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Who would have thought that from vegetables you can make a delicious jam? For example, from patissons and zucchini an exotic dessert with pineapple taste is obtained, while vegetables do not "smell" there.
Such jam is often prepared only from courgettes. But everyone knows that the flesh has a denser structure with the patisson, which keeps the shape in the cooking process, in contrast to zucchini, which can collapse. The combination of these two types of vegetables allows you to keep the beautiful appearance of the jam, and pieces of squash and really crunch like pineapples.
What products will be needed?
To make jam, you need to take:
- 1 kg of patissons;
- 350 ml of pineapple juice;
- ¼ of a lemon;
- 100 g of sugar;
- 150 ml of water (if necessary).
If you do not have a lemon on hand, it will be replaced by ordinary citric acid.
Preparing vegetables
In whatever degree of maturity were not the squash with squash, it is better to peel them. So the jam will have the same color. Wash vegetables before cleaning.
Peeled zucchini cut into thick slices and using a glass to remove the core to make a ringlet. Patissons simply crumble in medium pieces.
From the lemon to choose seeds and cut into cubes.
How to cook jam?
To boil the sliced vegetables, you need to make a syrup of juice and sugar. When it boils, add the lemon and cubes of squash.
After boiling the squash, put a ring of courgettes and mix. In the process of cooking, the vegetables will be given juice, and the necessary liquid will appear.
If the juice is small, you can add a little water to the stock.
Boil the jam for 15 minutes, then turn off the hotplate and let it brew for 5 hours. After the specified time, again bring the workpiece to a boil, screw in the fire and simmer for another 15 minutes. Finished jam put in pasteurized jars and cork. Place the jars on the lid, cover with a towel and allow them to cool completely.
Such a dessert not only resembles pineapples in cans, but also produces the aroma of this exotic fruit.
