13 delicious recipes for making zucchini jam with lemon for the winter
Zucchini is a healthy and easily digestible vegetable. Together with lemon, they constitute a powerful source of vitamin C. Therefore, their combination is often used in the preparation of home preservation. By the taste of lemon squash jam, it's hard to guess that it is made from vegetables. And if you add your favorite fruits to it, you get an unusual and healthy dessert for the whole family.
Features of cooking zucchini jam with lemon
Vegetables should be washed, peeled, seeds removed. For the jam to thicken, the sliced zucchini must be dried by removing the juice.
The citrus pulp is ground together with the zest, which gives the jam its flavor.
Specificity of product selection
Zucchini of any kind, medium ripeness, with a thin skin are suitable for dessert.
A delicate consistency is obtained from zucchini, and yellow varieties give the dish a golden color.
Container preparation
Before cooking, 1 liter jars are sterilized in the oven, microwave or over a saucepan of boiling water. Convenient to use twist-off caps. They are dipped in boiling water for 5 minutes, like conventional seaming caps.
Recipes for making zucchini jam with lemon for the winter
You can add apples, dried fruits, spices, nuts to the dish.
Classic version
To cook a simple jam with an original sourness, you need:
- 2 kilograms of zucchini and sugar;
- 4 lemons.
Preparation:
- citrus and vegetables, cut into pieces, mix in a saucepan with sugar;
- heat the juicy mass over a fire until boiling;
- boil for 2 minutes, let cool and repeat the procedure 5 times.
When the vegetables turn transparent, the dish is ready.
Quick recipe
With a grater, you can quickly prepare delicious jam.
Products:
- zucchini - 1 kilogram;
- lemons - 2 pieces;
- sugar - 600 grams.
Preparation:
- grate peeled vegetables, mix with sugar;
- cut the peeled citruses, mix with the zucchini;
- put the mixture on fire, let it boil and cool 3 times.
The finished dish can be served or canned.
With orange
Required:
- zucchini - 3 kilograms;
- oranges, lemons - 1 kilogram each;
- granulated sugar - 2.5 kilograms;
- butter - 50 grams;
- carnations - 2 pieces;
- cinnamon - half a teaspoon.
Cooking method:
- grind vegetables and citrus fruits without peel in a meat grinder;
- melt butter with spices and sweet sand in a saucepan;
- add the fruit and vegetable mixture, let it boil;
- reduce heat, cook for 30 minutes, then let cool;
- boil, boil and cool 2 more times.
Anise can be added to spices.
With nuts
To vary the sweet taste of the jam, you can make it nutty.
What you need:
- a kilogram of zucchini;
- zest and juice of 1 lemon;
- 0.5 cups walnuts;
- a kilogram of sugar;
- 350 milliliters of water.
How to cook:
- chop vegetables and nuts;
- prepare syrup;
- put zucchini in it, bring to a boil;
- cook over low heat for 7 minutes and set aside to cool;
- add citrus juice and zest, nuts to vegetables, cook over low heat.
Density and orange zucchini are a sign of ready-made jam.
With dried apricots
Composition:
- 500 grams of zucchini;
- 200 grams of dried apricots;
- 1 lemon;
- 150 grams of granulated sugar;
- 2 teaspoons of pectin;
- a pinch of nutmeg.
Preparation:
- Rinse dried apricots and soak in hot water;
- cut citrus with peel into circles, which are cut into 4 parts;
- cut vegetables into cubes;
- make syrup in water from dried apricots;
- add chopped dried apricots, zucchini and citrus to it;
- cook on low heat for 1 hour, removing the foam;
- mix a teaspoon of sweet sand and pectin, add with nutmeg to jam, stir;
- after 2 minutes, remove from the stove and pour into jars.
The bright, amber dish can be tasted after 3 days.
With mint
Delicious aromatic jam can be made with mint.
Ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of zucchini;
- 1 thick-skinned lemon;
- 500 grams of sugar;
- 5 sprigs of young mint;
How to cook:
- Mix the diced vegetables in a saucepan with sugar and let it brew for 40 minutes;
- put the saucepan on the stove, let the zucchini boil and hold on low heat for another 20 minutes;
- cut the citrus into slices, cut the slices in half;
- chop the mint leaves;
- add to vegetables, cook for another 20 minutes.
For a thinner consistency, add water.
With apples
A popular recipe is canning zucchini with apples.
Cooking requires:
- 500 grams of zucchini and apples;
- 300 grams of sugar;
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice
- zest of 1 citrus.
Cooking method:
- cut zucchini and apples into cubes, put in a saucepan with sugar, lemon juice and zest;
- cook, adding water, if necessary.
The dish is ready in 15 minutes.
With spices
The thick jam is well complemented by notes of vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, anise. Spices can be added to any of the recipes at the end of cooking.
With orange and pineapple
A delicate golden dessert is obtained from yellow zucchini varieties.
Composition:
- zucchini - 1 kilogram;
- pineapple - 1 piece;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- orange - 1 piece;
- sugar - 1 kilogram.
How to cook:
- cut vegetables and pineapple without peel into cubes, mix with sugar;
- boil the juicy mixture for 5 minutes and let cool;
- Mash citruses in a meat grinder, add to zucchini and pineapple and cook for half an hour.
Only fresh pineapple is suitable for jam.
With ginger in a slow cooker
It is easy to prepare jam with a special option in the multicooker menu.
Ingredients:
- zucchini - 1 kilogram;
- ginger - 100 grams;
- lemon juice - 300 milliliters;
- apples - 200 grams;
- sugar - 1 kilogram;
- water - 250 milliliters.
Preparation:
- grind vegetables and apples with ginger in a meat grinder;
- prepare syrup, add lemon juice, warm over low heat for 10 minutes;
- place the syrup and the apple-squash mixture in a slow cooker for an hour in the "Jam" mode.
The dish is easy to prepare thanks to the automatic shutdown.
In a bread maker
Composition:
- zucchini and sugar - by a kilogram;
- 2 lemons;
- 1 peach.
Preparation:
- cut vegetables into cubes, hold in water;
- cut citrus and peach into small pieces, grate the zest, add zucchini, mix with sugar;
- put in a bread maker for 20 minutes.
Roll the dessert into jars. When it cools down, you can taste it.
So that citrus fruits do not add bitterness, the white shell is cut off from them.
Diet recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 kilograms of zucchini;
- 4 lemons;
- 6 grams of sweetener.
Recipe:
- cut vegetables thinly, citruses - large;
- put in a saucepan with sweetener, leave in its own juice for 2 hours;
- put the mixture on fire, after boiling, cook for 2 minutes, let cool, repeat this 5 times.
Even diabetics can enjoy the dish.
Zucchini jam with lemon slices
Composition:
- zucchini - 2 kilograms;
- sugar - 2 kilograms;
- 2 lemons;
- 250 milliliters of water.
Preparation:
- make syrup with ¾ the volume of sugar;
- cut vegetables into cubes, grind citrus fruits in a blender;
- pour vegetable pieces and the rest of the sweet sand into boiling syrup;
- cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are boiled;
- add lemon puree, stir.
Within 20 minutes, the dish will acquire a soft consistency, it can be poured into jars.
How to store a treat correctly?
Jam made from equal parts zucchini and sugar can be stored for 2 years in a cool cellar. If there is little sweetness in the dessert, it is stored in the refrigerator for up to six months.
