Pickled Cucumbers

Name: Pickled Cucumbers
Cuisine: Ukrainian home cooking
Ingredients: by eye cucumbers; by eye horseradish, cherry, dill, blackcurrant, garlic; 1 tsp per jar mustard seeds; 2.5 litres water; 500 ml vinegar; 400 g sugar; 100 g salt

Cucumbers in a sweet vinegar marinade for winter.

2 variants

Variant 1With mustard seeds

Steps

1. Put the greens and mustard seeds into the jar, then the cucumbers.
2. Pour over the boiling marinade.

Variant 2Boiling water for 10 minutes

Steps

1. Pour boiling water over the cucumbers and leave for 10 minutes.
2. Pour off the water and fill with the hot brine.
3. Turn the jars upside down and close.

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