With a sweetish flesh of pumpkin, citrus fruits perfectly combine, therefore in the following recipes we will consider the technology of making jam from a pumpkin with orange and lemon.
Recipe of pumpkin jam with orange and lemon
This recipe involuntarily casts on the motives of Indian cuisine, all thanks to a combination of citrus, cardamom and turmeric. Fragrant spices not only provide a fragrant delicacy, but will also be presented with antimicrobial qualities, especially topical in the cold.
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin pulp - 740 g;
- sugar - 320 g;
- water 345 ml;
- orange juice - 45 ml;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- turmeric - ½ tsp;
- cardamom - 3 pods.
Preparation
Start by preparing the syrup. Since we want to make an amber jam from a pumpkin, orange and lemon, we will not boil pumpkin pieces in syrup for a long time, so it should thicken even before the pumpkin is added. Mix sugar together with water and cook for about 15 minutes.
Peel the pumpkin pulp in small cubes, and mix them with syrup, adding citrus juice, turmeric and cardamom. Continue to digest the jam for about 15 minutes, until the pumpkin is softened. Spread the jam over the washed jars and cover, then place it on the sterilization.
Pumpkin jam with apples, lemon and orange
This pumpkin jam turns out to be puree and is great for adding pies to filling or putting on toasts with butter. Together with the pumpkin, the recipe uses apples, famous for the abundance of pectin in the composition, and therefore contribute to a faster thickening of the billet.
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin pulp - 740 g;
- apples - 360 g;
- orange - 1 piece;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- water 215 ml;
- sugar 380 g.
Preparation
Pieces of apple and pumpkin flesh send baked in a preheated to 155 degrees oven, for about 40 minutes. Soften pumpkins and apples together. Prepare a light syrup, combining the remaining ingredients: water, sugar, juice of one orange and a peel of one lemon. Wait for the syrup to simmer and allow it to boil from 10 minutes to thicken, then mix the syrup with pumpkin-apple puree and continue digesting until you reach the desired degree of density.
Jam from pumpkins, oranges and lemons
Add the workpiece more flavor can not only with the help of citrus juice and zest, but also by adding a vanilla pod together with a droplet of rum. On holidays, such a preparation will be an excellent addition to the gift basket.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 560 g;
- vanilla pod - 1 pc .;
- sugar - 390 g;
- orange - 1 piece;
- lemon - 1/2 pcs .;
- rum - 45 ml.
Preparation
Cut the pumpkin into cubes and blanch quickly. During this time, the pieces will have time to soften, but they will not break into porridge. Pour the boiled pumpkin with sugar, add half a lemon, juice of an orange and half a peel of citrus. For flavor, pour rum and add the cut vanilla pod. Leave the syrup to boil to the desired degree of density, then distribute the workpiece over clean jars and send to sterilization.
Following the same technology, you can prepare a jam "Pyatiminutku", boiling syrup, boiling in it pumpkin 5 minutes, and then leaving for 8 hours. After, the procedure is repeated twice more. So the pumpkin keeps its shape as much as possible, and the pieces become transparent.