Bulgarian pickled cucumbers

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make crispy pickled cucumbers in Bulgarian style for the winter? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Pre-soak the cucumbers in cold water for at least two hours. But the longer the better. After this procedure, the cucumbers will become as crunchy as possible and, what is important, they will retain their crispness even after marinating. I kept the cucumbers in water for about four hours in the refrigerator.

2. STEP 2

   

   Then wash the cucumbers thoroughly and trim the ends on both sides. Place the cucumbers back into the water.

3. STEP 3

   

   The jars should be thoroughly washed with regular baking soda and then sterilized in any way. You will learn how to do this correctly, as well as other interesting information about preservation, from separate articles; links are at the end of the recipe.

4. STEP 4

   

   I use screw thread lids for this recipe. And additionally, I sterilized them by boiling them in plain water for three minutes.

5. STEP 5

   

   So, place a small bay leaf and black peppercorns in clean jars.

6. STEP 6

   

   Wash the parsley sprigs and place them in jars. Peel the onions and cut into half rings. Add onions to jars. Plus a few buds of fragrant cloves. At this point, the spices are pumped in, since in the original recipe there is nothing else besides them. No garlic, no horseradish, no dill, no other pickling herbs we are used to.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the cucumbers in jars vertically, close to each other.

8. STEP 8

   

   Place the water for the marinade on the fire and bring to a boil. One liter of marinade is enough for two liter jars. If you are sealing one jar, then reduce the amount of ingredients by half. Add salt and sugar and boil for three minutes. Salt and sugar should dissolve. Pour in the vinegar and wait until it boils again, then immediately fill the jars with marinade.

9. STEP 9

   

   You need to pour the marinade into the center, directly onto the cucumbers, being careful not to get boiling water directly on the glass, otherwise it may burst.

10. STEP 10

    

    Take the jar with oven mitts or a towel and place it on a napkin in a larger pan. Fill the pan with hot water.

11. STEP 11

    

    Cover the jars with lids without screwing them on. Place the pan over medium heat and bring the water to a boil. From this point on, sterilize jars: liter jars - 10 minutes, two liter jars - 20 minutes, three liter jars - 30 minutes. After sterilization, carefully remove the jars from the pan and immediately screw them on (or roll them up) without lifting the lid. Turn the jars upside down and leave “under the fur coat” to cool to room temperature. Happy harvesting!

Comments on the recipe

Elena Pankina

12.10.2023

4.7

This year's cucumber harvest is simply wonderful. I use not only proven recipes, but I also want to try new ones. I found a recipe for Bulgarian pickled cucumbers for the winter on the website. Although I don’t really like sterilization, I decided to try it. I first cut off the ends of the cucumbers and soaked them in cold water for about 3 hours. I put spices and cucumbers in the jars. Carefully poured in the water and set it to sterilize. Then I rolled up the jars, turned them over and covered them with a blanket and left them until they cooled completely. We’ll try it in winter and something tells me that it will be very tasty! Thanks to the author for the recipe.

Antip

12.10.2023

5

Current recipe, thank you. Who needs it, you can close the cucumbers in this proven way.

Nusja

12.10.2023

4.8

What an interesting recipe! I’ve never cooked Bulgarian cucumbers for the winter before. It turned out that there was nothing complicated. I really liked the sweet and sour marinade, I love it that way. And of course, aromatic spices. I decided not to use onions. We opened the jar to try and it turned out to be very, very tasty! Thank you very much for the recipe!