The simplest and most delicious quince jam recipes

In the middle of winter, you always want to pamper yourself and your loved ones with something reminiscent of the past summer and delicious. Try quince jam. This fragrant and sweet preparation will not only delight you with a bright sunny color, but also strengthen the immune system, enriching the body with vitamins and other useful substances, which are many in quince. Japanese quince, or chaenomeles, contains a record amount of ascorbic acid. No wonder this fruit is called the northern lemon. Axorbinka gives ripe fruit a strong sour taste. Therefore, chaenomeles fruits are rarely eaten raw, they are usually cooked with added sugar, and quince jam is considered one of the most delicious desserts.

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Let's consider several options for its preparation.

How to prepare quince for jam

For blanks, fruits of any quality are suitable, even slightly stale. The main thing is that they are fully ripe. Then quince will fully reveal your taste. Wash the fruit and use a brush to remove the fluffiness on the peel. It is believed to be capable of irritating the larynx and vocal cords. Dry the fruits, divide into four parts and cut off the spoiled areas.

Quince jam without the peel will be more homogeneous, and with the peel it will retain more vitamins.

Peel the fruit quarters of seeds and seed chambers, rinse again with clean water and drain. Now our quince is ready for further processing.

Quince jam in a slow cooker

Now every busy housewife has a multicooker, which significantly saves time and makes life easier. Let's try to make quince jam in it. We need the following products:

quince - 1 kg;
sugar - 0.5-0.75 kg;
water - 0.5-0.75 liters.

Sugar is added to the jam as desired. In a one-to-one ratio, the jam will be perfectly stored in the apartment. If you put a smaller amount, it is better to roll it up in small jars and store it in the refrigerator, as workpieces with a small amount of preservative can mold over time.

Cooking method:

Pour water into the multicooker bowl and set manual mode or “Multipovar” to 160 ° C.
While the water is boiling, cut the quince quarters into a few more pieces.
Put the fruit in boiling water and cook for half an hour.
Drain the water, let the fruit drain and weigh it.
Transfer them back to the multicooker and add as much sugar as the fruit mass weighs.
Simmer the jam for another 40 minutes at 130 ° C.
While the mass is boiling down, sterilize clean jars in the oven or by steam.
Put the quince jam in a slow cooker in the jars and seal.

Quince contains a lot of pectin, a gelling agent, so always pour it hot. After cooling, the mass will become much thicker.

Recipe using a meat grinder

If you have not yet acquired a multicooker, the process of preparing a winter delicacy will take a little longer. But the amount of the finished product will not be limited by the size of the bowl. Let's try to cook jam, after chopping the fruit in a meat grinder. We will provide a step-by-step recipe with pictures, and then even the most inexperienced housewife will get the quince jam.

This method has another advantage - the rind is not felt at all after the meat grinder, so it is better not to cut it off.

In addition to quince and sugar, we need a little citric acid and cinnamon if desired:

quince - 1 kg;
sugar - 0.75-1 kg;
citric acid - ¼ teaspoon;
cinnamon to taste.

If you want to maximize your vitamin C intake, grate the fruit with a plastic grater.

To get quince jam, pass the prepared fruits through a meat grinder and cover the mass with sugar. Leave it for a few hours for the quince to let the juice out.

Then place the pan on the stove on high heat and cook for about 40 minutes, stirring with a spoon and skimming off the foam.

When the liquid from the spoon begins to stretch with a thread, and not drip, add citric acid and cinnamon, stir and turn off. Put the hot mass in sterilized jars and roll up.

The most suitable dishes for making quince jam are enamel or stainless steel. It is undesirable to use aluminum.

Video recipe for a fragrant dessert

Jam five-minute

The recipe is suitable for fruit tea lovers, pies and cheesecakes. All the beneficial substances in the quince five-minute jam are preserved, therefore, to fight colds, several jars will not interfere at all.

To prepare this early ripening dessert, the prepared fruits are crushed and covered with sugar in a one-to-one ratio and left for several hours for the quince to give juice. Then the mass is put on high heat, quickly brought to a boil and cooked for five minutes, stirring constantly. Turn off the fire and leave the jam on the stove until it cools completely. Then the procedure is repeated two more times. Ready jam is poured into jars and sealed. It is better to keep the five-minute treat in a cool place.

This recipe has many varieties - for every taste. Here are the most successful ones:

in the cooking process, put only half of the sugar norm. The second half is replaced with honey, which is added only after the mixture has cooled;
at the end of cooking, the jam is seasoned with one of the spices - cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg;
to obtain a rich taste, apples, lemons, dried apricots are added to the quince, pumpkin, oranges, or peeled and chopped walnuts.

Now you know several recipes on how to make quince jam.

The resulting dessert is perfect for filling in sweet pies and cheesecakes. Thick amber jam in a beautiful vase will fill your home with summer aromas and make winter family tea parties especially sincere and joyful.