Preserving Silesian cucumbers

Preserving Silesian cucumbers

Reduce Silesian cucumber bites

You will need cucumbers or cucumbers for this treat. This is a little shorter than the snake cucumber and also thicker. They also have small, spiky growths that can be easily removed. Other important ingredients are:

  • fresh dill
  • small shallots
  • Mustard and peppercorns
  • Salt and sugar
  • Water and vinegar

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Before you start preparing the cucumbers, you should sterilize your jars. To do this, boil the jars and lids or place them in the oven for ten minutes at 100 degrees.

  1. Wash the cucumbers and peel them with a potato peeler.
  2. Remove pressure points and unsightly stains.
  3. If you have a large core, core the cucumbers by scraping the seeds out with a spoon.
  4. Wash the dill and divide it into small bunches.
  5. Peel the onions and cut them into rings.
  6. Put the onion rings and all the other ingredients except dill and cucumber in a saucepan and cook everything together for about five minutes.
  7. Take the pot off the stove and let the brew cool down.
  8. In the meantime, cut the prepared cucumbers into slices and place them in the jars with the dill. There should be about 1 cm of space to the edge.
  9. Pour the cooled brew into the glasses. The cucumbers must be covered.
  10. Seal the jars and cook them in the preserving machine or in the oven.

In the preserving machine

Here you set the glasses, not too tight, and pour water up to half of the glass. Cook the cucumbers at 90 degrees for 30 minutes.

In the oven

Here the glasses are in the drip pan. Pour 2 cm of water and cook for half an hour at 90 degrees.

After the cooking time, let the glasses cool down a little in the preserving machine or oven and then place them under a cloth on the worktop to cool down completely.