A simple recipe for making peach jam for the winter
Blanks for the winter are a personal matter for every housewife, but almost everyone makes jam. This delicacy is irreplaceable on the winter table. Like a piece of summer taken with you on cold winter evenings. It is not difficult to prepare peach jam, the process has no peculiarities.
There are a lot of recipes, as new experiments of summer residents and gardeners often appear. But still, the popular ones have been identified, which to this day are popular with the hostesses.
Peach jam: the subtleties of cooking
Taking into account all the nuances when making jam, they get an excellent dessert, which is treated to all relatives and friends:
- No need to get rid of the skin. It is it that contains more nutrients. And it keeps the peaches from losing their shape.
- The foam affects the final taste of the dessert; it is recommended to remove it. But not when a peach treat is boiled, housewives recommend leaving it.
- The piquancy of jam will be given by the presence of nucleoli in it.
- Citric acid or juice is added before the final cooking, since the fruits do not have acidity. And without it, they do not last long.
- When cooled completely, the jam thickens.
With the annual cooking, each housewife deduces her own rules and subtleties of preparing a treat.
Preparation of peaches
For any recipe, the choice of ingredients is of particular importance. First of all, this applies to the main product that is part of it.
How to properly prepare peaches for dessert:
- It is better to buy firm, but ripe fruits.
- If the jam is made from whole peaches, then it is better to buy small ones.
- It is better to blanch hard fruits before use. To do this, them for 5 minutes. dipped in boiling water, then under a stream of cold water. First, you need to pierce several holes so that they do not crack.
- Remove slightly fluffed skin immediately before use.
- You will have to work hard with the stone, since the peculiarity of all peaches is that it is very difficult to remove it from them. To facilitate the process, take a knife or spoon.
- The fruits of this culture are very sweet, so sugar needs to be calculated very accurately.
The taste of the finished dessert directly depends on the correct preparation of the ingredients.
Cooking method
Making jam is not difficult, it is important to strictly follow the steps of the recipes. The main way of making dessert at home is cooking.
Peach jam in slices for the winter: a simple recipe
Housewives are looking for simple recipes for making dessert.Sometimes there is simply not enough time to perform complex manipulations.
How this jam is made
There is nothing complicated, only it takes several days, since the dessert is infused for a long time. You will need an equal amount of peaches and sugar, citric acid.
The fruits are washed, cut into slices. Slices are laid in stages and sprinkled with sugar. Then the workpiece is infused for several hours at room temperature. Then put on low heat and gradually heat up, allowing the sugar to dissolve. Remove from heat and leave to cool completely. Put on fire again, after mixing, cook for 5 minutes, leave to infuse for 10-12 hours. And so 4 times.
Do not close the container with jam with a tight lid while infusing.
In the final approach, the jam is boiled for 8 minutes. and add citric acid at the tip of a knife. They are placed in sterilized jars and covered with lids. Until it cools completely, they are kept under blankets upside down.
Thick peaches
It is recommended to use greenish fruits or very small ones. But their flesh should be firm, firm and dense. The jam is cooked for a long time, in several approaches.
Cooking a thick dessert
You will need 3 kg of peaches, 4 kg of granulated sugar and 0.5 tsp of citric acid. The fruits are cut into slices, placed in a bowl in layers and sprinkled with sugar. Further, the workpiece is infused from 6 to 8 hours.
Before putting on fire, mix everything carefully and bring to a boil. Citric acid is added. Mix the entire workpiece and boil for 5 minutes. Then set aside to infuse at room temperature for a day. The container is covered with material or gauze, this is necessary so that condensation does not accumulate.
In this recipe, citric acid is added not only for preservation, but also to give the finished delicacy an amber look.
After insisting, put on fire again. Bring to a boil, let the jam boil for 7 minutes. Remove again and allow the dessert to cool. During subsequent cooking, boiling should be barely noticeable, leave on fire for 20-25 minutes.
Stir very gently to keep the fruit slices intact.
After the time has elapsed, put in pasteurized jars and roll up. This recipe is suitable for long-term storage.
Five minutes recipe
Fast cooking does not guarantee long-term storage. Therefore, it is better to cook jam for immediate use. It is stored in the refrigerator for several weeks. You need to purchase 2 kg of peaches and 1 lemon. Granulated sugar in this recipe requires 1.5 kg.
Cut the washed fruits into beautiful slices, sprinkle with sugar, let stand for 3-4 hours. Add lemon juice and, without stirring, put on fire, heat slowly. Using a wooden spatula, help the peaches mix into the syrup. After boiling, give 5 minutes until the granulated sugar is completely dissolved. Place in jars, allow to cool. This jam should be put into the refrigerator only after a day has passed, and you should not try it right away either. It should be well infused and soaked in sugar syrup.
In a multicooker
Cooking dessert in a multicooker makes the process easier, you hardly need to look after it. The jam turns out to be a little runny, but it can be used as a syrup for making drinks. You will need 2 kg of fruit, 1.6 kg of granulated sugar, 2 lemons and water.
After completing the recipe step by step, you get an excellent treat for tea.
- Step 1 Cut the peaches into large wedges, remove the kernels.
- Step 2. Mix the juice of 2 lemons and 5 tbsp. spoons of water.
- Step 3. The workpiece is placed in a multicooker container, covered with sugar. A mixture of water and lemon juice is added there.
- Step 4. Peaches are infused at room temperature for several hours.
- Step 5. Everything is mixed and the "Quenching" mode is set. So the jam is left for 20 minutes.
- Step 6. Open the lid of the multicooker and stir the contents.Set the "Steam cooking" mode, leave for 15 minutes. Then let stand for a day, not forgetting to open the lid.
- Step 7. After that, set the same mode again and leave the jam for 15 minutes. After the signal, turn off the machine, put the jam in prepared containers, roll up.
With lemon
All sweet tooths will love citrus jam, it turns out very tasty. This will diversify the taste and add value to the dessert. For its preparation, you will need 2 kg of peaches and granulated sugar, 2 lemons.
Cut the fruits into slices, sprinkle with sugar. Leave to brew for several hours at room temperature. Remove seeds from lemon, cut into slices together with the peel.
When a sufficient amount of juice is released for cooking, the workpiece is put on fire. Heat slowly, stirring gently so as not to destroy the structure of the peach slices.
Using a wooden or plastic spatula will not destroy the structural integrity of the fruit.
When the jam boils, keep on fire for 5-7 minutes. Add sliced lemon. Turn off and let stand for an hour. Then again put on the fire and boil for 5-6 minutes, remove the lemon from the jam, so that later it does not taste bitter. Let cool, cook for the 3rd time for 10 minutes. Pour the finished delicacy into jars, roll up and leave at room temperature until it cools completely.
With orange
Cooking tasty and healthy jam. Not only lemons are used for dessert, but also oranges. The taste is excellent, every hostess will appreciate it. Take 3 kg of peaches, 1 kg of oranges, 3 kg of granulated sugar and lemon juice.
The fruits are cut into small slices, sugar is poured into them and left to stand at room temperature for several hours until the required amount of liquid appears. Oranges are cut into slices along with the peel.
Before putting the container on fire, add 3 tbsp. tablespoons of lemon juice. Bring to a boil, keep on fire for 3-4 minutes. Remove and leave to cool. While the jam is warm, add oranges. Bring to a boil again and cook for 5-7 minutes. For cooling down an hour. Remove the orange circles from the jam. Then again put on the slowest fire, boil for 10 minutes.
Dessert is ready, at the discretion of the hostess it is rolled into jars or left for food.
Sugarless
For people who do not consume sugar, there is such a recipe. You will need canned peaches 0.85 kg, pumpkin 0.4 kg, dried apricots 5 pcs.
Pumpkin and peaches are cut into cubes, dried apricots are chopped. The peach preservative is put on the fire, pumpkin is boiled in it until mashed. Add peaches and dried apricots, bring to a boil. Poured into prepared jars.
Cinnamon
Preparing a recipe is not difficult, housewives advise not to make hasty conclusions about incongruity. First of all, you need to cook and taste it, then make a decision. You need 2 kg of peaches, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1.8 kg of sugar, water and citric acid.
First of all, the syrup is prepared, for it they take 1 tbsp. water and 2 tbsp. Sahara. In parallel, peaches are cut and sprinkled with granulated sugar. Insist until the juice appears for 5-6 hours. Stir, put on low heat. At the moment when the jam starts to boil, pour in the warmed syrup. Add cinnamon there, cook for 10 minutes. Turn off and leave to cool and soak for 2 hours. Boil again, take out the cinnamon, add a pinch of citric acid, cook for 10 minutes. Arrange in banks, put away for storage.
Seedless
Cooking pitted peaches will extend the shelf life of the jam. Therefore, most housewives prefer these recipes. Their diversity is widely disclosed in this article.
With apple
To prepare the dessert, you will need 0.55 kg of peaches and apples, 1.3 kg of sugar and 110 g of water. The main components are cut into slices, while preparing syrup from the entire volume of sugar and half a glass of water. Then fruit is poured into it, the workpiece is coiled for 4-5 hours.
Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, then lay out in jars and sterilize for 10 minutes. The treat is ready.
With raspberries
To prepare this jam, you will need beet sugar weighing 0.95 kg, 0.8 kg of peach pulp, 30 g of lemon seeds, 0.3 kg of raspberries, 70 ml of water and 130 ml of lemon juice.
Pre-washed and dried lemon seeds are placed in an impromptu bandage bag.
Raspberries, diced peaches and water are placed in a separate cookware. Put on a slow fire. Bring to a boil and continue to cook for 15 minutes. Then add sugar and lemon juice. The pouch with bones is tied so that it is in the jam, but does not drown. Bring to a boil and determine its temperature with a special thermometer. It should be 105-110 ⁰С, upon reaching it, remove the lemon seeds and arrange the dessert in jars.
With zhelfix
For jam, purchase 1 packet of zhelfix, 1 kg of peaches and 0.35 kg of sugar.
Finely chopped peaches are covered with 150 g of sugar and left at room temperature for 30 minutes, as much as possible.
The rest of the sugar and gelatin are thoroughly mixed. After the workpiece has let out the juice, a sugar mixture with gelatin is added to it. Bring to a boil over low heat.
Cook for only 3 minutes, put the finished delicacy in jars and roll up.
Storage features
The shelf life of well-prepared jam is a year. Provided that the jars have been sterilized and the lids are not mechanically damaged. Store the product in a cool, protected from direct sunlight.
It is not difficult to prepare a healthy and delicious peach treat. You just need to strictly follow the technology and not ignore any steps in the recipe.
