Zucchini caviar is a simple but very tasty winter harvest.
Many housewives have their own recipes for this wonderful snack, but few people cook it in a slow cooker. Actually it is very convenient, easy and saves a lot of time.
Zucchini caviar in a slow cooker for the winter - general principles of preparation
Zucchini for caviar is suitable even ripe and overripe, you just need to remove the skin from them and remove the hard seeds. If the fruits are young, then you can use the whole, removing only the ends on both sides.
What is usually put in caviar:
• tomatoes or pasta;
• onion;
• carrots;
• sweet and hot peppers;
• vegetable oil.
Various spices are also added to the caviar, recipes with mushrooms, eggplant and even cereals are found. In a slow cooker, vegetables are usually stewed. Some ingredients may be pre-fried, but not zucchini. They are too juicy and in a slow cooker to fry slices of vegetable does not work.
Zucchini caviar in a slow cooker for the winter through a meat grinder
The recipe for ordinary squash caviar in a slow cooker for the winter. All vegetables, except onions, are twisted raw through a meat grinder. Instead of tomatoes, tomato paste goes into the workpiece.
Ingredients
• 3 kg of squash;
• 150 ml of oil;
• 200 g of tomato paste;
• 500 grams of onions;
• 1 head of garlic;
• 3 tablespoons of sugar;
• 1.5 tablespoons of salt;
• 0.5 tsp citric acid;
• 250 grams of carrots.
Cooking
1. Pour the oil into the multicooker. We turn on the baking program, let it heat up for now.
2. Cut the onion into cubes, shift the fry. It can also be twisted with other vegetables, but then it will be impossible to fry due to the abundance of juice.
3. Zucchini and carrot cut into pieces. If zucchini seeds are large, then it is better to remove them.
4. We shift vegetables into the slow cooker. We rearrange the mode for stewing, prepare caviar for an hour.
5. Open, put salt with sugar, pour lemon, you can other spices. We spread the tomato and chopped garlic immediately. You can not use the entire head and add only a couple of cloves.
6. Again, close everything and simmer the caviar for another half hour. This time is enough to make jars.
7. We lay out the hot billet from zucchini in sterile jars and immediately twist. Let cool upside down.
Zucchini caviar in a slow cooker for the winter with mayonnaise
A fairly well-known winter caviar recipe, in which mayonnaise is added. Ideally, homemade sauce is used, so it is difficult to find a good composition in the store. But if there is an opportunity to buy a quality product, then we can safely use it.
Ingredients
• 1.5 kg of squash;
• 1 tablespoon of sugar;
• 0.5 tablespoons of salt;
• 150 ml of mayonnaise;
• 250 grams of onions;
• 100 grams of pasta;
• 1-2 carrots;
• 0.5 cups of oil;
• any spices (pepper, coriander).
Cooking
1. Pour oil into a saucepan from the multicooker. We set the frying program.
2. Add chopped onion into slices, cook for ten minutes.
3. Add the grated carrots, lightly fry with onions.
4. The recipe indicates the weight of already peeled zucchini without all the extra. Cut them into slices, shift to vegetables.
5. Add mayonnaise, close and cook on the stewing program until soft. An average of 40-50 minutes. But it all depends on the degree of maturity of the vegetable.
6. Open, cool vegetables to a warm state, transfer to a convenient saucepan and grind with a blender to a puree state.
7. Return the zucchini back to the slow cooker. It's time to add pasta, spices, salt to them. We mix everything well and try. If the paste is not acidic, you can add a little lemon or vinegar for taste.
8. Close, simmer for another half hour. We lay out, cork.
Winter squash in a slow cooker with tomatoes
A recipe for an amazing workpiece that needs fresh tomatoes. As a rule, in summer there is no shortage of them. Caviar is prepared in two stages, followed by grinding through a blender or meat grinder.
Ingredients
• 2 medium-sized zucchini;
• 2 carrots;
• 4 onions;
• 4-5 tomatoes;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 50 ml of oil;
• spices.
Cooking
1. At once we wash all vegetables, dry them, since they will be needed almost simultaneously.
2. Onion cut into slices, absolutely any. You can quickly chop in half rings and immediately throw in a slow cooker. Fry in baking mode until light golden.
3. While the onion is fried, cut into slices of 1-2 centimeters of zucchini.
4. Cut the carrots into circles, as it happens.
5. Next, chop the tomatoes. It is not necessary to remove the skin, the pieces can have any shape and size.
6. Put tomatoes onion, as they are the most juicy. Following all the other vegetables in any order.
7. Close our assistant, set the "Pilaf" mode and cook before the signal.
8. Then the eggs need to be cooled slightly so as not to spoil the blender. Puree. But you can use a conventional meat grinder and just twist everything.
9. Return the chopped vegetables back, add two tablespoons of sugar, add salt to taste, throw the garlic cloves, previously chopped.
10. Close and cook the eggs for another twenty minutes. You can use the extinguishing mode or put it on pilaf again.
11. Roll up the finished caviar in jars.
Squash caviar in a slow cooker for the winter slices
Recipe for caviar squash slices for a slow cooker. Many people prefer to make an appetizer of this kind, it turns out something in between the caviar and the salad. At the same time, the recipe is very simple, like busy housewives.
Ingredients
• 3 zucchini;
• 2 carrots;
• 2-3 red and green peppers;
• 2 onion heads;
• 2-3 tomatoes;
• 1 leaf of laurel;
• 4 tablespoons of oil.
Cooking
1. Pour oil into the bottom of the bowl.
2. Cut the onion into small cubes and pour the first layer.
3. Top with chopped carrots. It is better not to use a grater so that the pieces can be seen in the finished caviar.
4. Zucchini clean, take out the seeds and cut into cubes half a centimeter. Maybe a little bigger. We spread it on a carrot.
5. Next, put the chopped pepper, freed from seeds. It is better to use fruits of different colors, caviar will be interesting.
6. Tomatoes can simply be cut, but it is better to remove the skin first. To do this, make a small incision on the tomatoes and dip in boiling water. After a few seconds, dip the tomatoes in cold water. The skin is easy to peel off. Cut the peeled fruit into cubes.
7. Close the slow cooker, set the quenching mode and cook for an hour.
8. Open, salt to your liking and stir. We throw a bay leaf on top.
9. Continue to simmer caviar until cooked.
10. As soon as all the vegetables are soft, put the zucchini in the jars, immediately twist. It is very important not to overexposure so that the vegetables retain the appearance of the pieces. Throw the bay leaf.
Winter squash in a slow cooker with eggplant
The recipe for mixed caviar from zucchini and eggplant for the winter. If the blue ones are bitter, then pre-soak in salted water.
Ingredients
• 2 zucchini;
• 3 eggplants;
• 4 onions;
• 2-4 tomatoes;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 0.3 cup oil;
• 1 tsp vinegar 70%.
Cooking
1. Pour the oil into the slow cooker, add the chopped onion. Fry until half cooked in baking mode.
2. Cut the eggplant into cubes, send to the onion. Fry together. If the eggplant is bitter, then, as mentioned above, you can slightly soak in water with salt. But then you need to squeeze the vegetables well.
3. On top of the eggplant lay sliced tomatoes.
4. Now comes a layer of zucchini, diced.
5. Close, rearrange the fire extinguishing, cook 45 minutes.
6. Fill caviar with salt, add an incomplete teaspoon of vinegar, cloves of garlic and stir.
7. Close, simmer for another half hour. Cork caviar with clean jars.
Winter squash in a slow cooker with mushrooms for the winter
A gorgeous recipe for squash caviar for the winter in a slow cooker, which is prepared with champignons. Mushrooms give the appetizer not only an amazing taste, but also enrich the workpiece with useful substances, make it more satisfying and aromatic.
Ingredients
• 1 kg of squash;
• 2 carrots;
• 400 grams of champignons;
• 2 onions;
• 1 pepper;
• vinegar, spices;
• 0.5 lemon;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 0.25 cups of oil.
Cooking
1. Rinse the mushrooms and cut into small cubes.
2. Heat the oil in a slow cooker on a baking program. We put mushrooms only in well-heated oil so that they do not let in a lot of juice. Fry until golden brown.
3. Take out the mushrooms from the slow cooker.
4. In the same bowl without additional oil, lay onions and carrots.
5. On top we put chopped tomatoes, bell pepper and at the very end slices of zucchini.
6. Close the slow cooker and stew the vegetables in the appropriate mode for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
7. We shift it into a convenient container and grind it in mashed potatoes. You can twist.
8. Return the zucchini mass to the slow cooker, add spices: a spoonful of sugar, salt to taste, black pepper. Pour juice from fresh lemon.
9. Spread the previously fried champignons.
10. Prepare caviar for another half hour on the stew program.
11. It remains to put the mushroom preparation in jars and put it away for storage.
Zucchini caviar in a slow cooker for the winter - useful tips and tricks
• Quickly, easily and with minimal losses, you can remove the skin from the zucchini using a regular peeler for potatoes and carrots.
• To remove the seeds from the zucchini, you need to cut it in half, stick a tablespoon from one edge and walk in a circle around it. We take out the pulp and get peeled boats.
• If there is vinegar or lemon in the caviar, then do not add them at the very beginning of cooking, since acid will slow down the process and vegetables will remain stiff for a long time. Also, do not immediately lay acidic tomatoes, it is better to add them in the middle of the process, when the vegetables are easily pierced by a sharp object.
