Appetizer of bell peppers with tomatoes and garlic

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 50 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a snack of bell peppers with tomatoes and garlic for the winter? Prepare the necessary ingredients with spices. Bell peppers can be green, red or yellow - as desired.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash and cut three kilograms of tomatoes into arbitrary slices, which we will grind in a meat grinder, having previously cut out the place of the stalk.

3. STEP 3

   

   Grind the cooked tomatoes in a meat grinder.

4. STEP 4

   

   Place the tomato mixture in a large enamel pan.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add one kilogram of carrots, grated on a coarse grater, to the tomatoes in the pan and mix well.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place the pan with vegetables on the stove, turn it on to medium heat and bring to a boil, cook for about one hour, remembering to stir periodically and remove any foam that appears.

7. STEP 7

   

   Press four medium-sized heads of garlic into a plate through a press.

8. STEP 8

   

   Chop one hot chili pepper very finely, along with the seeds if desired.

9. STEP 9

   

   Place the chopped hot chili peppers in a plate with the garlic and stir.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cut one kilogram of bell pepper into medium cubes.

11. STEP 11

    

    After boiling the vegetables for one hour, turn down the heat on the stove and add sugar, salt, a hot mixture of garlic and pepper, vegetable oil and black peppercorns to the pan with the vegetables.

12. STEP 12

    

    We also put the diced bell pepper into the pan.

13. STEP 13

    

    Thoroughly stir all the ingredients into the pan and cook for about twenty minutes.

14. STEP 14

    

    After twenty minutes, add one dessert spoon of 70% acetic acid to the vegetables in the pan and, stirring well, continue cooking for about seven minutes. If you have regular 9% table vinegar, use the vinegar conversion calculator (the icon is next to the “Vinegar Essence” ingredient).

15. STEP 15

    

    Place the prepared hot snack into sterilized jars.

16. STEP 16

    

    Seal the snack jars tightly with sterile lids.

17. STEP 17

    

    We turn the jars with the snack over and cover it with a warm blanket or cool it for a day, then put it away for storage in the cellar or refrigerator.

18. STEP 18

    

    Good luck with your preparations and bon appetit!