Lecho of eggplant and pepper for winter - photo recipe

The classic recipe of Hungarian lecho includesnot only vegetables, but also fat, fried in pork fat. The Bulgarian lecho surprises with its minimalism, because the salad is prepared only from sweet pepper and tomatoes. But the domestic lecho of Russian owners is quite diverse. It can include products such as eggplant, pepper, zucchini, onions, carrots and even cucumbers and dill.

How to cook lecho of eggplant and pepper

Ingredients:

• 
  1 kg of Bulgarian pepper;


• 
  2 large heads of garlic;


• 
  2.5 kg aubergine;


• 
  100 g of vinegar;


• 
  0.5 liters of vegetable oil;


• 
  3 liters of tomato sauce;


• 
  1 tablespoon of salt;


• 
  0.5 cups of sugar;


• 
  Bitter pepper and herbs to taste

Preparation:

Eggplants should be cleaned, cut into strips,salt and leave for 2 hours. At the end of this time, they should be put in a sieve, so that all the juice is stacked with vegetables. In order to prepare a tomato sauce, you need to dilute the tomato paste or twist through a meat grinder fresh tomatoes. Sweet Bulgarian pepper is cleaned and also cut with straws.

Greens and garlic are crushed. When all this is ready, we pour in vegetable oil into the prepared container and put it on the fire. The oil should boil, and only after that a fine trickle of tomato is poured into it, sugar and salt are put. Eggplants are placed in the pan after the mixture boils a second time. After 20-25 minutes after boiling, the Bulgarian pepper is placed in the stock and is still boiled for 20 minutes.

5 minutes before the end of the cooking processAdd to lecho of eggplant greens, garlic and vinegar. Banks, in which you will lay out the prepared dish, should be sterilized. Lecho unfolds hot, closes with lids and retracts into a cool storage room.

Recipe lecho of bell pepper

Ingredients:

• 
  3 kg of sweet Bulgarian pepper;


• 
  0.5 cups of sunflower oil;


• 
  2.5 kg of tomato;


• 
  100 g of vinegar;


• 
  2 teaspoons of salt;


• 
  3 tablespoons of sugar.

Preparation:

First mix the cooked butter, vinegar,sugar and salt with the tomatoes scrolled in the meat grinder. Then put this mixture on the fire, bring to a boil and add there the Bulgarian pepper, cut into rings. After this salad boils for 15 minutes over low heat. That's all, lecho with pepper is ready, put it in a sterilized jar hot.

See also cooking lecho of pepper and tomato.

Recipe for aubergine lecho with dill for the winter

Lecho can be prepared with dill.

To do this you will need the following ingredients:

• 
  1 kg of Bulgarian pepper;


• 
  A large bunch of green dill;


• 
  1 head of garlic;


• 
  1 kg of tomatoes;


• 
  100 g of sunflower oil;


• 
  100 g of granulated sugar;


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  1 tablespoon of salt 2 teaspoons of vinegar;

Preparation:

Cooked tomatoes cut into strips orwith dice. Add in them vegetable oil, salt, sugar and mix everything. The billet should be put on fire and cook for 25 minutes. After, in lecho according to this recipe, dill and garlic are added. All is boiled for another 10-12 minutes and is laid out on sterilized jars. As you understand, you can prepare lecho for the winter according to different recipes. The main thing is not to be afraid to experiment, we are sure that it is in the culinary quest that you will have your own special recipe for cooking this dish.

Author: Katerina Sergeenko