Canned Zucchini Pineapple Sauce Recipes

MOCK PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• 1. In large stainless kettle, combine sugar, pineapple juice, oil and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Add zucchini chunks and bring back to boil; let it boil for 3 minutes. Pack into hot, sterile pint jars and seal.
• 2. The zucchini turns yellow and really tastes like pineapple! To use as a pie filling, thicken a pint with a little cornstarch. Or use for upside down cake! It's good mixed with cool whip and served in a graham cracker pie crust...You are limited only by your imagination!

ZUCCHINI PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• 1. Peel zucchini (remove all green)cut zucchini in 1/2 inch cubes or shred.
• 2. Mix zucchini with other ingredients in a large sauce pan and bring to boil. Simmer 20 minutes.
• 3. Prepare jars and lids by sanitizing and heating.
• 4. Fill jars with hot mixture and cooking liquid leaving a 1/2" headspace. Remove air bubbles. Wipe jar rims. Adjust lids.
• 5. Process half pints and pints for 15 minutes at 1000 feet or below in Boiling Water Bath. Process 20 minutes for 1001 feet to 6000 feet. Above 6000 feet process 25 minutes.
• 6. Follow current NCHFP practices. For directions for using Boiling water bath. Go to the site of National center of home food preserving. nchfp.uga.edu/

MOCK CANNED PINEAPPLE CHUNK OR CRUSHED (WATER BATH)

Steps:

• Cube zucchini for chunk or shred for crushed pineapple. The shredded with fill less jars then chunk.
• Place the shredded zucchini in a strainer for 15 minutes. Squeeze out excess water.
• Or place the cubed zucchini in a strainer and lightly salt, toss and let sit 20 minutes. Then rinse and drain weel twice. Dry with papare towels.
• While the zucchini is draining place juices, sugar, salt, and food coloring in a large pot and bring to a boil.
• Add shredded zucchini to pot and bring back to a boil for 25 minutes. cubed zucchini for 40.
• Then add extract and rum if using cook for 5 more minutes.
• Fill hot sterilized jars with hot mixture and cooking liquid, leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• Remove air bubbles.
• Wipe jar rims.
• Adjust lids.
• Process in a boiling water bath.
• Half-pints or pints for 15 minutes.
• You should get 16 jars shredded with this recipe or 10 jar cubed.
• With the cubed you`ll have extra syrup left, do save it for making mixed drinks.