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Pickled cabbage with beet slices is an excellent appetizer for quick consumption and preparation for the winter.
The main advantage that distinguishes this recipe is its ease of preparation. Any novice housewife can pickle cabbage with beets. It cooks very quickly. 1-2 days are enough for the savory snack to be on your table.
How to carry out the preparatory stage
Let's start with the container. If you do not have the opportunity to store large volumes of blanks, then this should not stop you. Pickled cabbage with beets can be made as needed and in the quantity required. The main requirement for dishes is that they must have a lid. Therefore, tubs, pans, jars - whatever is at hand - will do. Another plus. The dishes do not need to be sterilized! Wash well and dry and dry. That's it, the container is ready for the process of pickling cabbage with beets.
Cabbage. We choose heads of late varieties with good external characteristics. Cabbage forks should be smooth, without damage or signs of rotting or disease. When pickled, the late vegetable remains juicy and crispy, which is very important in our case. Also, the amount of vitamins in heads of cabbage cut in late autumn is much greater than in early varieties.
It is also preferable to take late varieties of beets for snacks. This root vegetable is sweeter and juicier, and also has a richer color.
The remaining ingredients are spices and water for the marinade.
Each recipe for pickled beetroot appetizer differs in some details or additional components. Therefore, so that we have the opportunity to choose, let’s take a look at the most popular options. Let's start with a simple and quick way to prepare pickled cabbage with beets.
Instant marinated snack
This recipe allows you to prepare delicious cabbage with marinade in 1 day. First, let's prepare the vegetables:
- 2 kg of white cabbage;
- 1 PC. beets;
- 0.5 heads of garlic.
To prepare the marinade we will need:
- water – 1 liter;
- 3 tablespoons each of granulated sugar and coarse salt;
- bay leaf – 1 pc.;
- table vinegar - 0.5 cups;
- black peppercorns – 10 pcs.
The best container for marinating is a three-liter glass jar. It is convenient to store it in the refrigerator if there is no basement.
Cut the cabbage into large pieces in pieces. These can be stripes, but squares are more convenient.
Cut the beets into cubes or strips. This vegetable can be grated using a grater with large holes.
Chop the garlic into strips.
Mix the vegetables and put them in a jar.
Let's start the marinade.
In an enamel saucepan, boil water with seasonings, salt and sugar for 10 minutes.
Then use a slotted spoon to remove the pepper and bay leaf, and add vinegar to the marinade.
Let the finished marinade cool slightly. It should remain hot but cool slightly.If you pour boiling mixture over cabbage, then if you move it carelessly, water will get on the jar and it will crack. But if you do everything carefully and gradually pour boiling water, giving the jar time to warm up, then you don’t have to cool the marinade.
Now pour in the vegetables and leave the appetizer to cool. After cooling, close the jar with a plastic lid and place the cabbage and beets in the refrigerator.
It is ready for use in a day.
An option for preparing cabbage for the winter in large pieces
As in the previous recipe, we will need vegetables and marinade. Pickled cabbage with beets for the winter is usually prepared with the addition of vinegar. But many people prefer not to use it in preparations. You can replace this preservative with citric acid, which is immediately added to the jar, and not to the marinade. One teaspoon of acid is enough for a 3-liter container.
Roll up cabbage and beets for the winter in large pieces. It is very comfortable. Firstly, it can be cut quickly. Secondly, it remains crispy throughout its shelf life. And thirdly, the pieces are colored with beautiful tints of beets, which gives the snack a very festive look.
Let's prepare the vegetables:
- cabbage - one large head (2 kg);
- red beets and carrots - 1 root vegetable each;
- garlic - 1 head.
For the marinade, take the components in the same quantities as indicated in the previous version. But this recipe is different. We will need 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil for each bottle of snack to seal.
Let's start marinating:
We remove the cabbage from the top leaves and cut the head of cabbage into two halves. Then each half into 8 more parts.
Cut the carrots and beets into slices or cubes. There is no need to grate it - the unusualness of the dish will be lost.
We cut the garlic into slices. It is not recommended to press through a press; its taste will be faintly felt.
Mix all the vegetables in a large bowl so that the cabbage is evenly colored.
For the winter version, it is better to sterilize or steam the jars in the microwave, and pour boiling water over the lids.
Place vegetables in jars without compacting. You can press it a little for convenience.
Boil the marinade for 5-7 minutes and pour over the cabbage. Add vinegar at the end of boiling. If we use citric acid, then pour it into jars before pouring the marinade.
Roll up the lids and put the pickled cabbage and beets away for storage. It is ready in 2 days, so you can open one jar for testing.
Korean cabbage with beets
For lovers of moderately piquant, spicy and original snacks, there is a recipe for pickled cabbage with beets in Korean. This dish turns out very tender and aromatic, with a pleasant spicy taste.
In addition to the usual set of vegetables and spices (see previous recipe), we will need clove buds (3 pcs.), caraway seeds (1 pinch) and 0.5 cups of vinegar.
Cut the head of cabbage into cubes, removing too thick parts and the stalk.
Wash the carrots and beets and chop them on a coarse grater.
Squeeze the garlic through a press.
Combine all the vegetables in one bowl and mix.
Place all spices, salt and sugar in water and bring to a boil. Boil for 3-5 minutes.
Pour hot marinade over the vegetables and place pressure on top.
Our cabbage will be ready in a day. This snack can be made in winter and summer and treated to friends at home or outdoors.Cabbage with red beets, marinated in Korean, is an excellent addition to meat dishes, mashed potatoes, and all kinds of hot delicacies.
Try pickling cabbage with beets in any way and enjoy the piquant taste of a beautiful salad.
