Emerald Flavored Mint Jam
Incredibly fragrant, with intense refreshing notes, bright green or golden ... It sounds very impressive, and if you try even a spoon - and now mint jam becomes your favorite dessert. Making it is not much of a hassle, especially if there are several mint bushes in the garden. By the way, such jam can not only be spread on bread, but also put directly into tea or make a mojito from it. In addition, it acts as a spicy condiment for lamb dishes.
Experienced chefs know all the intricacies of how to make mint jam at home, so that it turns out transparent, and at the same time has a beautiful color, moreover, it is also stored all winter.
What ingredients should you add to mint?
It is quite clear that you cannot blind jam from mint alone. As additional ingredients, you should prepare:
- 400 g mint (with stalks);
- 400 g sugar;
- 200 ml of water;
- agar-agar or ready-made mixture for making jam.
Mint You must first prepare: rinse, cut, cover with sugar. At the end, pour warm water (so that the sugar dissolves faster) and leave to infuse for 3 hours.
How to make green mint jam correctly?
After three hours, the resulting mint infusion must be filtered and brought to a boil. Add 20 g of jam mixture to it and, stirring constantly with a whisk, let it completely dissolve. Protomit for 5-7 minutes.
The mint itself does not have a rich green color, and therefore the jam is often brown. You can give it a beautiful color using greens:
- Grind in a blender until mushy, 200 g each spinach and parsley.
- Put the green puree in cheesecloth and carefully squeeze all the juice out of it.
- Heat the squeezed juice until steam rises over the saucepan.
- Pour ice cubes into a separate bowl and cover with a waffle towel.
- Pour hot vegetable juice on a towel and set aside to drain all the water. Chlorophyll will remain on the fabric, which will act as a coloring agent for jam.
For 250 g of mint infusion, put 3 g of green grounds (chlorophyll) and mix well. A beautiful green mint jam is ready. When it cools down, the consistency will become thicker.
How to make golden sour mint jam?
Arrange the jam in sterilized jars and roll up.