Crispy pickled cucumbers with vodka

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 4 day 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make crispy pickles with vodka for the winter? Prepare the products according to the list. Try to choose cucumbers of the same size - the preparation will look better, and the salting will be even. Wash the cucumbers, place them in a suitable container, cover with cold water and leave for at least 2 hours. During this time, the cucumbers will become denser and crispier.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the cucumbers again and cut off both ends. Wash glass jars with baking soda, then pour boiling water over them.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place peeled garlic, bay leaves and hot chili peppers at the bottom of the washed jars.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add dill seeds to each jar to taste. You can use dill umbrellas instead.

5. STEP 5

   

   Top the spices with a couple of oak leaves. Place cucumbers close to each other on top of the spices.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour salt into jars. Use coarse or medium grind salt. You can use special salt for preparations.

7. STEP 7

   

   Fill the jars with cold drinking water. I advise you to take filtered or bottled water. Cover the jars with lids scalded with boiling water and leave at room temperature for four days.

8. STEP 8

   

   On the fourth day, the fermentation process should cease. The brine will turn white and the cucumbers will turn yellowish. A white cloudy sediment may form at the bottom of the jars. That's how it should be. This is the work of lactic acid bacteria.

9. STEP 9

   

   Pour the cloudy brine from the jars into a saucepan and boil for 3 minutes.

10. STEP 10

    

    Pour the boiling brine into the jars, being careful not to get it directly on the glass to prevent the jar from bursting. Pour boiling water directly onto the cucumbers, in the center. Pour in vodka. Then you can cover the jars with lids that have previously been scalded with boiling water. Wrap the jars until they cool and store them.

Comments on the recipe

Evdokia

19.12.2023

4.5

This method of pickling cucumbers is new to me. Thanks for the vodka idea. I will try. I close the cucumbers according to this recipe. No vodka is added, but they also turn out crispy.

Ira

19.12.2023

4.7

mmm... what a bouquet!

Mashenka

19.12.2023

4.5

Excellent, simple and uncomplicated recipe. Crispy pickled cucumbers with vodka for the winter turned out so appetizing and aromatic. The taste of vodka is really not felt. I also added mustard seeds. Thank you very much for the recipe!

Darling

19.12.2023

5

I’ve been making preparations for only the third year, my mother-in-law passed on the inheritance, as they say))) Before that I was only pickling cucumbers, and today I accidentally came across this recipe. Well, I decided, why all the pickled and pickled ones, let me try the salted ones. No sooner said than done! I ran to my neighbor for an oak leaf and voila, a jar of cucumbers flaunts on the table! Thank you, dear hostess, for the recipe. I added it to my piggy bank! 💐