Cooking apricot jam
Today we will offer you simple recipes that even a young or inexperienced housewife can easily cope with. As a result, you can make aromatic apricot jam with different flavors. This treat will delight your family and guests all winter, until the new season begins.
The classic apricot jam recipe
Ingredients:
- apricots - two kilograms;
- lemon juice - a quarter cup;
- water - half a glass;
- sugar - four glasses;
- gelatin or pectin - one sachet.
Next, we will talk in detail about how to cook apricot jam for the winter. The recipe and photo of the process will help you better understand all the subtleties.
First you need to process the fruit. Washapricots, remove the seeds, and cut the pulp into small pieces. Wash and sterilize jars in any convenient way. Boil the tin lids on the stove for a few minutes.
Combine water with lemon juice, half sugar, and gelatin in a large saucepan. Stir the food, transfer the fruit to them. Boil the mixture over a fire and then add the remaining sugar. Then turn up the heat and bring the jam to a boil again.
It is very easy to check the consistency of the future dessert. To do this, chill a spoonful in ice water and scoop up the jam. If you are not satisfied with the result, then add some more gelatin to the pan and cook the food for a while.
After a minute, remove the pot from the stove and pour the hot dessert into the jars. Roll up the lids with a key and turn the dishes upside down. When the jam has cooled, you can immediately serve it with hot tea or store it until winter.
Jam with apricots and rosemary
Using a multicooker will simplify the process of cooking dessert and make it even more enjoyable. Apricot jams for the winter can be prepared with aromatic herbs and spices. This time we suggest using rosemary, but later on you can experiment with other additives.
Ingredients:
- two kilograms of apricots;
- one and a half kilograms of sugar;
- two sprigs of rosemary.
So, we are preparing apricot jam. You need to put peeled and finely chopped fruits into a multicooker, and then pour them with water (about half a glass will be needed). Set the "Stew" mode and cook the fruit for half an hour.
Put the rosemary in a saucepan and add 100 ml of water to it. After the broth boils, cook the herbs for another five minutes. Remove the twigs from the pot and set them aside.
When the apricots are tender, remove from the bowl and beat with a blender. Then return the mashed potatoes back and pour the fragrant broth. Add sugar and set the cooking mode to 40 minutes. Do not forget to periodically skim the foam and stir the sweet mass.
If you wish, you can make jam on the stove in a regular saucepan. In this case, the cooking time will increase to one and a half hours.
When the jam is ready, place it in jars and roll up. As usual, it is better to cover the dishes with a woolen blanket or warm blanket. The next day, the treat can be sent to the pantry or any dark and cool place. And, of course, you can open one can at once to enjoy your favorite dessert to the fullest.
Jam apricot with almonds
The original taste of this sweet homemade product allows you to expand the scope of its application. For example, you can use apricot nut jams as a filling for fluffy puffs or buns.
Ingredients:
- apricots - 30 grams;
- almonds - 30 pieces;
- cane sugar - 200 grams.
The apricot jam recipe is very simple. You will see this when you read it to the end.
Pour hot water over the almonds, and after a couple of minutes, drain the liquid and peel the nuts. Immediately after this, you need to dry the kernels in a dry frying pan.
You can achieve the original taste without the help of almonds. To do this, you only need a few kernels extracted from apricot kernels. Add them to the jam a couple of minutes before the end of cooking.
Wash the fruit, peel and remove the seeds. After that, cut them into wedges and chop them with a blender. Pour sugar into the resulting puree and beat the food again. Put the fruit mass on the fire and bring it to a boil.
After five minutes, remove the film from the surface of the jam and add the prepared nuts to it. Cook the treat for another two or three minutes, then transfer to glass jars. Roll the blanks in the usual way, cool them and take them to the pantry
The apricot jams, the recipes for which we have described on this page, turn out to be very tasty and beautiful. Having a jar of sweet treats in stock, you can always please your guests with a fragrant dessert or prepare a fruit pie for their arrival.