Zucchini with mint and cherry plum as pineapple harvesting for winter

A simple recipe for dessert preparation of zucchini and cherry plum. Do you like exotic fruits, but do not have the opportunity to buy them often? We offer to cook together with us zucchini with cherry plum "like pineapples" — a delicious dessert preparation for the winter.
Natalia VasilenkoAuthor avatar
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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 0 % 0 g
Fats 0 % 0 g
Carbohydrates 100 % 26 g
103 kcal
GI: 12 / 0 / 88

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 50 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    This unusual combination surprises many with its taste. The aftertaste and sourness of the cherry plum give the usual zucchini a flavor shade resembling pineapple. Even during the cooking process, when pouring cherry plums and zucchini with syrup, the smell of pineapple is already felt. To deepen the flavor range, various spices are used in this preparation. In addition to spices, you can add lemon zest, I will add cloves and dried mint leaves. The recipe is given for 3 liter cans.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Prepare everything for canning – wash and sterilize the jars in a convenient way for you, boil the lids. Peel the zucchini and wash the cherry plum. At the bottom of a clean jar, put the cherry plum (300 grams in each jar).

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Cut the peeled zucchini into circles or halves, depending on their size. Add to the jars with cherry plum, fill the jars with boiling water up to the neck and let it warm up for 15 minutes.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Peeled zucchini cut into circles or halves, depending on their size. Add to the jars with cherry plum, fill the jars with boiling water up to the neck and let it warm up for 15 minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Zucchini with cherry plum "like pineapples" (homemade pineapples) are ready. Have a delicious winter and bon appetit!

Once upon a time, a friend of mine treated me to a very unusual jam and offered to guess what it was made of. After the twentieth attempt, I gave up, because the taste was good, unusual, with sourness, but nothing of the familiar tastes reminded me. I was quite surprised when she told me that it was zucchini jam with lemon. After this incident, I liked it interesting and I started experimenting. In addition to jam, I found a recipe for harvesting zucchini with cherry plum on the Internet, I upgraded it somewhat to my taste and today I suggest you prepare this simple dessert preparation from simple products. You can store it both in the basement and in the apartment, it is perfectly worth it. Have a delicious and healthy winter and bon appetit!

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

  • Zucchini - 23   kcal/100g
  • Carnation - 323   kcal/100g
  • Mint fresh - 49   kcal/100g
  • Dried mint - 285   kcal/100g
  • Mint - 49   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Cherry plum - 27   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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