Preserving green peas for the winter at home

Many housewives canned green peas for the winter.Today there are many different recipes for this product. The article will discuss the most popular of them.

For the conservation of peas You need to immediately prepare several basic components:

• green peas (taken only young);
• water;
• vinegar.

Before conservation, all products must first be prepared. First, remove all the seeds of green peas. They must be carefully sorted and rinsed in clean water. After peas need to shift to the pan and put on fire.

All cans for canning must first be thoroughly rinsed and checked for cracks, chips, deformations. Be sure to review and cover. It is better to take them new.

Sterilize the banks in different ways. So, many housewives take a pot of water for this and put a metal sieve on it, on which they put the containers on top of the bottom.

When the water in the pot begins to boil, the vapors get into the jars. The whole process takes about 10-15 minutes. After the container is placed on a clean cloth without turning them.

Often the housewives use the method of roasting in the oven. In this case, washed the banks put in the oven, preheated to 160 degrees. The dishes begin to heat up even before all the drops dry after washing. After the procedure, the containers should be completely dry.

Prepare dishes for canning and microwave ovens. To do this, in each jar you need to pour some water (1 cm in volume), and then put everything in a microwave with a power of 700-800 watts. This should be done for about five minutes.

Sterilize the need and cap. If they are screwed, then you can simply boil for 15 minutes. Take the container after that hands can not. Do it with a special tweezers.

Sterilization cans for preservation can even be in the dishwasher. To carry out this procedure, the banks rinsed with a solution of soda are placed in the apparatus and set the maximum temperature. No cleaning products are needed. Some consider this method as inadequate, since the temperature in this equipment cannot reach 100-120 degrees.

Sterilization of dishes for preservation can be done with the help of potassium permanganate. In this case, the banks washed in soda water with water are placed in its solution. Dishes should be thoroughly rinsed several times.

They make canned peas most often with marinade. But at the same time, grain can be preserved either with or without preliminary sterilization.

This method of cooking canned peas will significantly save time. But at the same time the chance that bacteria will appear in the marinade sharply increases. To prevent this from happening, citric acid is added to the marinade instead of vinegar. Vinegar can also be poured, but in this case it is already used in the cans of pea grains themselves.

Many people cook canned peas without sterilization. In this case, rinse the peas several times. Put it in the cooking utensils and pour water there so that all the grains are completely poured.

The entire contents of the pan is cooked for 30-35 minutes. Grains of peas are laid out in pre-prepared jars. At the same time, marinade is made (for 1 liter of water, 1 tablespoon of salt and 2 teaspoons of sugar). It is poured into each container with preservation.

Sometimes canned peas are prepared without sterilization with the addition of citric acid. For this, the grain is washed. Boil water with sugar and salt (for 1 liter of water, 3 teaspoons of sugar and salt).

In such a solution immediately pour peas. Wait for the secondary boiling liquid. Then add citric acid (1 tsp). A solution is poured into the jars and the grains of peas are laid out over them.

Currently, more and more housewives prefer marinated green peas. Today there are a considerable number of recipes for the preparation of such conservation.

According to most housewives, cooking canned peas at home is easy. To do this, first boil the peas. Then cooked vegetable laid out in banks.

After starting to cook the marinade. To make it, two full tablespoons of salt and one tablespoon of sugar are added to dishes with water (0.5 liters). After all the liquid put on the fire and bring to a boil.

Ready marinade should be poured into jars with green peas. They need a little cover with covers. All together must be sterilized for 20 minutes.

After sterilization, open the jars and add two tablespoons of vinegar to each of them (9%). Then all containers should be closed and rolled tightly. On conservation, they must be placed in a darkened place. Peas should be protected from exposure to sunlight.

In addition to such a standard recipe for canning green peas, there are many others. So, you can first soak the product in water for several hours or even for the whole night (this will make the cooking process minimal). After which it is boiled for 2-3 minutes.

Many housewives recommend adding a bit of lemon juice to the peas. This contributes to the fact that the grains get a beautiful bright color. At the same time it is necessary to prepare the marinade.

To make it, you need to add sugar, salt to the pan with water. And after the liquid boils, pour a little vinegar, and one more time bring to a boil. Spread peas in each jar. It is also recommended to add 3 pieces of black pepper and 2 pieces of cloves each.

All containers with green peas pour boiling marinade. After that, immediately set the dishes with green peas. Storage space for such preservation should be cool and dark.

Sometimes when preserving peas, other vegetables are added. So, many prefer cucumbers. To do this, all products are pre-soaked in water for 4-5 hours.

Peas should be boiled separately. Do it for 10-15 minutes. At the same time, glass jars should be washed with soda solution and sterilized. In each container at the bottom put a little dill, parsley and pepper. Some advise you to add more and cloves.

Next in the banks laid cucumbers and boiled peas. All contents pour boiling water for 5 minutes. Then all the water is poured. At the same time, marinating is carried out, vinegar, salt and sugar are added to boiling water. This liquid and pour the dishes with preservation. Capacity must be tightened and left in a dense fabric for the whole night.

Often, preservation is done with citric acid. Seeds of peas are sorted and washed thoroughly. Cracked peas are better not to take for cooking. And it is also necessary to marinate the ingredients, 3 tablespoons of sugar and salt are poured into boiling water. After 10-15 minutes all peas are poured there.

After a few minutes, add a little citric acid (1 tsp). Peas are taken out of the water and poured into jars so that the lid remains 1-1.5 cm distance. Hot marinade is poured into dishes. Keep it in cool places.

Some people canned green peas by double sterilization. To do this, washed peas pour hot marinade with salt and sugar. All this is boiled for another 3 minutes.

The pea blanks are put in jars so that the distance between the grains and the lid is at least 3 cm. At this time, pour water into the pot and put it on fire. Its bottom should be covered with a thick cloth or just put a wooden stand on it. After that, place the containers and boil water. Make it better several times.

Some people preserve peas by long-term sterilization. Wash the peas in boiling water for 3 minutes. Then take out the grains and lower them into the water with pieces of ice. Later, lay them in the banks.

Peas poured boiling marinade. Each jar loosely covered with sterilized lids and placed in a pot of boiling water. Under the bottom of the dishes better to place the stand. Leave the containers with peas for 3 hours. Then you can clog them and put in storage in a dark and cool place.

At home, you can also preserve green peas in tomato juice. The washed grains are put in hot slightly salted water. Boil everything for 3-5 minutes. After that, put the peas in ice water with ice cubes.

Some housewives leave many different recommendations for the conservation of green peas. So, many advise to use only sugar peas for this. Old or yellowed fruit is better not to use at all.

But also many advise before cooking to soak peas for the night. This will shorten the cooking process. In the preparation of grains in lemon juice or a little citric acid should be added to boiling water. After all, these components contribute to the fact that the color of the fruit remains the same bright and saturated.

Do not forget that cans with canned peas must be properly stored. After all preparations, the containers should be turned over and tightly wrapped in a blanket. This is necessary in order to continue the sterilization process. After conservation should be left in dark and cool places.

Some housewives do not recommend canning together with peas too many other components (cloves, cucumbers, parsley, dill). After all, such products can kill a pleasant pea smell in banks.

Remember that such preservation should be consumed no later than a year after preparation. After all, then the grains begin to lose all their beneficial properties. But after opening the can, the product should be eaten within 1-3 days.

Canned peas have a whole mass of beneficial properties.

• Enriches the body with protein and alkaline compounds. It is they who reduce the risk of diabetes, as they regulate the level of glucose.
• Reduces the risk of urolithiasis. Remember that if you already suffer from this disease, it is better not to eat canned peas.
• Removes toxins from the body. This property allows to stabilize human health.
• It helps people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. This is especially true of those who suffer from chronic gastritis, an ulcer or even obesity.
• Enriches the body with selenium. This element is needed to prevent heavy metals, carcinogenic or radioactive components from entering the body.

Specialists separately note that canned green peas have a beneficial effect on the body of pregnant women. After all, it contributes to the saturation of its proteins, minerals, vitamins, which are necessary for the child.

Folic acid, which is contained in canned peas, can ensure the healthy development of the fetus. Vitamin C, which is rich in such a product, can protect against infections. And vitamin K helps to strengthen bone tissue.

Such conservation is useful and even necessary for children. Peas are able to normalize the growth and blood of a young body, strengthen bone tissue. And also this product can enrich with necessary macro- and microelements.

Such peas should be eaten and people of advanced age. Indeed, according to many experts, it slows down the aging process of the body, smoothes wrinkles, and counteracts the appearance of gray hair. Such conservation can restore tissue, in addition, they have a great effect on sore joints and bones.

However, not all older people can eat canned peas. It is especially undesirable to use those who lead too sedentary lifestyles. Do not add peas in the diet and in the event that an elderly person suffers from gout.

Despite all these useful properties, canned peas have some contraindications. So, it can cause severe flatulence, flatulence, or simply lead to a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. But similar problems arise, as a rule, because of too frequent consumption of pickled grains.

If you want to buy canned peas in the store or just choose the best jar of home cooking, then you should pay attention to a few important things. So, make sure that all the grains in the jar are the same in shape and color. But also do not forget that the bank in which the conservation is, should not be bloated.

If you notice that all the liquid in the bank has dimmed, then you should not worry. After all, this is only due to the ingress of starch into the contents of the jar. At the same time, the quality of the fill and the grains does not get worse.

How to cook green peas for the winter, see the video below.