4 recipes for squash caviar you can prepare for the winter

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Try not to eat this delicious snack right away.

For the preparation of caviar, it is better to take young, not too large zucchini. They are softer. In addition, unlike the old ones, they do not have to be peeled and removed from the seeds.

1. Classic squash caviar with tomato paste

A win-win traditional option.

Ingredients

• 2 carrots;
• 2 onions;
• 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 2 zucchini;
• 1-2 cloves of garlic;
• 2-3 tablespoons of tomato paste;
• salt to taste;
• ground black pepper - to taste;
• 1 tablespoon of vinegar - optional.

Preparation

Coarsely grate the carrots and dice the onions. Heat some of the oil in a skillet and sauté the carrots and onions until soft and golden brown. Cut the courgettes into large cubes and fry separately in the remaining oil.

Place vegetables in a saucepan, add a little water and simmer without a lid over moderate heat for an hour. Add water periodically and stir to prevent vegetables from burning.

15 minutes before cooking, add chopped garlic, tomato paste and spices to the caviar and stir. Then beat the caviar with a blender.

If you want to prepare squash caviar for the winter, pour vinegar into it, cover the pan with a lid and bring to a boil. Boil for a few more minutes and spread over sterilized jars.

2. Zucchini caviar with tomatoes and bell pepper in the oven

Such caviar is prepared quickly and easily. And tomatoes and peppers make it even brighter and more aromatic.

Ingredients

• 3 zucchini;
• 4-5 tomatoes;
• 2 bell peppers;
• 4 onions;
• 3 carrots;
• 4-6 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 3 cloves of garlic - optional;
• salt to taste;
• ground black pepper - to taste;
• 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar - optional.

Preparation

Chop the zucchini, tomatoes and peeled peppers into large pieces, and the onions and carrots into thick slices. Place on a baking sheet and cover with oil. Bake at 180 ° C for an hour. The vegetables should be soft.

Transfer the zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and carrots along with the juice that has come out into a saucepan. Add chopped garlic, salt and pepper and blend until smooth.

To prepare a meal for the winter, place the pot of caviar over moderate heat and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, add vinegar, stir and place caviar in sterilized jars.

3. Zucchini caviar with mayonnaise and tomato paste

Thanks to mayonnaise, the caviar is very tender. And this is despite the fact that vegetables are not chopped with a blender after stewing, but with a meat grinder at the beginning of cooking.

Ingredients

• 3 zucchini;
• 2 onions;
• 80-100 g of mayonnaise;
• 100 g tomato paste;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• salt to taste;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• ground black pepper - to taste;
• 1 bay leaf;
• 1 tablespoon of vinegar - optional.

Preparation

Chop the zucchini and onion into large pieces and mince. Place vegetables in a saucepan, add mayonnaise, tomato paste and vegetable oil and stir.

Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Then cook the caviar under a lid over moderate heat for another 1, 5–2 hours, stirring often. Add salt, sugar, pepper and bay leaf and, stirring occasionally, simmer the caviar for another hour.

After cooking, remove the bay leaf from the caviar, otherwise the dish will taste bitter.

Caviar prepared according to this recipe can be immediately placed in sterilized jars. But if you are still afraid that the caviar will deteriorate, pour vinegar into it a couple of minutes before cooking and mix thoroughly.

4. Zucchini caviar with apples

Apples add a spicy sourness to the dish. The advantage of the recipe is that the caviar can be rolled up immediately for the winter. After all, apples act as a natural preservative.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 onion;
• 2-3 tomatoes;
• 3 zucchini;
• 2 sour green apples;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• salt to taste;
• ground black pepper - to taste.

Preparation

Heat some of the oil in a skillet and fry the grated carrots and diced onions and peeled tomatoes until golden brown. Fry the zucchini cubes separately in the remaining oil until soft.

Place vegetables in a saucepan. Peel and seed apples. Cut them into cubes and add to the vegetables. Simmer over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for about half an hour.

Add chopped garlic, salt and pepper and cook for another half hour. Beat the caviar with a blender until smooth, bring to a boil and cook for another 5 minutes.