When we pickle mustard lumps, we should first choose fresh mustard head. Mustard head is best to choose with a stem beard, a large round, smooth skin without scars, there is not too much bumpy, there is also a mustard head meat to be solid, there is no right, there is no beard root, this is the quality of quality mustard head, the most suitable for the production of pickles.

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Two, pickled mustard pimples process

1 "Preparation of ingredients

Mustard head 10 pounds, 1 pound of coarse salt, 0.5 pounds of salt, 0.5 pounds of sugar, 200 grams of light soy sauce, 100 grams of pepper, 30 grams of dashi, 6 pounds of water.

2 "processing mustard head

Buy back the fresh mustard head, peel off the skin and roots, and then clean, control the water, put into a large plate without oil, pour refined salt and no more than the mustard head of water, soak for 24 hours, and then fished out and once again control the surface of the water.

Note in the cleaning of mustard head, must pay attention to the clean container, can not have oil, because mustard lumps touch the oil is easy to bad. Mustard head soaked in salt water for 24 hours, pickled out especially crispy. Soaked mustard head after fishing out to control the dry surface water, so that it is not easy to be bad.

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3 "pickling process

1. to pickle with the tank or basin clean, and then the sugar and the remaining coarse salt, mixing and stirring well, everything is ready. Note that the jar or basin for pickling must be free of water and oil, and be sterilized and cleaned.

2. then control the dry surface water mustard lumps into the tank, yard put a layer of mustard head sprinkled into a layer of salt and sugar, and then yard put a layer and then sprinkled into a layer of sugar and salt, yard put the completion of the top remember to be sure to sprinkle sugar and salt, and then put into a cool place away from the light pickling for about 5 days, so that the mustard lumps pickle out of the water.

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3. Use a large pot without oil, pour 6 pounds of water, put soy sauce, pepper, dashi, high heat to boil the water, turn to medium heat and continue to cook for 10 minutes, then turn off the heat, cool and set aside. Mustard lumps will be watery in the first 5 days of pickling, so 6 pounds of water is enough.

4. Pour the cooled water into the 5-day-old mustard lumps, keeping the water above the mustard lumps, seal the jar, and continue to marinate in a cool, dry place away from light for about 30 days. In the first 5 days of pickling, once a day to turn the cylinder pimples on the line, so that mustard pimples more flavorful.

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Three, pickled mustard pimples - technical summary

1. Mustard pimples and salt ratio is generally 10:1.5, add sugar, soy sauce, peppercorns, dashi more rich in its flavor, do not like can not add. Use some coarse salt to pickle, can make the preservation of mustard lumps longer.

2. Mustard pimples must not touch the oil stains, as well as pickling tank or basin should also pay attention to the sterilization of clean, not oil, responsible for mustard pimples is difficult to preserve, easy to bad, not conducive to storage.

3. In the selection of mustard head when to choose the head is too large and relatively uniform, not too large, or pickling when it is difficult to pickle through. You can also cut in half to pickle.

4. The water for the marinade should also be boiled and allowed to cool before use.

5. You should also note that pickled mustard lumps should generally be opened for consumption after 15 days, because pickled mustard lumps 5-10 days, nitrates and nitrites will rise to a peak, 15 days after the gradual decline in this period is not recommended for consumption.

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Four, the final summary

The above is the production of pickled mustard pimples the whole process, as long as the attention of the mustard head can not touch the oil, and then salt 2 pickling, and pickling of the material water cooled and then use, and in the process of pickling in the first 5 days of the turn of the mustard head pimples, and finally sealed the cylinder pickling for 30 days or so, so that can pickle the mustard pimples, and placed in the year! will not be bad.