The name of this recipe is already shocking! Is it possible to prepare pickled cucumbers on vodka? It turns out yes! This interesting method used in antiquity. Crunched with pickles and boyars, and peasants with great pleasure. After all, “the housekeeper did vodka!” And that means high quality product!
Old recipe for cucumber ambassador with vodka
A special pickle according to an old recipe can be sober in case of “post-holiday” syndrome. And it’s not alcohol at all, but in combination of nutrients that make up for loss electrolyte salts.
To prepare pickled cucumbers on vodka, you would need:
For cucumber-vodka brine per 3 liter jar:
- Water – 1.5l.
- Salt – 2 tablespoons
- Sugar – 3 tablespoons
- Vodka – 150ml.
- Spices: lavrushka, garlic (2 cloves), dill (stem), part horseradish leaf.
What sort of cucumbers to choose for “vodka” pickling? It is better just use the old Nezhin variety. It’s quite late variety of vegetables. Their shape is comfortable, cylindrical, real peel, ribbed. But the most important thing is that with salting in such cucumbers voids are formed. They become truly crispy.
You can prepare pickled cucumbers on vodka So:
Rinse the cucumbers and cut the ends a little. At the bottom of the can all specified spices. Tightly place the cucumbers.
In cold water, dilute salt with sugar and pour solution vegetables. Then pour in the vodka.
The process should last 3-4 days. Depends on temperature in indoors. The hotter the shorter the fermentation period.
Close the jar with a gauze napkin or a special lid with holes.
Remove foam that builds up under the lid regularly.
Ready brine after three or four days, drain and boil for at least 5 minutes. Pour vodka brine into a jar with vegetables and tighten the lid.
Tasty ideas
From cucumbers, you can cook a lot of delicious blanks for the winter. Try the Tarragon cucumber salad. The recipe will also surprise you. originality.
