Cucumber pickle is an excellent source of beneficial micronutrients. For a long time, it was served with meat dishes, and was also used as an important ingredient for the preparation of pickles and hodgepodge. In modern cooking, first courses are cooked with cucumber pickle, baked goods, vegetable purees and azu are made.
Cucumber pickle first course recipes
To preserve the cucumber pickle for a long time, it can be frozen in the freezer, like regular water in the form of cubes. And if necessary, defrost the required amount.
An isotonic solution of table salt is not suitable for the preparation of various dishes; in cooking, cucumber pickle is used, obtained by salting and pickling cucumbers. As a rule, various spices are added to it, giving the pickle and dishes a special taste and piquancy.
To prepare a traditional Russian dish "Solyanka from perch", you will need:
- 1 kilogram of sea bass;
- 8-10 porcini mushrooms;
- 1 glass of sauerkraut;
- 1 pickled cucumber;
- 100 milliliters of cucumber pickle;
- 1 onion;
- 100 grams of flour;
- peppercorns;
- Bay leaf;
- olives;
- lemon;
- parsley and dill.
Carefully wipe the mushrooms with a damp cloth and clean. Then cut them into slices and boil until half cooked. Peel the onions, chop finely and salve in vegetable oil.
Fry wheat flour in a dry skillet and dilute it with a little water.
Cut the pickled cucumber into slices and the sea bass into slices. Put the fish in the mushroom broth, boil over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, then add sauerkraut, sauteed onions, fried and diluted with water flour, spices (bay leaf and peppercorns). Continue to cook the soup further, and 5 minutes before cooking, pour the cucumber pickle into it.
Place a slice of lemon and a few olives on each plate before serving. Don't forget to sprinkle the pickle with chopped herbs.
To make pickle with chicken, you need to take:
- 800 grams of chicken;
- 2 pickled cucumbers;
- 2 carrots;
- 2 onions;
- parsley root;
- celery root;
- 6 potatoes;
- 1 glass of cucumber pickle;
- Bay leaf;
- peppercorns;
- a bunch of lettuce;
- 1 ½ tablespoon of ghee;
- 4 tablespoons of sour cream;
- salt.
First of all, wash, dry with a paper towel, cut the chicken into portions and boil.
Wash, peel and cut onions, carrots, celery and parsley roots. In a separate saucepan, fry the prepared ingredients in ghee.
15 minutes before the chicken is ready, dip finely chopped pickles, peeled, sliced potatoes and fried roots into the broth. Add bay leaves, peppercorns, pour in the brine and cook for another 10-15 minutes.
When serving, put in each plate a piece of chicken, cut into strips of salad, cover with pickle and season with sour cream.
Cucumber pickle baked goods
Cucumber pickle is used not only for savory first and second courses, but also for delicious desserts. If you want to indulge yourself with crumbly baked goods during the fast, you can make tea biscuits with cucumber brine. For him you will need:
- 1 glass of cucumber pickle;
- 1 glass of granulated sugar;
- ½ glass of vegetable oil;
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
- 4 cups flour.
Cookies for this recipe can also be made with sauerkraut brine or tea leaves.
Knead all the ingredients into a dough. Mix the cucumber pickle with vegetable oil, sift the flour, mix with sugar and soda, pour in the mixture of brine and oil. The dough should be soft and elastic. Then roll it into a layer on a floured surface and use special molds, a glass or a glass to form cookies.
Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil and place the prepared cookies on it. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 200 ° C.
