A simple recipe for lingonberry jam with apples for the winter
Lingonberry jam with apples is a delicious delicacy that is not inferior to the composition of raspberries in its life-giving properties. The bitterness and tart taste of this dessert are given by wild berries. This wonderful dessert will be a great addition to curd dishes, filling for sweet pies. This recipe has earned love and recognition throughout Russia.
The subtleties of cooking
This dessert has its own nuances of preparation:
- Ripe berries are selected, but not overripe.
- Harvesting is necessary strictly in the morning, when the oxidizing properties of the forest berry are most intense.
- Carefully monitor the selection of berries so that there are no putrefactive traces, frostbite and other damage.
- To create a syrup, take spring or well water.
- When cooking lingonberries with ripe apple fruits, it is undesirable to use aluminum dishes, since the released fruit acid can destroy fragile metal.
- To add some spice, honey, dried thyme, rosemary, cloves or cinnamon are added to the composition.
- The tart taste of life-giving lingonberry is diluted with berries, various nuts, dried fruits, healing juices;
- When the forest fruits are ready, they take on a translucent color.
How to choose lingonberries and apples
The final taste of the dessert depends on the correct choice of forest fruits. When choosing a wild berry in a store, pay attention to the appearance of the berries; they should be too dry, without traces of dents. Soft berries don't work either.
Sour varieties are suitable for apples; Antonovka is an excellent option.
Cooking methods
The recipe contains several sequential steps:
- Lingonberry is dipped in boiling water, then put in a colander.
- Peeled apples with the middle removed are cut into medium slices, dipped in boiling water.
- The next step is syrup. To this end, the sugar is thoroughly mixed with water, the mixture is brought to a boil at medium heat.
- Combine fresh lingonberries, chopped apples, sugar composition, cook the dessert, stirring it occasionally.
- The boiled berries are set aside for 12 hours.
- After this period of time, cooking the jam continues again, the finished mass is brought to a boil for 15 minutes, until the selected berries turn into a uniform consistency.
- The finished dessert is poured into completely sterile jars, rolled up.
As a result, you get a life-giving dessert that will come in handy in the harsh winter time.
A simple recipe for lingonberry jam with apples
To cook a healing jam, you will need:
- Fresh lingonberry - 1 kg.
- Apples - 1 kg.
- Sugar - 2 kg.
- Spring water - 1 glass.
To cook dessert, you need to prepare an enamel basin or other wide dishes, in which cooking will be as comfortable as possible. They are washed, the cowberry is carefully selected. Pour it out in stages so as not to wrinkle. Pour the selected berry with water, mix by hand.
All existing debris floats to the surface, it is carefully removed. The shriveled, crushed berries are removed.
The selected lingonberry is thrown into a colander. Fresh berries are covered with sifted sand. For the composition to start up the scarlet juice, they wait several hours. To make the process go faster, knead the berries with a potato pusher. After the sugar turns red, add a glass of water. Put on medium heat so that the boiling sugar does not burn, stir the composition. While the selected lingonberries are heated, the apples are washed and cut. The selected berries are mixed with chopped apples, brought to a boil. Reduce the heat, cook, stirring occasionally for 20-25 minutes. The resulting foam is removed with a spoon during intensive cooking. Hot prepared dessert is poured into jars. They are sent for long-term storage.
Lingonberry jam with apples: recipe "Five minutes"
To cook this healing jam, you need to select and prepare the ingredients:
- Selected lingonberry - 1 kg.
- Sour apples - 3 pcs.
- Sugar - 1 kg.
- Lemon juice - 2-3 tbsp l.
The selected cranberries are washed and dried. The apples are peeled from the excess core, thick peel, the resulting composition is sprayed with 3 tbsp. l. lemon juice. 1 cup of water is poured into a prepared saucepan, apple peel is added, the composition is boiled for a couple of minutes. The cleaning is removed, 1 kg of sugar is added, the composition is heated until it is completely dissolved.
Boil after boiling for 5 minutes, add chopped apples to the composition, then selected lingonberries. Dessert is cooked for a couple of minutes. The finished composition is laid out in banks.
Sugar-free apple jam with lingonberries
This delicious dessert is perfect for those who cannot eat sweets, because it comes with a minimum of sugar.
Ingredient List:
- Lingonberry - 1 kg.
- Apples - 300 g.
- Sugar - 300 g.
- 250 g spring water.
They sort out fresh lingonberries, selecting tainted and frozen berries. The berries are washed, dried in a colander. Sand sugar and spring water are poured into enameled dishes. Make a thick syrup. Pour life-giving lingonberry into the prepared syrup, cook for 10 minutes after a quick boil. Set aside the berries in the syrup to infuse for 1 hour. Large apples are peeled from a thick peel and excess core, cut into large cubes. Mix apples with lingonberry syrup, put on a medium light, boil for another 10 minutes after further boiling.
To add a pleasant aroma to the dessert, add cinnamon 3 minutes before cooking.
So, step by step, you can prepare a low-calorie jam, which will become a favorite dessert in winter.
How much is stored
Any jam prepared for the winter can be stored for 3 years. During this time, all the useful components are preserved, over time their number decreases, the taste of the dessert does not change for the better over time. 5-7-year-old jam, on the surface of which there is no mold, will not cause any damage to health, but it will not give any benefit either.
