under oppression for 3 hours.
- Strain, rinse in cold water and strain again.
- In a large saucepan, mix vinegar, mustard, turmeric, black pepper, bring it all to a boil and add sugar, stirring until it dissolves.
- Add vegetables to the cooked marinade and bring everything to a boil.
- After the vegetables have darkened, turn off the mixture and place in sterile jars, completely covered with marinade.
- Tighten, later put into storage for storage.
How to prevent the appearance of bitterness in cucumbers during cultivation?
Grown vegetables will be without bitterness if you adhere to the following recommendations:
- choose shaded places for landing, which will help to avoid direct sunlight;
- regularly pour warm water;
- feed bushes with fertilizers (nitrogen or potash);
- plant seeds with a large distance from each other;
- to cover plants with a film during a cold snap.
There are many recipes for canning cucumbers for every taste. The bitterness of the fruit does not mean that they are unfit for consumption. You just need to cook them correctly, and then the blanks will be an excellent alternative to fresh vegetables in the winter.
