After a successful summer season, gardeners sometimes can not cope with the harvest of vegetables. There are many recipes for delicious marinades from zucchini and squash, which can be done at home. The simplest and most delicious workpiece is Ankle Bens from zucchini.
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You will need
- - 1 tbsp. tomato paste;
- - 2 kg of tomatoes;
- - 2 kg of bell pepper;
- - 2 kg of squash;
- - 1 cup of granulated sugar;
- - 1 cup of sunflower oil;
- - 1 liter of water;
- - carrots 1.5 kg;
- - onions 1.5 kg;
- - garlic 3-4 cloves of medium size;
- - salt 1 tbsp;
- - vinegar 70% - 1 tbsp.
Instruction manual
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I want to preserve healthy vitamins by spending a minimum of time on this, but it is also important that the workpieces are tasty and well stored. A rather simple recipe for Ankle Bens salad from zucchini is offered. You can use it as a dressing in vegetable soups, a vitamin supplement to simple side dishes, as a snack on the festive table.
2
First, prepare cans and metal lids. Cans should be glass, with a capacity of 0.5-0.7 liters. The smaller the volume of the cans, the better the preservation of the workpiece. Arranged prepared cans on a clean towel.
3
Then you should do the preparation of vegetables. Rinse all necessary components thoroughly, dry with a towel and clean.
4
After that, you need to chop the vegetables. Zucchini cut into cubes, tomatoes and pepper slices. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater, cut the onion in half rings. Chop the garlic. You can use a garlic squeezer.
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Pour water into a 10-liter pot, dilute tomato paste in it, add sugar, salt, vegetable oil and bring to a boil. The resulting mixture must be brought to a homogeneous state, waiting for the dissolution of salt and sugar.
6
The next step: add zucchini to the pan and simmer for 10 minutes under the lid, stirring constantly so that the vegetables do not burn. Then add the bell peppers and simmer another 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
7
After this, you need to add the carrots, simmer again 10 minutes. After that, onions, garlic and peppercorns (3-4 pcs) are added. For lovers of savory foods, you can add 1-2 pods of hot pepper, cut into rings.
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Boil the whole mixture for another 10 minutes, add vinegar, mix and arrange in jars. After that, you need to roll up the salad with metal covers.
9
To sterilize the jars, turn them over onto the lids and wrap them with a thick blanket or blanket for 24 hours. If everything is done correctly, Ankle Bens from zucchini is stored for 1-2 years without any problems. There are many other simple pieces of zucchini, but my family prefers this recipe.
note
Ankle Bens from zucchini is well kept in a cool place. However, it is not necessary to do this preparation for the future - you can cook this salad all winter using fresh zucchini, because they are well stored. If you plan to use it immediately for food, you do not need to add vinegar.
Useful advice
The output is 6-6.5 liters of ready-made salad Ankle Bens, so you will need 12-13 glass jars with a volume of 0.5 liters.