The best recipes for cucumbers with honey marinade for the winter, storing preserves

There are many recipes for cucumbers with honey for the winter, but below are some of the most tried-and-true preserves. The honey product imparts a unique aroma to the vegetables. Other ingredients add variety to the cucumbers' flavor, which can be sweet, savory, or salty. Therefore, during the cold season, home cooks who preserve vegetables using these interesting recipes will always have canned vegetables on their everyday and festive tables.

Choosing the right honey

High-quality honey comes in many different forms: light and dark, liquid and solid. But its quality can still be determined.If you choose a liquid bee product, the stream should be continuous when scooped with a spoon. When it merges with the surface of the honey in the jar, its folds will lie next to each other, maintaining a pattern for a while.

A visual inspection of the honey in the container should also yield results. If there's foam around the edges of the honey, this indicates the beginning of the fermentation process.

With light and young beekeeping products, the taste of the preserves will be more delicate than with dark ones.

But if you want to add some spice to your dish, buckwheat honey is ideal.

Preparing cucumbers

Preparing cucumbers marinated in honey is no different from other methods of preserving. The basic rules are the same:

1. Let the washed vegetables sit in cold water for several hours.
2. They are washed again.
3. The ends of the fruits are cut off on both sides.

Recipes for winter preparations

Cucumbers in honey sauce are a favorite preserve for many. Therefore, there are many variations of this preserve. Below are some tried and true recipes.

Spicy pickled

Cucumbers with a piquant taste in a honey spicy marinade have always been revered by lovers of spicy food.

Recipe ingredients:

• cucumbers;
• basil, dill, cherry leaves;
• horseradish in a paste-like package;
• red pepper pod;
• garlic cloves;
• black and allspice peas;
• natural honey;
• salt;
• 9% vinegar solution;
• water.

Place herbs and peeled garlic cloves at the bottom of a three-liter jar, along with a little horseradish, chopped hot pepper, and black and allspice peas. Place the cucumbers tightly in the jars in a couple of layers. Meanwhile, prepare the brine. Fill a large container with water, heat it on the stove, add fragrant linden honey, salt, and, once boiling, vinegar. Then pour the hot liqueur into each jar and seal.

Honey with mustard

Honey mustard brine perfectly combines sweetness and savory flavors. And since the mustard is whole grain, there won't be any excessive heat, just a pleasant bitterness.

Recipe ingredients:

• cucumbers;
• natural honey;
• bay leaf;
• mustard seeds;
• salt.
• 9% vinegar solution;
• water.

Add spices to the jars: bay leaves and whole mustard seeds. Prepare the cucumbers: wash them and trim the ends on both ends. Then arrange the vegetables next to each other. Meanwhile, boil water and add salt, bee product, and vinegar. Pour into glass jars and seal tightly.

With cranberries

This berry makes cucumber and honey preserves unique. They can be made with frozen or fresh cranberries.

Recipe ingredients:

• cucumbers;
• cranberries;
• water;
• natural honey;
• granulated sugar and salt;
• apple cider vinegar.

Prepare the vegetables and cranberries: wash them, and trim the ends of the cucumbers. Then, fill a glass container with the cucumbers, mixed with the berries. Pour boiling water over the contents. Let stand for 10 minutes; drain the water into a container, where it is brought back to a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius.

Then, the jars are filled with the same boiling water a second time for 10 minutes. The marinade is then made from this water. Add granulated sugar, salt, bee product, and apple cider vinegar. After bringing the water to a boil, the cucumbers are poured with this liquid for a third and final time. The jars are then sealed.

Canned with peppers and carrots

Most often, pickled cucumbers, peppers, and carrots have a salty or sour taste, but the honey base of this preserve allows these vegetables to have a slightly sweet taste and corresponding aroma.

Recipe ingredients:

• cucumbers;
• sweet pepper;
• carrot;
• natural honey;
• bay leaf;
• garlic cloves;
• dill inflorescences;
• currant leaves:
• horseradish shoots;
• mustard seeds;
• salt;
• 9% vinegar solution;
• water.

First, the vegetables are prepared: they are washed, peeled, and the peppers are core-cut. Then, the carrots and bell peppers are cut into strips, and the carrots are thinly sliced. Then, the herbs, mustard seeds, and garlic are placed in prepared jars. After this, the cucumbers, carrots, and bell peppers are packaged in one-liter jars.

Boiling water is poured into the prepared mixture and left for 10 minutes. Then, using a funnel lid, the water is poured into a saucepan and used to make a marinade, adding honey, salt, and vinegar. The jars are refilled and sealed again.

Recipe for cucumbers with gherkins

This preserve contains compact-sized cucumbers, which are perfect for a festive table.

Recipe ingredients:

• gherkins;
• natural honey;
• garlic cloves;
• dill inflorescences;
• salt;
• 9% vinegar solution;
• water.

Gherkins are cucumbers no more than 5 centimeters long. They are prepared and blanched for up to 5 minutes. Then, they are filled into each jar, leaving a layer of herbs and garlic cloves between the vegetables. Meanwhile, the marinade is made. To do this, pour water into a large container and heat it on high. As it heats, add salt, bee product, and vinegar. Bring the temperature to 100 degrees Celsius and simmer for a short while. The finished marinade is poured into jars and sealed with hermetically sealed lids.

Pickled cucumbers with tomatoes

Tomatoes and cucumbers marinated in honey are truly unique. To further liven up the flavor of this dish, a touch of hot pepper is added.

Recipe ingredients:

• compact cucumbers;
• cherry tomatoes;
• garlic cloves;
• black peppercorns;
• natural honey;
• granulated sugar and salt;
• dill inflorescences;
• 9% vinegar solution;
• water.

Place dill umbels and garlic at the bottom of each prepared container. Wash the vegetables. Trim the ends of the cucumbers and place them in the jars. Poke holes near the stems of the tomatoes and add them to the jars as well. Next, pour boiling water over the jars, let them steep for 15 minutes, and then, using a funnel-style lid, pour them into a saucepan. Then, heat the water again to 100 degrees Celsius. Add another layer and let them steep for the same 15 minutes as before. Then prepare the dressing.

The same liquid is placed on the stove and then mixed with granulated sugar, salt, bee product, and vinegar. The marinade is brought to a boil, poured into jars, and sealed tightly.

The Five-Minute Method

Many housewives will find this useful A quick recipe for honey pickled cucumbers, because it is simple and tasty.

Recipe ingredients:

• small cucumbers;
• dill inflorescences and greens;
• head of garlic;
• natural liquid honey;
• allspice peas;
• salt;
• 9% vinegar solution;
• water.

Prepare the cucumbers. Then peel the garlic cloves and rinse them. Place the garlic, dill scapes, and a few allspice berries in the bottom of the jar, then arrange the cucumbers tightly next to each other. Scatter chopped dill over the green vegetables.

 

Meanwhile, prepare the marinade. Pour water into a container and heat it on the stove. While it's heating, add salt, natural bee product, and vinegar. Bring to a boil and, while hot, pour into the jars containing the cucumbers and seal.

Lightly salted, with the addition of vodka

This recipe for lightly salted cucumbers is captivating due to its ingredients. Vodka acts as an excellent preservative and completely replaces table vinegar. It doesn't significantly affect the flavor of the preserves, but it does prevent mold growth, thereby preventing the fermentation process. Therefore, if you use vodka to preserve food, you can be sure the jars will remain intact and won't bulge.

Recipe ingredients:

• small and medium sized cucumbers;
• part of a red pepper pod;
• mustard seeds;
• garlic cloves;
• dill greens;
• natural honey;
• vodka;
• salt;
• water.

The cucumbers are prepared. They are placed in a jar with washed and unpeeled, but chopped, garlic cloves and clean, chopped dill at the bottom. Then, mustard seeds and chopped hot peppers are added to the glass container. The brine is prepared with high-quality water. It is poured into the container and placed on the stove. While heating, salt and bee product are added. The brine is brought to a boil, turned off, and cooled to room temperature. Then, vodka is added.

This filling is poured into the jars containing the contents. They are then covered with several layers of cheesecloth and placed in a warm place to ferment. The preserves are left for 24 hours, after which they can be stored in the refrigerator.

How to save blanks

To ensure proper preservation, all canned goods should be stored in a room with a temperature no higher than 15 degrees Celsius. The optimal storage period is up to 12 months.

Honey-marinated pickles are a favorite among many gourmets. This preserve can enrich both everyday and festive meals. And the fact that the cook made it herself, with love, doubles the value of this product.