Zucchini jam with orange

With a pleasant sourness and delicate taste, unusual, bright! Zucchini jam with orange can be stored until the end of winter. It will delight you not only with taste, but also with color! The vegetables in it are so saturated with citrus aromas that it seems as if all the jam is made from them!
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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 % 36 g
145 kcal
GI: 11 / 0 / 89

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 d
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook zucchini jam with orange? Prepare the products. For this recipe, it is better to use young zucchini. But if you have them more mature, cut off the peel from them and remove all the seeds. Wash vegetables and fruits well and dry them with napkins. Citrus fruits should be washed with a brush and sprinkled with boiling water.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    My zucchini are young, their skin is still soft, I cut the zucchini without peeling them. Cut the zucchini into medium-sized cubes. Transfer the sliced zucchini to a saucepan or other dish in which you will cook the jam.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Peel the zest from the washed lemons and oranges with a fine grater and add it to the zucchini.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    From oranges and lemon, also cut off the white dense skin, and cut the fruits themselves into small pieces and add them to the zucchini. Be sure to remove all the seeds, both orange and lemon. Even one stone can add bitterness to the finished jam!

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Fill the products with sugar, let them stand for a while so that the juice stands out. Mix and cook the jam in two sets. To do this, bring the jam (necessarily on low heat) to a boil, boil for 2-3 minutes, if foam appears, remove it with a slotted spoon. Then turn off the stove and let the jam cool completely to room temperature. Bring the jam to a boil again, boil for 2-3 minutes and let cool again. The procedure can be repeated up to 3 times.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    If in the future the jam is planned to be stored until winter, then spread it hot in sterile jars and seal it. Sterilization will not be required. Have a nice tea party!

You can add variety to this recipe and try adding a little crushed green cardamom seeds. Jam will acquire a noble deep taste, very unusual and exotic.
You can also make jam from ripe zucchini, then be sure to cut off the rough skin and remove the seeds.

So that summer supplies are guaranteed to delight you throughout the cold season, read the basic rules, secrets and life hacks about preparations for the winter.

Which zucchini will work best? Choose young fruits with tender skins. Wash them and peel them. It is not necessary to cut off a very thin skin. If you use more mature zucchini, cut off the rough peel and cut out the middle with the seeds.

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

  • Zucchini - 23   kcal/100g
  • Lemon - 16   kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Oranges - 36   kcal/100g

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