Zucchini is such a unique vegetable that you can even make jam or jam from it. Zucchini jam turns out to be not only tasty, but also healthy, thanks to ginger and lemon.
Ingredients for making zucchini jam:
- 3-4 young small squash / zucchini;
- 1-1, 1 kg of sugar;
- 2-3 lemons;
- 120-140 ml of water;
- 40-50 grams of ginger (fresh).
Cooking zucchini jam with lemon and ginger:
1. Thinly cut the skin from the zucchini and remove the center, cut them into several pieces, rinse and dry.
2. Then the peeled zucchini should be chopped in a food processor / blender or on a fine grater. Then cover them with sugar in a bowl and leave for an hour.
3. Squeeze juice out of three washed lemons. Peel the ginger and grate it coarsely.
you can take oranges instead of lemons and use not only their juice, but also the pulp. This will give the jam a beautiful color and unusual taste.
4. After an hour has passed, pour 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and water into the zucchini, stir and cook for about 35 minutes. When cooking, zucchini jam needs regular stirring. The jam should be soft and golden in color.
5. After that, pour the ginger into the jam and pour all the juice from the lemons, stir well and cook for about 15 minutes more.
6. Put the hot squash jam into small sterilized jars. Close each jar tightly with a lid, cool and put in the refrigerator.
