Canned watermelons with aspirin – recipes for the winter

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• With sterilization
• No sterilization
• Spicy pickled watermelon slices in jars
• With grape

The original preservation of watermelons for the winter in banks is prepared in just 1 hour. The preservative is aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid. For one liter of blanks, you need 1 tablet of the substance. Store preservation in a cool, well-ventilated area..

With sterilization

• Time: 40 minutes.
• Difficulty: Easy.

Preserved watermelons according to the proposed recipe have a sweet-salty taste. The composition of the ingredients does not contain additional spices so as not to interrupt the taste of pickled watermelon slices.

Ingredients:

• watermelon – 2 kg;
• water – 1 l;
• sugar – 75 g;
• salt – 35 g;
• aspirin – 3 tablets.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the berry into small pieces so that they pass through the neck of the jar.
2. Fill a glass container with watermelon slices, stack not too tight so that they do not wrinkle, and there is room for brine.
3. Put aspirin on top.
4. Dilute salt with sugar in water, boil.
5. Pour the cans with boiling brine, cover with lids and send to sterilize for 20 minutes.
6. To sterilize, take a deep pan, cover the bottom with a natural cloth, put a container on it with preservation, fill the pan with water up to the neck.
7. Remove glass containers from the water, cork, flip, wrap in a warm blanket.
8. After 2 days, turn over the preservation again, put it in a well-ventilated area for another 2 days, then send the canned slices to the storage place.

No sterilization

• Time: 1 hour.
• Difficulty: Easy.

In canned watermelon slices according to this recipe without sterilization, a salty taste prevails. Optionally, you can add nutmeg, cloves or star anise to the brine.

Ingredients:

• watermelon – 10 kg;
• water – 4.2 l;
• salt – 150 g;
• sugar – 150 g;
• aspirin – 6 tab.

Cooking method:

1. Prepare 6 liter cans. Wash them well, sterilize: put a natural cloth on the bottom of a large pan, put a container on top, fill it with water up to the neck. In this form, heat preservation for 15–20 minutes.
2. Wash the berry well, cut into small segments.
3. Get rid of the seeds.
4. Fill a container with watermelon slices.
5. Dilute sugar and salt in water, boil.
6. Pour the contents of the cans with hot brine.
7. Drain, boil again.
8. In each jar, put a tablet of aspirin, pour all the hot brine.
9. Close the glass container, turn the lids down, wrap and leave the canned pieces until completely cooled.

Spicy pickled watermelon slices in jars

• Time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Difficulty: medium.

This recipe for canned watermelons in jars for the winter is suitable for lovers of savory foods. The amount of hot pepper, mustard seeds and garlic can be varied based on taste preferences.

Ingredients:

• watermelon – 1.5 kg;
• water – 1.2 l;
• salt – 30 g;
• sugar – 90 g;
• aspirin – 3 tablets;
• horseradish (root) – 150 g;
• allspice black peas – 3 pcs.;
• hot pepper – 1 pod;
• mustard seeds – 4 g;
• garlic – 1 head;
• bay leaf – 1 pc.;
• sprigs of dill and parsley – 3 pieces each.

Cooking method:

1. Thoroughly rinse a three-liter jar, sterilize for 20 minutes.
2. Wash the berry, cut into slices, remove the green peel, remove the seeds if desired.
3. Peel the garlic, slice each clove.
4. Rinse hot peppers and cut into thin slices.
5. Do the same with horseradish, only first get rid of the peel.
6. Place bay leaf, peppercorns, hot peppers, horseradish, mustard seeds and garlic on the bottom of the glass container.
7. Fill the jars with watermelon slices.
8. Boil water separately, pour boiling water over the contents of the jar, cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
9. Drain and bring to a boil again..
10. Put aspirin, salt and sugar in a jar, lay sprigs of greens on top.
11. Pour the brine, cork with a lid, flip, wrap, leave canned watermelon slices to cool completely.

With grape

• Time: 50 minutes.
• Difficulty: Easy.

The original preservation of watermelon with grapes is prepared mainly with the addition of a white variety of berries. Spicy taste of canned appetizer gives a salty-sweet cardamom marinade.

Ingredients:

• watermelon – 2 kg;
• water – 1 l;
• grapes – 500 g;
• black pepper peas – 10 pcs.;
• cardamom – 3 boxes;
• fresh mint – 3 leaves;
• aspirin – 3 tablets;
• salt – 25 g;
• sugar – 25 g;
• cherry leaves – 5 pcs..

Cooking method:

1. Cut the watermelon into small pieces.
2. Rinse grapes, pick berries from branches.
3. Wash the sheets of cherry and mint well, lay on the bottom of a sterile three-liter jar.
4. Fill a glass container with watermelon slices, layering them with grapes.
5. Boil water, pour into a jar and leave for 10 minutes.
6. Drain the liquid back into the pan, dissolve the salt and sugar, boil again.
7. Add cardamom and pepper to the boiling marinade, fill them with a container.
8. Close the jar tightly, turn it over, leave it to cool completely, and then move the canned watermelon slices to the shelf for storage.