Learn how to make lecho at home

Without home preparations, frankly speaking, the winter can seem sad. Something should bring a reminder of the bright colors of summer and golden autumn, and a tasty addition to the menu is also necessary. Let's not even talk about our special love for pickles-jam - a mandatory attribute of friendly feasts. Let's talk about how to make lecho at home.

Why do we specify about home conditions? Yes, simply because at one time we practically did not know about this wonderful invention of mankind, and none of us knew how to cook it. Lecho was brought to us in beautiful jars from Bulgaria and Hungary. These two countries "podsadili" us on new and very original recipes for marinades and pickles. We mainly specialized in salted cucumbers, green barrel tomatoes and sauerkraut. By the way, in this we still have no equal, and no foreign food will win our love for native pickles.

Nevertheless, today we are learning how to make lecho at home. Everyone knows what kind of yummy? This sweet Bulgarian pepper in tomato, cooked with the addition of garlic, herbs and all sorts of spices. Preparing is not that fast, but quite simple.

First of all, we are preparing tomato. 4 kg of tomatoes scrolled through a meat grinder (someone scalded the fruit and removes peel - free will). It turns out 3 liters of tomato, which we boil. Note that the principles "by eye", "taste" and "at your discretion" will be very helpful here. However, as with any cooking - the hostess always brings something from herself. What's this for? To the fact that according to the recipe, how to make lecho correctly, it is recommended to cook tomato for two hours. During this time he strongly boils. But the author of the article believes that 30-40 minutes is enough, and even then with frequent stirring: tomato likes to burn.

Meanwhile, red Bulgarian pepper (5 kg), mine, cut into four parts (or rings, pieces - again, a matter of taste), remove seeds and stem. Also mine, we clean from the seeds 4 pods of red hot pepper (you can more or less, depending on the love for the sharp), cut into small rings. Anyone who knows how to make lecho at home, for cooking chooses a wide saucepan with a thick bottom. Pour into the cookware of the cooked tomato, we put into it sliced Bulgarian pepper, hot pepper. We add half a glass of salt and a glass of sugar, half a glass of table vinegar, a glass of vegetable oil. Put the boil, do not forget to stir it, so as not to burn.

Next, we clean and grind 4 heads of garlic. Mine and cut two large bunches of greenery. Ideally fit dill and coriander, but it tastes of everyone, you can and parsley. In how to make lecho at home, all the charm that you do everything the way you like, and not according to other people's recipes.

So, our lecho is brewed over medium heat forty to fifty minutes. Minutes for five to readiness we add garlic, and at the very end - greens. In the previously prepared sterile cans, we throw a few peas of black pepper and a bay leaf. We pour boiling lecho, taking care - God forbid, this is very painful! Immediately roll up the banks, roll them over and put them in a heap tightly to each other. We are wrapped up in a thick blanket, an old jacket - who has what, and let's cool down. So the banks keep the heat longer and are additionally sterilized. Done! You do not need to pour everything, you need to leave it for a bit - do not wait for the winter!

A little more about the options for how to make a lecho for the winter. Have we already said that every woman has her own preferences? So, all sorts of liberties are allowed in the list of ingredients. Did you notice that there is no onion in the recipe described? The whole emphasis on garlic. Many people think this is wrong. Yes, for God's sake! Most add to lecho a lot of carrots. You can chop a couple of carrots for a change. But not necessarily. And someone generally adds eggplant cubes. In a word, everything is possible. But this will not be lecho, but a salad. Also delicious.