Delicious zucchini jam with lemon: how to cook for the winter?

Squash jam with lemon turns out not only very tasty and aromatic, but also useful, especially in the winter. It is worth noting that such a dessert is prepared very easily and simply. It can be stored in canned form for 15-18 months.

Lemon and squash jam: recipe for step by step cooking

Necessary ingredients for the dish:

• Zucchini young with a soft skin - 2 kg;
• Granulated sugar - 2 kg;
• Lemons of medium size - 4 pcs.

The process of selecting the main products

Squash jam with a lemon will turn out gentle and soft only if for the preparation of such a sweet product use only young and fresh vegetables. Also for a useful dessert it is recommended to purchase medium-sized fruits with a thin skin.

The processing of the main ingredients

Before you cook the jam from the courgettes, you should take a few zucchini, wash them, peel them, peel the seeds (if they are too large) and the peduncles, and then chop into cubes with sides of 1 centimeter. Likewise, you need to do the lemon. At the same time, it should not be peeled off, as the peel will make the jam more tasty, useful and fragrant.

Forming a dish

After the lemon and zucchini are processed, they need to be put in enameled containers, and then pour sugar to them. Next, all the ingredients should be well mixed and left under the newspaper for 2 hours. During this time, vegetables and fruits will give their juice, and in the jam it will not be necessary to add drinking water.

Heat treatment

A squash with lemon should be cooked on slow fire in stages. To do this, the filled pelvis should be placed on a gas stove and bring the contents to a boil. Next, the sweet product must be boiled for 3 minutes, and then remove from heat and cool to room temperature. This procedure should be repeated 4-5 times.

It should be specially noted that with each subsequent boiling, the squash will become more transparent, and the products will be significantly respected.

The final stage in the preparation

After the zucchini jam with the lemon will be completely ready, it is required to bring it to the boil for the last time, and then pour it over in hot form to small sterilized jars. Further filled dishes should be rolled up, turned upside down and covered with a dense cloth. In this condition, jam from zucchini and lemon is desirable to withstand until complete cooling. This process can take about a day. After that, the canned sweet product must be placed in the refrigerator or put into the cellar.

How to serve to the table correctly

Such an unusual jam can be consumed the next day after its preparation. Pizza dessert is recommended to be applied on a crispy toast or eat it just like that, you can with tea. By the way, some housewives use this stock to fill sweet open pies or fried pies. No one can deny such products. Try it, and you will see for yourself.