8 simple recipes for making transparent paradise apple jam with tails for the winter
In many summer cottages, trees grow with fruits in the form of Ranetki. Another name for Ranetok is heavenly apples. Jam from these fruits has an excellent taste, jelly consistency. There are a large number of recipes for transparent jam from paradise apples with tails. They differ both in the products used and in the volume of certain ingredients. You can make jam using different methods: in the oven, in a slow cooker, in sugar syrup, and even with seasonings.
The subtleties of making paradise apples for the winter
If you decide to make jam from small apples, for example, from Kitayka, you need to take into account certain nuances. So, you need to understand how to select and prepare ingredients, prepare containers. Only in this case will you be able to prepare a product that tastes no different from the jam that your grandmother cooked.
Features of the selection and preparation of products
All paradise apples differ in taste, color, smell, density. They cannot be stored for a long time, therefore it is recommended to immediately preserve the fruits.
To make transparent Ranetki jam, you need to choose yellow fruits with an amber hue. They have a slightly tart flavor and are distinguished by high density pulp.
The fruits must be washed under running water. Ranetki that are damaged, overripe or have traces of damage must be thrown away. Drain and let the apples dry.
Sepals must be removed from all Ranetki. You can do this with your fingers. Part of the stalk must be removed with scissors. Leave only the ponytail 20-30 millimeters long.
Pierce each fruit in at least 3 places with a toothpick. Instead of piercing, you can blanch them in boiled hot water for 3 minutes.
How to prepare containers correctly?
The basin into which the fruits will be poured must be covered with enamel. It needs to be cleaned, grease removed. Also, there should be no chipped areas on the basin, otherwise the jam will undergo oxidation and darken.
The glass jars into which the finished product will be dispensed must also be clean. It is recommended to rinse them with boiling water before use.
Remember to dry the jars after boiling.
How to make heavenly apple jam at home?
There are many recipes for making such a jam. Below you can see the best of them.
Classic recipe with ponytails (transparent)
You will need:
- a kilogram of apples (whole, with tails);
- one and a half glasses of water;
- 3 kilograms of sugar.
The algorithm is as follows:
- After removing parts of the stalks and leaving only the tails, wash the fruits under running water, pierce with a toothpick.
- Stir the sugar and water in an enamelled bowl. Boil the mixture for 3 minutes.
- Put the fruits in the cooled syrup and leave for 4 hours. Shake the bowl from time to time to soak the apples better.
- Boil the contents of the basin for 5 minutes, leave again for 4 hours.
- Repeat the boiling and infusion procedure.
- Distribute the cooled product to the jars.
Fast cooking method
To make jam in a quick and easy way, you will need, in addition to the above ingredients, half a teaspoon of citric acid and 1 cinnamon stick. Cooking procedure:
- Put sugar and water on low heat.
- Pour the ranetki into the syrup.
- Increase heat to high for a quick simmer.
- Remove the foam, turn off the heat after a minute.
- Let the mixture cool.
- Put the jam on the stove again, put citric acid and a cinnamon stick there. Boil, reduce heat to low. Warm up for another 30 minutes, but do not boil.
With lemon
You can add 3-4 lemon wedges to Chinese apples. You need to add lemon at the end of cooking, when the jam has already been completely removed from the stove and cooled.
With nuts
In this recipe, walnuts are poured into the pan along with the apples. To make jam with nuts, you need 1.5 cups of them.
In the oven
You can also cook a sweet treat in the oven. To do this, pour the syrup over the fruit and put it in the oven. Start raising the temperature to 170 degrees and then sharply reduce it to 90 degrees. Leave the jam in the oven for 4 hours.
Cinnamon
A very tasty delicacy is obtained by adding nuts and cinnamon chopped in a blender to the syrup.
With cognac in a slow cooker
Here, instead of water, cognac is used. Cognac is poured into the multicooker bowl, sugar is added. After the syrup boils, apples are placed. To make jam, you need to activate the "stewing" mode in the multicooker. The cover must be open. After 10 minutes, the multicooker is turned off and, leaving the lid open, allow the product to cool. After that, cooking is started again. The number of cooking and cooling cycles is 3.
Paradise apple jam with slices
The difference from the classic recipe is cutting the fruit into slices. In this case, the tails are removed. When cooking, you do not need to stir the syrup.
How and how much can you store?
You need to store the workpieces in sterile glass jars, hermetically rolled up with metal lids. The period during which the product can be stored is 24 months. Usually, after this period, the jam begins to lose its taste.
The temperature at which the product is stored is also of great importance. It is best to store the jam at a temperature of +5 to +20 degrees. Do not store your preform in extreme cold, because otherwise it will become sugared and lose its great taste. Place the jars in a dark and dry place.
If the food is sugar-coated, you can boil it with a little water. You can simply heat the jars in boiling water - the sugar will still be dissolved. Throw away the can immediately if you find mold..
