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Zucchini is grown in almost all areas. The vegetable grows quickly. Therefore, care must be taken to recycle it. You can prepare various dishes from zucchini, both for every day and for winter use. There are many interesting recipes zucchini caviar. Some of them have a lot of ingredients, others have a minimum. To prepare a vegetable snack, you can spend a lot of time, 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 preparations, quick squash caviar for the winter is an ideal option. You shouldn’t think that such a product doesn’t store well if you do everything right. If you follow hygienic requirements for preservation, your jars will last 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 contains dietary fiber, beneficial microelements, and vitamins of various groups. No less valuable vegetables are carrots, onions and sweet peppers. 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;
- an excellent diuretic;
- removes cholesterol and toxins;
- increases hemoglobin.
Recipe options
If you want to make quick squash caviar for the winter, you can use any version of the recipes presented below. It will take very little time, but you will provide your family with a tasty and healthy product for a long time.
Recipe No. 1
Need to:
- zucchini – 3 kg;
- carrots – 1 kg;
- turnip onions – 1 kg;
- tomato paste (sauce) – 300 ml;
- lean oil – 300 ml;
- sugar – 60 g;
- salt – 45 g;
- vinegar essence - 1.5 tablespoons.
Recipe No. 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 No. 3
To make caviar according to the following recipe, you need to prepare:
- 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 No. 4
- zucchini – 1.5 kg;
- carrots – 750 g;
- red tomatoes – 1 kg;
- onion – 750 g;
- allspice peas – 5 pieces;
- salt – 1 tablespoon;
- sugar – 2 tablespoons;
- vinegar essence - 1 tablespoon.
Recipe No. 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 don’t have to fuss around at the table and stove for a long time. It will take you at least two hours to do everything.
Moreover, the zucchini should be young, not overripe.
Vegetables are thoroughly washed several times to remove sand and dirt. The zucchini needs to be cleaned and the core and seeds removed if necessary. If you use bell peppers, they need to be gutted, seeds and membranes removed. The tomatoes must be peeled.
The skin comes off without much effort.
Peeled, washed and dried vegetables on a napkin are cut and ground in a meat grinder. Moreover, zucchini and fresh tomatoes (if they are present in the ingredients) in a separate container.
Cooking features
First put the zucchini puree into a thick-bottomed saucepan or cauldron and boil it for about half an hour from the moment it boils with constant stirring. There is no need to cover with a lid, otherwise the excess liquid will not evaporate.
Then carrots and onions, and peppers (if specified in the recipe), salt, sugar and other ingredients, except vinegar essence, are added to the squash mass. Cook for another 30 minutes.
If you use fresh tomatoes, then after grinding they are boiled to obtain a thick puree at the same time as the zucchini.
After half an hour, add tomato paste or self-prepared puree, granulated sugar, salt, ground pepper or peppercorns (if necessary).
Boil the zucchini vegetable appetizer for another 5 minutes. Then vinegar essence is poured. If you want to spicy caviar, then you can add chopped garlic at the same time as the vinegar. After 5 minutes the caviar is ready. At this time, there is practically no liquid left in the finished product.
The finished product should be placed in hot sterile jars and sealed immediately. Turn the caviar upside down and wrap it in a blanket or fur coat. The jars should remain in this position until they cool completely. Prepared vegetable snacks for the winter can be stored in the cellar or refrigerator.
Zucchini caviar is simple and quick:
Useful tips
In order for the fastest squash caviar to be stored all winter, you need to adhere to special rules and avoid mistakes:
- To prepare vegetable snacks, only fresh, preferably young, zucchini is used. The seed septum has not yet formed in them, so the yield of chopped vegetables will be greater. In overripe zucchini, you will have to cut out the core with seeds. Moreover, the caviar turns out coarser.
- When choosing tomatoes, choose meaty varieties that contain a minimal amount of liquid. Then it will take less time to prepare the puree.
- Caviar from ground vegetables after cooking may contain small grains. If you want to get a snack with a consistency similar to store-bought, you can grind it using a blender and then bring it to readiness. This must be done before adding vinegar essence.
- There are many Russians who love spicy vegetable snacks. You can add dill and parsley leaves to any of the above recipes according to your taste. They do not need to be ground, but simply finely chopped. They are added at the same time as the tomato paste.
Conclusion
Russians have always liked zucchini caviar, and when prepared with their own hands, it tastes even better. This appetizer can even be placed on a holiday table. Caviar is very tasty with black bread and boiled potatoes. Try this option: spread a piece of bread with butter and put vegetable caviar on top. Amazingly delicious, you just can't stop eating it.
