Finger licking cucumbers for the winter - 9 cooking recipes

The name of this homemade preparation speaks for itself: usually those recipes that have already been prepared by many people and that the vast majority like fall into this category. Of course, everyone has different tastes and you can’t please everyone. But the choice is quite wide: you can choose the cooking methods, the composition of the ingredients, and the type of subsequent storage. Cook in jars, pans, barrels

Cucumbers for this dish can be taken whole or cut in different ways: into strips, circles, cubes, grated on a Korean or regular grater. Various mixtures of spices are added to it, sometimes mustard seeds, horseradish leaves, hot peppers, garlic, and so on. The filling can be: fruit juice, brine, marinade, tomato paste. Cucumbers can also be prepared in their own juice. There is no certain criterion by which you can determine the recipe for finger-licking cucumbers - they are all different.

In most cases, only cucumbers are the main ingredient. In some versions, carrots and tomatoes may be added to them. The first ones are grated, the second ones are crushed. There are versions with zucchini.

The set of accompanying products is the same as in any preparation: salt, vinegar, sugar, vegetable oil, pepper and other spices. Depending on requests, cucumbers can be crispy or more tender and soft. Like regular cucumbers for the winter, they themselves are a ready-made cold appetizer. They can also be used as components of other dishes: salads, pickles, hodgepodges, stews.