During the harvest season, housewives try to prepare as many vegetables, berries and fruits as possible for the winter. Cucumber and tomato salad is rightfully one of the favorites among homemade preparations, both children and adults love it.
Ingredients for making vegetable salad:
- 1 kg of fresh cucumbers;
- about 5 kg of ripe medium-sized tomatoes;
- 40 ml of 9% vinegar;
- 110-120 grams of sugar;
- 70-80 grams of salt;
- 4 peas of black and allspice;
- several small lava leaves.
Cooking salad with cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter
1. First of all, tomatoes and cucumbers must be washed in a bowl of cool water and put on a towel to dry.
2. Then cut the cucumbers into halves and put them in a separate bowl.
3. Cut the tomatoes into small wedges, cutting each vegetable into about 8 pieces. The juice that stands out at the same time must be drained into a separate container, and the tomato slices must be put in a bowl.
4. Put chopped vegetables into small jars, alternating layers - tomatoes, cucumbers, again tomatoes. Then add bay leaf and a couple of peppercorns.
5. Then you need to prepare the marinade for the salad: mix a liter of water with juice from chopped tomatoes, add sugar, vinegar and salt. This mixture must be boiled and removed from heat.
6. Pour jars of vegetables with hot marinade up to the "shoulders".
7. Then the salad jars must be sterilized. You can do this in a wide saucepan or in a basin. Put the jars in a suitable container, add water to about half and boil for about 10 minutes.
8. After sterilization, roll up the jars, turn them over and cool under towels.
9. Then the salad with cucumbers and tomatoes must be stored in a cool place.
