Zucchini Marmalade Recipes

ZUCCHINI MARMALADE

Steps:

• Prepare jars and a water bath canner (if canning).
• Use a sharp paring knife to peel off the outside of the lemon peel. Just the yellow part, leaving the white pith behind, but saving it for the next step. Slice the lemon zest/peel pieces into thin strips.
• Juice the lemons, saving the seeds to the side, but keeping as much pulp as possible with the juice. Dice the white pith from the lemons as well, but keep all the parts separate.
• Take the lemon seeds and diced up white pith and place them in 2 cups water in a jam pot. Simmer on low heat for about 30 minutes. (The volume will reduce dramatically, but be careful not to let it boil dry. During the simmer, the water will thicken as it extracts pectin from the citrus seeds and pith. In the end, you should have roughly 1/2 cup thickened gel.)
• Remove pith and seeds with a slotted spoon, leaving just the roughly 1/2 cup pectin water in the jam pot.
• Add in all the lemon juice, pulp, and zest strips. At this point, all the lemon should have been incorporated into the recipe, but the seeds and pith do not remain in the final zucchini jam.
• Add in the sugar, minced ginger, and zucchini. (If you'd like a milder jam, use less ginger or omit it altogether.)
• Turn the heat up to high and boil rapidly for about 10 minutes until the mixture reaches gel stage (220 degrees F). Test the mixture with a digital thermometer, or on a plate that's been chilled in the freezer.
• Pour the finished zucchini marmalade into canning jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
• Cap with 2 part canning lids and either store in the refrigerator for immediate use, or process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes.

ZUCCHINI MARMALADE

Steps:

• In a saucepan place zucchini and water, bring to a boil and boil 10 minutes.
• Add sugar, lemon juice and pineapple.
• Cook 10 minutes.
• Stir in apricot Jello and cook 10 minutes.
• Pour into hot, sterile pint jars and adjust lids.
• Cool completely.

ZUCCHINI ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Mix ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Boil rapidly stirring for 20 minutes.
• Add 1/2 bottle certo and boil again for 1 minute.
• Skim if necessary and pour into jars.

ZUCCHINI JELLY

Steps:

• Combine the zucchini, sugar, pineapple, and lemon juice in a large pot over medium heat. Boil mixture until the zucchini is clear; remove from heat. Add gelatin mix and stir until completely dissolved.
• Ladle into hot, sterilized jars to within about 1/4 inch of the top. Seal, and process in a boiling water canner for 5 minutes.

ZUCCHINI PEACH JELLY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, combine zucchini, sugar, lemon juice and pineapple with juice; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring often, at a full boil 10 minutes. , Remove from heat; stir in gelatin. Spoon into clean jelly jars. Cover and cool. Store in the refrigerator up to 3 weeks.