A beautiful red cabbage salad for the winter is a worthy replacement for a white cabbage
A crispy and very beautiful red cabbage salad is obtained for the winter. And its taste cannot be conveyed in one word - it is both a barely perceptible pleasant sweetness and a light spicy note of bitterness. What it will be depends on the taste and recipe. You can make a sweet salad, or add more spices for a more tangy snack. And also red cabbage goes well not only with white cabbage, but also with other vegetables and even fruits. And there will be no problems with choosing a variety, since the white variety will not. All krasnokochanka perfectly "behaves" in conservation. Moreover, it can be marinated and fermented.
Red cabbage salad for the winter under a hot marinade without sterilization
Sequencing:
- Chop or cut with a knife a 1 kg head of cabbage.
- Cut into thin strips the same amount bell pepper.
- Chop two large onions in half rings.
- Place all vegetables in a large bowl and stir to let the cabbage juice.
- Arrange in jars (sterilize them first).
- Prepare the marinade: in 1 liter of water, put 1 tbsp. sugar, 2 tbsp. l. salt, 0.5 tsp. dill seeds. When the water boils, add 30 ml of vinegar. Stir and immediately pour the marinade over the cabbage.
Now roll up the salad, cover the blanket and let it stand until the cans cool. Then you can take it to the cellar or pantry for storage.
To make the pepper more tender, blanch it after slicing. Just pour boiling water over for a couple of minutes, and then immediately transfer to cold water.
Sauerkraut salad with apples (sterilized)
Before you roll up such a snack, you first need to ferment the cabbage a little. This will give the salad, in combination with apples, a well-noticeable sourness. And so that it does not "explode" in winter, the banks are sterilized.
To make a sour salad:
- Chop 5 small cabbage heads.
- Peel 1 kg of apples and cut into thin slices.
- Chop three onions in half rings.
- Place the cabbage and onion in a bowl, add 1 tbsp. salt and 0.5 tsp. parsley and coriander seeds. You can also add some dill seeds and mix well.
- Place the vegetables in a saucepan, alternating with a layer of apples. Cover with a lid so that it goes inside the pan, and put the oppression on top. Let the workpiece simmer for three days in the heat.
- The finished salad only needs to be sterilized. Place it in 1 liter jars and sterilize them for at least 20 minutes.
Roll up and leave to cool, wrapped on top. You can store such a salad in the apartment, but only where it is cooler.