About 2 years ago I came across a recipe for quick pickling of tomatoes. Of course, I tried to quickly try it out. And it was truly delicious! And you just had to put the tomatoes and seasonings in 2 bags (I talked about a similar method in the article about pickles). But the downside of this recipe was that the tomatoes did not last long. They were prepared solely to be eaten within a few days. I was wondering, is it possible to pickle tomatoes for the winter? I will share the report on my research with you!
And again, as in assembling cucumber salads for the winter, a decent number of recipes await you. Different varieties of tomatoes, all kinds of seasonings besides the basic ones, many ways to prepare twists, and as always, I will show several options suitable for storing in the cold or on the pantry shelf.
They are made sweet by adding sugar or honey. And yes, yes, I know that sugar is harmful and we eat it in everything and everywhere, but, you see, the very idea of canning is not healthy in general. So what’s there to argue about?
Delicious sweet pickled tomatoes for the winter with honey
And another feature of this collection is that it contains recipes for sweet tomatoes. If you haven't tried making these yet and are afraid that you won't like them, I found this simple recipe for you! There are a minimum of ingredients here, which, if desired, you can take two or three less to prepare a small test batch.
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes – 1.5-2kg;
- Sugar – 4 tbsp;
- Honey – 1 tsp;
- Salt – 1.5 tbsp;
- Vinegar essence – 1 tsp.
Preparation.
Wash the vegetables. Cut out the stalks.
We pierce the tomatoes with a toothpick and put them in pre-sterilized jars.
Pour boiling water into the jars. Cover with a sterilized lid. Let it stand for 15-20 minutes.
In a separate saucepan, mix 1.5 liters of water, salt, sugar and honey. We put it on the fire and boil our brine.
Drain the water from the jars.
Pour brine into jars. Cover with a lid and let stand for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, drain the brine.
Let the brine boil. Add vinegar essence.
When the brine boils, pour it into jars.
We roll up the jars and place them under insulation until they cool completely.
Why pierce tomatoes? This is worth doing so that the vegetables do not burst. And it is best to pierce closer to the stalk.
Pickled cherry tomatoes
Pickled sweet cherry tomatoes are delicious. To prepare 3 liter jars, prepare:
- cherry tomatoes (as much as will go in);
- 6 cloves of garlic;
- 6 bay leaves;
- 12 black peppercorns;
- 1 onion.
For the marinade:
- 1.5 liters of water;
- 3 tablespoons salt;
- 9 tablespoons sugar;
- 12 tablespoons vinegar (9%).
Let's prepare the container - wash it, scald it with boiling water and dry it. It is convenient to dry in the oven at a temperature of about 100 degrees.
Wash the tomatoes and dry them. Peel the onion and garlic. Cut the garlic cloves in half, cut the onion into rings 0.5 cm thick. Place bay leaf, peppercorns, garlic and onion on the bottom of the prepared container. Fill the jars with cherry tomatoes, trying to pack them tightly. Pour boiling water over it and let stand for 10 minutes.
We pour the first water into a saucepan and put it on fire, and pour a fresh portion of boiling water into the jars. Prepare the marinade from the first pouring water, adding sugar and salt. Let the marinade simmer for a minute, then pour in the vinegar and immediately turn off the heat. Let's pour the water from the jars into the sink; it's no longer needed and pour the hot marinade into the jars. Let's roll it up right away. We turn the jars upside down; there is no need to wrap them up.
Recipe for sweet tomatoes for a 1 liter jar with vinegar
I love small batch preserves the most. We won’t eat much right away, and we don’t want to eat anything that hasn’t been used in 1-2 days. So half of my work is wasted, and I’m sorry for the food. For anyone who likes small portions of twists, this recipe is perfect.
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes - 1.6-1.8 kg;
- Water – 1.5 l;
- Salt – 1 tbsp. (with a slide);
- Sugar – 200g;
- Bay leaf – 3 pcs.;
- Black pepper – 5 peas;
- Allspice – 5 peas;
- Cloves (in buds) – 3 pcs.;
- Dill seeds – 0.5 tsp;
- Table vinegar (9%) – 100ml.
Preparation.
We wash and dry the vegetables.
Pour boiling water over the lids and leave for 5 minutes.
Pierce the tomatoes in the stem area with a toothpick.
You can also pierce it with a fork.
Place the tomatoes in a jar and pour boiling water over them. To prevent the jars from bursting, add water in several stages.
Cover the jars with lids and let stand for 15 minutes.
Drain the water from the jars into a saucepan. We check if there is 1.5 liters. If there is not enough, add the required volume.
Place all the ingredients for the marinade (except vinegar) into the pan. Bring to a boil and simmer for another 2 minutes.
Pour vinegar into the marinade.
Pour the marinade into jars. There should be a lot of marinade, so much so that it pours out.
We roll up the jars.
We wrap the preserved food and wait for it to cool completely.
The preparation for the winter is perfectly stored even in the pantry.
For this recipe, it is worth choosing denser tomato varieties, such as “cream”. And one more addition to the recipe - it is not necessary to sterilize the jars for twisting.
Recipe for sweet tomatoes for a 1 liter jar with vinegar. Author
Cooking rules
To prepare sweet tomatoes for the winter, you need to prepare the container and the tomatoes themselves. The fruits need to be sorted. You should not combine fruits of different varieties and sizes in one jar. For canning, it is best to choose medium and small-sized tomatoes; canned cherry tomatoes are delicious. It is not recommended to put tomatoes of different degrees of ripeness in one jar, that is, if you have ripe and brown tomatoes, then you need to can them separately.
Banks should also be prepared in advance. They should be washed well, doused with boiling water a couple of times and dried. The lids for the jars should be boiled.
To give a special aroma to the marinade, various spices and aromatic herbs are used. They use dill - greens and umbrellas, horseradish leaves, currants, cherries. Allspice and black peppercorns, coriander seeds, and mustard seeds are also used. To make the tomatoes sweet, add sugar or honey to the marinade.
Canned food can be prepared without sterilization. For this, the double-fill method is used. First, pour boiling water over the tomatoes and leave for 15 minutes, then drain the water and pour boiling marinade to the very top of the jar. Then the cans are immediately rolled up.
Interesting facts: tomatoes are very tasty fresh, but after heat treatment they become even more useful.
How to deliciously pickle sweet cherry tomatoes for the winter
Cherries are not only beautiful tomatoes that look impressive in salads, but also very tasty vegetables. And they can also be pickled and stored over the winter!
Ingredients for two 1 liter cans of tomatoes:
- Tomatoes – 1.5-2 kg.
Brine:
- Water 2 l.
- Salt – 2 tbsp.
- Pepper (peas) – 3-4 pcs.
For one 1 liter jar:
- Sugar – 1 tsp.
- Vinegar essence – 0.5 tsp.
- Garlic – 0.5 tooth.
- Dill (umbrellas) – 1 pc.
- Bell pepper – 0.5 pcs.
Preparation.
We prepare the products. Wash the tomatoes. Peel the garlic. Cut the pepper into slices. Chop the garlic.
In a jar that we sterilized in advance, we put tomatoes and a few pieces of pepper (for smell).
Fill the jars with boiling water. Let stand until the water in them cools and becomes warm.
Pour 2 liters of water into a separate container. We put it on fire. Add salt and pepper to the water. Let's boil.
Drain the water from the jars.
Add garlic and dill umbrellas to the jars.
Pour brine into jars.
Add sugar - 1 tsp. on the jar.
Pour in 0.5 tsp. vinegar in a jar.
Fill the lid with boiling water in advance and boil for a minute. Close the jar with a lid. Tighten and place on the lid under a blanket until completely cooled.
We store it in the pantry! Imagine how cool it will be to open these “clove-sized” tomatoes in winter!
How to deliciously pickle sweet cherries for the winter, Author
How to roll up green tomatoes with garlic
My friend's mom always rolled up green tomatoes. What a delicacy! In fact, she made it so delicious, you just couldn’t stop eating it. Such twists are relevant when the entire crop is harvested from the gardens in the fall. You can store such tomatoes, they will even have time to ripen over time. But you can also roll green tomatoes into jars!
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes (green) – 4 kg.
- Chili pepper – 4 pcs.
- Sweet pepper – 4 pcs.
- Garlic – 200 gr.
For 2.5 liters of marinade:
- Water – 2.5 l.
- Sugar – 1 tbsp. (with a slide)
- Salt – 0.5 tbsp.
- Vinegar (9%) -250 ml.
Preparation.
Grind all additional ingredients (pepper and garlic) in a meat grinder.
We twist hot peppers with seeds, and remove the seeds from sweet peppers. Mix.
Let the brine boil: water, salt, sugar.
While the marinade is preparing, stuff the tomatoes with pepper and garlic. We make a deep cross-shaped cut from the side of the stalk.
We start the tomato.
Place the tomatoes in a sterilized jar. Be sure to turn them cut side up.
When the marinade has boiled for about 5 minutes, pour vinegar into it. Remove the brine from the heat.
Pour the marinade into the jar to the very top.
First cover the jar with a glass lid. Leave until completely cool.
Then remove the glass and close the jar with a nylon (boiled) lid.
This preservation should be stored in a cool place.
I was surprised to discover that such tomatoes are called horloders. This is exactly what I always felt when I tried them! And this spicy spiciness of tomatoes is so pleasant!!!
How to roll up green tomatoes with garlic. Author
Sweet tomatoes with onions for the winter
I really like the ingredient like onion in twists. Mom added it to almost every recipe, both with tomatoes and zucchini. I remember how my dad ate just such an onion with great appetite and praised it. And everyone laughed that these were not tomatoes and onions, but onions and tomatoes were closed)))
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes – 5 kg.
For 3 liters of marinade:
- Water – 3 l.
- Onion – 1.5-2 kg.
- Bay leaf – 5 pcs.
- Sugar – 9 tbsp.
- Salt – 3 tbsp.
- Black pepper – 1 tbsp.
- Vinegar (9%) – 300 ml.
Preparation.
Cut the onion into rings and half rings.
Cut the tomatoes into 4 parts. Place tomatoes and onions in layers in clean (not necessarily sterilized) jars.
Pour all the ingredients for the brine (except vinegar) into boiling water.
When the marinade boils, add vinegar, wait for the marinade to boil and turn off the heat.
Place the jars in a pan, the bottom of which is covered with a towel.
Pour the marinade into jars. Cover with lids.
It is important that both pepper and a piece of bay leaf are in each jar.
Pour hot water into the pan up to the hanger of the can. The water should boil, and sterilize for another 10 minutes.
We take out the cans and roll them up.
Cool the inverted ones under a blanket and store them in a cool, dark place.
With this dressing you get a real salad! All you have to do is open the jar, take out the vegetables, and you can serve!
Sweet tomatoes with onions for the winter. Author
Canned tomatoes without spices without sterilization
One of the important stages of preparing preparations for the winter is sterilization. However, in some cases you can do without it, which significantly saves time. Let's see how to quickly and without spending extra effort make sweet tomatoes at home.
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes according to the volume of a three-liter jar;
- 4 tbsp. l. Sahara;
- 1 tbsp. l. salt;
- 4 tbsp. l. 9% vinegar.
Subsequence:
Wash the tomatoes. We pierce each fruit with a toothpick in several places. I have already explained why above, but I will repeat it again: this way they will marinate better and, as a result, will have a brighter taste.
They will also be saturated with brine, so they will turn out very juicy!
Fill a three-liter jar with tomatoes. If you use this recipe, there is no need to sterilize the container - just wash it well. Add sugar and salt on top of the tomatoes.
Pour boiling water over the vegetables. Leave for 20 minutes. After this time, drain the water from the jar into the pan. Bring it to a boil.
At this time, add vinegar to the jar in the specified amount. Pour boiling water over the vegetables again, and then roll up the jars.
Tomatoes in their own juice – “Finger-lickin’ good” recipe
A very interesting 2 in 1 recipe! We get both pickled tomatoes and tomato juice. However, there is no large list of related products; Everything is very simple and easy to prepare. You can even calculate how much finished product there will be based on the amount of juice we have. One piece of advice from the author of the recipe: choose only finger varieties of tomatoes for canning!
Ingredients for 1 liter of juice:
- Salt – 1 tbsp.
- Sugar – 1.5 tbsp.
Preparation.
We divide the available tomatoes into 2 halves. The larger tomatoes are processed into juice in a juicer.
Place small tomatoes tightly in jars.
Pour boiling water into the jars and let stand for 10 minutes.
Boil the juice. Add sugar and salt. From the moment it boils, boil the juice for 10 minutes.
Drain the water and fill the jars with tomato juice. One jar takes 1 liter of juice.
We roll up the jars and store them in the closet!!!
Tomatoes in their own juice – “Finger-lickin’ good” recipe, Author
How to cover tomatoes in jelly
I admit, I have never cooked tomatoes using this recipe. But you must admit, the method of preparing tomatoes is quite interesting. The recipe is worth trying!
Ingredients for 1l. jar:
- Tomatoes
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Parsley - bunch
- Dill (umbrellas) – according to the number of jars
- Allspice – 6 peas
- Garlic – 2-3 teeth.
- Gelatin – 1 tbsp.
For 1 l. marinade:
- Water (for marinade) – 1 l
- Vinegar essence (70%) – 1 tbsp.
- Sugar – 3 tbsp.
- Salt – 1.5 tbsp.
Preparation.
We sterilize the jars, and boil the lids. Cut the onion into rings. Cut the parsley medium.
And don’t forget that the presence of parsley stems plays an important role in preservation.
Cut small tomatoes in half. Larger ones - into 4 parts.
At the bottom of the jar we place an umbrella of dill, 3-4 cloves of garlic, chopped parsley (a pinch), pepper (5-6 peas), onion (several rings).
Place tomato slices to the top. Compact the bookmark.
If desired, you can make another layer of onion.
Let's boil the water. Add 3 tbsp to boiling water. sugar and 1.5 tbsp. salt per 1 liter. water. Let the brine simmer for 2 minutes.
Pour gelatin into the jars on top. For a one-liter jar you need a little less than 1 tbsp. gelatin.
Pour acetic acid into the brine. Per liter – 1 tbsp. Fill the jars with brine.
Place a towel at the bottom of a large saucepan and pour in a little water.
Place the jars in the pan. Add warm water to the level of the hangers. Cover the jars with lids.
Sterilize for 20 minutes.
We take out the jars and roll up the lids.
We place the finished preserves on the lids under the blanket.
The finished product is sweetish, pleasant to the taste and very aromatic. The jelly in this preserve is very tasty. It is worth putting the jar in the refrigerator for a couple of hours before opening it.
How to cover tomatoes in jelly. Author
Sweet canned tomatoes with citric acid in a liter jar
I've heard that some people like the brine more than the canned tomatoes themselves! Therefore, I specifically looked for a recipe that did not contain vinegar. Citric acid is used instead.
Ingredients for a 1 liter jar:
- Tomatoes – approx. 600 gr.
- Cloves – 2 pcs.
- Allspice and black pepper – 2 pcs.
- Tarragon (tarragon) – 1 sprig.
For the marinade (per 1 liter of water):
- Salt – 1 tbsp.
- Sugar – 5 tbsp. (with a slide)
- Citric acid – 1/3 tsp.
Preparation.
Wash and dry the jars. It may not be sterilized.
Place spices at the bottom of the jar (allspice and black pepper, cloves, tarragon).
We lay the tomatoes up to the shoulder level. Pierce each tomato crosswise with a fork at the stem.
Pour boiling water over the lids for 5-7 minutes.
Pour boiling water into the jars. Cover with lids and leave for 10 minutes.
Drain the water from the jars into a saucepan.
Add salt, sugar and citric acid.
Place on the fire and bring to a boil, simmer for a couple of minutes. Fill jars with marinade.
Let's roll up. Place on the lids and wrap.
Place the cooled jars of tomatoes in a cool place for storage.
Sweet canned tomatoes with citric acid in a liter jar. Author https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1YtHkj-Fro
Tomatoes marinated with cherries
To prepare this preparation, you should choose cherry tomatoes or just very small tomatoes.
- 200 gr. tomatoes;
- 200 gr. cherries;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 1/3 teaspoon coriander seeds;
- 3 peas of allspice;
- 1 bay leaf;
- 1 tablespoon bite (9%);
- 1 tablespoon salt;
- 3 tablespoons sugar.
Wash the cherries, clear them of twigs, and leave the pits. Wash the tomatoes and prick them with a toothpick at the place where the stalk is attached.
Place coriander, allspice, garlic cloves and bay leaves in prepared jars. Mix tomatoes and cherries into jars. Pour boiling water into the jars, leave for 10 minutes and drain. We repeat the operation twice, only the last time we will not pour boiling water, but boiling marinade.
To prepare the marinade, add salt and sugar to the water drained from the jar and boil. Pour vinegar directly into the jars and fill them with marinade, seal them hermetically and let them cool “under a fur coat.”
Recipe for pickled tomatoes for a 3-liter jar without sterilization
I love recipes with spices. And so! Here is a recipe that contains so many different herbs and spices that will enhance the taste of the finished tomatoes! It may take a little longer to prepare, but it's worth it!
Ingredients for a three-liter jar:
- Tomatoes – approx. 1.5 kg.
- Currant leaf – 4 pcs.
- Cherry leaf – 4 pcs.
- Garlic – 2 teeth.
- Cloves – 2 pcs.
- Allspice – 6 pcs.
- Black peppercorns – 12 pcs.
Marinade:
- Salt – 2 tbsp.
- Sugar – 8 tbsp.
- Vinegar (9%) – 2 tbsp.
Preparation.
In this video, 2 cans of 1.5 liters are prepared. But the recipe is suitable for one 3 liter jar.
We sterilize both jars and lids. At the bottom of the jar we place garlic, allspice and peas, cloves and one cherry and currant leaf each.
Use a toothpick to prick the tomato in the area of the stalk.
Pour boiling water into the jars. Cover with lids and let sit for 5 minutes.
We drain the water.
Boil water. Pour boiling water into the jars again, only for 10 minutes.
Pour into a saucepan. Add salt and sugar. Pour in the vinegar and let the brine boil and cook for another 2 minutes.
Fill the tomatoes with brine.
Roll up and turn the jar over onto the lid. Place the jar under a blanket until it cools.
Recipe for pickled tomatoes for a 3-liter jar without sterilization. Author
For canning, it is worth using thin-skinned varieties of tomatoes. Then their preparation for rolling is minimal, as indicated in the recipe.
How to cook pickled green tomatoes in jars
It is not recommended to eat the fruits raw, but heat treatment destroys the poison and they can be eaten. Green nightshades accumulate solanine. This is a great recipe for green vegetable lovers.
You can prepare them in any container, without being tied to jars, since the brine is prepared for 1 liter of water, and it can be prepared in any quantity.
Green tomatoes (can be brown or white).
Marinade for 1 liter of water:
- 50 grams of salt
- 60 ml. table vinegar 9%
- 80 grams of granulated sugar
From spices:
- Horseradish leaves or root
- Cherry and currant leaves (optional)
- Hot red pepper
- Dill umbrellas or dill greens
- Black peppercorns
Wash the tomatoes, cut them in half, remove the stem. Wash the jars and lids and boil. Boil each jar for 5 minutes, boil the lids for 10 minutes.
Fill each jar with spices. Add 3 hot pepper rings, garlic, dill, peppercorns and green leaves. Fill each jar with tomatoes.
Prepare the marinade based on the number of jars you are making. Place everything in water, mix, boil for 2-3 minutes, and monitor the dissolution of the bulk ingredients. Fill the jars with boiling brine. Cover the top with lids and send to sterilize for 10-15 minutes.
We put the jars in warm water, put a towel on the bottom of the pan, place the jars, and fill them with warm water so that the water reaches the hangers.
Then screw on the lids, turn the jars over, and leave until completely cool. When the jars have cooled, return them to their usual position and put them in a cold and dark place.
Video on how to close sweet-spicy tomatoes for the winter
This recipe is radically different from others in its aroma. Here, the marinade includes not only garlic, but also carrots, sweet peppers, horseradish, dill and parsley. You can imagine how spicy they turn out. All these vegetables are pre-ground in a meat grinder so that they fully impart their flavor to the tomatoes.
We will need for 2 cans of 1.5 liters:
- Tomatoes are red or maybe brown
- Carrots - 2 pcs.
- Bell pepper - 2 pcs.
- Hot pepper - 1 pc. or 1/2
- Garlic - 1 head
- Horseradish to taste, maybe horseradish root
- Dill and parsley - 50 gr.
- Peppercorns or a mixture of peppers
- Vinegar 6% - 50 ml. for a 1.5 liter jar, for a 3 liter jar. The jar contains 100 grams. vinegar
For 3 liters of water:
- Salt - 100 gr.
- Sugar - 150 gr.
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