A simple recipe for making plum jam for the winter at home
Jam is a sweet preparation made of fruits or berries, aromatic, with a rich fruit flavor and pleasant sweetness. Such a product can be cooked from a variety of ingredients, and plum jam, which is prepared for the winter, turns out to be especially tasty. This smooth, thick, jelly-like mass can be a great treat for tea drinking, filling for baked goods and other varied dishes.
Features of making plum jam
In order for the jam to acquire the desired consistency, boil properly and be tasty, experienced housewives recommend the following:
- for cooking, it is better to use wide dishes with low sides;
- high or medium temperature conditions are used;
- during the preparation of the jam, water does not need to be added, on the contrary, the liquid must be evaporated;
- it is advisable to add sugar after softening the fruits and evaporating part of the moisture;
- to speed up the boiling process, it is better to cut the fruits into small pieces and grind them with a blender.
And do not immediately cook a large amount of jam, this blank can burn, boil unevenly, boil off, and it is much easier to handle a small portion.
Preparation of the main ingredient
In order for this workpiece to work out well, it is necessary to use ripe or slightly unripe plums, without dents and rotten areas, with dense pulp.
Jam can be made from any kind of fruit - blue, white, yellow, red, prunes. They must be sorted out, removing the wormy and spoiled ones, and rinsed under running water.
The stalks must be removed without fail, in most recipes pitted plums are used, which means that they must be removed. Most often, this can be done with a stick, pushing out the seed, but in the fruits of some varieties, for example, white ones, it is unlikely to get rid of them in this way - you will have to cut them and remove them by hand.
Another nuance - the skin of yellow plums gives the preservation a bitter taste, so it is recommended to remove it. To facilitate the process, you can hold the fruits in boiling water or in the microwave for a couple of minutes. When the plums are ready, you can start cooking.
How to make plum jam at home
Confiture differs from jam in that, in addition to homogeneous jelly, it contains pieces of fruit.
To make a treat, you need the following:
- plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 300 g;
- water - 125 ml.
Cooking algorithm:
- The plum halves are placed in a saucepan and filled with water.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat.
- For 40 minutes, the workpiece is simmered over low heat - it should be stirred often, removing the foam.
- Cooked fruits are crushed - with a blender or through a sieve.
- Sugar is added to the puree and sent to low heat for 40 minutes.
- The finished confiture is poured into jars and sealed.
A simple recipe for the winter
There is a classic method of preparing a blank, which does not require much time and effort. \ You need to prepare the following ingredients for it:
- plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 800 g;
- water - 0.5 tbsp.
The process of making jam is as follows:
- The fruits are combined with water, mixed.
- After boiling, the fire decreases, the mass is boiled down within 30 minutes.
- Sugar is introduced in parts - with an interval of 3 minutes, 200-250 g each, each time the mass is mixed.
- The temperature rises to a boil and then decreases, and the plums are boiled down for half an hour.
- The product is ready to be poured into cans.
Seedless
You can quickly cook plum jam according to the "five-minute" recipe, it is advisable to take fruits that quickly separate from the seeds.
Components:
- plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 0.5 kg;
- water - 0.5 cups.
Cooking Algorithm:
- Sugar is poured with boiling water and placed on the stove.
- The syrup is cooked over low heat.
- The fruit halves are placed in syrup and boiled for 7 minutes.
- The fire is turned off and the jam is simmering for 4-5 minutes under the lid.
- The blank can be poured into cans.
Without peel
Jam from plums without skin turns out to be more uniform, light, to make it, you need the following:
- plums - 2.5 kg;
- 5-6 seed kernels;
- sugar - 2 kg.
You will have to tinker with the preparation, as peeling the fruit will take some time. In addition, kernels extracted from the seeds are required.
Step by step cooking:
- Fruits and kernels are placed in a container and sent over medium heat until the plums soften - it is necessary to control the process and regulate the temperature, the average cooking time is 40 minutes.
- Sugar is added to the fruit - in 2 sets of 1 kg, each time the mass should be mixed and wait for it to dissolve.
- The jam is boiled over medium heat until thickened.
- Glossy, elastic mass can be placed in containers.
In a multicooker
You can also make plum jam in this kitchen appliance, making your task much easier. Ingredients required:
- plums (without pits and skins) - 800 g;
- sugar - 2.5 cups from the multicooker;
- lemon juice - 1 tsp;
- gelatin - 3 g.
The preparation is as follows:
- The pulp of the fruit is passed through a meat grinder.
- Sugar and juice are added to the mass.
- It is placed in a bowl, the "steam" mode is set until it boils.
- The mode is changed to another - "quenching", cooking time - 1 hour;
- Gelatin dissolves in water and is added to the plums.
- Ready plum jam is poured into containers.
With chocolate
This gourmet dessert has an original taste and is quite simple to prepare. The following products are required:
- plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 0.5 kg;
- gelatin - 1 pack;
- chocolate - 100 g.
Step by step cooking:
- The fruits are peeled, peeled and pureed.
- Puree is laid out in a container, covered with sugar and placed on fire.
- After boiling, the fire decreases, and the mass is boiled for a quarter of an hour.
- Chocolate and gelatin dissolved in water are added to plums.
- When the chocolate has dissolved, the fire can be turned off, and the hot jam can be poured into containers and rolled up.
With apples
Plums go well with a variety of fruits, including apples. For dessert you will need:
- plums - 2 kg;
- apples - 1 kg;
- sugar - 1 kg.
Jam is prepared as follows:
- Fruits are peeled, pitted, cut into pieces, covered with granulated sugar, and the mass is mixed.
- They are left alone for 50-60 minutes. until the juice appears.
- Then the container is placed on low heat, where the mass is boiled down.
- After 30 min. it should be removed from heat and chopped with a blender.
- This is followed by repeated boiling, and you can roll up the jam for the winter.
In a bread maker
Another device that makes life easier for housewives, it can also be used for preparations for the winter.
Ingredients:
- plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 700 g;
- lemon zest to taste.
All components are connected, the device is set to the "jam / jam" mode. The bread maker will notify the hostess with a sound that the dessert is ready.
Frozen plum
Frozen fruits can also be used to make jams, following the recipe you like. For a plum-orange dessert you will need:
- plum - 0.5 kg;
- sugar - 400 g;
- orange - 1 pc.;
- ginger root - 2-3 cm piece;
- lemon juice - 2 tbsp l.
Cooking algorithm:
- Juice is squeezed out of citrus.
- The root is crushed on a fine grater.
- The fruits are thawed, placed in a saucepan and brought to a boil.
- Juices, sugar, ginger are added to the plums, the mass is mixed and boiled for 60 minutes. over low heat.
- Jam is ready to use and packaged in a container.
With gelatin
This component gives the dish a beautiful appearance and a pleasant jelly consistency. For plum jam you will need:
- plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 800 g;
- gelatin - 15 g;
- lemon juice - 50 ml.
The preparation is as follows:
- The fruits are placed in a saucepan, lemon juice and 400 g of sugar are added.
- The mixture is stirred and left for 2-2.5 hours.
- Gelatin dissolves in water, swells within 30-40 minutes.
- Put the saucepan on fire and boil the plums for 5 minutes over medium heat.
- The mixture should be cooled, chopped with a pusher or blender.
- The rest of the sugar is added and the jam is boiled down for another 40-45 minutes.
- At the end, gelatin is poured, the dessert is actively stirred and immediately laid out in jars.
Jam storage
If you use a recipe for making jam for the winter, then you can store it in any cool place - basement, cellar, refrigerator, and even in the closet nothing will happen to it. Otherwise, the jars should be placed on the refrigerator shelf.
