Do you want to leave a few zucchini fruits for the winter in order to prepare a delicious dish from them on the New Year's table? Check out the rules that will help preserve the fruits until spring. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Each housewife prepares a variety of zucchini dishes. Despite the fact that the vegetable is grown only in summer, but zucchini can be kept fresh for a long time in order to pamper seven vitamin dishes all year round. The vegetable is unpretentious, so there will be no difficulties in storage with it. Zucchini can be stored both in the cellar and in the conditions of a city apartment. This is especially convenient for those who do not have their own cellar.
Selection of fruits for winter storage
Overripe specimens are not suitable for storage. Choose a ripe, medium-sized zucchini with a firm crust and ripe seeds. The surface of the fruit should be smooth and free from damage. It is also important that the stalks are preserved in the zucchini. Determine the degree of maturity of the vegetable: pierce the skin of the fruit with your fingernail, if it is ready, then it will be difficult to do. Set aside such vegetables for storage, they will lie for a long time. For winter storage, harvest the fruit before frost. frozen zucchini will not last long. Damaged, diseased and dairy fruits will quickly deteriorate, so they are also not suitable for storage.
Determination of the variety of fruits for long-term storage
Long-term storage of all varieties of squash is impossible. Winter varieties are suitable for this: Festival, Gribovsky, Golden Cup. They are distinguished by their large size, a small number of seeds and a thick crust. Aeronaut and Arlik with a cylindrical shape and a dark green tint are also suitable for lying down. They reach ripeness in 47 days and are stored for up to 4 months. The Astete variety is large, practically devoid of seeds and can be stored for 3, 5 months. The yellow-fruited zucchini is a slightly ribbed cylindrical variety that lasts up to 3 months. Knowing what kind of zucchini you have prepared, you can determine its shelf life.
Correct storage space
Permanent storage space must meet the following requirements. First, the constant temperature is 18-22 ° С, because melons love warmth. Secondly, a dark room. In an apartment, the zucchini can be stored in the winter by the balcony door, away from the batteries, covered with curtains for aesthetics, under the bed or in the vestibule in a drawer in front of the front door.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 24 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
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Zucchini - any quantity
Step-by-step preparation of the correct preparation of zucchini for storage for the winter, a recipe with a photo:
1. Carefully but carefully so as not to damage the skin, peel the zucchini from the ground and dry it in the sun for one day to make their skin harder. You cannot wash them. When cutting or buying fruits for storage, make sure that the length of the stem is at least 5 cm. Over time, the stem will dry out and become a protection against infections. Pathogens can enter the fetus through the short "tail". The size of the zucchini can be 15-45 cm.
2. Fruits should be stored for storage so that they do not touch each other. To do this, pack each vegetable in paper or put in a box in which you make cardboard partitions between the fruits.
3. Place the zucchini in a handy paper bag or cardboard box, such as a shoe box. Send them for storage:
- In a cellar or basement with a constant temperature from +4 to + 10 ° C and a humidity of 80%.
- In a room environment, keep the crop in a pantry away from heating appliances.
- Zucchini will lie in the refrigerator for six months.
- When suspended, keep each zucchini in a separate net. Hang them on a bar, close to the ceiling, so that the fruits do not touch.
Regardless of the storage method you choose, do not forget to check and inspect vegetables from time to time, because even with the right storage conditions, the product is not immune from rotting. And if one of the fruits began to rot, then there is a high probability that others will also deteriorate.
See also a video recipe on how to keep fresh zucchini and squash until spring.
