Paprika with tomato paste for the winter - very simple and tasty 🌶

Kitchen appliances and utensils: hob, funnel for cans, ladle, cans.

Ingredients

Step cooking

Pepper preparation

1. Bell peppers (approximately 2.5 kg) must be thoroughly washed with running water. It is necessary to take such a quantity of vegetables so that in sliced ​​form their weight is at least two kilograms.
   
2. Washed bell peppers peeled from the tail and core with pits. It is as easy and simple as possible to do this as follows: cut the pepper lengthwise into two parts and remove the core.
   
3. Cut the whole bell pepper into halves. After we put several halves on top of each other and cut strips 1.5-2 cm thick from them, and then cut across, forming thereby small and neat pieces. So we can grind peppers much faster.
   

Marinade preparation

1. Pour a liter of clean water into a deep and large pot. There we add 50 ml of apple cider vinegar, 1 cup of granulated sugar, a tablespoon of table salt, 100 ml of refined vegetable oil, 200 grams of tomato paste.
   
2. In the same pan we throw spices for a spicy aroma: 3 pieces of bay leaf, 7-10 peas of allspice. Place the pan with all the necessary ingredients for the marinade on the fire and bring to a boil.
   

Assembling and cooking lecho

1. During the cooking of the marinade, stir it thoroughly so that the components form a homogeneous consistency. When the liquid boils, add 2 kilograms of chopped bell pepper to the pan, mix and leave until the next boil.
   
2. From time to time we mix pepper, immersing it in liquid. After boiling the whole mass, it must be boiled over low heat for another 15 minutes. The pepper should become soft and soak in the marinade.
   
3. In the meantime, we sterilize jars of any desired volume. For more convenient pouring the lecho into the banks, you should use a special funnel, which is worn on the neck. Using a deep ladle, we put the cooked lecho in sterilized jars.
   
4. Close the filled jar with a lid and allow to cool at room temperature. You can store the finished product at room temperature without a refrigerator. Such preparation for the winter does not require additional sterilization; it is perfectly stored for a long period of time without losing its taste properties.
   

Tip:the specified amount of marinade is 2 kg of peeled and chopped vegetables. By doubling the amount of ingredients, you can cook a larger amount of lecho, from 5 or more kilograms of bell pepper.

Video recipe

In this video you will find a simple recipe for preparing lecho of bell pepper for the winter.