Recipe - Candied Zucchini

6 Zucchini; medium, very firm,
peeled
2 cup Sugar; granulated
Three fourths cup Water
1 tablespoon Lemon juice; strained, or
other flavoring, see notes

Make syrup by boiling sugar and water together for 5 minutes. Cut zucchini
into 1/2" cubes. Drop cubes into boiling syrup and cook over low heat only
until barely tender (they will become somewhat transluscent). Chill in the
syrup overnight.

The next day, spread cubes on dryer trays and dry at 135F for about 8 to 12
hours, until leathery. Store airtight.

Flavor notes: This is very good and has almost no (if any) squash flavor. I
asked DH to taste a batch made with a tiny bit of red food color and 1/2
ts. cherry flavor in place of the lemon juice, and he guessed that it was
"dried apricots"! Adapted from: _The Squash Cookbook_ by Yvonne Young Tarr
by Linda Shogren (hurlbert@concentric.net)
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 350 by RecipeLu
recipelu@geocities.com on Dec 08, 1997