Salted watermelon in jars (recipe)

To begin with, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the classic recipe for salted watermelon. Everything is done very simply and quickly. Take a watermelon, wash it and cut it into several pieces. The amount of watermelon depends on the size of the container where the watermelon will be pickled.

Recipe for pickled watermelons No. 1

1. So, place the watermelon quarters in a tall bowl, pour 9 percent vinegar into it (at the rate of: a glass (250 ml) per5 kg watermelon), and then pour hot marinade over everything.

2. The marinade is prepared as follows: in a separate pan, mix sugar ( 250 g ), salt (125 g) and water (4 l) and boil.

3. Let the watermelon stand at room temperature until completely cooled, and then put it in the refrigerator for a day or two.

Winter recipe for salted watermelon No. 2

How to pickle a watermelon if you want it to be stored all winter? Of course, preserve in jars. It is better to choose medium-sized watermelons with pinkish flesh ( overripe sugar watermelons are not suitable).

Wash the watermelons and cut into triangles.
Then carefully place the slices in sterilized jars and pour boiling water over them.
Soak the watermelons in boiling water for 10 minutes and drain the water into a saucepan.
Place a pot of water on the stove and bring to a boil, and then pour the watermelons in the jars again for 5 minutes.
Now it’s time to prepare the brine: add salt and sugar to a saucepan with water from jars (at 1 liter of water 50 g salt and 30 g sugar), and also, if desired, spices (ground coriander, ginger, nutmeg), boil everything.
Pour hot brine over watermelons in jars, add 1 tsp to each liter jar. acetic acid (70%) and roll up.
Place the jars under a fur coat for a couple of days, and then in a cool, dark place.

Recipe for spicy watermelons in jars No. 3

Spicy watermelons in jars are a rather original dish for lovers of everything unusual.

Place peppercorns, garlic cloves and bay leaves at the bottom of sterile jars.
Then place the watermelon slices and fill everything with boiling brine (brine as in the second recipe).
Roll up the jars.

Recipe for whole salted watermelons No. 4

In late autumn, when small watermelons with thin skin appear, you can safely salt the whole watermelon. Ordinary glass jars, of course, are not suitable for this purpose; you will have to find a wooden barrel.

Choose round, smooth watermelons with smooth skin without damage.
Before salting watermelons, rinse them well and pierce the skin in several places.
Now place the watermelons tightly in a sterile barrel.
Then seal the barrel and pour a 6% strength salt solution into the tongue hole ( 60 g salt per 1 l water). Leave the barrel at room temperature for two days. If necessary, add brine to the barrel, then seal it and place in a cool place.
When laying watermelons, you can also add spices: garlic, onion, horseradish root, green dill, currant and cherry leaves, and make the brine sweeter, for example, in the following proportion: 2 cups of salt 1-3 cups of sugar.

Good luck and delicious pickles!