Tropical fruit - pineapple has long won our fresh and amazing taste our location. And we use it not only in fresh form. Canned pineapple slices have become an indispensable component in many salads , desserts and pastries. They perfectly set off the taste of poultry meat and refresh any dish. But many do not even suspect that the alternative is not very cheap, but such a sought after tropical fruit can be found in your garden.
Today we will tell you how to make pineapples from simple zucchini and preserve them for the winter. Somehow miraculously, after heat treatment and soaking in syrup and citrus flavor, banal slices of pizza acquire pineapple taste. Try to make such a preparation, and you will be pleasantly surprised by the result, and most importantly, provide yourself with cooked "canned pineapple".
Squash, like pineapple for the winter with orange - recipe
Ingredients:
Calculation for five liter cans:
- zucchini - 4 kg;
- oranges - 3 pieces;
For syrup:
- granulated sugar - 450 g;
- citric acid - 25 g;
- purified water - 1 liter.
Preparation
In order for this recipe to take place and as a result you have really got the pineapple taste of the billet, it is only necessary to observe it. Zucchini should be necessarily mature and not young at all, otherwise the result will be completely different.
So, we save the ripe squash fruit from the skin, cut it in half and extract the seeds using a spoon. Next, shred the remaining dense pulp cubes of the desired size and put them in pre-prepared washed, dry jars, on the bottom of which we place four or five orange slices, depending on the size.
If desired, you can prepare rings of pineapple. To do this, peeled zucchini fruits cut into circles about one centimeter thick and a glass of a suitable size, or cut out a cup with a seed with seeds from each mug. We get zucchini rings, which we put in a jar for orange slices.
Now, in the cold, purified water, we dissolve sugar and citric acid according to the recipe and fill the syrup with our fruits in the cans. Place the containers with the workpiece in a wide saucepan, cover with tin lids, add cold water over the hangers and determine the design for the fire. After boiling, we sterilize zucchini for fifteen minutes, we seal the lids and wrap the cans thoroughly until completely cooled, turning them upside down.
Compote of courgettes for the winter, like pineapple
Ingredients:
- large zucchini - 1 pc .;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- granulated sugar - 350 g;
- buds of dried cloves - 5 pcs .;
- purified water - 2.5 liters.
Preparation
For the preparation of "pineapple" compote large ripe zucchini washed well and peeled. Then remove the soft core with the seeds, and dense pulp shredded cubes of the desired size. We put them in a pan with a volume of more than three liters, fill it with purified water and determine it to fire. After boiling, pour in the sugar and mix the contents of the dishes until it dissolves. We let the mass boil again, throw the buds of dried cloves and
Your guests will never guess what lies behind this amazingly delicious compote, and upon learning, they will certainly ask for a prescription. Pieces of zucchini can be served together with compote or supplement them with various kinds of desserts or salads.