Crispy pickled cucumbers with citric acid

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to pickle cucumbers with citric acid? Prepare all the ingredients so you don't have to worry about measuring while cooking. Choose the pickling variety (prickly) and try to choose them of the same size for beauty. Instead of an umbrella of dill, a teaspoon of dill seeds will do. To make the cucumbers as crunchy as possible, you can pre-soak them in cold water for 2 hours. Wash and sterilize the jars, pour boiling water over the lids.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the cucumbers thoroughly under running water and cut off a few millimeters of the ends on each side. This way the cucumbers will marinate faster.

3. STEP 3

   

   I will have 2 cans of 1.5 l each. But you can take one three-liter one. Place cherry leaves (4 pieces each), an umbrella of dill, chopped garlic, cloves and hot peppercorns into sterilized jars.

4. STEP 4

   

   Place the cucumbers in the jars as tightly as possible. Usually the bottom layer of cucumbers is placed vertically, and then the top of the jar is randomly filled, but so that there is as little free space as possible.

5. STEP 5

   

   Pour boiling water into the jars, cover the jars with lids and let stand for 15 minutes.

6. STEP 6

   

   Then carefully pour the water from the jars into the pan. Add 2 ladles of filtered water (reserve for boiling) and bring the brine to a boil over medium heat.

7. STEP 7

   

   Once the water has boiled, add sugar and salt. Be careful: add sugar a little at a time. If you add everything at once, a violent boiling reaction may occur and the brine may spill onto the stove. Boil the brine for another 3 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour a teaspoon of citric acid into each jar. It plays the role of an additional preservative here, instead of vinegar.

9. STEP 9

   

   Pour hot marinade into jars. Under the influence of citric acid, my top cucumber became “rusty” :) This is absolutely normal, then all the cucumbers will take on this “pickled” color, but evenly.

10. STEP 10

    

    Screw the jars or roll up the lids. Turn over and wrap with a warm blanket. So the jars should stand until they cool completely to room temperature. After which they are removed for storage.

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

12.10.2023

5

Every year I roll up cucumbers for the winter, I can’t imagine a winter family dinner without them, and no one has canceled the New Year’s Olivier) I usually use vinegar essence, but I saw this recipe and decided to diversify the preparations by using citric acid. I think it will be safer this way. Additionally, I added blackcurrant and horseradish leaves, as well as coriander umbrellas. I didn’t cut the garlic; my daughter likes to eat whole cloves. Otherwise I followed the recipe. From my experience, I can judge that with such a set of spices and the amount of salt and sugar, the cucumbers should be simply excellent. They will probably be crispy and tasty. Thanks to the author for the recipe!