Zucchini like mushrooms for winter

Unusual appetizer of zucchini for winter with mushroom flavor! This snack will not leave anyone indifferent. And mushroom lovers will simply be delighted with a salad of zucchini for the winter. After all, such zucchini turn out not only crispy, elastic and fragrant, but also a pronounced taste of wild mushrooms. Zucchini itself has a neutral and bland taste and has the properties to absorb the taste of other aromatic ingredients with which they are cooked. In this snack, such a neighbor of zucchini is dill, which gives the dish the taste of mushrooms. We need to try to make sure of this.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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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
66 kcal
GI: 83 / 0 / 17

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make zucchini like mushrooms for winter? Prepare the necessary ingredients. For such a snack, any zucchini collected in season will be suitable, I have zucchini. It is better to use young vegetables with a tender skin and with the absence of seeds and pulp, then it is enough to rinse the zucchini well under running water, dry it with a napkin and cut into small cubes.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    If you use more mature fruits, with an already tough peel and pulp with seeds inside, then rinse them, peel them off and remove the core with seeds. The weight of such zucchini should be calculated in the already purified form. Cut the zucchini into cubes. We put the cubes of zucchini in a deep container, it is better to use a glass one.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Wash the dill greens well, dry and cut into small pieces. Add dill to a bowl with zucchini.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Peel a couple of garlic cloves from the film and finely chop with a knife or pass through a press. Also add it to a bowl with zucchini.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add spices to the bowl: sugar, salt, ground black pepper. pour in the vegetable oil and vinegar. Mix well. Leave the salad to stand at room temperature for about 1.5 hours. Periodically stir the squash, it should release a large amount of juice. Sterilize the jars (preferably with a volume of 0.5 liters) in a convenient way for you: on a steam bath, in a microwave oven or in an oven, after washing them with baking soda.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Arrange the squash in sterilized jars. Then pour the marinade remaining in the bowl into jars so that it covers the contents. Cover the jars with lids and put them in a cold oven. Turn the oven on 150 degrees and sterilize the jars with the contents for 15 minutes. Then take out the jars and roll up the lids. Turn them upside down, wrap them in a blanket and let them cool down.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Store the zucchini snack in a cool place. Enjoy your meal!

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper). 

How to calculate the number of cans, why banks explode and how to avoid it, as well as secrets and life hacks, read the article about preparations for the winter.

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

  • Zucchini - 23   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Table vinegar - 11   kcal/100g

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