Few know that there is an amazing plant that belongs to the onion family, but it smells like garlic. Which one of the very first appears from under the snow, contains a lot of vitamins, minerals and phytoncides. The plant is a ramson. In this article, we will look at how to pickle the wild garlic for the winter.
Pickled garlic - recipe
Ingredients:
- young shoots of wild garlic - 300 g;
- water - 1 liter;
- cranberry - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- vinegar 9% - 100 ml;
- sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
Preparation
We take the cranberries exclusively as decoration, it does not carry any special practical significance in itself. Marinated wild garlic is an ideal way to preserve the vitamins of this plant for a long time.
We are trying not only to preserve useful properties, but also to ensure that the dish is beautiful, appetizing. To do this, it is necessary to take the very first young shoots of wild garlic, with leaves unblocked to the end.
The can and lids must be sterilized for several minutes. Stems are well rinsed and cut to size cans. Before pickling the wild garlic for the winter, it is recommended to soak it for several hours in the water. This removes unnecessary bitterness and makes the taste more delicate. Prepared and trimmed to the desired size of the wild garlic put in a jar and add a few berries of cranberries.
After this, you need to prepare a marinade.
To do this, liter of water is brought to a boil, add salt and sugar, we wait for their complete dissolution. In the resulting brine, add the vinegar, mix thoroughly. With the marinade obtained, pour the ramson into the jars and roll the lids.
Sweet cherry marinated in Korean style
For lovers of thrill (literally this word) will approach the ramson, marinated in Korean. To do this, mix the water, sugar and rice vinegar in equal proportions, add salt and Korean spices (1 tablespoon), and also 1,5 hours. Spoons of red pepper. Marinate as well as usual. After it is necessary to allow the mixture to cool and put in a cool place.
And if you are an ardent lover of hot Korean snacks, then do not ignore the recipes of carrots in Korean and Peking cabbage .
Cheremsha became popular not only because of its unusual for onions taste of garlic. Emerging from under the snow one of the very first, it was used by our ancestors to restore the vitamin reserve of the body expended for the winter. The distribution area covers all of Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Turkey. It grows in shady, cool, well-watered places: on floodplain meadows, in forests, along the banks of rivers and lakes.
Leaves of wild garlic contain a huge amount of phytoncides, which have antibacterial and antimicrobial effect, strengthen immunity and help fight colds. Meanwhile, marinated wild garlic has other useful properties: the huge amount of vitamin C contained in the shoots was known to our ancestors, and it used wild garlic to fight scurvy. In addition, pickled caramel will benefit people suffering from high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It cleans the blood, prevents the formation of cholesterol plaques, reduces blood pressure and improves heart function.
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