Tomatoes with pepper and garlic for the winter: how to pickle the vegetable deliciously

Tomatoes are most often preserved for the winter. And if you like your vegetables juicy, spicy, and with a pleasant sweet flavor, this is the option to choose. It contains garlic, bell pepper, and flavorful leaves from a variety of seasonal fruits.

The idea of making pickled tomatoes for the winter was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Tetiana (tanyushina).

Ingredients for 1 liter jar:

• 1 leaf each of grapes, cherries, currants
• 1 bay leaf
• black pepper - 0.3 tsp.
• several pieces of sweet pepper, onion and 1 clove of garlic
• sugar - 2 tbsp
• salt - 0.5 tbsp
• 9% vinegar - 2 tbsp.
• acetylsalicylic acid - 1 tablet
• tomatoes

Method of preparation:

1. Put all the leaves and black pepper on the bottom of clean jars.

2. Fill with tomatoes to the middle.

3. Put pepper, onion, and garlic.

4. Put the tomatoes on top.

5. Add sugar, salt, and vinegar.

6. It is better to crush the acetylsalicylic acid tablet (however, they will dissolve anyway) and add to the jars.

7. Pour boiling water over and immediately roll up tightly.

8. Wrap with a warm blanket at least for a day. The tomatoes should warm up well.

9. After an hour, the lids may swell, this is normal. Then they will fall off.

10. Store in a cool, dark place.