Zucchini and squash caviar: 7 recipes

If caviar from zucchini is well known to many, then squash often remains in the shade, and many housewives do not even suspect that their inclusion in a vegetable dish can add an additional delicate texture. Caviar from squash and zucchini for the winter can become not only a signature recipe in the family, but also help to utilize the harvest of vegetables unsuitable for other methods of culinary processing. After all, it can be made even from not quite young squash and zucchini. The main thing is to remove the hard skin and ripe seeds.

How to cook squash and squash caviar

In principle, caviar from these two representatives of the pumpkin family can be made in the same ways as the usual squash caviar familiar to many. Vegetables can be boiled, fried, baked in ovenfinally put out. You can even divide these steps, and prepare one type of vegetables in one way, and use something different for the other.

In any case, it should turn out well, but the taste of all these blanks can differ and at the same time in a rather significant way. Therefore, good housewives experiment endlessly using certain cooking technologies before settling on one thing. Various additives of vegetables or spices also play a significant role.

The most interesting thing is that caviar from squash and zucchini, first of all, makes it possible to use vegetables that are overripe for other preparations. Indeed, young squash can make delicious salads, and amazing pickled or salted preparations. They also work well in vegetable stews.

But with mature squash they usually prefer not to mess with - their peel becomes very rough. And due to the wavy surface, peeling it off the fruit is a real torment. But the pulp of even overripe squash continues to be tasty and even more nutritious than that of young fruits.

Therefore, in order not to waste the product, as a last resort, you can simply cut off the entire wavy edge from the squash, then remove the peel and cut out the entire fibrous inner part with already coarse seeds. The same is usually done with mature zucchini.

It's not for nothing that earlier in recipes according to GOST exclusively ripe fruits were used for squash caviar.

However, caviar from young fruits also turns out to be very tasty and, most importantly, does not need long-term heat treatment. So for this harvest, you can use vegetables of any degree of maturity.

Classic caviar from squash and zucchini

IN classic recipe Before chopping, the main vegetables are boiled - this is how a completely dietary product is obtained, the taste of which can be supplemented, if desired, with various spices.

You will need:

• 2 kg of squash;
• 2 kg of courgettes or zucchini;
• 2 large onions;
• several stalks of dill and parsley;
• 1.5 g of ground allspice and black pepper;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 15 g salt;
• 30 g sugar;
• 50 ml of vegetable oil.
• 2 tsp 9% vinegar.

Manufacturing:

1. Young zucchini and squash are freed from the tails, and the peel and inner part with seeds are removed from mature vegetables.
2. Then they are cut into small slices about 1.5 cm thick.
3. Put the pieces in a saucepan, pour water so that it barely covers the vegetables, and over low heat, stirring occasionally, boil until the original volume is halved.
4. At the same time, the onion is cut into thin rings and fried in oil until golden brown.
5. The greens and garlic are finely chopped and ground with salt and spices.
6. Boiled pumpkin vegetables are combined with onions, herbs and garlic, vinegar is added, and mixed well. If desired, grind with a mixer or hand blender.
7. The hot mass is laid out in sterile jars, sterilized for about 15-20 minutes and rolled up.

Delicate caviar from squash and zucchini with tomato and garlic

Very tender and tasty vegetable caviar is obtained from fried squash and zucchini.

You will need:

• 1 kg of squash;
• 1 kg of zucchini;
• 1 kg of tomatoes;
• 0.5 kg of carrots;
• 0.5 kg of onions;
• 6-8 cloves of garlic;
• 50 g of salt;
• 100 g sugar;
• 50 ml vinegar 9%;
• 100 ml of vegetable oil.

Preparation:

1. The vegetables are thoroughly washed, freed from all excess and cut into small cubes.
   
   Important! Only carrots can be grated, and the onion can be cut into half rings.
2. In a large and deep saucepan, fry over medium heat: first onions, then carrots, then zucchini, squash and last add tomatoes. The total time for frying vegetables is about half an hour.
3. Add chopped garlic and spices, mash and simmer for another quarter of an hour.
4. Top up with vinegar, arrange in a sterile glass container, roll up.

Braised squash caviar with zucchini for the winter

The following recipe is very popular among the people, where all vegetables are simply stewed until tender.

You will need:

• 2 kg of zucchini;
• 1 kg of squash;
• 2 sweet bell peppers;
• 200 g tomato paste;
• 2 onions;
• 1 head of garlic;
• 100-110 ml of vegetable oil;
• 20 g salt;
• 40 g sugar.

Manufacturing:

1. Pour oil into a saucepan with a thick bottom and heat it until it almost boils.
2. The first place on the bottom is the onion, cut into cubes, and fry until transparent.
3. Then put the zucchini in the pan, and then the squash, cut into small cubes.
   
   Attention! After softening the vegetables, they should extract juice and will actually boil in it, but no fire should be added.
4. All vegetables must be stewed, stirring occasionally, for about 40 minutes.
5. Then, pepper and tomato paste, as well as salt and sugar, are added to the caviar.
6. Stew for another 20-30 minutes to evaporate excess liquid without closing the lid.
7. Add the minced garlic and taste the caviar for readiness.
8. If the vegetables are evenly soft, they can be chopped with a food processor or blender.
9. Then spread out in sterile jars and tighten hermetically.

Delicious roe from squash and zucchini baked in the oven

A very simple technology for making vegetable caviar from baked products. At the same time, the dish turns out to be both tasty and healthy at the same time.

You will need:

• 1.5 kg of squash;
• 1.5 kg of zucchini;
• 400 g onions;
• 200 g tomato paste;
• 60 ml of vegetable oil;
• a pinch of ground black and allspice peppers;
• 5 ml vinegar;
• 30 g salt;
• 60 g sugar.

Manufacturing:

1. The vegetables are thoroughly washed and cut into large chunks, removing the seeds if necessary.
2. Spread out in one layer on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
3. Bake at a temperature of + 180 ° C in the oven until tender. The baking time depends on the degree of maturity of the squash and zucchini. This process usually takes from a quarter of an hour to 40 minutes.
4. Cool and carefully select all the pulp from the peel.
5. Grind the pulp through a meat grinder.
6. Finely chop the onion and sauté in oil until soft, adding tomato paste at the end.
   
7. All products are mixed in a deep bowl. If desired, using a blender to achieve absolute uniformity of caviar.
8. Add spices and heat the mass to a boil, add vinegar and spread the prepared caviar in prepared glass containers.

Spicy caviar from zucchini and squash

According to any of the above recipes, you can cook spicy caviar by adding half a pod of red hot pepper to 1 kg of vegetables. To maximize its properties, pepper is added at the very end of cooking or stewing, approximately along with garlic.

The original recipe for caviar from squash and zucchini with spices

You will need:

• 1.5 kg of squash;
• 1.5 kg of zucchini;
• 6 tomatoes;
• 5 carrots;
• 4 onions;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 100 ml of oil;
• 2 tbsp. l. salt;
• 3 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 40 ml vinegar;
• 2 tsp mixtures of Provencal herbs (basil, tarragon, savory, marjoram, rosemary, sage, thyme, mint);
• 5 g curry;
• 0.5 tsp a mixture of ground peppers.

Manufacturing:

1. Squash and squash are peeled and seeds and grated on a coarse grater.
2. Transfer to a dish with a thick bottom, sprinkle with salt to extract juice and put on fire.
3. Tomatoes and onions are cut into rings, carrots are also grated on the same grater.
4. Transfer all vegetables to the same dish, add oil and boil for 1 hour.
5. Add all the spices, crushed garlic, chop with a mixer or blender and add vinegar.
   
6. The caviar is heated until boiling, distributed in sterile jars and sealed.

Zucchini and squash caviar with apples, carrots and garlic

This workpiece has a special taste, thanks not only to its composition, but also to some of the peculiarities of its preparation.

You will need:

• 3 kg of zucchini;
• 3 kg of squash;
• 3 kg of carrots;
• 1 kg of hard apples;
• 1 kg of tomatoes;
• 100 g of garlic;
• 150 g salt;
• 200 g sugar;
• pepper, cloves to taste;
• about 100 ml of vegetable oil.

Manufacturing:

1. Zucchini are cut into slices about 2 cm thick and spread in one layer on a baking sheet with butter in the oven at a temperature of + 200 ° C for 10 -15 minutes. The vegetables should only be lightly browned.
2. Patissons remain moist. They are cut into small pieces and passed through a meat grinder.
3. Carrots, apples and tomatoes are freed from all that is superfluous and also chopped using a meat grinder. They also do the same with cooled zucchini.
4. All vegetables are laid out in a deep container with oil, heated to a boil over high heat, reduced heat and stewed until cooked for about an hour.
5. A few minutes before the end of stewing, chopped garlic is added to the dish.
6. Hot caviar is laid out in banks, rolled up.

Rules for storing squash and squash caviar

There are no peculiarities for storing caviar from squash and zucchini. Hermetically sealed cans with caviar are stored in normal room conditions without access to light for a year. In a cellar, it can last longer.

Conclusion

Caviar from squash and zucchini for the winter is no more difficult to prepare than an ordinary one-component dish. But squash and zucchini perfectly complement each other both in taste and in the content of nutrients.

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