Harvesting for the winter: frozen green peas, pickled green peas with and without sterilization.
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Without what do we not represent the majority of winter salads? Of course, without juicy and delicious canned green peas. And if many of these legumes grow on your beds, then you will probably want to prepare them for the future. In this article we will talk about how to preserve green peas with and without sterilization, as well as how to freeze green peas so that it can be added to dishes without preliminary thawing.
How to prepare green peas for canning?
Little and remote! Green peas contains a unique amount of fiber with an explosive volume of vitamin, and is also great for food both fresh and canned.
So, you collected on the beds or bought juicy pods of green peas on the market and you need to clean and remove peas. Please note that peas torn from the garden can be stored until 24 hours, with the condition of storage in a cool place. Then it can be eaten for food, but for winter blanks you should not use.
In order to extract peas, it is necessary to put a pod in the palm of your hand and press the end with your thumb, after the pod reveals to squeeze all the peas to the palm of your hand. Damaged and old peas, and send young and juicy to a container of water.
After the peas are cleaned - wash and let the colander drain. After that, peas are ready for canning.
The simplest way to preserve green peas for the winter
Many people like this method that it is without sterilization, as well as without weighing and long calculations.
To preserve green peas will be required:
Green juicy peas | The right amount |
9% table vinegar | A teaspoon for a half-liter jar |
Attorney salt without iodine | 3 teaspoons without a slide per liter of water |
Buryak sugar (in case reed +10%) | 3 teaspoons without a slide per liter of water |
So, we fill the container with 2/3 prepared and already washed green peas, pour water (calculating liters) until the grains are completely covered with water, while water should not rise above the pea more than 1 cm.
Add salt (3 teaspoon without a slide per liter of water), sugar (3 teaspoons without a slide per liter of water), and bring to a boil. Cook (so as not to boil) for 25-30 minutes and add citric acid (teaspoon per liter of water), and let it boil for another 5 minutes.
We fall asleep into the banks with boiled peas so that peas do not reach the centimeter, and fill it with a brine. Add a teaspoon of 9% table vinegar to a half -liter jar and immediately roll up.
On a flat surface, lay out a blanket or old fleece diapers, put inverted rolled jars and wrap them tightly to create a thermos effect. Leave for a day or until completely cooled. As soon as the jars cooled can be turned and stored at a temperature of not higher than 25 degrees.
How to preserve green peas without sterilization quickly?
This recipe is good because it does not contain vinegar, and also does not need to undergo a long process of sterilization, which many young hostesses are afraid of. But there are significant disadvantages in this recipe for canned green peas - you can store such a workpiece exclusively in a cold place, since at room temperature the lid will swell, and the fermentation process will begin in the bank.
To preserve green peas without sterilization, you will need:
Green juicy peas | Volume of 1.5 liters |
Lemon acid | 7 grams per liter of water |
Attorney salt without iodine | 30 grams per liter of water |
Buryak sugar (in case reed +10%) | 30 grams per liter of water |
Purified water or artesian water | 1 liter |
For this sunset, we need a three -liter pan with a lid. Pour a liter of water into a pan and put it to boil. Add 30 grams of salt and the same amount of sugar, let it dissolve until the water boils.
As soon as the brine boiled - add peas and see that the water completely covers the grains. If required, add a little water, but only so that peas are covered with water. We let boil for half an hour and add 7 grams of citric acid. Boil, brine with peas for another 5 minutes and distribute through sterile jars. First we fall asleep with boiled peas, and then pour the brine to the top and roll the lid. We send under the blanket an inverted form for a day or until complete cooling.
Important: Store exclusively in the cellar or refrigerator!
How to quickly preserve green peas with sterilization?
Beginners in preservation are afraid of the words “sterilization” and miss recipes where it is even mentioned. And in vain! Indeed, thanks to sterilization, you can reduce the number of preservatives (vinegar, etc.), so that the workpiece will be more useful and preserve the maximum vitamin.
To preserve green peas with sterilization, you will need:
Green juicy peas | Volume of 1.5 liters |
9% table vinegar | 1 teaspoon on a jar 0.5 |
Attorney salt without iodine | 30 grams per liter of water |
Buryak sugar (in case reed +10%) | 30 grams per liter of water |
Purified water or artesian water | 1 liter |
For the canning process, we need three pots - for cooking peas, for cooking brine and under sterilization.
- In one pan, we put green peas for 20-25 minutes. Water completely covers peas;
- In the second pan, pour a liter of water and add 30 grams of salt and sugar, boil for 3 minutes and turn off;
- We drain peas and let him drain on a colander;
- Pour peas into a sterile half-liter jar and fill it with a hot brine;
- Pour a teaspoon of vinegar and cover with a lid so that vinegar does not disappear;
- At the bottom of a wide pan, a fabric in several layers and pour warm water. We put half a liter jars on the fabric and bring the water to a boil, but not seething. Sterilize for half an hour jars with a volume of 0.5 liters and for an hour liter;
- We take out, roll and wrap for a day in a blanket.
Such canned peas stands well during the year at room temperature.
How to freeze green peas at home?
A dense, ripe, but still greenish peas is no longer suitable for canning, and also not very tasty in raw form, since ripe. But it’s a pity to throw away. We offer to freeze green peas for the winter and use for soups and side dishes.
To do this, clean the green peas from the beam and remove the spoiled grains. Place peas in a colander and wash it under running water, let the water drain.
Lay green peas into a paper or cotton towel so that the moisture is completely absorbed. After there is no moisture left on the grains - place in portioned bags and freeze.
Such a workpiece can be added to soups and second dishes when cooking, without defrosting, since peas are already cleaned and washed.
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