Recipe Sweet and sour cucumbers
Preparation time:
30 min
Heat treatment time:
20 min
Ingredients
Number of persons: 4 servingsPreparation
- Prepare a vinegar syrup: 500 g of sugar for 1/2 L of vinegar. Bring to a boil and set aside.
- Peel and cut the cucumbers in half. Hollow them out and cut them into pieces.
- Cook the cucumbers in the vinegar syrup, keeping it boiling for a few minutes. Remove them, rinse them under cold water then drain them well.
- Meanwhile, prepare the covering syrup. Cook 500 g of sugar with a little cinnamon and cloves in 1/2 L of wine vinegar for 15 minutes, skimming often.
- Arrange the cucumbers in the jars and cover with the hot syrup to within 2 cm of the rim and proceed immediately to the heat treatment: 30 minutes at 100°C.