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Lecho for the winter with tomato paste

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Kitchen Russian

Calorie content 71 kcal

Portions 2.5 l.

Cooking time 80 minutes

Proteins * 1 gr.

Fats * 3.5 gr.

Carbohydrates* 12.5 g

Content

Lecho is traditionally prepared with fresh tomatoes. In this recipe, you are invited to replace tomatoes with tomato paste, it is only important that it is of high quality. It is convenient to cook such lecho in autumn, when there are almost no fresh tomatoes. In addition, this method of conservation saves the housewife's time, since there is no need to process the tomatoes. Lecho with tomato paste turns out to be just as tasty and aromatic.

Ingredients

Bell pepper 2 Kg Tomato paste 500 gr. Vegetable oil 200 ml. Salt 1 tbsp Granulated sugar 150 g Table vinegar 9% 100 ml Water 0.5 l.

Cooking process

Wash the pepper and remove the stalks. Then cut it into halves and remove the seeds with partitions. Cut the pepper into pieces of any size and shape. Then transfer it to a stewing dish.

Pour clean water into another saucepan, add the amount of sugar and salt indicated in the recipe to it, put the tomato paste, mix well and boil this filling.

Pour the boiling tomato sauce over the chopped pepper. Add vegetable oil to the pepper, stir and place over low heat.

Simmer the pepper in tomato sauce for 15 minutes from the start of the boil, stirring occasionally. Then pour the required amount of vinegar to the pepper, mix and when the lecho boils again, turn off the heat.