Zucchini tomato paste is just a unique combination that has an extraordinary taste. Many people like winter preparations from these products. In addition, zucchini is a great snack, which is very popular in our country. Squash, zucchini and so on - all these vegetables can be pickled for the winter. And also from them you can cook excellent salads. In addition, preserving such products is not difficult. How to cook zucchini with tomato paste for the winter? There are a huge number of recipes. Here are some of them.
Snack "Tatar song"
This appetizer, as the rules are cooked with eggplant. But it can be done differently. Zucchini tomato paste completely changes the taste of the salad, making it original. For cooking you will need:
- Zucchini of any kind - a few pounds.
- Bell pepper.
- An Apple.
- Onion.
- Chilli.
- Garlic.
- Carrot.
- Tomato paste - 70 grams.
- Sugar is a glass.
- Vegetable oil - a glass.
- Salt - 50 grams.
- Vinegar 9% table - 100 grams.
How to cook
For this snack, it’s best to use zucchini. But if they are not, then you can take young zucchini of other varieties. Vegetables should be washed and chopped as you like. You can cut the zucchini in circles, cubes and stripes. This is not important.
The remaining vegetables should be cleaned, washed, and then, placed in a blender bowl, chopped. This can also be done using a conventional meat grinder. The result should be spicy caviar. If desired, add more chili peppers. If there is no such component, then you can replace it with red hot pepper.
In the resulting mass, it is worth adding vegetable oil, sugar, vinegar, salt, as well as tomato paste. The composition should be placed on fire and brought to a boil. This paste is ideally combined with zucchini. Of course, you can use tomato juice. However, it is worth considering that vegetables will give a lot of liquid. Therefore, tomato paste is preferable.
In the resulting composition you need to put the squash. The paste should cover the vegetables completely. Cooking appetizer takes about 1.5 hours. After the specified time, the dish will be ready and you can try it. The finished snack can be laid out in sterilized containers and rolled up.
The result is a spicy and aromatic dish. It is worth noting that in this way you can cook not only zucchini, but also cucumbers, peppers and eggplant.
Zucchini caviar
Probably, many remember the taste of squash caviar from childhood. You can cook it at home. Here is a simple recipe for zucchini with tomato paste. To prepare, you need:
- Three kilograms of young zucchini.
- 350 grams of tomato paste.
- A large spoon of sugar.
- Salt is a big spoon.
- Half a teaspoon of pepper.
- Seven cloves of garlic.
- Four onion heads.
- Four carrots.
- 150 grams of vegetable oil.
Cooking steps
This paste with zucchini will appeal to both adults and children. From it you can make delicious sandwiches, spreading on bread, or use as a complement to various potato and meat dishes.
From the listed number of components, about three liters of squash caviar are obtained. To begin with, you should prepare the containers. They need to be washed, preferably with soda, and then sterilized. The lids with which the jars will be closed should be lowered into cold water and boiled for 12 minutes as well.
Young zucchini should be washed. If necessary, they can be cleaned. After this, the zucchini should be chopped into cups, the size of which is about 1 per 1 centimeter.
Onions also need to be peeled. It is also worth cutting into cubes. Carrots should be peeled, washed and grated, preferably large. Finely chop the garlic with a knife.
The cauldron should be heated and pour vegetable oil into it. After this, add carrots and onions. You need to simmer the products over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Then, add all other components to the cauldron. It takes 45 minutes to simmer the snack. At the same time, everything needs to be interfered regularly. In the end, the resulting composition should be beaten with a blender. Bring everything to a boil, arrange in containers and roll up gently.