How to pickle tomatoes to make them sweet

Tomato canning season is in full swing. It is very tasty if the vegetables turn out a little sweet and moderately spicy. To do this, you need to boil a very simple marinade and add juicy bell peppers.

The idea of cooking sweet pickled tomatoes with peppers for the winter is published on the culinary page yummy_food_uaa on Instagram. You will need only 4 components for the marinade.

Ingredients for the marinade:

• 3.5 liters of water

• 15 tbsp sugar
• 4 tbsp salt (no salt)
• 250 ml of vinegar

In a 1.5 liter jar put:

• 4-5 pcs peppercorns
• 1 bay leaf

Vegetables:

• bell pepper
• tomatoes

Cooking method:

1. Wash peppers, clean from seeds and cut into strips (like for salad).

2. Tomatoes should be tough. They need to be washed twice and dried.

3. Sterilize the jars beforehand.

4. Put peppercorns, bay leaf and chopped pepper in the bottom of the jar.

5. Put tomatoes.

6. Boil the marinade from all the listed ingredients.

7. Pour the hot marinade over the tomatoes, cover with lids and sterilize.

8. 1.5 L. jars should be sterilized for 5 minutes, 3 L - for 10 minutes.

9. Cover with lids, turn over and wrap until completely cooled.

Also on OBOZREVATEL you can find recipes:

• Soft salted tomatoes with sweet peppers
• Pickled tomatoes
• Spicy sour tomatoes