Homemade cucumbers with mustard for the winter - 11 cooking recipes

If you try to add ready-made mustard in the form of a sauce to the marinade for preparation, this will be a mistake. This, of course, will not spoil the taste, but it will not have the expected effect. To make cucumbers have a nice crunch, you need to use mustard powder or seeds. In addition to mustard itself, a variety of spices and seasonings are added to cucumbers, including: dried or umbelized dill, a variety of peppercorns and powder, leaves of cherry, currant, oak, horseradish, parsley, coriander, cloves, garlic.

There are special recipes for cucumbers with mustard, which include not quite classic and traditional products. For example, ketchup, pumpkin seeds, sunflower, sesame, honey, vodka. All of them, of course, affect the final taste. With such an abundance of cooking options, the hardest thing is not to get lost. It is best to focus on your own preferences.

In addition to adding crunch, mustard is supposed to add brightness to the cucumber peel. Those look more appetizing. If mustard is present, vinegar is not required in most cases. But sugar is added as a preservative along with vegetable oil (for the same purpose). However, many housewives still add vinegar to marinades to be safe.

The proportions are as follows: usually one teaspoon of powder is enough for a liter jar. Spicy lovers can increase to 1.5 tsp. Cucumbers can be taken whole and of the same size (for beauty and better salting), or they can be cut into circles, cubes, or quarters. Also add onions and other vegetables to them if desired. And don’t let the cloudy color of the brine or marinade scare you - that’s how it should be.

By the way, in some cases, diluted mustard in the form of sauce is also used. The one that also contains grains goes especially well.