Zucchini in tomato sauce for the winter

Zucchini in tomato sauce for the winter is a wide range of delicious, popularly called “awesome” or “finger-licking” preserved zucchini, which is prepared quickly, simply and from a small set of ingredients. The cooking options differ only in the cutting of the vegetable and the composition of the tomato sauce with seasonings, which you can choose in the proposed topic.

Awesome zucchini in tomato sauce for the winter

An option for preparing “amazing” zucchini in tomato sauce for the winter involves stewing this vegetable, cut into pieces, in any tomato sauce and then putting it in jars. In this recipe, cut the zucchini into cubes and simmer in a tomato paste sauce with seasonings. We cook without sterilization.

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   How to prepare awesome zucchini in tomato sauce for the winter? First of all, prepare all the ingredients according to the proportions of the recipe. Rinse the zucchini. Peel the garlic.
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   Cut the zucchini into small equal-sized cubes. Do not peel young zucchini, but only remove part of the pulp with seeds.
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   Place tomato paste in a saucepan or stewing pan. Add sugar and salt to it and fry while stirring for 5 minutes over medium heat.
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   Then add the sliced ​​zucchini to the pasta, add any spices with chopped garlic and add hot water until it covers the zucchini. Mix everything well and simmer the zucchini for 20-30 minutes until the vegetable is soft.
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   Sterilize the jar with the lid. Place the zucchini in a jar, pour in the sauce and seal tightly. Cool the cooked zucchini in tomato sauce upside down and under a terry towel, and then move it to a storage location. Good luck and delicious preparations!

Zucchini in tomato sauce without sterilization for the winter

Zucchini in tomato sauce without sterilization for the winter turns out crispier and juicier, but vinegar is added to it. Both young and mature zucchini are suitable for this preparation, because their texture is denser. In this recipe for tomato filling, we chop fresh tomatoes, but you can also use ready-made tomato juice.

Cooking time: 50 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 1 l.

Ingredients:

For 1 liter jar:

• Zucchini – 500 gr.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Dill umbrella/sprig – 1 pc.
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
• Sweet peas – 4 pcs.

For the marinade:

• Tomato juice – 1 l.
• Salt – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – 2 tbsp.
• Vinegar 9% – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse the zucchini for this preparation well and cut into cubes.

Step 2: Remove the skin, inner pulp and seeds from mature zucchini.

Step 3. Sterilize jars with lids in advance. Place the spices specified in the recipe into the jars: dill, bay leaf, allspice and sliced ​​garlic. Then compactly place the sliced ​​zucchini in the jars.

Step 4.Pour boiling water over the zucchini, cover with lids and leave for 10 minutes.

Step 5. For tomato filling, it is better to use fresh tomatoes, it will be tastier. Peel the tomatoes and puree through a meat grinder with a fine wire rack or a blender to obtain 1 liter of tomato mass.

Step 6. Pour tomato puree or a liter of tomato juice into a saucepan, place on the stove, add salt and sugar, bring to a boil and cook over low heat for 2 minutes to make the marinade thicker. Towards the end of cooking, add vinegar.

Step 7. Drain the water from the jars. Then carefully pour the tomato marinade over the zucchini, filling them completely, and immediately seal tightly.

Step 8. Place the zucchini prepared in jars for the winter in tomato sauce without sterilization on the lids, cover with a “fur coat” and, after completely cooling, transfer to the basement or home pantry for storage. Good luck and delicious preparations!

Zucchini in tomato and garlic for the winter

Zucchini in tomatoes with garlic for the winter is the most popular preparation. It has a spicy garlic taste, because its main ingredients are garlic and zucchini, which is neutral in taste. Such zucchini is prepared simply, quickly and without sterilization, but the jars are sterilized. The tomato filling in this recipe is made from tomato paste and vegetable oil.

Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 2 l.

Ingredients:

• Zucchini – 2.5 kg.
• Garlic – 1 large head.
• Salt – 2 tbsp.
• Tomato paste – 4 tbsp.
• Sugar – 180 gr.
• Water – 450 ml.
• Vegetable oil – 200 ml.
• Vinegar 9% – 60 ml.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Pour clean water into a special stewing pan and heat it up.Then add to it the amount of vegetable oil, salt, sugar, tomato paste indicated in the recipe and mix well.

Step 2. Wash the zucchini and cut them into small pieces of arbitrary shape. Remove the peel and seeds from mature zucchini.

Step 3. Peel a large head of garlic and chop it on a medium grater or using a blender to make the vegetable into small pieces.

Step 4. Place sliced ​​zucchini and chopped garlic into the tomato sauce. Place the pan over medium heat and bring the mixture to a boil.

Step 5. Simmer the zucchini over low heat for 30 minutes. Towards the end of stewing, add vinegar to them. Place hot zucchini in sterile jars, completely fill with tomato sauce and seal tightly.

Step 6. Then place the jars of zucchini in tomato and garlic on the lids, cover with a warm blanket and, after cooling, transfer them to a place for storing your preserves. Good luck and delicious preparations!

Zucchini pieces in tomato sauce for the winter

The option of preparing zucchini slices in tomato sauce for the winter is simple and quick. Young zucchini are selected for it. Tomato sauce is made from high-quality tomato paste, or ready-made tomato sauce is used. The set and quantity of seasonings is selected to taste. In this recipe, we cook zucchini in pieces without sterilization, which will preserve their crispy taste.

Cooking time: 50 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Portions: 1.5 l.

Ingredients:

• Zucchini – 1.7 kg.
• Salt – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – 80 gr.
• Vinegar 9% – 125 ml.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
• Water – 1.5 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Garlic - to taste.
• Bay leaf - to taste.
• Black peppercorns - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1.First of all, prepare the zucchini, tomato paste and all the spices according to the recipe. Sterilize jars and lids by any means.

Step 2. Rinse the zucchini, dry it with a napkin, remove the ends and cut the vegetable into pieces of any shape. The workpiece looks beautiful when cut into semicircles.

Step 3. Pour one and a half glasses of clean water into the stewing pan, heat it and dilute the tomato paste with vegetable oil in it.

Step 4. Then add the required amount of sugar and salt to this sauce.

Step 5. Next, add the selected spices to your taste.

Step 6. Place the zucchini pieces into the sauce and place the pan over medium heat.

Step 7. Simmer the zucchini in tomato sauce for 25-30 minutes. Towards the end of the stew, pour in vinegar and turn off the heat.

Step 8. Place the mixture in prepared jars, fill with sauce and seal tightly.

Step 9. Cool the cooked zucchini pieces in tomato sauce completely upside down and under a terry towel. They store well both in the basement and in the home pantry. Good luck and delicious preparations!

Spicy zucchini in tomato sauce for the winter

Spicy zucchini in tomato sauce for the winter is prepared similarly to the famous zucchini appetizer called “Mother-in-law’s tongue,” only without adding other vegetables. For a spicy taste, more garlic and hot pepper are added to the tomato sauce, and any zucchini is suitable. In this recipe we prepare a spicy snack without sterilization.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 1 l.

Ingredients:

• Zucchini – 1 kg.
• Tomato sauce – 1 tbsp.
• Vinegar 9% – 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 100 ml.
• Garlic – 3 cloves.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Sugar – 2 tbsp.
• Hot pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1.Immediately prepare, according to the proportions of the recipe and the volume of workpiece you need, zucchini, tomato sauce and spices.

Step 2. Rinse the zucchini, remove the peel and seeds from mature vegetables and cut the vegetable into small cubes.

Step 3. Place the sliced ​​zucchini in a separate bowl, sprinkle with salt, pour in vegetable oil, stir and leave for half an hour so that the vegetable releases its juice.

Step 4. Pour the tomato sauce into a stew pan or saucepan.

Step 5. Add sugar to it and stir.

Step 6. Then add the sliced ​​zucchini to the sauce and pour the juice and butter.

Step 7. Place the saucepan over medium heat, bring the mixture to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes.

Step 8. 5 minutes before the end of stewing, add the garlic grated on a medium grater to the zucchini and add hot pepper. Then pour in the vinegar, stir and turn off the heat. You can increase the amount of garlic and hot pepper, which will determine the spicy taste of the snack.

Step 9. Place hot zucchini in sterile jars, seal tightly, place on lids and cover with any “fur coat” for a day.

Step 10. Transfer the spicy zucchini prepared for the winter in tomato sauce to a place for storing your preserves. Good luck and delicious preparations!