Zucchini, of course, considered the summer vegetables.But it turns out, perhaps in late autumn or early winter surprise your household, such as braised stew out of it.In this article you will find advice on how to store courgettes.By following them, you are a long time after the end of the summer season will make original and savory vegetable dishes out of season.Some recommendations on how to harvest squash for the winter, with a photo processing steps demonstrate the process of laying the fruit in storage.It is important to follow some rules.
How to store courgettes: selection of fruits
remembered the winter have been in the early spring, when you choose a variety of fruits before the summer work.It is best to plant the zucchini.Save them easier, because inside there are fewer seeds and peel tougher.For winter bookmark take full ripe fruit, without any damage.At the same time cut off from the garden they should be a small part of the stem length of 3-4 cm. Vegetables milk ripeness kept short, no more than 2-3 weeks, but have a more tender and juicy pulp.Therefore, they should be used first.
How to store zucchini: the selection of places and packaging
for selected ripened fruits that you plan to use in the winter, the room must meet two requirements: the darkness and a constant temperature of 18-20 ° C.Therefore, in the apartment are suitable places, such as near the front door or a balcony, while away from radiators and batteries.Equip a small wooden box with cardboard dividers and place it in the fruit so that they do not touch each other.
How to store milk ripeness zucchini?Best in the fridge, after placing in the bag with small holes for air circulation.Removing the fruit in a drawer for vegetables with a temperature of 5-7 ° C, you will ensure the preservation of their fresh for 20 days.
whether and how to store squash, freeze them?
This issue generally occurs when you have collected a very large crop of vegetables from his infield.Having selected a number of fruit for long term storage, as well as bookmarks in the refrigerator, the rest can be processed in two ways: to freeze or cook homemade pickles.In any of these cases, you need to pre-wash the zucchini and cut.And in the winter for cooking stew summer will be enough to pour the frozen mass in the form of cubes in the pan directly from the container or package, and boil for some time along with other vegetables.Many housewives use another original method - semi-finished workpiece.You can do this stuff with fruit weight of peremelennogo meat and rice (similar to the peppers).Long young zucchini thick in diameter no more than 5-6 cm cut crosswise into cylinders approximately the same length.Then, using a teaspoon scrape the inner flesh of the vegetable (see. Photo), fill the stuffing and freeze.For delicious meals will simply need to lay out a blank in a saucepan and boil for some time, the Gulf of tomato sauce for half an hour.
Besides all these ways to preserve vegetables for the winter, and can be prepared from these various canned salads.
