Pickled tomatoes under the lid is a traditional winter treat on our tables. Many housewives have their own recipes and secret ingredients for cooking canned vegetables. But today we will look at the original method of cooking tomatoes under the lid with the addition of mustard and aspirin, and we hope it will occupy a worthy place in your recipe book!
What you need: kitchen appliances and utensils
Before you start cooking, prepare the necessary equipment:
- Glass jars with capacity from 1 to 3 liters.
- Nylon covers.
- Glass for the preparation of brine.
- Towel.
Did you know? So different plants, like tomatoes, tobacco and potatoes, are "close relatives" and belong to the same family - Solanaceae. Green tomatoes have a high nicotine content: in one medium-sized tomato and in two cigarettes, the level of the harmful substance is the same.
Ingredient list
For the preparation of delicious tomatoes need these ingredients (based on one 3-liter jar):
- tomatoes - 1.5 or 2 kg (depending on size);
- water;
- Dill inflorescences - 3 pcs. (small size);
- cherry and currant leaves - up to 10 pcs. each species;
- mustard powder - 1 tsp;
- aspirin tablets - 3 pcs .;
- acetic essence - 1 tsp;
- sugar - 3 tbsp. l .;
- salt -1 tbsp. l
For the preservation of suitable varieties of tomatoes such as "Countryman", "Evpator", "Niagara", "Kiss of Geranium", "Korneevsky pink", "Samara", "King early", "Explosion".The use of acetylsalicylic acid prevents the multiplication of microorganisms, adds to the fruit a spicy taste and a pleasant crunch. This is a great option to diversify the usual taste of home canned food and bring unusual notes into it.
Important! It is necessary to use acetylsalicylic acid tablets, without gelatinous coating and other medicinal additives. Brine with aspirin should not be heated and brought to 100 ° C.
Features of product selection
The choice of products should be approached as responsibly as the final taste of the product and the ability for long-term storage will depend on the quality, variety and other characteristics of tomatoes.
Which varieties are best
For blanks in cans, it is advisable to choose small and medium-sized varieties of tomatoes of elongated or regular round shape for several reasons:
- they look pretty in banks;
- they are easier to get from the tank;
- medium-sized tomatoes are more compact, so it will be better to tamp them when salting.
Also, give preference to sweet and sour varieties. The most suitable: "Seagull", "De-barao orange", "Pickling delicacy", "Donskoy F1". 
You can use the varieties that you harvested earlier, and they delighted you with taste and other characteristics.
Tomato varieties such as Pink Elephant and Maryina Rosh are not suitable for conservation.
Product Requirements
Let's learn how to choose a quality product for harvesting for the winter:
- Tomatoes must be ripe.: Without green areas, with a uniform red or pink shade, without a stem.
- Choose fruits with the correct oblong form, without growths, adhesions.
- It is important that there are seeds in the tomato chambers., as it indicates the absence of hormonal fertilizers and fertilizing.
- Avoid fruits on the branches. Tomatoes, sold on the branches, look very attractive and appetizing, but in fact they are dangerous. If the fruit is not separated from the stem, it is not simply ripe, it has not yet gained useful substances. Moreover, when ripe, tomatoes remove toxic substances (solanine) through the peduncle, but if they were cut in a green form, then the beneficial substances did not reach the fruit, and the harmful ones were not removed from it.
- Choose fragrant fruits. Usually, in addition to the delicious smell, they have a softer skin, a pronounced taste. If a tomato is odorless, it is a breeding fruit that must withstand transportation and be resistant to cold and disease. For such tomatoes, a typical lack of taste and smell, plastic consistency, lack of seeds.
- The fruits must be sweet - A sufficient amount of sugars will ensure proper fermentation processes.
- Very important requirement: fruits must be whole, not cracked, without damage, rot and stains.
Did you know? The world leader in growing and exporting tomatoes is China - over the year they produce more than 52 million tons of fruits, which is 30% of world production.
Step-by-step recipe with photo
When the inventory and ingredients are prepared, it's time to start making delicious, fragrant and healthy winter treats. How to cook tomatoes under the lid step by step - on.
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Spread tomatoes need in several layers. At the bottom of the can we lay out the inflorescence of dill, 3 leaves of cherry and currant.
Next, you need to properly decompose the tomatoes: lay them in half the jar, then again repeat the layer of dill, cherry and currant leaves.
Fill the jar to the top with tomatoes and lay out the last layer of currant leaves, cherry and fennel blossoms. We proceed to the preparation of brine. 
Brine preparation
Brine preparation instructions:
- crush into powder aspirin tablets;
- add sugar, salt, vinegar and mustard in the indicated proportions;
- mix the dry mixture thoroughly;
- add a glass of water.
What we do next: fill in more than half of the can with water and add a glass of brine. If space remains, fill the jar with water so that it remains 1 cm to the top, and close with a capron lid.
We lay a towel, put a jar on it horizontally, then you need to shake the container a little so that the brine ingredients are evenly distributed between the tomatoes. 
How and where to keep cans of tomatoes
Cooked for this recipe you can eat tomatoes after 3 weeks, but the longer the banks will stand, the richer and more pleasant the taste of the fruit will be.
Keep the workpiece in a dark, cool place. You can use the refrigerator or cellar. It can also be stored outdoors if the temperature is in the range of +1 to + 6 ° C. If the conditions are met, the storage period of the workpiece is a maximum of 2 years.
But it is desirable to calculate the amount of canned food in such a way as to use everything in one year, that is, to the onset of a new harvest season. Keep tomatoes under cover for more than 2 years is impossible.
Important! Tomatoes, prepared according to the specified recipe, in no case can not be stored in a warm place or in direct sunlight!
Mustard makes the pickle in the tomatoes a little muddy, because assess the suitability of canned on the transparency of the pickle will not work. But if you notice that bubbles or foam, mold or stains of unknown origin have appeared in the liquid, it is better to get rid of the blank without tasting the contents.Remember that the higher the storage temperature, the less the shelf life of the tomatoes under the lid.
What is the use of the product
When pickling tomatoes preserve vitamins and other useful ingredients in almost the same amount as fresh fruit, so they are not inferior to them in use.
Tomatoes under the lid are low-calorie - depending on the ingredients, the caloric content of 100 grams of the product does not exceed 20 kcal, which means that obese and overweight people, as well as diabetics, can safely eat tomatoes in moderate quantities. 
Useful properties of harvested tomatoes:
- antimicrobial;
- anti-inflammatory;
- improve digestion and appetite.
Improves digestion drinking again, jalapeno pepper, dill, apples, rutabaga, white radish, celery, Chinese cabbage, red onion.
The use of salted tomatoes can improve the state of the pancreas and prostate, heart and blood vessels. The product is able to compensate for the lack of vitamin substances, micro-and macronutrients.
It is useful to use tomatoes with aspirin at feasts, as they are able to remove and neutralize toxins.
Whether it is possible to use preparations with aspirin: possible harm
Of course, the concentration of acetylsalicylic acid in one can of tomatoes will be very small, besides, at one time it will be impossible for one person to eat the contents of the entire container. 
However, do not forget that aspirin is a drug that has contraindications and side effects.
Therefore, the use of it (and conservation, including) in some groups of people may cause undesirable consequences.
If you eat too much, you may experience a high load on the liver, pancreas, kidneys and stomach.
Contraindications to the use of the workpiece:
- joint diseases (arthritis, gout);
- susceptibility to allergies;
- any kidney disease;
- gallstones;
- exacerbations of gastrointestinal diseases (especially ulcers, gastritis);
- hypertension.
Important! Brine after harvesting can not be eaten, it is especially dangerous to drink liquid on an empty stomach.
Whether the recipe is suitable for children
The instructions for this drug indicates that it is prohibited to use it before the age of 15 years. The dose of aspirin in brine is negligible, but you shouldn’t put your child in danger, it is not recommended to offer this product to a child.
How else can you prepare tomatoes
In addition to the recipe, there are still many options for preparing tomatoes for the winter.
Learn also how to pickle green tomatoes, how to make sun-dried tomatoes, how to preserve tomatoes, how to cook a salad with tomatoes for the winter, how to cook tomatoes in your own juice, how to make tomato jam, how to pickle, how to freeze.
Frost
Freezing tomatoes is an excellent alternative to canning. After all, you can enjoy the taste and smell of fresh fruits for only a few months, and in a canned form, the taste and aroma of the product is already significantly different. 
Of course, tomatoes are available in supermarkets all year round, but out of season, their price, taste and composition leave much to be desired. With the help of freezing you can feel the taste of summer at any time.
Tomatoes in their own juice
Cooking tomatoes in your own juice is another way to stock up on fragrant, sweet and healthy fruits for the winter.
It is known that with this method of processing a large part of the beneficial vitamin-mineral substances is still preserved, moreover, the amount of a special substance (lycopene) increases in fruits, which stops the aging process and prevents many diseases. 
According to reviews hostesses who have been preparing tomatoes for many years with the addition of aspirin, it turns out a delicious snack for a winter feast. The main rule: moderation. In spite of the fact that tomatoes turn out very tasty, you shouldn't overeat them!
