Donskoy Salad with Tomatoes and Cucumbers for the Winter
To ensure your winter table is abundant with vegetables, preserve them. They'll complement any side dish and serve as a snack with alcoholic drinks. The most traditional and beloved are tomato and cucumber salads. They're not only delicious, but also juicy. Cucumbers and tomatoes are considered the best pairing for winter preservation. You can, of course, preserve whole tomatoes and cucumbers, but they're much more interesting and delicious as salads.
Many people are familiar with the salad called "Donskoy" (Donskoy); some have been making it for years, while others have only tried it while visiting. There are numerous variations of this winter preparation, so you'll have the opportunity to experiment and find the recipe you like best.
Today we will prepare one of these variations, namely the Donskoy Salad with red tomatoes and cucumbers.
Ingredients:
- red tomatoes – 0.5 kg;
- cucumbers – 1 kg;
- onions – 0.3 kg;
- sweet pepper – 0.3 kg;
- carrots – 0.3 kg;
- vegetable oil – 50 grams;
- table 9% vinegar – 50 grams;
- salt – 25 grams.
How to make Donskoy salad with tomatoes and cucumbers
First, wash all the vegetables and drain any excess water. Peel the onions, cut the stems off the cucumbers, and remove the stems from the tomatoes. Cut the cucumbers into thin slices, the tomatoes into wedges, and the onions into half rings. Place the vegetables in a container.
We clean the bell pepper, shake out the seeds and cut into medium-thick strips.
Peel the carrots and cut into thin slices. Add them to the salad.
Season the salad with salt and mix until the vegetables begin to release juice.
Add the oil and vinegar and stir again. Leave the salad on the counter until a lot of juice appears at the bottom. After 30 minutes, the salad will have marinated a bit, and the vegetables will have released their juices.
Place the salad in clean jars along with the juices. Sterilize in a pan of lukewarm water. Be sure to place a soft cloth under the jar to prevent it from cracking when heated. When the water in the pan boils, set a timer for 15 minutes and sterilize the salad in this state.
We seal the salad with lids and, once cooled, put it in the pantry until winter.
Bon Appetite!