{"product_id":"zergut-zucchini-spread-russian-style-ikra-540g-19oz-43717294850","title":"Zergut Zucchini Spread Russian Style Ikra 540g (19oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003eZergut Zucchini Spread Russian Style Ikra is a 540g jar of Russian-style zucchini (courgette) vegetable caviar from Zergut — a specialty food producer in the Eastern European and Middle Eastern categories — in the ikra (vegetable caviar) format: the cooked-down spread of zucchini, tomato, and onion that is one of the most widely produced and consumed vegetable spreads in the Russian, Ukrainian, and post-Soviet kitchen, providing the mellow, tangy vegetable caviar in the large jar format. Zergut works in the Eastern European and Levantine food category, and the zucchini ikra represents one of the most culturally specific products of the Soviet and post-Soviet pantry tradition — the kabachkovaya ikra (zucchini caviar) standardised across the Soviet food industry and the vegetable spread that the diaspora kitchen keeps as the mellow, tangy pantry spread most evocative of the Soviet-era table. Zucchini ikra differs from the eggplant variety in character: where eggplant ikra has the distinct smoky depth of roasted eggplant, the zucchini version is milder, more vegetable-sweet, and more tangy — the gentler and more broadly appealing everyday spread alongside the slightly more intense eggplant version. Spread on fresh bread or black bread as the classic Russian zucchini ikra appetiser, serve as a side dish alongside meat and potato in the Eastern European tradition, use as the cold vegetable spread at a zakuski table, or keep in the pantry as the Zergut zucchini ikra for the household that eats Eastern European vegetable spreads regularly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zergüt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49071793111268,"sku":"PAN-ZERG-ZUCC540","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/4093\/3348\/files\/43717294850.jpg?v=1780448451","url":"https:\/\/hamiltoneuromarkets.com\/products\/zergut-zucchini-spread-russian-style-ikra-540g-19oz-43717294850","provider":"Hamilton Euromarket","version":"1.0","type":"link"}