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Borage salad for the winter is prepared from any cucumbers: crooked, long or overgrown. Everything that is not suitable for standard preservation can be safely used in this recipe. If you combine it with other vegetables, the taste becomes even more intense. You can use onions, carrots, tomatoes and sweet peppers as additional ingredients.
Selection and preparation of vegetables
You can use any cucumbers for salad, even slightly overripe ones. This will not affect the taste of the product, but it is advisable to select ripe tomatoes with a pronounced tomato taste.
Before cooking, vegetables should be thoroughly washed. In this case, it is not necessary to soak the cucumbers for several hours, as when pickling. It is enough to remove all contaminants.
Tomatoes for Borage with tomato sauce do not need to be peeled. A meat grinder and blender perfectly grind vegetables into a homogeneous mixture. You should not use the salad variety in recipes with onions. After heat treatment, red onions darken and take on an unattractive appearance.
How to prepare borage salad
Crispy cucumbers in tomato sauce with a light garlic aroma will be a wonderful reminder of the warm summer and the generous harvest of autumn.This appetizer is very easy to prepare.
Winter borage salad with tomatoes
The main feature of the recipe is that the cucumbers remain crispy, while the vinegar is practically not noticeable. As a result, we get a delicious salad, not much different from the summer version with fresh vegetables.
Required:
- cucumbers – 7.5 kg;
- tomatoes – 3 kg;
- sugar – 300 g;
- vegetable oil – 300 ml;
- salt – 60 g;
- vinegar (9%) – 100 ml.
The result is a dish with a spicy, spicy taste.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Wash the vegetables, chop the main product into slices (thickness 1-1.2 cm). Pass the tomatoes through a meat grinder or grate them.
- Place vegetables in a saucepan, bring everything to boiling temperature and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Add salt, add sugar, butter, mix everything and boil the mixture again. Keep on fire for no more than 3-4 minutes.
- Add vinegar, turn off heat.
- Place the salad in sterilized jars and roll up the lids.
If desired, you can add dry dill, paprika or any other favorite spices to the Borage recipe. The appetizer is served with mashed potatoes or rice.
Recipe for winter borage with onions and carrots
During the cooking process, it is important to ensure that the onion remains transparent during frying and the root vegetable remains soft. Then you will get a particularly tasty and aromatic dish.
Required:
- cucumbers – 2.6 kg;
- onion – 400 g;
- carrots – 4 pcs.;
- sugar – 150 g;
- vegetable oil – 150 ml;
- salt – 50 g;
- vinegar (9%) – 250 ml;
- garlic – 20 cloves;
- fresh dill – 50 g;
- dill umbrellas – 5 pcs.
While combining the ingredients, you can mix them with your hands or a wooden stick.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Cut the main ingredient of “Borage” into thin circles (0.5 cm thick), grate the carrots on a Korean grater, and chop the onions into half rings.
- In a saucepan (in 50 ml of vegetable oil), fry the onion until transparent, then take it out and add the carrots to the same oil.
- In a deep container, mix cucumbers, both types of frying, garlic passed through a press, chopped dill, umbrellas, spices and vinegar.
- Mix everything well.
- Transfer the mixture to a saucepan, bring to a boil and simmer for 6-7 minutes.
- Place the prepared salad in pre-sterilized jars and leave to cool under a blanket for 1-1.5 days.
You can even store Borage salad in your apartment, in the pantry at room temperature. The safety of the preparations is guaranteed by a large amount of vinegar in the recipe.
Borage for the winter with garlic and tomato sauce
Garlic and hot pepper will add a spicy kick to the dish. If you have stomach problems, these ingredients can be removed from the recipe. The dish is very simple to prepare.
Required:
- cucumbers – 5-6 kg;
- tomatoes – 2-2.5 kg;
- sweet pepper – 5 pcs.;
- hot pepper – 2 pcs.;
- sugar – 200 g;
- vegetable oil – 200 ml;
- salt – 50 g;
- vinegar essence – 40 ml;
- garlic - 1 head.
You can add more parsley and dill to the preparation.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Pass all vegetables, except the main ingredient, through a meat grinder, place in a saucepan and cook for 10-12 minutes. Add spices, oil and simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Cut the cucumbers into thin slices, add to the sauce and cook for another 6-7 minutes.
- Pour in the essence, add the garlic passed through a press and keep on low heat for an additional 15 minutes.
- Carefully place the salad into sterilized jars and roll up the lids.
If desired, you can add fresh dill or parsley to the dish, since greens go well with both cucumbers and tomatoes.
Storage periods and rules
The Borage salad is sent for storage only after it has completely cooled. You can store preservation in the basement, pantry, loggia or balcony.
Almost every private house has a basement - a special room located below ground level with temperatures up to +5 °C in winter and up to +8 °C in summer. Before sending the workpieces, the basement is checked for the presence of mold, mildew and rodents, it is well ventilated and, if necessary, treated with fungicides. The basement is the best option for storing winter preserves.
The layout of a number of city apartments includes a storage room. You can store workpieces there only if there are no heating devices in this place.
Another option available to city residents is a balcony or loggia. To organize high-quality storage in this place, it is necessary to equip a closed rack or cabinet.
The shelf life of preservation can be extended only under the following conditions:
- Regular ventilation.
- Prevents sunlight from reaching the workpiece.
- Constant air temperature.
You can store Borage salad for 1 to 3 years due to the presence of acetic acid in it.
Conclusion
Borage salad for the winter is prepared from available ingredients and with minimal time and effort. However, this does not affect the taste of the dish in any way.
