Cucumber Salad for the winter.

Cucumbers cut into thick slices, onion into fine strips, garlic is crushed using a hand press.

For every housewife cucumbers occupy the first place among all vegetable crops suitable for winter preparations. Cucumbers for long-term storage is subjected to various treatments. In the cold winter season, pickled, salted, canned cucumbers always pleasing to any person and are a permanent element of a balanced diet. But apart from the main favorite snacks, many people also harvest a variety of cucumber salad for the winter.

Fans of winter salads of cucumbers use them as a side dish, appetizer, cooking pickle and other dishes. Of the variety of pieces for long-term storage is to provide one of the most popular salads, which is prepared by many housewives with slight variations.

Recipe №1.  To make this culinary miracle will need to stock up:
01. 5 pounds of cucumbers,
02. 1 kg of onions,
03. 100 ml of 9% vinegar
04. 300 grams of dill,
05. 5 tablespoons of sugar,
06. 2 tablespoons salt
07. Black pepper to taste.

Cucumbers should be thoroughly rinsed under running water, cut in half lengthwise. Finely chop the halves into equal slices. Cut into half rings onion, finely chopped dill. Mix the ingredients and leave a cut in a separate vessel for about 30 minutes to cucumber juice given. Then, in a saucepan mix the pepper, salt, sugar, vinegar, add Real cucumbers, onion and dill, the capacity to put on the fire, bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

When a few cucumbers change color, remove from heat salad and immediately begin to lay out a pre-prepared sterilized jars, the marinade should cover the top of the cucumbers. Further, banks roll, left to wrap up warm. This wonderful salad are sure to enjoy all the relatives, friends and close people.

Recipe №2.  Also it is possible to make a surprisingly tasty salad on the basis of cucumbers. By the way, the Empress Catherine II loved Chernigov grade cucumbers. If there is a desire to join the tastes of monarchs, you can treat yourself to this salad. It is similar to the previous recipe, prepared with only the addition of vegetable oil. To make it, you need:
01. 2 pounds of fresh cucumbers,
02. 2 kilos of onions,
03. 100 milliliters of vegetable refined oil,
04. 100 milliliters of vinegar,
05. 2 tablespoons salt
06. 3 tablespoons sugar
07. Black pepper.

All the ingredients to prepare a salad as in the previous recipe. When connected in a single whole salad ingredients boil, after 10 minutes, add the vinegar and oil. Then by boiling all the ingredients together, turn off the fire, spread hot salad in advance prepared jars, roll and heat wrap until cool.

Recipe №3.  Considered in recipes cucumbers subjected to heat treatment, are "boiled". To remind cucumbers and fresh vegetables were crisp, you can prepare a salad of cucumbers in the winter called "crude." The ingredients needed to prepare the following:
01. 3 kilograms of cucumbers,
02. 250 grams of garlic,
03. 250 grams of onions,
04. 250 grams of sugar,
05. 100 grams of salt,
06. 150 ml of 9% vinegar.

Cucumbers cut into thick slices, onion into fine strips, garlic is crushed using a hand press. All prepared ingredients are placed in a separate bowl, mix, season with sugar, salt, vinegar and leave 12 hours in a cool place. By the way, many housewives add parsley or dill. The crude salad laid into prepared sterilized jars, plastic lids that close. This salad is best stored in the refrigerator.

On cold winter evenings, when the need of the human body vitamins and minerals becomes more noticeable, any winter harvesting of cucumbers always have handy. Do not be lazy, be engaged in home canning.