From overgrown cucumbers, you can make a delicious appetizer, as well as pancakes for tea.
Now the time has come when the first harvests of cucumbers are beginning to be taken in the garden plots in greenhouses. They grow so quickly that sometimes by the time of collection they turn from gherkins into overgrown cucumbers. What to do with such a crop?
The most common option is to make cucumbers pickled in your own juice. To do this, they should be washed, cleaned of tough crust and hard seeds, mixed with salt.
Put a layer of grated cucumbers and herbs on the bottom of the fermentation jar. Add a row of whole cucumbers. Alternate these layers by adding greens. Lay dill on top. Cucumbers should be completely covered in juice and left at room temperature until bubbles appear. Then refrigerate until ripening (10-15 days). Thus, you get the usual pickles and dressing for borscht and pickle.
Another option is to make a cucumber snack. Grate cucumbers (1 kg), chop the onion (1 pc.) Into half rings, finely chop the garlic and mix everything. Add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vinegar, 1 tsp of vegetable oil, sugar and salt. Leave overnight in a warm place, then put in jars and store in the refrigerator. The appetizer is ready.
A good option is cucumber pancakes with cheese and herbs. To do this, grate the cucumbers on a coarse grater, let the mixture stand and squeeze out the excess juice. Grate the cheese and stir with the cucumber. Add egg, flour, salt, soda (extinguish) and herbs. Fry the resulting mass like pancakes in a pan on both sides.
