Cooking zucchini jam

Jam is a favorite delicacy of many, and it is made from a variety of fruits and berries.Some people like jam from plums or apples, others - from raspberries or strawberries. There are so many different options that everyone can cook a delicacy to their liking. But when everything is already tried and you want something unusual, we prepare jam from zucchini.

Zucchini jam is remarkable in that properly cooked slices of this vegetable can acquire the flavor that we want; it is enough to add an additional ingredient there. It can be lemon, orange or pineapple. Zucchini jam, which is cooked very quickly, will be suitable - their processing will take much less time. Their skin is very thin and there are not so many seeds that are present in the courgettes, in which the seeds must be removed.

Squashes are considered very healthy vegetables, contain few calories, they are recommended to be included in the daily diet, they are helpful in the work of the heart, liver and kidneys, stomach and intestines, rid the body of cholesterol, helping to clean the blood vessels. In drawing up the diet menu, these vegetables are also often used. Zucchini is known for its content of vitamins C, PP, group B, as well as minerals - calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium.

In addition to zucchini jam there are fruits that are rich in vitamins. Therefore, jam can be considered a useful product. But keep in mind that it also contains sugar, without which it can not do.

Any jam contains calories because of the presence of sugar in it, the average squash calorie content is about 200 calories per 100 g of the finished product.

By itself, the zucchini has practically no contraindications, it is useful in diets, in various diseases, and in pregnancy. Even babies in the diet it is introduced one of the first vegetables. But with jam, the situation is somewhat different due to the presence of sugar and citrus in it. Therefore, there are a number of contraindications:

• It is not recommended to use jam to those who are allergic to citrus or try carefully, literally one teaspoon;
• For diabetics, this product is contraindicated due to the presence of a large amount of sugar;
• those who are overweight will also not benefit from such preserves because of the high calorie content;
• with a strict diet, sugar is usually completely excluded from the diet;
• nursing mothers this type of delicacy is not suitable because of the content of citrus, it is not known what reaction it will cause in the baby;
• young children are not recommended to use the jam, not only squash, but any other;
• It should be remembered that even the most useful product can do harm instead of benefit, if you eat it without measure, a few teaspoons a day will be quite enough.

Cook zucchini can be in different ways and with the addition of various fruits. Each recipe is good in its own way. Preparation of any of them begins with the processing of vegetables. They need to be well washed, peeled, removed the seeds and cut into pieces, smaller or larger - at the discretion of the hostess. If it is jam or jam, you can grate.

You can make jam in the usual and fairly simple way. When zucchini is washed, cleaned, diced or rubbed on a grater, you need to fill them with sugar, using one-to-one proportions, and then let it brew for about three hours so that the sugar is well absorbed and the vegetables are given juice. Then the container with the contents must be put on a slow fire, bring to a boil and cook for half an hour. After that, the jam should cool. In the meantime, you need to prepare citrus fruits, depending on whether the jam is an orange or lemon.

Per kilogram of zucchini will be enough three oranges or lemons.They need to peel, pull out the bones and cut into cubes. Then boil the jam again, add the fruit and cook for ten minutes. After it cools down, a delicious treat is ready.

And you can cook jam or jam. To do this, mince or mix vegetables and fruits in a blender. In the resulting puree add sugar and cook over low heat for an hour, while stirring the mixture occasionally. After cooking, cool and pour into clean sterilized jars, tightly closed with lids. Some housewives cook zucchini with apples. After squash washed and cleaned, they need to cut into slices.

Similarly, chop the apples into slices, mix everything and cover with sugar, let it brew for several hours. Then cook on low heat for half an hour, cool, then boil again the same amount of time.

After preparing the vegetables and fruits, you need to fill them with sugar and after insisting send in a microwave. It should be remembered that the dishes should be filled with a mixture of only half. Otherwise, it will begin to boil over and stain both the dishes and the microwave. You need to boil the mixture for about ten minutes, choosing the most powerful mode. Then cool and boil again in the same mode. The third time, you can reduce the time to five minutes and select the minimum mode. To give the jam an unusual taste, some housewives add some grated ginger.

You can cook jam from zucchini with lemon in a slow cooker, using two options. Those who prefer a light bitterness can use lemon zest, rubbed it on the grater. If bitterness is not needed, you can only use lemon pulp, which will give the product a pronounced taste and aroma. Vegetables and fruits are peeled, cut into pieces, covered with sugar and infused for two hours. Then the mixture is placed in a multicooker tank, setting the quenching mode for half an hour. After that, the jam cools down and then cooked again for another forty minutes.

Next, the sweetness should be decomposed into prepared banks and put away in a cool place. In exactly the same way, you can make jam and with the addition of oranges, and you can use both types of citrus.

If lemon and orange as additives to this delicacy are known to many, then there are other interesting recipes that will give the sweet dessert an unusual taste. It can be an excellent preparation for the winter. If the jam is made from fresh products and according to all the rules, placed in sterile dishes, then it will be stored for a long time. It is not necessary to keep it in the refrigerator. Any cool room will suit, it can be a storage room, a cellar or a balcony if it is warmed and there are no big sub-zero temperatures.

You can make jam from zucchini with dried apricots. For this you need to take zucchini, wash, peel, cut into pieces. Grind in a blender with dried apricots. After that, add sugar and leave to soak for two hours. After boiling on low heat for forty minutes, stirring occasionally, you need to cool the mixture. Then boil again, reducing the time to twenty minutes. If you cook these simple vegetables with pineapple juice, then the resulting delicacy will be difficult to distinguish from pineapple slices. The main thing is to make everything right. A pint of juice is enough for two kilograms of zucchini. You can, of course, add the juice of natural pineapple and even its slices. This will only improve the final product.

The first thing prepared zucchini. As in previous recipes, vegetables should be thoroughly washed, peeled, removed seeds, cut into pieces, then add sugar and pineapple juice.Boil for about half an hour, and then cool. Boil again for ten minutes. This time is enough for the jam to become a beautiful amber color. When cooking all the recipes you need to focus on your taste. If you like liquid jam more, you need to cook less. The thicker the delicacy is required, the longer it will have to be cooked. And, of course, you need to constantly try, so that the pieces are not too hard, but they also do not turn into porridge.

Another very original and tasty recipe - with bananas. Squash and bananas are cut into pieces, covered with sugar. Stir occasionally. When the composition will give juice, you can put the container on the stove and cook for thirty minutes. When preparing the ingredients you need to choose only fresh zucchini, without damage. In the young zucchini more juice and almost no seeds. They cook faster and give more liquid. More mature zucchini give a thicker mass, but they have more seeds and skin is much denser.

Jam is more convenient to store in small glass jars so that the open jar does not stand for a long time. If the jam is made from high-quality products and prepared with the observance of technology, it should not be candied, fermented or moldy. But if it did happen, more often the delicacy can be saved. If it is candied, it must be poured into a container and melted, holding it in a water bath or boiling it over a small fire. You can melt in the microwave.

If the jam was fermented, it means that there was little sugar in it. In this case, it must be poured into a container, boil well, adding sugar. When mold appears, it must be removed and discarded, the remaining jam also boil over low heat.

To learn how to make delicious zucchini jam with lemon and orange, see the next video.