How to cook jam from apples at home?

Homemade apples in natural form all year round is impossible, if only because they cannot be stored all this time. But from them the fine jam turns out, which will delight with its taste all winter. In the usual home kitchen, it can be prepared from apples grown on their own garden or bought from the store. Thanks to a variety of recipes, jam housewives create real dessert masterpieces.

The easiest way to buy apple jam in the store. There is a special GOST for its production. According to it, sterilized and unsterilized product of the highest or first grade is produced. For the production of such jam take substandard fruit. They remove the bones, remove the rotten parts and allowed to work.

It is unlikely in our time, you can be sure of the quality of the purchased dessert. Buying a store jam from apples, you do not know what the fruits were processed during their growth, whether the product from the store shelf is harmless in principle. And it’s stupid to spend money on him when there are apples from his own garden under his feet, which will still be lost if you don’t find a use for them.

For the manufacture of jam best suited fruits of acidic varieties, having in its composition more pectin. This is a natural thickener, and thanks to him the product does not spread.

Compared with the natural apple, which consists of vitamins A, C, group B and the mass of trace elements, the jam is far from such a rich composition, since much of the healthy disappears during cooking. But the dessert impresses with its taste and sweetness, while remaining quite high in calories - 250 calories per 100 grams.

Apple jam can be called not only tasty, but also a useful product. The pectin in it, not only gives the structure of the product a pleasant elasticity, but also helps to remove cholesterol from the body, as well as heavy metal salts.

Substances in the dessert have a favorable effect on the state of the bones, pushing the body's resistance to adverse external effects. The product activates digestion. Its taste enhances the mood.

If there is a task to find use for apples, then any raw material will be suitable for making dessert. But it is still better to use just juicy, not too soft and at the same time not particularly hard fruit for making it. It will be possible not to overdo the sugar with sweet and sour fruits so that the jam does not become cloying to the taste. The consistency of it at the same time will be exactly as it should.

Most often for the preparation of such a dessert is recommended varieties "Aport", "Papirovka" or "Antonovka". But the "Pear" or "White filling" too boil soft, which is inconvenient in this case.

At home, apple jam is made in different ways. It can be made from grated apples. For the manufacture of used mashed potatoes, twisted through a meat grinder.

To quickly cook jam for the winter, you can use the simplest recipe. You need to take a kilo of apples and the same amount of sugar. Apples, cut into slices, put in a bowl or pan. Pour the water so that it lightly covers the fruit. Turn on the burner to a slow fire and cook for 8-10 minutes. Then you need to let them cool down a bit. Drain excess water. Soften apples rub through a sieve.

Now, from the resulting mashed potatoes and sugar, you can cook the jam itself. Sweet sand should be properly mixed with the apple mass, put the stove on medium heat. After boiling, reduce it to the minimum and boil for 30 minutes, stirring this time. This time depends on how much juice was in the apples.When jam no longer spread, you can distribute it among the banks.

Cook apple jam can be in the oven. To create it take 1.5 kg of fruit and 700 g of sugar, as well as a glass of water. The apples need to remove the skin and the core with bones. Cut the blanks into slices, cover with water and wait until the fruit is softened.

Now you need to put it in a pan suitable for use in the oven. Add sugar. Set the oven temperature to 200 degrees. Wait until the future jam begins to boil. After that, rearrange the temperature controller to 50 degrees and cook for another three hours.

Unusual jam is obtained using a pumpkin, which grows in abundance in any garden.

Would need:

• sour apples - 1.2 kilograms;
• pulp of sweet pumpkin - 800 grams;
• granulated sugar - 1 kilogram;
• orange peel - one tablespoon.

Pumpkin and apples need to be peeled, cut into small cubes. Take a deep pot, put a pumpkin in it and pour in some water so that, by heating, you can make it softer. Also deal with apples, putting them in another pan. When both the one and the other ingredient are soft, turn everything into a homogeneous mass using a blender.

The billet should be put in a container for cooking, pour 0.5 kg of sugar, stir and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, so that it does not burn.

When the consistency of the jam becomes denser, you need to pour the rest of the sugar and add the zest. Still cook, until the dessert gets the desired thickness.

Instead of pumpkin you can use zucchini. They usually also produce a great harvest. Therefore, there is no problem where to get them.

Need to stock up:

• zucchini - 1 kilogram;
• apples - 3 kilograms;
• sugar - 2.5 kilograms;
• vanilla - half a teaspoon.

Peel zucchini and apples, remove seeds from them. Chop and boil. It may take about 45 minutes. When the pieces are soft, blender to bring them to a uniform state, add sugar and continue to cook for another half hour. At the end, when the mixture thickens, add vanillin, hold the jam on the fire for another five minutes and distribute hot in convenient-sized jars.

You can make dessert with pears.

Have to take:

• 2 kilograms of apples;
• 1 kilo of pears;
• 2 kilograms of granulated sugar.

First you need to prepare the fruit: remove the skin and bones, chop. Apples mix with sugar and cook until soft on low heat (20 minutes is enough). Then add chopped pears to apple porridge.

Cook the mixture for another 20 minutes. If at this point in the jam remained pieces, you can use a blender to achieve a uniform dessert. Then boil another ten minutes and distribute in tara.

The original taste of the dessert will give apricot.

For the manufacture of apple-apricot jam should be prepared:

• apples - 600 grams;
• apricots - half a kilo;
• sugar - half a kilo.

Prepare apples for cooking, as in previous recipes, remove bones from apricots. All this cut with a knife and bring to a uniform state with the help of kitchen appliances, which are most convenient to use the hostess. Put the workpiece on a small fire and cook for 20 minutes. After that, add sugar to the mixture. Cook for about half an hour. Pour on the banks and put in the pantry.

The originality of apple jam can be given by adding plum to it. Even over-ripe, out-of-shape fruits will do.

For cooking you need to take:

• 1 kg of apples;
• 0.5 kg plums;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar.

From plums you need to remove the bones and divide the pulp into pieces. Put on the bottom of the pelvis. Pour sugar (half of the total mass). Put the sliced ​​apples and the rest of the sweet sand.

Leave for an hour to stand out as much juice as possible, mix and put on the stove. When the composition boils, cook on low heat for about twenty minutes.Rearrange the basin on the table, process the contents with a blender and bring to a boil again. Give a little boil, then pour into jars and put away for storage.

If you add the apple jam recipe with oranges, you can also get an interesting dessert with a festive taste, which will bring a lot of joy in the winter.

The recipe involves the use of the following products:

• apples (preferably Antonovka) - 3 kg;
• oranges - 2 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1.5 kg.

Apples cut into pieces. Rid oranges from their "clothes". Remove the white layer from the fruit, remove the seeds from the pulp. Along with apples and orange zest scroll through the meat grinder.

Apple-mashed potatoes can be thickish. To get rid of this, you can pour half a glass of water into it. Next you need to put it on the stove and cook for 15-20 minutes. After that, pour sugar into the future, jam it thoroughly, and boil for another 40 minutes. By the end of the process, the mass should be thick and homogeneous.

No less tasty is obtained jam with melon. It must be ripe or even slightly overripe and very sweet.

To prepare take:

• sugar - 700 grams;
• melon - 800 grams;
• apples - 1.5 kilograms.

Divide the melon into quarters and select pulp from it, remove the seeds. The soft part is divided into pieces.

Pour half a glass of water into a deep container and put melon in it. Put warmed on the stove. After boiling, boil for about twenty minutes so that the melon becomes softer. Then it must be rubbed through a sieve into a separate plate.

Gradually add sugar (half of the total mass). Stir and cook for another 30 minutes. After that, enter the remaining sugar, hold on the stove for a quarter of an hour, making sure that the jam does not become too dark. Is done.

The pleasant taste of winter holidays has apple jam cooked with cinnamon.

For him take:

• 1 kg of apples;
• 800 g of sugar;
• glass of water;
• half a teaspoon of cinnamon.

Syrup is made from a small amount of sugar and water. Apples cut into pieces and immersed in a sweet composition. Cook, gradually adding the remaining sugar. When it all dissolves, you can cook the dish a little more, remove it from the stove and allow it to cool. Add cinnamon to the mass, crush the remaining pieces with a blender and return almost cooked dessert to the fire. Boil until it becomes thick.

A similar "holiday" option - billet with lemon.

To make a healthy and tasty dessert you need to use:

• apples - 2 kg;
• sugar - 1.5 cups;
• cane sugar - half a cup;
• cinnamon - 2 tsp;
• ground cloves - half a teaspoon;
• allspice - a quarter of a teaspoon;
• juice of one lemon.

Apples free from the peel, seeds and cores. Cut each fruit into four parts. Put in a saucepan, add water so that you can soften the pieces. Having obtained the desired result, make a puree of apples, return to the stove and boil. Add the remaining components of the future dessert to this fruit mass, mix thoroughly and cook until it reaches the desired thickness.

Apple jam can be made from the cake - this is what remains after squeezing the juice from the fruit. The composition of such a "waste product" is mainly fiber, very useful for the activity of the gastrointestinal tract. Throwing out such leftover apples is uneconomical. It is convenient to make stuffing for pies and buns from jam on the basis of oilcake - this certainly will not “run away” from baking.

To make this jam, you need to cook:

• 1 kg of cake;
• 800 grams of sugar.

Cake wipe directly into the container for cooking through a colander, eliminating excess impurities. Add to the resulting puree sugar.Cook for 30 minutes, stirring with a wooden spatula. Put in a preheated oven and wait half an hour. Excess moisture should leave the jam. When jam thickens, it can be immediately decomposed into sterilized jars.

Apple jam is prepared even without sugar. It is interesting in that it can be eaten by people with diabetes and babies who are just entering fruit into the diet. In order for the dessert to be of high quality, it is necessary to sterilize the jars for it, and cook the jam itself for at least an hour.

A kilogram of fruit is taken a glass of water (250 milliliters). Apples are poured with liquid, brought to a boil and then boiled for another quarter of an hour. Cool and mash. Then again put on the stove. Cook until mashed potatoes become thick enough. It remains to roll up the dish in the banks and remove to storage.

You can use apple jam as a separate dish, and you can spread it on bread or buns. As part of the baking, it will also be very appropriate.

If there are certain health problems or special circumstances related to the activities of the body, it is better not to lean on the delicacy. For example, a strict ban on breastfeeding does not exist, but, nevertheless, it is necessary to monitor whether this will affect the well-being of the infant.

Apple jam for children is considered the least dangerous in terms of possible allergies, but you need to be on your guard. In addition, the less sugar in the product, the better.

When making apple jam at home, several important points should be kept in mind.

1. For the preparation of applesauce, it is best to choose a stainless steel pot. The probability that the product will burn during cooking in such a container tends to zero. If you choose aluminum or enamelware, burning is likely.
2. To cook the most thick and tasty jam that can be used for pies and other pastries, it is necessary to choose the apples themselves. They should be as juicy as possible so as not to add water when cooking. The amount of sugar also needs to be reduced. Cooking should take a very long time, until the jam does not acquire a thick brown tint.
3. To avoid jam on the stick during cooking, the bottom and sides of the pan can be oiled with olive oil. Experience has shown that other vegetable oil is not as effective.
4. To achieve a homogeneous composition of the dessert, it is most convenient to use a blender or meat grinder. But if they are not there, even a mortar and pestle can be put into action.
5. Apple jam can be cooked in a slow cooker and even in a bread maker.
6. To keep the treat for a long time, it is not enough to sterilize the jars, in which he will have to wait in the wings. After the fresh dessert has moved to the container, it can be left open until a film forms on the surface. Thanks to her, jam is not fermented and will not be covered with mold.
7. Another option is possible - if you sterilize jars with jam, it will be able to keep fresh for up to five years.
8. To store the finished product you need to choose a dark and cool room. This factor also affects the safety of jam.

To learn how to cook apple jam, see the video below.