Cooking lecho from tomatoes Lick your fingers without sterilization

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

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• Cooking time:

  1, 5 hours

Ingredients

• tomatoes
• Bell pepper
• vegetable oil
• sugar
• salt
• allspice
• garlic
• vinegar

Tomato lecho is an appetizer originally from Hungary. For the winter, it is prepared without sterilization, with various additional ingredients. The taste is such that you lick your fingers.

Classic recipe

Lecho has a bright garlic flavor and aroma. Prepares quickly and easily.

Ingredients:

• 4 kg of tomatoes;
• 3 kg of sweet pepper;
• 250 ml of vegetable oil;
• 250 g granulated sugar;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt;
• black pepper and sweet peas to taste;
• 5 heads of garlic;
• 2 tsp vinegar essence.

Preparation:

Sort the tomatoes and prepare, cut into medium-sized slices. Send to a container suitable for cooking, wait for active boiling

Process the pepper: remove all unusable parts, stalks and seeds. Cut into strips 1, 5 cm thick

As soon as the tomatoes boil, reduce the heat, boil for 15-20 minutes, having previously closed the lid

• Turn off, rub in small portions through a sieve. The result is a clean tomato: no seeds, no skins.
• Measure 4 liters of tomato, send back to the pot.

• Boil again. Meanwhile, peel the garlic by dividing it into wedges. Cut into slices. Add to boiled tomato juice.
• Send oil, sugar, salt, black and allspice peas here and stir.
• Lay out the bell peppers. Boil, cook for 20 minutes with occasional stirring. The vegetable should remain a little harsh, then the preservation turns out to be really tasty.

• Add vinegar essence, continue cooking for 2-3 minutes.
• Without turning off the heating, put in jars. Roll up tightly. Turn over, cover.
• For a snack, it is recommended to choose thicker, fatter peppers.

Tomato lecho without vinegar

There is no vinegar in the recipe. Tomato lecho for the winter is used as a cold snack and for cooking other dishes. The snack is prepared quickly, easily and without sterilization. It turns out so delicious that you will lick your fingers.

Ingredients:

• 2 kg of tomatoes;
• 3 kg of bell peppers;
• 1 cup of sugar;
• 200 ml of vegetable oil;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt.

Preparation:

Grind the tomatoes to a puree state using any convenient method. Pour into a suitable container

Add sugar, salt, oil. Set on the stove, setting a slow fire, and with occasional stirring, heat until the bulk ingredients are completely dissolved

Prepare bell peppers for canning, chop coarsely. Send to tomato mass. After boiling, cook for 15-20 minutes. The pepper should be half cooked

Prepare jars and lids in parallel

Pour the finished lecho, seal it tightly, turn it over, cover

Preservation is stored in the cellar, but this lecho can be left at room temperature.

"Lazy" lecho

Tomato lecho is quick and easy to prepare for the winter. The appetizer was called "lazy", since all products are simply cut and stewed in one pan. The recipe is without sterilization, but the taste is such that you will lick your fingers.

Ingredients:

• 3 kg of tomatoes;
• 0.5 kg of sweet pepper;
• 0.5 kg of onions;
• 0.5 kg of carrots;
• 250 ml of vegetable oil;
• 200 ml of table vinegar;
• 200 g sugar;
• 100 g of salt.

Preparation:

• Cut the tomatoes into small wedges in a suitable saucepan.
• Prepare and peel bell peppers. Chop into strips.

• Grind carrots for vegetable salads.
• Chop the onion into strips.
• Collect vegetables in one bowl. Boil, cook for a quarter of an hour. Then add sugar, salt, vinegar and oil. Mix everything well, boil for another 40 minutes.

• Prepare jars in any way. Put the lids in a plate and pour boiling water over.
• Spread out the hot lecho. Close with a key, turn over and wrap.
• Try not to overcook vegetables, otherwise the finished lecho will turn out tasteless.

Lecho with tomatoes and beans

The simplest tomato lecho for the winter can be turned into a real yummy that you can even lick your fingers. It is enough to add a little beans. An appetizer is being prepared without sterilization.

Ingredients:

• 3 kg of tomatoes;
• 2 kg of bell pepper;
• 500 g carrots;
• 500 g of onions;
• half a liter can of beans;
• 1 tbsp. l. chopped garlic;
• 300 ml of vegetable oil;
• 3 tbsp. l. salt;
• 7 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 80 ml of table vinegar;
• 2-3 bay leaves;
• allspice and black peppercorns 5 pcs.

Preparation:

Put the beans in a deep bowl, soak in cold water. Leave on for 2-3 hours until it swells completely. Boil until tender, put in a colander

Rinse the tomatoes, divide into wedges

Process the pepper, chop it coarsely

Grind carrots for vegetable salads

• Chop the onion into half rings.
• Pour sunflower oil into a bowl, heat. Send onions and carrots. Fry over low heat until transparent.

• Put tomatoes chopped through a meat grinder into vegetables. Add chopped peppers. Boil, cook for 10 minutes, having previously reduced the heating temperature.
• After the specified time, put the beans. Send chopped garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns, salt and sugar. Mix everything gently, cook for 15 minutes.

• During this time, prepare the jars: rinse with soda, sterilize over steam. Boil the lids.
• 5 minutes before ready to pour in vinegar, stir.
• Reduce heat to the very minimum. Gently pack lecho into jars.

• Close with hot lids, roll up. Turn upside down. Cover with a blanket to cool gradually.
• To obtain a brighter workpiece, use a multi-colored pepper.

Tomato lecho with onions

Tomato lecho for the winter is a welcome snack on the festive table. It is prepared without sterilization, quickly and turns out to be incomparable - you will lick your fingers.

Ingredients:

• 2.5 kg of peeled sweet peppers;
• 2 kg of tomatoes;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt;
• 700 g of onions;
• 200 g sugar;
• 2-3 st. l. table vinegar;
• 5 cloves of garlic.

Preparation:

Cut the pepper into medium slices

Make cross cuts on the tomatoes. Put in a deep bowl, pour boiling water over. For the preparation of preservation, it is recommended to take only high-quality fruits, since using second-rate ones can spoil the taste of the finished snack

• Leave for 2-3 minutes, peel and grind with a blender.
• Boil the tomato mass, remove the foam, cook for 20 minutes. Add salt, sugar, add oil. Stir and simmer for 3 minutes.

• Lay out the chopped bell peppers, add the peppercorns. For piquancy, dry herbs can be added to the workpiece: basil, marjoram.
• Put the onions in a saucepan, having previously cut them into half rings or strips. Stir gently, boil, continue cooking for a quarter of an hour with medium heat.

• Pour in vinegar, send chopped garlic, heat for 5 minutes.
• Pack in cans, close tightly.

Turn over, wrap until cooled. Transfer to storage in the cellar

Tomato lecho with zucchini

For cooking lecho from tomatoes for the winter, zucchini of any maturity are suitable. The blank is made without sterilization. Refers to recipes from the series "You will lick your fingers", for which ripe and juicy tomatoes are selected.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of zucchini;
• 1.5 kg of tomatoes;
• 4 pods of sweet peppers;
• 6 cloves of garlic;
• 100 g sugar;
• 1 tbsp. l. salt;
• 1 tbsp. l. table vinegar;
• 1 st. l. vegetable oil.

Preparation:

Prepare courgettes, peppers, tomatoes for canning, chop into medium cubes

Send the tomatoes to the cooking container, put on fire. Add sugar and salt immediately. During the heating process, the vegetable secretes juice. Once it has boiled, cook for 10 minutes

Put the zucchini, bell pepper, oil, after boiling, cook for 30 minutes. Add chopped garlic a quarter of an hour before turning off the stove. Pour in vinegar, cover

• Pour into jars, close and turn immediately. No need to wrap up, so the vegetables will remain crispy.
• Cool, transfer to storage in a subfloor.

Young zucchini can be used without peeling, while large ones require removal of seeds and rough skin.

Tomato lecho with cucumber

For the winter, without sterilization, you can prepare an interesting lecho from tomatoes and cucumbers. This recipe belongs to the series "You will lick your fingers", it will surprise your family.

Ingredients:

• 2 kg of cucumbers;
• 2 kg of tomatoes;
• 500 g sweet pepper;
• 200 g of garlic;
• 2 chili peppers
• 200 g sugar;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt;
• ½ cup vegetable oil;
• 7 tbsp. l. table vinegar.

Preparation:

• Pepper, tomatoes, rinse and dry. Cut out parts that are not edible. Cut and grind in a convenient way.
• Put the tomato puree in a suitable container. To obtain a more delicate texture of the workpiece, the resulting mass is additionally rubbed through a fine sieve. This removes seeds, coarse skins.

• Send vegetable oil, sugar, salt to the mass. Put the container on the stove, boil.
• Cut the cucumbers into medium-sized slices. Send to the pan with other vegetables, mix everything gently. Boil, cook for another 15-20 minutes.

Pour in vinegar, boil for another 2-3 minutes

• Organize into banks. Close, wrap in newspaper and put away in a warm place.
• For preservation, you can use overgrown cucumbers. The main thing is to remove large seeds from them.

Tomato lecho with rice

Tomatoes and rice can be used to make delicious lecho for the winter. It is made by prescription without sterilization. There is no vinegar in the composition, the appetizer turns out to be incredible in taste, you literally lick your fingers.

Ingredients:

• 2.5 kg of tomatoes;
• 500 g carrots;
• 500 g sweet pepper;
• 0.5 kg of onions;
• 250 ml vegetable oil;
• 210 g of rice;
• 125 g sugar;
• 40 g of salt.

Preparation:

1. Put chopped onions in a saucepan, chopped bell peppers into small slices, grated carrots. Pour chopped tomato puree, oil, stir.
2. Stir occasionally, cook for 1 hour after boiling.
3. Rinse the rice, or better soak in hot water. So the cereal will cook faster.
4. Send salt and sugar to vegetables.
5. Pour out cereals, mix, cook for 30 minutes (temperature regime - minimum).
6. Pack hot lecho into containers, roll up. Turn the jars over, leave to cool for a while.
7. The amount of rice can be adjusted to taste.

Tomato lecho for the winter can be prepared according to various recipes without sterilization. The appetizers turn out to be original and very tasty - you will lick your fingers! Be sure to try to prepare several jars.