Lemon Squash

This easy-to-make mentation of a squash -- a sweetened effect foodstuff ore -- is agleam with the spirit of citrus oil, zest and juice. Build your ain beverages oregon acold remedies, oregon usage the squash to sweeten iced beverage oregon spirit a flute of prosecco; spot VARIATIONS, below.

Use organic, unwaxed lemons erstwhile possible, oregon scrub accepted lemons, arsenic the rind is integral to the recipe. If you usage Meyer lemons, the squash volition person a flimsy floral note.

To zest the fruit, you tin usage a transmission knife, sometimes called a citrus stripper, which has a U-shaped leaf to make long, bladed strips of citrus zest. If you’re going to tin the squash (see NOTES, below), you’ll request cleanable jars and rings, and caller lids.

Properly canned citrus squash tin beryllium stored astatine country somesthesia for up to 12 months. It tin beryllium frozen successful jars (directly, with integrative lids), leaving a 1-inch caput abstraction to let for expansion, for up to 3 months.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per 1-ounce serving

• Calories

  70

• Carbohydrates

  19 g

• Sugar

  19 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Cathy Barrow, the writer of “Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry: Recipes and Techniques for Year-Round Preserving” (W.W. Norton, 2014).

Tested by Cathy Barrow.