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Winter preparations that housewives choose for their families are always distinguished by their excellent taste and benefits. But among the large list of nutritious dishes, it is worth highlighting “beautiful” salads and pickles. Such recipes include pickling red cabbage. It is as tasty as white cabbage, but has some advantages. Firstly, the color, which makes the blanks very beautiful. When you place pickled or salted red cabbage on the table, you will notice how it instantly attracts attention.
Secondly, it contains anthocyanin, a natural antioxidant that helps the body fight cancer cells. Thirdly, red cabbage differs from white cabbage in sugar content. It is sweeter and this factor must be taken into account when salting.
You can salt red cabbage separately, or you can add other vegetables and fruits. The fastest way to prepare beautiful cabbage is pickling. Pickled red cabbage is beautiful and easy to prepare. During pickling, you won’t have to be distracted to control the situation, as during the fermentation process, or be afraid that the product will not work out. In addition, the vegetable produces less juice when salted, so the liquid marinade compensates for this feature. Let's get to know pickled red cabbage recipes.
Red cabbage in marinade
To prepare the preparation, take 3 kg of vegetables, and the remaining ingredients in the following quantities:
- large bay leaf - 5-6 pieces;
- garlic – 1 medium head;
- black pepper and sweet peas – 5 peas each;
- clove buds - 5 pieces;
- granulated sugar and table salt - 2 tablespoons each;
- vinegar - 5 tablespoons;
- clean water - 1 liter.
We start by preparing the cabbage. Remove the top leaves if they are damaged.
Shred the vegetable into strips. It is better if they are of medium size in both length and width.
Cut the garlic into thin slices.
Mix both vegetables in a bowl and knead.
We prepare the jars - sterilize or dry them.
Place spices on the bottom of the jars and put cabbage on top. At the same time as filling, compact the vegetables.
Cook the marinade. Bring water to a boil, add sugar and salt. Boil for 2 minutes and add vinegar.
Pour the prepared marinade into the jars with the bright preparation.
Cover with lids and set for sterilization. Half-liter jars will take 15 minutes, liter jars – half an hour.
After sterilization, seal the jars with lids.
Spicy option
An excellent option for red-headed vegetables is pickled spicy. Men will not miss this appetizer on the table, and for lovers of spicy dishes, it is simply a godsend. Two in one – beauty and heat. Pickling red cabbage in this way is so simple that even an inexperienced housewife can handle the recipe. And one more plus - you can eat the snack within a day. In this form, it is also rolled up for the winter, which makes the recipe for spicy pickled red cabbage universal. For 1 kilogram of cabbage we will prepare:
- 2 medium carrots and beets each;
- 1 large garlic head;
- 2 tablespoons table salt;
- 1 glass each of vegetable oil and granulated sugar;
- 0.5 cups vinegar;
- 2-3 peas of black and allspice;
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper;
- 1 liter of clean water.
The cooking process looks like this:
- Cut red cabbage into pieces of any size. Cubes, stripes, ribbons, whatever will do.
- We grate beets and carrots on a special grater for Korean salad.
- Pass the garlic through a press.
- Mix all components in one container. Take a larger bowl to make it easier to mix vegetables.
- Separately, mix the spices in a plate and put the mixture into jars, trying to distribute them evenly.
- Fill the jars with vegetables on top and pour in the marinade.
- Preparing the marinade is very simple. Pour water into a saucepan, add salt and sugar, bring to a boil. As soon as the mixture boils, add vinegar and vegetable oil.
Remove from heat, let stand for 2-3 minutes and pour into jars with cabbage.
A very profitable solution is to combine red heads of cabbage with white cabbage. In this case, the juice released will be enough, and the taste of the dish will be more interesting. When laying, alternate layers of different colors.
The red-headed beauty is also very tasty when pickled.
Pickled red cabbage for the winter
IN sauerkraut many useful substances that fresh vegetables do not have. But the purple snack is also beautiful. Add sour apples to the vegetables and prepare an excellent salad. For 3 large heads of cabbage, take:
- 1 kg green apples (sour);
- 2 large onions;
- 100 g salt (fine);
- 1 tablespoon of dill seeds.
Shred the cabbage heads into thin strips.
Peel the apples from the core and cut into thin strips.
Cut the onion into half rings.
Mix vegetables, fruits, dill seeds and salt in one container.
Fill the jars with the mixture. We put oppression on top and a bowl below for the juice that will drain during fermentation of the cabbage.
We keep the salad in the room for 2-3 days, close it with nylon lids and lower it into the basement.
Cabbage and cranberries are prepared using the same recipe, only you need to mix the vegetable with berries carefully and carefully so as not to crush the cranberry beads.
Many dishes, such as vinaigrette, bigus or dumplings, use salted cabbage. An interesting option will turn out if you take red cabbage.
Salt purple cabbage
Pickling red cabbage does not take much time, and the result is tasty and healthy. You can quickly salt it using this recipe.
For 5 kg of heads of cabbage we will prepare:
- fine salt – 0.5 cups;
- bay leaf – 5 leaves;
- allspice and black peppercorns - 5-6 peas each;
- clove buds - 4 pieces;
- vinegar and granulated sugar - 3 tablespoons each.
Now let’s look step by step at how to pickle red cabbage at home.
First of all, let's prepare the jars. They will need to be washed and sterilized well.
Finely chop the cabbage, pour into a large bowl and mix with fine salt. Mix well until juice appears. Let it stand for 2-3 hours.
At this time, in a separate bowl, mix granulated sugar, vinegar, and 1 tablespoon of salt until smooth. Make sure that the salt and sugar crystals dissolve.
Place the cabbage and spices in jars in layers, fill with vinegar brine, and roll up the lids.
Store the workpiece in a cool place. You can taste it after 2 weeks.
Salty red cabbage tastes great when combined with bell peppers.
To prepare the snack you will need the following ingredients:
- 1 kg each of pepper and cabbage;
- 1 medium onion;
- 1 cup granulated sugar;
- 70 grams of salt;
- a pinch of dill seeds;
- 1 liter of clean water.
We clean the peppers from seeds and blanch them for 5 minutes in boiling water, then immediately fill them with cold water.
Shred the cabbage into strips.
Cut the onion into half rings or quarters.
Mix the vegetables, adding salt.
Place the mixture in jars and sterilize in boiling water for 20-30 minutes. Sterilization time depends on the volume of the container.
Roll up the lids and send for storage. You will love this appetizer with salted vegetables the first time.
Conclusion
Pickled, pickled, salted – there are a lot of varieties of red cabbage. Housewives can diversify even the simplest recipe by adding lingonberries, horseradish root or celery, cumin, and other spices and spices. To find your “signature” composition, prepare it in small quantities. And when the appetizer is successful, they share the new method with other chefs. Beautiful dishes improve your mood. In addition, red cabbage is healthy; it can be used to easily diversify your diet.
