Lecho from zucchini for the winter: recipes "Lick your fingers"

Among the huge variety of winter preparations from vegetables for the winter, lecho, perhaps, occupies one of the main places. It is not very difficult to make it, in addition, you can use various vegetables for a snack. Lecho is made with cucumbers, squash, eggplant, carrots, onions and even cabbage.

We propose to prepare for the winter a low-calorie lecho with zucchini for the winter "You will lick your fingers." The fact is that once you have tried such an appetizer, you really will lick your fingers. There are many options for cooking lecho with zucchini, there is no way to present them all, but even with the proposed recipes, you will be able to diversify your family's diet. And on fast days zucchini lecho - just a find.

Discovering secrets

Housewives with experience do not need a detailed description of the preparation of lecho from zucchini for the winter. Having read the recipe, they already know how to prepare this or that salad for the winter. But for those who are just starting their culinary journey, our advice on making lecho from zucchini for the winter will be very useful.

1. Firstly, never make a blank completely from all the products specified in the recipe. As you know, what one likes does not always suit the others' taste. Reduce the ingredients and make a small portion of the squash lecho for the whole family to taste. Then get down to business.
2. Secondly, this is an economical lecho, since any zucchini will be used, even those that have an irregular shape.
3. Thirdly, spoiling the lecho from zucchini, making preparations for the winter, will not work if you want, so you can safely start cooking.

Mistresses on a note

Very often, young hostesses, having familiarized themselves with the recipe, do not know how to translate grams or milliliters into spoons. We will make it easier for them to work when preparing lecho from zucchini for the winter, and not only, we will give in the table measures of the necessary products.

Recipes to choose from

For zucchini lecho for the winter according to the recipes "You will lick your fingers", you don't have to bother too much about the ingredients. They are mainly grown in their own gardens. If you do not have your own summer cottage, you can buy it quite inexpensively on the market.

Option one

You will have to stock up in advance:

• zucchini - 1 kg;
• colored peppers - 0.6 kg;
• onions - 0.3 kg;
• carrots - 0.3 kg;
• ripe red tomatoes - 1 kg;
• tomato paste - 1 tablespoon;
• vegetable oil - 100 grams;
• table salt - 30 grams;
• granulated sugar - 45 grams;
• hot pepper - 1 pod;
• garlic to taste;
• vinegar essence - 15 ml.

Cooking step by step with a photo

Step 1 - preparing products:

1. First, let's prepare the zucchini for work. As already mentioned, you can ignore the appearance of this vegetable. Zucchini for our lecho for the winter can be of a non-standard shape, old and young. The main thing is that there is no rot on the fruits. From old zucchini, the peel and core are necessarily removed, from young fruits - at the request of the hostess.
2. For lecho from zucchini for the winter, cut the vegetable into cubes of one and a half centimeters.
   
3. Zucchini lecho for the winter with multi-colored peppers looks especially appetizing.Sweet bell peppers of red, yellow and green colors (if there are orange peppers, it will be even more beautiful and tastier), cleaned of seeds and partitions and cut into strips of medium thickness. We cut hot peppers in the same way. It is advisable to work with him with gloves so as not to get burned.
   
4. To cut washed and peeled carrots, use a Korean grater or simply cut into small pieces with a sharp knife.
   
5. The peeled onions are simply chopped. Its size will depend on your preference. Can be cut into half rings or small cubes. As you like. In order not to shed tears, the onion can be placed in the freezer for a few minutes or held in cold water.
   
6. For zucchini lecho "You will lick your fingers" you will need both tomato paste and red tomatoes. Both of these products will have their own effect on the taste of the finished product. We wash the tomatoes well, remove the place where the stalk was attached, and rub on a grater with large holes.
7. How to do it right. Press the top of the tomato to the grater and three. The skin will remain in your hands.
   

Step two - cooking: Pour the tomato mass for making lecho from zucchini for the winter into a saucepan with thick walls and set to simmer. As soon as the contents boil, we transfer to a small fire and stirring constantly, we cook for a third of an hour.

First, pour in the vegetable oil, and then lay the vegetables. The procedure for adding ingredients for lecho for the winter you will lick your fingers:

• carrots and onions;
• in a quarter of an hour, sweet and hot peppers, zucchini.
• salt, sugar, add tomato paste.

Lecho from zucchini for the winter, you lick your fingers, you need to stir constantly so that it does not burn. This is best done with a long wooden spatula. This must be done carefully to preserve the integrity of the zucchini and peppers. Cook for another 30 minutes on the lowest heat setting.

About five minutes before removing the pan from the stove, add the garlic passed through the press and pour in the vinegar.

Step three - rolling up:

1. We remove the pan from the stove and immediately lay out the zucchini lecho for the winter in hot sterile jars and roll it up with a wrench or screw lids. Turn over and insulate. We take out from under the shelter when the cans are completely cooled.
2. Lecho for the winter "Lick your fingers" is well kept in the refrigerator. If there is no room in it, you can put it on the table in the kitchen. Good storage in winter is provided by tomato paste and vinegar.

Such a jar of zucchini appetizer in winter is very good even with boiled potatoes. Before you have time to look back, the salad bowl will be empty, and your family will literally lick their fingers and ask for more.

Option two

In this recipe for zucchini lecho for the winter "You will lick your fingers" instead of the usual vinegar, apple cider vinegar is used. To prepare lecho, you will need the simplest products. If you do not have your own garden, buy at the fair, they are inexpensive:

• ripe red tomatoes - 2 kg;
• sweet bell pepper - 1kg 500 g;
• zucchini zucchini - 1 kg 500 g;
• refined vegetable oil - 1 glass;
• apple cider vinegar - 120 ml;
• granulated sugar - 100 g;
• table salt not iodized coarse grinding - 60 g.

Cooking steps:

1. For lecho for the winter "Lick your fingers" all vegetables are thoroughly washed, changing the water several times, well dried on a napkin. Then we clean and chop.
2. In zucchini, remove the seeds and the adjacent pulp with a spoon, cut into pieces, then into cubes, about 1.5 by 1.5 cm or 2 by 2 cm, you can also cut into strips. Smaller is not necessary, otherwise they will boil up and lose their shape.Zucchini lecho for the winter will lose its attractiveness. If the zucchini is old, cut off the peel.
3. Harvesting vegetable lecho for the winter is not complete without ripe red tomatoes. Cut out the place where the stalk is attached, cut into quarters. Can be grinded with a meat grinder or blender.
4. First, cook the tomato sauce. Once it boils, add the refined vegetable oil and the rest of the vegetable ingredients.
   
5. After a quarter of an hour, add salt, sugar, and cook the same amount. Pour apple cider vinegar and simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Everything, our vegetable lecho for the winter "You will lick your fingers" is ready. It remains to transfer it to the prepared jars. It remains to roll up, turn over and wrap up for a day.

This is perhaps the simplest version of lecho, but delicious, extraordinary, really, you will lick your fingers.

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Let's summarize

Lecho from zucchini "You will lick your fingers", an amazingly tasty dish. It is an excellent addition to the winter diet. Delicious and appetizing appetizer is suitable not only for everyday meals. Your guests will also enjoy it with pleasure, and even ask you to write down the recipe.

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