Step-by-step recipe for making marinated zucchini with butter for the winter
Zucchini can be used to prepare many delicious dishes, including for the winter. For example, you can make marinated zucchini with butter for the winter. The appetizer is prepared quickly and easily.
Features of marinating zucchini with oil for the winter
The marinating squash can be cut in any way - rings, cubes or cubes. You can add soy sauce mixed with vegetable oil to the snack.
In order for the appetizer to turn out to be spicy, after adding the spice, it should be infused for about 1 hour. During this time, the fruits will have time to absorb all the taste and aroma of spices.
Banks are sterilized with steam or in hot water before placing cans. Sterilized zucchini will last longer than non-sterilized ones.
Ingredients
To prepare the recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
- young ripe zucchini or zucchini;
- sugar;
- salt;
- vegetable oil;
- vinegar;
- water;
- garlic.
Herbs and spices can be added to preservation if desired. Also, to prepare preservation, you will have to prepare a marinade in advance.
Specificity of product selection
For the preparation of pickled zucchini, it is best to use young fruits with a thin light-green skin, which is usually not cut off. Fruits can be of any variety and size.
The main thing is that there are no traces of damage on the peel, and they are fresh.
Both sunflower and olive oil are suitable for preservation. To give the marinated zucchini an unusual taste, you can put various spices, herbs, herbs in the blank. For example, black pepper, dill, parsley, basil, garlic.
How to prepare containers
Glass jars are usually used to lay the finished preservation. Banks are first washed thoroughly with soda and soap. Then sterilized. You can sterilize in various ways. For example, in a saucepan. To do this, pour water into a large saucepan. Lay a towel at the bottom. Place the jars in the pan so that they do not touch each other. Put on fire and sterilize them in boiling water for 15 minutes.
Another way is by ferry. To do this, heat the water in a kettle. Put a jar in the hole for the lid and steam sterilize it for 15 minutes.
Cooking process
The process of cooking marinated zucchini:
- Wash the vegetables, spread them on a towel to dry the water, then cut in any way.
- Wash the greens and chop finely.
- Peel the garlic heads, crush with a knife and finely chop.
- Put the workpiece in a large saucepan, add herbs, sugar, salt, vinegar and vegetable oil. To stir thoroughly.Leave the workpiece for 1 hour.
- The finished preservation can be poured with marinade, or you can leave it that way if the zucchini has enough juice.
- To prepare the marinade, you need to bring water to a boil, add salt and sugar, bay leaves, black peppercorns. Boil for 5 minutes. Add vinegar at the end. Marinade is used if the fruits have been cut into large cubes or circles.
Transfer vegetables to jars and close them with lids. Allow the snack to cool down to room temperature before storing it in the basement. The jars are turned upside down and covered with a towel until they cool.
Storage of the finished product
The finished preservation is stored in a cool and ventilated area.
The cans should not be exposed to sunlight, otherwise the snack will be lost.
A dark cellar or basement, refrigerator or closet is best suited for storage. The shelf life of pickled zucchini in sterilized jars is up to 2 years. It is recommended to use non-sterilized preservation within a year after its preparation.
