The cold nights here in western, New York is slowing down the fruiting on most of the plants. I found one more Zucchini hiding underneath some of the sweet potato vines.
I had broken my chopper and had to order a new one and it came just in time to shred this bad boy. I purchased a larger one than I previously had since I do process a lot of veggies. I was so excited to see how it worked compared to the smaller one.
I was quite surprised at how heavy it is, but let me tell you, it is so quite compared to the other one. Even my husband mentioned how quick and quiet it chopped the Zucchini.
I did slice the Zucchini into strips and removed the seeds before shredding it in the #Cuisinart. Look how nice and evenly shredded it came, much nicer than my old one.
I decided to make one more batch of Zucchini Bread Jam since my husband loves it so much. I did take the time to chop the shreds a bit finer for this batch.
Zucchini Bread Jam
4 cups shredded zucchini
1 cup apple juice
6 tablespoons pectin
1/4 cup golden raisins (optional)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 cups sugar
1- Combine the shredded zucchini, apple juice, pectin, raisins, lemon juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large pot. Bring it to a full rolling boil that can't be stirred down over high heat. Stir constantly.
2- Add the sugar and stir to dissolve. Return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 minutes while stirring. Remove from heat and skim off foam if needed.
3- Ladle into heated jars to 1/4" headspace, place on the lids and rings finger tight and process in a water-bath for 15 minutes. Enjoy!
Note: The recipe is from the new Ball Canning Book.
I was down to my last few jelly jars and am almost out of pints. I save some of my lids that are good enough to reuse and have only had one fail all through the processing this fall. It sure has saved me a lot of money considering how expensive they have become.
This was the last picking of tomatoes that had to ripen on the counter due to the cold nights. A lot of them were getting soft on the vine and I had to throw them out for the deer to enjoy. This week will be pulling out all the tomato plants and most of the peppers too. Maybe I will still have a few to harvest if it stays warm enough.
I hope you have had a wonderful gardening season and have preserved much of it to enjoy all winter long. I know I have!
