Marinated pink garlic with beets

In winter often on everyday and holiday tables appear salads, pastas and snacks with the content of garlic. The appearance of sharp smell and sharp bitterness often stops the desire to taste the salad, but there is a way out, as always.

Pickled garlic with beets is a classic mix of ingredients. Many people remember how, from childhood, parents laid spicy shredded beetroot salad, seasoned with mayonnaise, on the plate in order to prevent respiratory diseases and strengthen the immune system. But children are not so easy to persuade to eat such a savory dish. It can be replaced with pink garlic marinated with beets. After cooking, the bright "fun" teeth of this lobed plant may seem funny and earn the trust of small gourmets. And for adults, such a dish will become indispensable in the kitchen as a spice and interesting snack.

Pickled garlic cloves with beet

The main thing in this preparation is garlic, so it will need a lot. The number of ingredients is taken at the rate of 1 kg of garlic and 1 liter of water( under the marinade).

For pickling you will need:

• kilogram of garlic;
• 2 pcs.medium-sized beets;
• 125 ml of vinegar;
• 4 cloves;
• 6 peppercorns;
• in 2 tbsp.spoons of salt and sugar;
• water.

During the day, the marinade in the jars may become slightly dull and dark. Do not worry - this is a normal process. It is necessary to store such a billet in the refrigerator, so that the vigorous fermentation process does not start.

Marinated garlic with beets until it is young, full of juices and has not lost its elasticity.

Preparation process:

1. Peel the garlic from the coarse husk. Split into slices. Wash and peel the beets.
2. Put the slices into boiling water for 3 minutes, then rinse with cold water.
3. Add garlic cloves into prepared container.
4. Cut raw beets into slices and distribute them in jars of garlic, transferring them in layers.
5. Pour the contents to the top with marinade.

Preparation of marinade:

1. Boil water with sugar and salt.
2. Add spices and boil for another couple of minutes.
3. Add vinegar.

Garlic prepared according to this recipe will be usable in 3-4 days.

In order to pickle garlic with beets for the winter, it should be decomposed into sterilized containers. It is also worth boiling for 5 minutes already filled cans, stewing the bottom of the pot with a towel.

Close the conservation must also sterile covers, tightly twisting them. At the same time the marinade is poured just boiled. Then the jars are placed upside down on a flat surface and wrapped with a thick cloth or blanket. So the preservation is cooled, and then it is removed for storage in the cellar or basement.

Recipe for pickled pink garlic with beet

It is not necessary to use fully purified garlic for harvesting. It can be pickled and whole heads.

The process of pickling whole garlic:

1. Peel the garlic, while removing only the top thick layer of husk, leaving a thin skin that unites the lobules.
2. Boil the heads in boiling water for about 3 minutes.
3. Discard in a colander and allow to drain, or lay out on a towel and dry.
4. Grate beets or cut into slices.
5. Spread the ingredients in a jar and pour the marinade.

For pickling, you can only use beet juice, squeezed from grated root vegetables. In this case, it must be boiled separately, and then mixed with marinade.

Preparation of marinade:

1. Boil a liter of water with salt and sugar( 50 gr. Each).
2. Add dried dill( sprigs can be used), bay leaf, pepper, coriander.
3. Give the marinade a little brew and add vinegar.
4. Pour the garlic with spicy marinade and cork the jars.

Fast Food Recipe

For those who do not have the time, a quick-cooked recipe of pickled garlic with beets is suitable. For this, the garlic is boiled longer - 5 minutes, poured over with a more concentrated marinade( you need to increase the amount of salt, vinegar and sugar by 1 tablespoon) with the addition of vegetable oil heated with spices( 2 tablespoons).

After two days in the refrigerator, you can taste the finished dish.

Marinated garlic does not lose its beneficial properties, and it continues to have antiviral and antimicrobial effects. At the same time, its taste and aroma are softened, and the beet acquires an interesting garlic smell.

Beet-pickled garlic with beets should be washed with cold water before serving. Serve it in a salad bowl, spreading with greens, beetroot slices and, if desired, seasoning with fragrant oil. You can also place it on the same platter with different pickles. This garlic is used in the process of cooking other dishes as a dressing.