How to make candy in plums at home?

Many are lovers of natural sweets and prefer to cook such dishes on their own using fruits.One of the varieties of such desserts is the marshmallow, the main ingredient of which is the plum fruit. It is quite possible to cook a dish with your own hands at home, but not everyone knows how to properly carry out this process. This article will describe in detail not only about the dessert itself, but also about what the algorithm and basic recipes for its preparation are.

The plum marshmallow is a unique delicacy for tea, which has a lot of positive feedback from both adults and children. This dish does not imply the presence of chemical components and preservatives. Some of the nutrients contained in plum fruits are preserved even after the heat treatment of the fruit.

The marshmallow has a soft texture, it can be given any shape and served to the table in the form of homemade candies. You also have a lot of room for experimentation, since, in addition to plums, you can add other fruits, such as apples, to the treat. In addition, you have a unique opportunity to regulate the amount of sugar in the dessert, it is determined by the taste of the fruits themselves, as well as personal preferences. Sometimes this dish is made sour and is eaten in combination with meat and some hot dishes.

For self-preparation of pastes from plums, you will need The following ingredients:

• 1 kilogram of plum fruit;
• 0.3 kilograms of sugar (it is permissible to replace it with 250 grams of honey);
• Lemon can be added to taste (recommended amount - 1⁄2);
• three spoons of olive oil;
• glass of water.

The cooking process must be carried out according to a specific algorithm.

• Select the appropriate fruit. It is desirable that they were quite ripe and juicy. This procedure also eliminates the need to add a lot of sugar in the dish. Do not use to create pastila even slightly rotting fruit.
• Fruits should be washed and the stalks removed.
• After cutting the plums in half, remove the core and put them in a saucepan. At this stage, sprinkle the fruit with the juice of half a lemon, pour in water.
• Next, put the pot on the fire with the lid closed and bring the water inside to a boiling state.
• Then you need to remove the lid, reduce heat and evaporate the fruit for 30 minutes.
• Take out the hot fruits and chop them with a blender.

• After that, add sugar and puree the mixture until it reaches a uniform consistency without the lumps of sugar. It will take about 15 minutes.
• Then take a baking sheet and cover it with baking parchment. On top of it, apply olive oil and pour the plum mixture. It should be leveled so that the thickness of the layer filling the entire baking tray is not more than 10 mm.
• The oven should be heated to 100 degrees and put in it the future dessert. The baking sheet with mashed potatoes is usually dried for 5-6 hours. To prevent the product from burning, it is recommended to leave the oven door ajar. If you do not have an oven, then you can dry the dessert for two or those days on the balcony. The readiness of the dessert is determined by touch - it should not stick, and the ready sweetness can be freely separated from the parchment.
• On a baking sheet, cut the dainty into portions and then remove from the paper. After the plate wrapped in the form of a tube.

Eat marshmallow in food can be, combining it with various products. Sometimes it is sprinkled with cinnamon or vanilla is added, serving as a complete dessert. To make the delicacy more nourishing, you can take it in food along with various nuts - the products are quite well combined.

You can cook such a correct sweetness not only in the oven. There are other technologies for creating natural delicacies.

To prepare the dish in a slow cooker, you need to take a kilogram of plum fruit and 250 grams of granulated sugar.

The preparation method includes a series of sequential operations.

• Sprinkle with sugar, clean and cut in half plums, and then wait about half an hour for them to extract the juice.
• Then put the mixture in a slow cooker, selecting the quenching mode, leave the ingredients there for another half an hour.
• Using a blender, finally mix the ingredients to a puree-like consistency and send them back to the slow cooker. You should choose a languor mode and leave the mixture for 4 or 5 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Dish will reach readiness when drops are not draining from the spoon while mixing. Instead, the pieces should fall.
• After you cool the dessert, put it in a container (it should be covered with cling film inside) and leave it for 10-12 hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
• When serving, the product is cut into small pieces and rolled in sugar or powdered sugar.

To create a delicacy of plums in the microwave, you must follow the step by step instructions.

• Processed halves of fruit should be put in a microwave for a quarter of an hour, and the maximum power of the oven should be switched on.
• The resulting substance must be ground through a sieve, and then sugar and lemon juice are added to it.
• For 25 minutes at maximum power should keep the mixture in the microwave. After this time, it is necessary to reduce the capacity of the furnace operation by half. To avoid loss of moisture, cover the container with a gauze cloth.
• Every 15 minutes you need to mix the contents until it is evaporated to 2/3 of the original volume.
• Such a dish is also better to cool and let it completely frozen in a container.

In addition to traditional kitchen appliances, even a dryer can be used to create plum marshmallows. When you cook the plum puree, it is necessary to cover the pallets of the dryer with parchment and spread the mixture over it in a thin layer. The drying rate depends directly on the layer thickness. The process itself should take place at a temperature of about 70 degrees for 15 hours or a little less. When the product reaches readiness, it is more convenient to roll it first, and then cut it into portions.

Do not forget that a natural dessert of this type requires special storage conditions. It is rolled up in a glass jar, and for better preservation, put in the refrigerator. But also at your own discretion, you can immediately separate the marshmallow from the parchment or do it just before you start savoring the dessert.

Fans of sweets say that such a dessert is not inferior to the purchased option to taste. The cooking process is simple, but some people think that it takes too much time. However, these costs can be easily offset by the benefits of the finished dessert. In addition, the preparation of such a delicacy does not require the purchase of a large number of products, and therefore is very economical.

Considering all the variations and algorithm of cooking, you can understand that it is easy to create even for non-professionals.

See how to make plum pastila in the video below.