12 easy recipes for winter marrow jam
Jam made from zucchini for the winter will be enjoyed by everyone, even those who, under no circumstances, do not eat this vegetable. It is impossible to unambiguously describe the taste of zucchini, since the taste and aroma of the added ingredient are absorbed by the product. There are many options for making a sweet vegetable dessert. Often, recipes include components that practically do not combine with each other, but the result is a very tasty and aromatic preparation for the winter.
What you need: choosing vegetables and preparing them
For the preparation of the blank, you can take any kind of zucchini. It also doesn't matter what age the culture is. This does not affect the taste of the finished dessert.
If the zucchini is young, then it may not be peeled from seeds and peels.
If it is necessary to get a jam of a uniform consistency, then the zucchini must be peeled. For convenience, it is recommended to use a special knife. The seeds are harvested with a spoon.
The final step is to choose a cutting shape. Vegetables can be grated, use a meat grinder, cut into cubes. Different chopping options provide different ways to prepare the dessert.
Three classic ways to make zucchini jam
There are various classic recipes that you can use to make your jam.
Jam from zucchini twisted through a meat grinder
To make jam, you will need:
- 1 kg of zucchini;
- 800 gr. sand;
- lemon.
How to cook:
- Vegetables are peeled, twisted through a meat grinder.
- 200 gr is poured into the mixture. granulated sugar, everything is mixed and sent to the fire.
- After boiling, the mass must be constantly stirred.
- Cook for about 20 minutes.
- Rinse the lemon, pour over boiling water and peel the zest. To exclude large inclusions of peel in the jam, the zest is crushed into a homogeneous gruel using a blender.
- Juice is squeezed out of the citrus pulp.
- Zest, juice and 600 gr are sent to the mass from the zucchini. Sahara.
- The jam is boiled down for 30-40 minutes with stirring.
The finished dessert is rolled into jars.
From sliced vegetables
The recipe includes the following products:
- zucchini - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1.3 kg;
- orange - 1 pc.
Cooking process:
- The vegetables are cut into 2 cm cubes.
- Slicing is filled with 300 gr.sand, mixed and set aside for 5 hours.
- When the mass is covered with the resulting juice, it is put on gas and boiled for about 25 minutes.
- The softened vegetables are blended into a homogeneous mixture.
- 1 kg of sugar is poured into the product, orange juice is added.
- Jam is boiled for 50 minutes.
- When the dessert becomes thick, it is poured into jars.
Quick recipe with added water
Jam is made from the following ingredients:
- zucchini - 1.5 kg;
- sand - 1.2 kg;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- orange - 1 pc.;
- water.
Cooking process:
- The product is cut into cubes, folded into a saucepan and half filled with water.
- The slices are cooked over medium heat for 25 minutes.
- Vegetable pieces are selected using a slotted spoon and placed in a separate bowl.
- Boiled pieces of zucchini are interrupted with a blender, filled with sand and citrus juice.
- The sweet mixture is sent to the stove to boil for about 20 minutes.
Variety of recipes with fruits and citrus
There are many options for a dessert that can be prepared for the winter.
With orange
Ingredients for the dessert:
- 1 kg of zucchini;
- 3.5 cups of sand;
- 3 pcs. orange.
Cooking steps:
- The zucchini is grated on a coarse grater and sent to the pan.
- The slicing is covered with sugar and set aside for 6 hours in a cold place to brew.
- The mixture is placed on the stove, brought to a boil, and cooked with stirring for 20 minutes.
- The mass is removed from the fire, cooled and placed in a cool place for 4 hours.
- Again, the workpiece is heated to a boil, peeled, chopped oranges are added. The dessert is boiled for about 20 minutes.
- Again, you need to cool the jam. Let it brew for 4 hours and once again carry out the cooking process.
Vanilla jam
To make jam you will need:
- 0.5 tsp vanillin;
- 2.5 kg of sugar;
- 1 kg of zucchini;
- 3 kg of apples.
How to do:
- Zucchini, apples are peeled, crushed with a blender.
- The mixture is boiled for 45 minutes with stirring, until it thickens.
- The mass is crushed into puree.
- Sand is added, again boiled down to a density for half an hour, mixed.
- At the end, vanillin is introduced, mixed.
- The jam is immediately packaged in banks.
With the addition of apricots
You will need the following products:
- 1 kg of apricots;
- 1.2 kg of sugar;
- 400 gr. zucchini;
- 100 ml pineapple juice.
How to cook jam:
- Apricots, zucchini are chopped with a blender.
- Pineapple juice is added to the mass.
- The mixture is boiled over low heat for 25 minutes, mixed.
- Using a blender, blend the mixture until smooth.
- Sand is added and the mass is cooked until thickened.
Cherry plum, apples and zucchini
Required Ingredients:
- 300 gr. cherry plums;
- 300 gr. zucchini;
- 400 gr. apples;
- 50 ml of water;
- 1 kg of sugar.
How to cook:
- Zucchini, apples are cut with a blender.
- Boil cherry plum with water, steam under a lid for 4 minutes.
- Grate the finished cherry plum through a sieve.
- All products are combined, boiled for 8 minutes.
- The finished mixture is mashed.
- It boils down to thickening.
- Sugar is added in portions.
- Mixing all the time, the jam must be boiled to the desired thickness.
Sweet apples and zucchini
Required products:
- 500 gr. zucchini;
- 250 gr. sweet apples;
- medium lemon;
- 100 g honey.
How to cook:
- Zucchini, apple are grated.
- Citrus together with the peel is passed through a meat grinder.
- All ingredients are mixed and cooked for half an hour.
- After 30 minutes, the jam is poured hot into the jars.
With dried apricots
For cooking you will need:
- 1 kg of zucchini;
- 1 kg of sand;
- 150 gr. dried apricots;
- ½ lemon.
Step by step cooking:
- Dried apricots are poured with boiling water for 15 minutes, squeezed out.
- Vegetables with dried apricots are passed through a meat grinder.
- Sugar is introduced.
- The mass is boiled, cooked for 40 minutes over low heat, mixed.
- Lemon zest and juice are added.
- Brew for 15 minutes.
- Dessert is poured into jars.
With lemon
List of ingredients:
- 1 kg of vegetables;
- 1.1 kg of sugar;
- 1.5 pcs. lemon.
How to cook:
- The vegetables are cut into pieces.
- Pour 250 mg of sand, put the pan on the stove (over low heat).
- The mixture is brought to a boil, grinded.
- Transferred to a saucepan, covered with sand.
- Prepared until thick.
- During cooking, lemon juice is poured.
With pineapple and citrus
The recipe includes:
- 1 kg zucchini;
- 300 gr. pineapple;
- lemon;
- 2 oranges;
- 1 kg of sand.
Step by step cooking:
- Zucchini and pineapple are peeled and cut into cubes.
- Juice is squeezed out of the lemon, the zest is crushed.
- The orange is disassembled into slices, the zest is crushed.
- All products are mixed, covered with sand, set aside for 2 hours.
- The mass is cooked over moderate heat until it boils. We must let it cool down.
- The process is repeated 2 times. The last step takes 15 minutes to cook.
With orange juice, raisins and sour apples
Jam products:
- 1 kg of sugar;
- 1.5 kg of zucchini;
- 250 mg of raisins;
- 1 kg of apples;
- ½ glass of orange juice.
How to cook:
- Dice vegetables and fruits.
- Juice is poured into the slicing, sugar is added. The mixture is set aside overnight.
- Raisins are poured with boiling water until morning.
- The products are combined together, put on fire, boiled for 45 minutes, the foam is removed.
- At the end of cooking, stir frequently, the mixture will begin to thicken.
- Hot jam is laid out in banks.
Duration and storage rules
If the vegetable marrow jam was poured into a properly sterilized container, then the shelf life of the dessert is about 1.5 years. The storage area should be cool and dark.
It is better to eat the preparation before the new season of vegetables.
