Kitchen appliances and utensils:
- plate;
- pan;
- scapula;
- a sieve or colander;
- a baking sheet;
- parchment paper;
- a bowl;
- spoon;
- shoulder blade.
Ingredients
Zucchini | 1 kg |
Sugar | 200 g |
Lemon | 1 PC. |
Powdered sugar | taste |
Step cooking
- Peel the zucchini. We cut and remove the seeds from the zucchini.
- Cut them into cubes.
- Pour zucchini in a bowl with sugar and mix.
- Leave for 30 minutes to let the squash let the juice. Pour everything into a bowl. Cut the lemon peel and squeeze the juice.
- Add juice and zest to a bowl of zucchini. Stir and cook over low heat for 1 hour. We insist all together for 10 hours.
- Pour zucchini through a sieve into another container.
- We spread the zucchini on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
- Dry in the oven at a temperature of 140 degrees for about 2 hours.
Cooking variations
Despite the fact that cooking candied fruits is quite simple, you spend a lot of time on them. The preparation process itself takes no more than 15 minutes, and the rest of the time is the cooking process, then the infusion process and the drying process. Fortunately, at this time it is not necessary to stand at the stove and follow all the processes. You can easily go about your business.
Some do not know how to use such candied fruits later and why they are needed at all, if you can just bake zucchini or fry them with butter. Candied zucchini can be eaten as a snack, along with nuts and other candied fruits and berries. This is a very healthy snack that contains vitamins. Candied fruits in this form can be safely given to children without worrying that they will mind. Tell the children that these are just delicious sweets and they will eat these candied fruits with pleasure. Candied fruits can be added to food, salads and other dishes.
Video recipe
Watch this video to learn how to make candied fruit from zucchini. The author of the video will show how to make candied fruits correctly without using any complex ingredients. Enjoy watching!