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Zucchini is grown in almost all areas. The vegetable grows quickly. Therefore, you need to take care of its processing. Zucchini can be used to prepare various dishes both for every day and for consumption in winter. There are many interesting recipes zucchini caviar... Some of them have a lot of ingredients, others are minimal. You can spend a lot of time preparing a vegetable snack, but you can do everything quickly. But the main ingredients - zucchini, carrots, onions, tomatoes or pasta - are always present in any recipe.
If you don't have time to tinker with the blanks, a quick winter squash caviar is ideal. Do not think that such a product is poorly stored if you do everything right. If you comply with the hygienic requirements for preservation, your jars will stand for a long time. We bring to your attention several recipes for mild squash caviar for the winter with different ingredients.
Useful properties of caviar
Zucchini caviar is considered a dietary product, especially if the vegetables are not overcooked, but simply stewed. Zucchini contain dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins of various groups. Carrots, onions and bell peppers are no less valuable vegetables. The calorie content of the finished product is low, and the taste is excellent.
What are the benefits of caviar:
- normalizes digestion;
- regulates water-salt balance;
- excellent diuretic;
- removes cholesterol and toxins;
- increases hemoglobin.
Recipe options
If you want to cook quick squash caviar for the winter, you can use any of the recipes below. It will take very little time, but you will provide your family with a tasty and healthy product for a long time.
Recipe number 1
Need to:
- zucchini - 3 kg;
- carrots - 1 kg;
- turnip onion - 1 kg;
- tomato paste (sauce) - 300 ml;
- lean oil - 300 ml;
- sugar - 60 g;
- salt - 45 g;
- vinegar essence - 1.5 tablespoons.
Recipe number 2
To prepare vegetable caviar according to this recipe, you will need:
- zucchini - 1.5 kg;
- onions - 2 pieces;
- carrots - 4 pieces;
- sweet bell pepper - 2 pieces;
- tomato paste - 6 tablespoons;
- vegetable oil - 150 ml;
- salt and sugar - 3 teaspoons each;
- vinegar 70% - 2 teaspoons.
Recipe number 3
To make caviar according to the following recipe, you need to cook:
- medium-sized zucchini - 1 piece;
- red tomatoes - 5 pieces;
- sweet pepper - 3 pieces;
- turnip onions - 6 pieces;
- carrots - 3 pieces;
- sugar - 20 g;
- salt - 15 g;
- vinegar - 2 teaspoons;
- vegetable oil - 360 ml;
- ground black pepper to taste.
Recipe number 4
- zucchini - 1.5 kg;
- carrots - 750 g;
- red tomatoes - 1 kg;
- onions - 750 g;
- sweet peas - 5 pieces;
- salt - 1 tablespoon;
- sugar - 2 tablespoons;
- vinegar essence - 1 tablespoon.
Recipe number 5
Stock up on these products:
- zucchini - 3 kg;
- carrots - 2 kg;
- onions - 1 kg;
- tomato paste - 0.5 liters;
- salt - 2 tablespoons;
- granulated sugar - 4 tablespoons;
- essence 70% - 2 tablespoons.
Cooking features
Preparing vegetables
What is the essence of quick squash caviar? The fact is that, according to these recipes, despite the difference in ingredients, you will not have to fiddle around the table and stove for a long time.Everything about everything will take you at least two hours.
Moreover, the zucchini should be young, not overripe.
The vegetables are thoroughly washed several times to remove sand and dirt. The zucchini needs to be peeled, if necessary, remove the core with seeds. If you use bell peppers, then they need to be gutted, seeds and partitions removed. Peel the tomatoes off.
The skin is removed without much effort.
Peeled, washed and dried on a napkin, vegetables are cut, ground in a meat grinder. Moreover, zucchini and fresh tomatoes (if they are present in the ingredients) in a separate container.
Cooking features
In a saucepan with a thick bottom or cauldron, first spread the mashed zucchini and boil it for about half an hour from the moment it boils with constant stirring. You do not need to cover with a lid, otherwise the excess liquid will not evaporate.
Then, carrots and onions, and pepper (if indicated in the recipe), salt, sugar and other ingredients, except for vinegar essence, are added to the squash mass. Cook for another 30 minutes.
If you use fresh tomatoes, then after grinding they are set to boil to obtain a thick puree at the same time as the zucchini.
After half an hour, add tomato paste or self-cooked puree, granulated sugar, salt, ground pepper or peppercorns (if necessary).
Boil the vegetable zucchini snack for another 5 minutes. Then the vinegar essence is poured. If you want to spicy caviar, then you can add chopped garlic along with the vinegar. After 5 minutes, the caviar is ready. At this time, practically no liquid remains in the finished product.
You need to spread the finished product in hot sterile jars, roll it up immediately. Turning the caviar upside down with a lid, wrap it on top with a blanket or fur coat. In this position, the cans should be kept until they cool completely. A prepared vegetable snack for the winter can be stored in the cellar or refrigerator.
Zucchini caviar simply and quickly:
Useful Tips
In order for the fastest squash caviar to be stored all winter, you need to adhere to special rules and avoid mistakes:
- For the preparation of vegetable snacks, only fresh, preferably young, zucchini are used. The seed septum has not yet formed in them, so the share of the output of the cut vegetable will be greater. In overripe zucchini, you will have to cut the core with seeds. Moreover, the caviar is rougher.
- When choosing tomatoes, stick to meaty varieties that contain a minimum amount of liquid. Then it will take less time to make mashed potatoes.
- After boiling, caviar from ground vegetables may contain small grains. If you want a snack similar in consistency to a store-bought snack, you can grind it with a blender and then bring it to readiness. This must be done before adding the vinegar essence.
- There are many Russians who love spicy vegetable snacks. In any of the above recipes, you can add dill and parsley leaves to your taste. They do not need to be ground, but simply chopped finely. They are added at the same time as tomato paste.
Conclusion
Russians have always liked zucchini caviar, and cooked with their own hands, it is even tastier. Such an appetizer can even be placed on a festive table. Very tasty caviar with black bread and boiled potatoes. Try this option: spread butter on a piece of bread, and put vegetable caviar on top. Amazingly delicious, just not to come off.
