Healthy Dandelion Jam
As you know, most types of jam are not only very tasty, but also extremely healthy. In winter, when the vitamin diet is scarce, jam helps the body avoid vitamin deficiency and helps in the treatment of various diseases. One of the most useful and unusual preparations is dandelion jam. Read: dandelion jam recipe!
Preparation of ingredients
In order to prepare an original dessert you will need:
- 300 g dandelions;
- a kilogram of sugar;
- 1 large lemon;
- litere of water.
For freshly harvested dandelions, the legs should be removed. Rinse the flowers thoroughly in several waters. Pour the lemon over with boiling water and chop finely together with the zest.
So that bitterness comes out of the plant, pour the washed flowers with clean water and leave overnight.
Step-by-step instructions for making jam
The next day, squeeze out the excess liquid and transfer the dandelions to a cooking pot. Now you can start directly making jam:
- Pour water into a pot with flowers.
- Add chopped lemon.
- Cook over medium heat for 30 minutes.
- After half an hour from the start of cooking, turn off the burner, cover the pan with a lid and leave to infuse for at least 6 hours.
- When the preparation is infused, strain it.
- Put the resulting infusion on the fire again and add sugar.
- Boil the syrup for 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally.
The consistency and color of the jam depends on the cooking time of the syrup: the longer you simmer it, the thicker and darker the jam will be. However, it should be noted that after cooling, the syrup will thicken more.
Pour hot jam into jars and roll up. In total, you should get about a liter of healthy dessert. By the way, the cooled jam looks like fresh honey.
Useful properties of dandelion jam
A plant commonly considered a weed can provide invaluable benefits to humans. Jam from yellow flowers is recommended to be used for liver diseases and cholecystitis, it improves digestive processes and treats gastritis (especially with high acidity). Also, an unusual dessert is recommended to be taken to prevent bronchitis and relieve attacks in asthmatics.
It is necessary to collect flowers at the stage of the beginning of opening the buds - then the ratio of nutrients in them is maximum.