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The most original jam. Royal Fruit Sugar Syrup

Aromatic jam smelling of the sun and warmth, it is especially pleasant to taste in the winter cold, remembering the summer. Family tea drinking is hard to imagine without fragrant jam loved by both children and adults. Tea with a tempting dessert brings people together, gives you the opportunity to socialize and enjoy delicious dessert... The jam, which has preserved the taste of natural berries, not only cheers you up and gives you a piece of summer warmth, but also fills you with energy, because it contains all the necessary vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Each housewife has her own secrets on how to cook properly delicious jam from strawberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, cherries, apricots, and especially delicate connoisseurs know how to properly cook jam from rose petals or walnut... But we'll talk about cooking a classic homemade jam, which will turn out to be tasty and aromatic if you approach the matter with heart.

Homemade jam secrets

The ideal jam looks like this: a thick and transparent syrup, in which berries or pieces of fruit are evenly distributed. Real jam is not only tasty, but also attractive when cooked correctly. Let's try?

How to cook raspberry, apple and strawberry preserves

Jam is made from any berries and fruits - both traditional for our area and exotic, such as mango and papaya. Some lovers of unusual desserts make jam from carrots, green tomatoes, cucumbers, pineapples, bananas, oranges and chestnuts. The jam can be thin and thick, very sweet, or with a hint of sweetness, made with sugar or honey. There are many ways to process fruits, make syrup and make jam, among which everyone can choose the right one. However, there is general rules preparations and some subtleties that every housewife should know, no matter what recipe she uses.

Fruits and berries - beautiful, aromatic and slightly unripe

Choose only good quality fruits, preferably locally grown, as they retain their natural flavor and aroma. If you come across bad berries, you are unlikely to get an appetizing dessert, even if you know how to properly make strawberry, cherry or guava jam. Most often, slightly unripe fruits are taken for jam, since they have dense pulp and do not deform during cooking, with the exception of cherries and plums, which should be juicy enough. When choosing berries and fruits on the market or in the supermarket, be picky and make sure that the fruit and berry raw materials do not have external imperfections - dented sides, dark spots, dots and mechanical damage. The berries must be whole and not wrinkled. If you have a garden plot, pick fruit for jam in sunny weather, as berries picked in the rain absorb a lot of moisture and boil.

Copper basin - just right for making jam!

The jam is best cooked in copper, aluminum, steel bowls or pans that are perfectly clean and free from rust. Copper is the most suitable material for jam as it helps preserve the natural flavor and color of the berries. It is important to ensure that a green layer of copper oxides, which are hazardous to health, does not form on the surface of the copper cookware. Do not use enamel pots - jam very often burns in them, and this spoils its taste. And one more important tip: cook the jam in small portions so that the delicate pieces of berries and fruits are not overcooked.

Fruit preparation: from sorting to blanching

Before making the jam, the fruits are carefully sorted out, ugly, crumpled and overripe fruits are removed, they are cleaned of stalks and leaves, and then washed in cold water. The delicate berries are kept under the shower in a sieve for a few minutes, and then the water is allowed to drain. Raspberries and strawberries, if they look clean, do not need to be washed to keep them from losing their shape. After washing, the cherries can finally be pitted, and the apples - the core, using for this special devices not only to save time, but also to save the fruit from damage.

Some housewives blanch the fruits before cooking the jam - they scald them with boiling water or dipped in hot water, and large fruits are often pricked with a needle or cut. This is done so that they are better saturated with the sweet syrup and tastier.

Royal Fruit Sugar Syrup

If the berries are sufficiently juicy, then sugar syrup may not be prepared for them, since upon contact with sugar they give juice. However, it is still worth boiling the syrup if you want the berries to remain intact and look very beautiful in clear amber syrup.

For 1 kg of fruits and berries, take the same amount of granulated sugar, the amount of which can be increased or decreased depending on the recipe. So, add sugar to a saucepan or bowl and add water of any temperature; for each kilogram of sugar, usually about 200 ml of liquid is taken. Bring liquid to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly. Sugar syrup ready when it flows down from the spoon in a thick stream. Some housewives filter the syrup and pour berries and fruits over them, letting the jam brew and heating the syrup several times, depending on the recipe.

Making delicious jam

Berries and fruits are poured into the syrup and put on fire. This creates a plentiful foam, which must be completely removed if you want the jam to stand until spring. The best way get rid of the foam and save nerve cells - cook the jam to the end, let it cool and, when the berries sink to the bottom, quickly remove the foam with a slotted spoon.

In the process of cooking, stir the fruits with a wooden spatula so that they do not turn into porridge, and determine the readiness by the viscosity of the syrup. The jam is ready if the sugar drop does not spread on the saucer and keeps its shape firmly or the syrup stretches between two fingers and forms a thread. Berries and fruits in the boiled jam sink to the bottom, the syrup becomes more transparent. It is important to remove the jam from the fire in time, since undercooked fruits will soon ferment and sour, and overcooked ones will become sugar and lose their pleasant aroma and taste. If the fruit is well saturated with syrup, you may not cook it at all or cook it for no more than 40 minutes.

Five minutes - a luxurious jam with a unique aroma

Let's talk about how to properly cook strawberry and strawberry jam-five minutes, the recipe for which does not involve cooking syrup, which means it will save precious time and ... vitamins. To do this, the berries are covered with sugar, insisted for several hours and boiled in own juice... There are different proportions of sugar and berries and different ways cooking, but on average, a five-minute is kept on fire for no more than 5 minutes and immediately rolled into jars.

Some housewives are interested in how to properly cook cherry with seeds and whether it is possible to cook a five-minute from them. The seeds give the jam an almond aroma and a pleasant taste, besides, it is easier to cook, since the stage of preparing the berries for cooking is significantly reduced. For better impregnation syrup should pierce the berries or scald them with boiling water.

"Five-minute" jam is cooked from any fruits and berries, even from apples, and the recipe for apples is simple - peeled fruits are cut into slices and covered with sugar, and then infused, or they are crushed in puree and boiled without preliminary simmering in sugar.

In a five-minute period, all vitamins are preserved, and berries and fruits do not lose their natural taste and aroma. By the way, rose petal jam can also be considered a five-minute period, since rose petals are boiled in syrup for a very short time - no more than 15 minutes.

After boiling, the jam is allowed to stand up to 12 hours, and then it is poured into the jars. However, this jam can be done right away - it is already ready and will be stored just as long as your loved ones have enough patience to admire this beauty. Jam can be eaten with a spoon, spread over toast, biscuit pieces or biscuits. Pamper the children with a jar of fragrant delicacies without waiting for winter - let them get vitamins and enjoy life!

From the harvested time, you can cook good jelly, candied fruits, compotes, pie filling and preserves.

Rhubarb jam

For the preparation of dessert, you should not use copper or tin utensils, as due to the acid in the plant, it can oxidize. The stems of the plant need to be prepared before cooking. To do this, peel off the thin skin with a sharp knife. And only then can the plant be cut into cubes. The jam is made from the ratio of a kilogram of rhubarb to a kilogram of sugar.

We put the chopped cubes of the plant in a container and cover with sugar. Next, we leave the products in this form for a day at room temperature, the rhubarb should start up the juice. After that, put the pan on the slowest heat and begin to cook it. The mass must be mixed periodically. After boiling, the jam is boiled for no more than fifteen minutes. Then it should cool down and only after that it can be laid out in the jars, covered with plastic lids. Jam should only be stored in a cold place.

Pine cone dessert

You will probably be surprised, but jam can even be made from cones. Moreover, the recipes for such a delicacy have been known for a long time. In the old days, cone jam was harvested as a medicine. It is now at any time of the year that pharmacies are open. And in those distant times, people used only natural remedies for treatment. Pine cone jam is a very strong anti-cold and immunostimulating agent. It contains many biologically active substances, essential oils, which perfectly help to cope with colds, sore throats and coughs.

Cones need to be harvested by the end of May. At this time, they are still small and delicate and have a bright coniferous aroma.

Before cooking, the cones must be carefully sorted out, removing unnecessary debris and needles. Next, we rinse them in cold water, and then soak them overnight in an enamel bowl. The liquid should cover the bumps by a couple of centimeters. It is on this tincture that we will prepare the jam. It is recommended to use a kilogram of sugar for one liter of solution. It will take three days to prepare. Every day, you need to bring the jam to a boil and boil for only five minutes, then leave it to cool. In this case, the foam must be removed. We repeat the actions for three days in a row. After that, the cooled mass can be poured into clean jars and stored in a cool place. Abuse such drug not worth it, but regular use of one tablespoon and one lump will help to resist colds and viral ailments.

Banana miracle

Many housewives will object: why make banana jam? After all, these fruits are sold in supermarkets at any time of the year. All this, of course, is true, but the dessert is incredibly simple to prepare and has an amazing taste and aroma. Even the smallest connoisseurs will like this sweetness. In addition, banana jam does not need to be stored for future use. It can be prepared at any time, especially in spring, when stocks in the pantry are already running out, and there is still no fresh fruit.

To make jam, you need to take very ripe fruits.

Ingredients:

  1. Three bananas.
  2. ½ glass of water.
  3. A glass of sugar.

The fruits are peeled and cut into pieces. Next, the syrup is prepared in a saucepan. To do this, mix sugar with water in a bowl, bring to a boil and boil a little. Next, chopped bananas are dipped into a boiling liquid and the mass is cooked over low heat. The jam is ready when the mass is smooth, as the bananas turn into mashed potatoes from the heat. Ready dessert laid out in banks and sent for short-term storage, since such a dessert, as a rule, does not stale.

Strawberry jam "Freshness"

We invite housewives to prepare unusual strawberry jam. Of course, fragrant berries are delicious in any version, but you can please your family with something refined. Especially when you consider that there are many great recipes.

Ingredients:

  1. Two kilograms of strawberries.
  2. Two lemons.
  3. One and a half kilograms of sugar.
  4. Fresh mint leaves (25-30 pcs.).
  5. Basil leaves (25-30 pcs.).

For cooking, we need good berries, so we need to sort them out, removing the crumpled ones. After that, gently rinse the strawberries and let them drain in a colander. Next, put the berries in a deep bowl and cover with sugar. In this form, the strawberries should stand for several hours and let the juice flow. Now you can put the pan on low heat, bring to a boil and cook for another five minutes. In the jam, you need to add grated lemon zest and its chopped pulp. Then we cook the mass for another fifteen minutes. After removing from the heat, the dessert must be left to infuse for ten hours. After a lapse of time, the jam must be brought to a boil again, boiled for five minutes and then poured into clean jars.

Raspberry jam with melon

Raspberries are incredibly tasty and useful berry... But you can make very special desserts from it. So, for example, we suggest trying an unusual raspberry and melon jam.

Ingredients:

  1. One lemon.
  2. Raspberries - 450 g.
  3. Melon.
  4. One lime.
  5. A kilogram of sugar.
  6. Glass of water.

Rinse and dry the lemon and lime thoroughly before cooking. Using a sharp knife, remove the skin, and squeeze the juice from the zest, but do not throw it away, but cover it with sugar and leave it for an hour.

In the meantime, cut the melon in two, removing the seeds. Peel the skin and cut the pulp into small cubes. Rinse the raspberries and dry them on a paper towel. Now that all the components are prepared, you can start cooking. Put the zest with sugar in a saucepan and add the remaining sugar, pour a glass of water. Bring the resulting mass to a boil, then add the melon and boil for another five minutes. Next, pour in the raspberries and boil again for five minutes. Any foam that appears during cooking should be removed. Remove the pan from the heat and let the jam cool. After that, you need to re-boil the mass until it thickens. Put the finished jam in clean jars and seal with lids.

Apple jam

Jam apples are some of the most popular fruits, along with strawberries and raspberries. An incredible amount of recipes for such desserts has been invented. However, you can also make an unusual apple jam, because the fruits go well with many vegetables and berries. We bring to your attention original recipe sweet dessert with grapes, melon, zucchini and apples. At first glance, the list of products may seem completely incredible, but the end result is a delicious jam.

Ingredients:

  1. A kilogram of red apples.
  2. Sugar - 3.6 kg.
  3. A kilogram of zucchini.
  4. A kilogram of grapes, seedless varieties are preferable.
  5. A kilogram of melon pulp.
  6. Vanilla sugar pack.
  7. Three lemons.
  8. Almond essence - ½ tsp

Let's start with the preparatory stage. Cut the apples into slices, removing the seeds. Peel the melon and zucchini and remove the seeds, and cut the pulp into cubes or strips. We put all the fruits in a container and add sugar (2.5 kilograms), mix the ingredients and then add another 500 grams of sugar on top. We leave the fruits for three hours so that they can start the juice. In the meantime, you can start preparing the grapes. We wash it thoroughly and put it in boiling water for ten minutes. We also peel the lemons and also send them to hot water. After ten minutes, drain the liquid and cut the lemons into wedges.

Put the saucepan with apples, melon and zucchini on the fire, bring the mass to a boil and boil for ten minutes. Remove the dishes from the heat and add the grapes and chopped lemons. Mix all the components well and let them cool. As soon as the jam cools down, it must be sent back to the stove, add the remaining sugar, boil and then boil for fifteen minutes.

This process must be repeated two or three more times during the day. With the last approach, you need to add almond essence, vanilla sugar to the jam. Put the boiling mass into the jars and seal them.

Carrot and cherry jam

An unusual combination of ingredients can surprise any gourmet. To prepare such unusual dessert take:

  1. A kilogram of ripe cherries.
  2. ½ kilogram of carrots.
  3. Sugar - 1.4 kg.
  4. Lemon.

We wash the ripe cherries and remove the petioles, leaving them to dry in a colander. After that, you need to remove the seeds and add sugar (700 g). After a while, the cherry will juice. It must be drained and, adding another 700 grams of sugar, boil the syrup.

We wash and peel carrots well. Cut the root vegetables into cubes and the lemon into slices. Put the carrots and chopped lemon into a container with cherries, and pour the ingredients with syrup on top. We put the dishes on the fire, heat the mass to a boil, then boil for five minutes and leave to cool. Be sure to remove the foam.

Over the next three days, the procedure is repeated regularly. Only after that we put the jam in clean jars.

Watermelon jam

You can make a delicious dessert from the rinds of watermelon.

Ingredients:

  1. A kilogram of watermelon peels.
  2. Sugar - 1.3 kilograms.
  3. A pinch of vanillin.
  4. A teaspoon of baking soda.

To make jam, we need watermelon rind, but they need to be cleaned of the green part. Cut the light pulp into cubes or rhombuses no more than three centimeters thick. Each piece must be pierced with a fork. V hot water(250 ml) dissolve the soda, then add cold water... Pour the crusts with the resulting solution for four hours. After the specified time, we throw the cubes into a colander, rinse them with clean water and let them drain.

Now you can start preparing the syrup. Pour 700 g of sugar into 750 ml of liquid. We boil the mass for ten minutes. Put the crusts in the resulting sling and boil them for ten minutes. We remove from the stove and let it brew for 12 hours. Next, add another 700 g of sugar, vanillin and boil for three hours. Pour the finished jam into clean jars and seal them hermetically.

Orange Peel Dessert

Even from orange peels the hostesses prepare a very unusual jam.

Ingredients:

  1. Seven oranges.
  2. Ginger root - 10 g.
  3. Lemon juice - 80 ml.

For syrup:

  1. Sugar - 420 g.
  2. Water - 420 ml.

Before cooking, wash the oranges thoroughly and pour over with boiling water. Now we cut each into four parts, and then we cut each part in half. Remove the orange pulp with a spoon, and cut the skin again.

If you come across fruits with a thin peel, then you can try to roll each strip into a roll. Next, the workpieces are placed in a container and filled with water so that it covers the crusts. Leave the peel in this form for three days. It is necessary to change the water in the pan every day (at least five times a day). This is done in order to remove unnecessary bitterness.

You will have to work more with thick-peeled oranges. Soak the crusts first. And then we remove it with a thin knife white pulp from the inside. Only then can the workpieces be rolled into spirals.

After the soaking process, the spirals from the zest are boiled at least four times, and each boil should last twenty minutes. Each time, the crusts must be doused with cold water.

In a separate large saucepan, cook the syrup from water and sugar, send the blanks into it, bring to a boil and cook for thirty minutes, after which the mass should cool. Add chopped ginger to the dishes. Bring the jam to a boil again, pour in lemon juice and boil it for another thirty minutes. After the mass has cooled, it can be poured into cans. Of course, the cooking process is rather complicated and lengthy, but the result is a bright dessert with cute curls.

Instead of an afterword

As you can see, very original desserts can be prepared from ordinary and unusual ingredients. Many recipes are easy to implement and at the same time get the most unusual jam. If you want to surprise your family, try making a "special" sweet. And they will certainly appreciate the culinary masterpiece.

In this section, I hope you will find jam recipes that will eventually become the most favorite for your family. I have tried a lot different recipes before I singled out the most successful ones for myself. All recipes have been verified by me personally!

What winter dessert can be called traditional for our country? Of course, jam is a fragrant, tasty, very sweet delicacy, the taste of which is familiar to everyone from childhood. They are poured over pancakes, pancakes and ice cream or eaten with a spoon and washed down with hot tea.
Some types of jam have healing properties and save those with a sweet tooth from colds, seasonal vitamin deficiencies, and annoying coughs. Besides, thick jam- this is perfect filling for baking.

Room for imagination

Classic jam recipes are popular at all times. However, those who are really passionate about cooking know that during the harvesting season there is an opportunity not only to thoroughly stock up on sweets for the winter, but also to experiment from the heart. Courageous housewives create different, sometimes quite unexpected combinations of fruits, berries, nuts, flower petals, vegetables and spices. Thanks to such experiences, the people's piggy bank of jam recipes for the winter is constantly replenished with new masterpieces.

Little secrets of a successful jam recipe

The main thing is to come to the kitchen in a good mood. To make the cooking process more interesting and fun, you can involve your household members in the work. Children are especially eager to tinker with berries and fruits. With their participation, the jam always turns out to be very tasty, as if charged with positive energy.
In addition to good recipe jam and the presence of helpers, the choice of dishes is also important. It is more convenient to cook aromatic sweetness in enamel or aluminum basins and large cups, gently stirring with a slotted spoon or wooden spatula. You can't do without a large spoon with special holes, it is needed to remove the foam. You will need a deep ladle to fill the jars.

Jam loves attention, without constant stirring it tends to burn and absorb the smell of burning. With a long absence of the hostess in the kitchen, it treacherously runs to the stove, so do not leave the delicacy unattended.

At the end of a working day, do not forget to praise yourself and your loved ones, as well as take a tasting of your favorite dessert.