Marmalade is a natural and very useful treat. Unfortunately, the fact that today under this name can be bought in the store has nothing to do with it - just a set of preservatives, thickeners and dyes. A real marmalade is prepared by boiling natural fruits and berries with the addition of sugar, there is no way to do without it. And if jam from sweet plums without sugar can still be cooked, then the marmalade just does not thicken. Here proportions are important. To obtain a soft marmalade, only 300 g of sugar per 1 kg of fruit puree is enough, while a solid fruit requires a ratio of 1: 1.
And not every fruit is suitable for making marmalade, they are suitable only for high pectin content. It is he who creates this unique jelly-like structure and makes marmalade so useful - it helps to remove harmful substances from the human body. Most of all pectin in apples, that's why even in marmalade from plum, which is also quite rich in this substance, it is still worth adding apple pulp .
How to make marmalade from plum for the winter?
Ingredients:
- plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 500 g.
Preparation
Ripe plums divide into halves and remove pits. We fall asleep fruit with sugar and leave for a day - plums will give a lot of juice. Cook them for about half an hour until soft. After wiping the berries through a sieve or grind the blender. And a little boil the resulting mass on a slow fire - about another half an hour. We pour into the banks and roll marmalade from the plum for the winter.
Recipe for marmalade from plums and apples
Ingredients:
- plums - 300 g;
- apples - 3 pieces;
- sugar - 1 item;
- butter - for lubrication.
Preparation
Apples are peeled and peeled and cut together with plums (after removing the bones from them) into small pieces. Fruits are placed in a glass bowl, covered with sugar and sent to the microwave for 20 minutes, turning it on full power. Several times, stop the process and mix the fruit mass. We remove power by half and continue cooking for another 20 minutes, also mixing several times.
Fruit mass will become thicker and start to solidify on the spoon. Finally, bring the marmalade for 15 minutes at the minimum microwave power. After that, we shift it to a shallow form, pre-lubricated with butter or on a baking sheet, and leave it to dry for a day. When the marmalade stops sticking to your hands, remove it from the mold and cut it into random pieces. You can sprinkle them with sugar or, like rahat-lukum, powdered sugar.
How to make marmalade from plums and quince?
Ingredients:
- quince - 1 kg:
- plums - 1 kg;
- lemon - 1/2 pcs .;
- sugar - 1 kg.
Preparation
Pour about 1.5 liters of cold water into a saucepan and squeeze out the lemon juice. From the quince we cut out the core, cut into small pieces and then, in order not to darken, we throw it into the pan. We put it on the fire, bring it to a boil and cook for half an hour on a slow fire. After a quiver we catch a noise, and in the decoction we place halves of plums without pits. Cook for about 5 minutes, until soft. Afterwards, we also harvest and grind along with the quince by means of a blender.
To marmalade turned out to be more homogeneous, it is better to mash with a mesh and sieve through a sieve. Add sugar to the fruit mass, mix it and then send it back to the stove. We boil, stirring occasionally, about 3 hours,