Friday, December 15, 2017

Mock Pineapple .. faux pineapple ... diet pineapple... zucchini pineapple

Yes! Finally a way to justify eating ham and pineapple pizza, it's just zucchini.

A lot of people are swapping Christmas recipes on the trim healthy mama messageboards. I am seeing so many ham and faux pineapple recipes. We've eaten many zucchini's on this plan as a family and I'm surprised I've not come across this one yet.

Seems simple. Pineapple juice concentrate, zucchini's cut into chunks, sweetener, and lemon juice. All  you do is combine everything and simmer. You do can these so you might want to make them ASAP if you're planning on using the faux pineapples for New Years Eve.

6 cups unsweetened pineapple juice (reconstituted from frozen)
1 gallon zucchini, coarsely chopped
3 cups sugar
1 1⁄2 cups lemon juice

Combine pineapple juice, zucchini, sugar, and lemon juice in a non-reactive (not aluminum or cast-iron) pot.
Simmer 20 minutes.
Hot-pack in sterilized pint jars, carefully wipe off the edges of the jar and attach seal.
Process in a pressure cooker at 10 pounds pressure for 30 minutes.
After cooker has depressurized, remove jars to a wire rack and let sit, undisturbed 24 hours.

Use it in salads, salsas, desserts, or other recipes calling for crushed or chunk pineapple.

This makes a lot, so you may wish to cut the recipe in half unless you have a lot of zucchini you need to do something with. About 8 16 oz. jars.

(Most people prefer this type of pineaplpe used IN something, rather than eaten on its own out of the jar.)




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