Since we are lucky enough to live in one of the
premiere gardening spots in the state, we’re sure most of you are up to your eyeballs in that most prolific of squash of all–Zucchini! Whether you want to ‘put it up’, bake bread, or eat it for dessert–we’ve got you covered. Below, please find some recipes used by some of the ENU gardeners to process their abundant zucchini crop. Thanks to members who provided these tested and dearly loved recipes. Printable version here What to do with your Zucchini Bonanza
Zucchini Relish
20 cups large zucchini
6-8 onions,
10 TBsps salt
Seed the zucchini and chop
finely (or grind if you are like the olden days)
Mix and let stand
overnight.
Drain, wash well, and
drain again.
Place the following in a
pan and bring to boil:
·
5 cups vinegar
·
4 tsp celery seed
·
12 cups (or less)
of sugar
·
1 tsp pepper
·
2 Tbsps nutmeg
·
2 Tbsps dry
mustard
·
2 Tbsps
cornstarch
·
2 Tbsps turmeric
·
1 red and 1 green
pepper chopped finely.
Add zucchini. Boil for 30 minutes.
Put into sterilized jars,
use sealing lids, and process in a water bath for another 5 minutes.
Share with your neighbors
or bring to an ENU potluck!
(Makes 10 pints)
And for that time when all
you have in your garden is zucchini and all you want to eat is dessert—There’s Dessert Zucchini!
Lazy Baker’s Zucchini-Apple Dessert Crisp
One dish, one bake, so easy.
Peel and coarsely chop 6
cups of zucchini and 2.5 cups of green apples.
Stir in 6 TBS lemon juice,
¾ cup of sugar, 3 TBS of quick cook tapioca, and ½ tsp cinnamon.
Put fruit in a 2.5 quart
baking dish
Topping
1 1/3 cup flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ cup butter or Earth
Balance,
Rub all together and
sprinkle over fruit.
BAKE at 375 degrees for 35
minutes.
Quiet Hills Giant Zucchini “Apple” Cobbler
I know, you don’t think this sounds delicious. You’re
wrong. It is! And, with a little reduced sugar its almost
health food! This works best with those
gigantic, for-earm-sized zucchini that seemed to appear overnight and you don’t
know what to do with.
Crust
3 cups flour
1.5 cups sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
1 cup Earth Balance,
margarine, or butter
Filling
10 cups peeled, seeded,
and cubed or sliced zucchini
2/3 cup lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
Combine dry ingredients
and cut butter until crumbly
Press about 1/3 of the
mixture into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 12
minutes.
Now, bring zucchini and lemon
juice to boil in a large pan.
Reduce heat and simmer for
8-10 minutes or till crisp tender.
Stir in sugar, cinnamon,
and nutmeg. Cover and simmer for 5
minutes. (mixture will be thin).
Spoon over crust and
sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake for an additional
40-45 minutes or till golden grown.
Serve with EscoGelato on the side!
Looking into gardening
history, we see that the ‘zucchini conundrum’ has been around a long time. Here are a couple from the old Victory Garden
Cookbook.
Victory Garden Zucchini Bread
1 lb zucchini
Salt
1 ¾ cup flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp cinnamon
3 eggs (preferably your
own or one of your neighbors’ humanely raised)
1 cup sugar
½ cup vegetable oil
Grated rind of one lemon
1 TB lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts or
pecans (optional)
·
Wash, trim, and
coarsely grate the zucchini; salt, drain, and squeeze dry.
·
You should end up
with 2 cups of zucchini.
·
Sift together the
flour, powder, soda, cinnamon, and ½ tsp salt.
·
Beat the eggs,
sugar and oil, and mix in the lemon rind, lemon juice, and vanilla.
·
Beat in dry
ingredients and stir in the zucchini.
·
Add the nuts if
you wish.
·
Pour into a
greased and floured baking loaf pan (9 x 5 inches) and bake in a pre-heated
350 degree oven for 50 to 60 minutes.
Summer Squash Spice Cake
1 ½ cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp ground cloves
¼ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup packed dark-brown
sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 ½ cups grated zucchini
or other summer squash
- Sift together dry
ingredients
- Beat eggs, sugar,
oil, and vanilla together.
- Beat in the dry
ingredients
- Stir in the
grated squash
- Pour into a
greased 8×8 inch pan
- Bake in a
preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes
