Recipe for making cucumber jam with lemon, orange and honey
Many hostesses, who are tired of familiar dishes, are happy to experiment in choosing ingredients for making jams. At the same time, shattering the opinion that jam should be made only from fruits. The recipe for cucumber jam will allow you not only to make a tasty and healthy delicacy, but also to significantly save on cooking. A variety of additional ingredients will make the taste exquisite and unique.
Features of cooking cucumber jam for the winter
Cucumber jam will appeal to those who prefer original and unusual proposals. It does not have a pronounced taste of cucumbers, it has delicate notes of lemon, orange, mint, currant or gooseberry, depending on the additional ingredients. Such jam will not only be an excellent addition to the table, but will also strengthen the immune system, which is especially important in winter.
Cooking recommendations:
- Cucumbers for jam must be boiled several times before cooking over low heat. After the gherkins are soaked in sugar and juice, the jam from them will be much tastier.
- For cooking, it is preferable to choose medium-sized cucumbers, which have a thin peel and not many seeds. This will save you time and waste.
- You can use honey instead of sugar for jam.
To make the jam tender, put the cucumbers in a bowl of salt water, cover with a cabbage leaf and leave in this form for 2-3 days. After the fruits have turned yellow, they are transferred to another dish, surrounded by cabbage leaves on both sides. The brine in which the gherkins were soaked is boiled and again poured into a container with cucumbers.
The process must be repeated until the cucumbers turn green.
Only by doing such manipulations can you get a really high-quality product.
Preparation of ingredients
The first step is to sort out the crop and select small gherkins, which will greatly speed up and facilitate the cooking process. All cucumbers should be thoroughly rinsed and, if possible, pre-boiled.
There is an opinion that it is better to make cucumber jam from yellow, already lying cucumbers. At the same time, it is worth remembering that it takes much longer to cook it, there will be much more waste from the fruit, the final output, respectively, is less.
Cooking methods
Gherkin jam can be prepared both in a standard way and using a multicooker or bread machine. Modern devices have a special Jam button. In any case, the result is tasty and unexpected, the main thing is to properly prepare the cucumbers before cooking, since the taste, tenderness and texture of the resulting product depend on this.
Cucumber jam with mint and lemon
In addition to the main ingredients for taste, you can add cinnamon, kiwi pulp, cloves, vanilla.
For cooking, you need to prepare:
- cucumbers - 1 kg;
- juice and zest of 2 lemons;
- sugar - 0.6 kg;
- mint leaves.
The mint is crushed, the cucumbers are peeled, cut in half and the seeds are removed. Then they are laid out in a saucepan with the addition of mint, juice and lemon zest, sugar.
The ingredients are left to infuse for 2-2.5 hours.
Then you need to bring the contents of the pan to a boil, boil over low heat for 30 minutes. and roll up the jars. The resulting jam has a caramel consistency, very tasty and tender.
Cucumber jam with lemon and orange
The hostess is advised to add ginger to the recipe below, which will make the jam even more useful and nutritious.
Cucumber jam with lemon and orange is made from the following ingredients:
- cucumbers - 1 kg;
- lemon, orange - 1 pc.;
- sugar - 0.5 kg;
- citric acid - 1/4 tsp;
- cloves - 4 pcs.
You can also add cinnamon, rosemary, and vanilla sugar based on your taste.
The cucumbers are peeled and cut into cubes. The zest is removed from the lemon and orange, the white skin is peeled, the seeds are removed. Cut the lemon and orange into small cubes, then add sugar and cook the mixture for 20 minutes. over medium heat. Then you need to add cucumbers and spices. Cook for another 10 minutes, then pour into jars.
Cucumber jam with honey
To please the household with a gherkin delicacy, you need to prepare:
- cucumbers - 1 kg;
- sugar - 400 g;
- honey - 150-200 g;
- lemon zest.
The fruits are peeled and cut into small cubes. They are poured into a deep container, with the addition of zest and sugar. The ingredients are infused for 2-3 hours. After the pan is put on fire, and the contents are cooked for 0.5 hour. When the consistency has become caramelized, honey is added and mixes well with the rest of the ingredients. Everything is poured into sterilized jars.
Jam can also be made by completely replacing sugar with honey. In this case, the ingredient is added based on taste preferences and depending on how sweet the jam should be.
Cucumber jam with gooseberries
For cooking, you need 1 kg of cucumbers, 0.5 kg of gooseberries, 1 kg of sugar, 2 tbsp. l. nettle juice and a little lemon juice. The cucumbers are peeled, cut into bars and filled with cold water. Everything is left for 1.5-2 hours, then the water must be drained, the fruits must be sprinkled with sugar. Grind the gooseberries in a meat grinder, to which the juice of lemon and nettle is then added, everything goes to the stove. After boiling, remove from heat and cool. Combine the cucumber mixture with gooseberries, put on the fire and cook until the cucumbers become transparent. Then pour into jars and roll up.
Cucumber and red currant jam
You need to take 2 kg of cucumbers, rinse well and cut into small cubes. Put in a deep container, add 1 kg of sugar. Leave to let the juice run for 5-7 hours, then add another 0.5 kg of sugar and put on fire. Cook for 15 minutes. Cool the contents, add 1 cup of red currant and bring to a boil. Place in pasteurized jars.
How and with what to serve?
Cucumber jam is served with pancakes, pancakes, tea, that is, with the dishes as all other jams.
Based on the above, cucumber is an ideal ingredient for making a dessert.The jam made from it is delicious and unusual, it will be an excellent addition to family tea drinking and gatherings with friends.
