Squash caviar with carrots through a meat grinder

Vegetables are fried with tomato paste and vinegar is added. The taste is vegetable, juicy, moderately spicy. But not at the expense of pepper, but garlic. The zucchini itself has a neutral taste and what additives there will be, so the caviar will play. The addition of vinegar gives a barely perceptible sourness, greenery - freshness and aroma.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 1 g
Fats 42 % 5 g
Carbohydrates 50 % 6 g
69 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the products. It is good to take a fresh crop. If the squash is young, leave the peel, remove the seeds from the more mature one and remove the seeds with the core.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash all vegetables and herbs. Cut the zucchini into medium cubes, small onion, parsley root and garlic very small. I rub carrots on a Korean grater, but you can use a regular large one. In this format, the vegetables will fry quickly, and slicing garlic will preserve its juiciness. The greens are also finely chopped. It is better to cook the slicing all at once, then it is prepared quickly.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Heat a large frying pan, pour in 50 ml of vegetable oil, heat to operating temperature / sizzles around the thrown piece /. Toss the zucchini and fry until the liquid evaporates, then until transparent over medium heat, add a little salt and do not forget to stir. Do not cover with a lid. Roasting will take 15-18 minutes, depending on the stove. Make sure they don't burn. Let the finished zucchini cool directly in the frying pan.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Heat another frying pan as well, pour in the remaining oil, heat and throw the onion. Reduce the heat to medium -low, fry the onion until transparent, add the parsley root, carrots, Stir fry until the carrots set, add tomato paste and pour in a couple of tablespoons of water, stirring continuously. Add a little salt and warm up the mass for another minute. The finished roast should not be thick, let it cool down to room temperature. It takes about 10 minutes to cook.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Then combine the contents of both pans, add garlic, herbs and pass everything through a meat grinder with a fine grate. Or punch with an immersion blender. Add sugar, vinegar, if necessary, salt and mix well. The caviar is ready, cool it and you can serve it.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    From this amount of products, 1 can of 0.5 liters is obtained. and a small salad bowl for 3 servings. Caviar can be spun for the winter, but the jars must be sterilized in water 0.5 liters. 5 - 8 minutes from the start of boiling. If there are a lot of cans, it is convenient in the oven. Preheat the oven to 50 degrees, put cans of caviar, the lid is loosely closed and set 120 degrees. From the set temperature, we sterilize 0.5 liters. cans for 8-10 minutes. Tightly twist, turn over.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Let it cool down under the "fur coat". Store in a cool, dark place or in the refrigerator. The finished caviar is appetizing, the taste is balanced, the right consistency.

Squash caviar, a favorite and popular type of preservation. Every experienced hostess has more than one successful recipe in store.

According to this recipe, I cooked caviar many years ago, having harvested the first harvest at my parents' dacha, since then we have forgotten what store-bought squash caviar is. Who helped themselves, everyone asked to share the recipe and he is still loved.

It is prepared simply and quickly.

Frying tomato paste with vegetables gives a richer taste and color.
Only zucchini can be crushed through a meat grinder and mixed with the onion component.
Greens can not be added or changed according to preference. Garlic can be replaced with black or bitter, allspice.

This is a basic recipe and it is the basis for culinary experiments.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Table vinegar - 11   kcal/100g
  • Parsley root - 49   kcal/100g
  • Young zucchini - 24   kcal/100g

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