Simple Zucchini Caviar Through a Meat Grinder (No Garlic)

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make simple zucchini caviar through a meat grinder? Gather your ingredients. The amounts are given for unpeeled vegetables. Choose young zucchini. If yours are mature, be sure to peel them and remove the seeds (in that case, weigh the older zucchini already peeled). Use a neutral, odorless oil. You can swap the tomato paste for plain ketchup with no additives, but the caviar will come out a bit sweeter.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash, peel, and cut the young zucchini into cubes or batons — small enough to fit through your meat grinder.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the onions and carrots and rinse them. Cut the onion into small dice. Grate the carrots on a medium grater, or use a food processor or meat grinder.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash the tomatoes, cut out the stem end, and cut them into wedges or large cubes.

5. Step 5:

   

   Fry the onion and carrot in the odorless oil until soft, over medium heat, stirring so they don't burn. Once cooled, run the vegetables through the meat grinder so the caviar comes out more uniform.

6. Step 6:

   

   Run the zucchini through the meat grinder and set it in a sieve to drain off the excess liquid.

7. Step 7:

   

   Run the tomato wedges through the meat grinder too. You don't have to peel them — the skins will get ground up anyway.

8. Step 8:

   

   In your cooking pot, combine the drained ground zucchini, the ground tomatoes, and the sautéed vegetables, and stir.

9. Step 9:

   

   Add the tomato paste and salt and stir again. There's no need for extra spices — you don't want to overpower the flavor of the zucchini caviar itself.

10. Step 10:

    

    Simmer the zucchini caviar over low heat for 1.5 hours, stirring constantly. Meanwhile, get the jars and lids ready.

11. Step 11:

    

    At the end of cooking, pour in the vinegar, stir, bring back to a boil, and take it off the heat right away.

12. Step 12:

    

    Spoon the boiling-hot zucchini caviar into sterile jars and seal them. This amount makes about seven pint (half-liter) jars.

13. Step 13:

    

    Wrap the jars of caviar and leave them to cool completely. Store the zucchini caviar in a dark, cool place.

14. Step 14:

    

    This simple garlic-free zucchini caviar, ground through a meat grinder, comes out fragrant, thick, smooth, tender, and very tasty.

15. Step 15:

    

    Happy canning!