This dessert was first started to be cooked in Portugal from quince fruit, and nowadays fruit jelly or berry jam is called fruit jelly, which is so dense that it can be cut with a knife freely. The most suitable for the preparation of marmalade will be fruits that contain pectin, that is, an astringent. Pectin is a polysaccharide and promotes elimination of excess and harmful slags from the body. Therefore, natural marmalade at home is a very healthy product.
Now marmalade is made both on the basis of pectin, and using gelatin. In the home kitchen marmalade can be made from any available fruits, berries and even vegetables.
Marmalade is an excellent dessert, it is very tasty, light and healthy for the body. Due to its bright colors and wide transformation possibilities, it is used for decoration of cakes, pastries, cookies, soufflé and other pastries, as well as baked in cakes and muffins.
Marmalade is often cooked for future use, until the next harvest of fresh fruit. For this purpose, ripe fruits and berries are harvested. How correctly to make for the winter fruit jelly from apples it is possible to learn from our recipes. Keep the ready-made delicacy preferably in a cool place.
Apple marmalade for the winter
Ingredients:
- apples - 2 kg;
- sugar - 1 kg.
Preparation
Apples bake in the oven. Cool and grind it through a sieve. Apple mashed potatoes are mixed with sugar and cooked on low heat, until the mass thickens, not forgetting to stir to prevent sticking.
To find out the degree of preparedness of marmalade, we carry out a strip using a wooden spatula along the bottom used for cooking the pan. If the groove does not swim, then the process of marmalade cooking has already come to an end.
Ready hot marmalade is laid out on sterilized jars, top with sugar. When the contents cool, cover the banks with sheets of parchment paper and bind them with string. We store in a cool place where there is no dampness.
Recipe for cherry-apple marmalade for the winter
Ingredients:
- cherries - 1 kg;
- apples - 1 kg;
- sugar - 800 g.
Preparation
Slices of apples without a core and peel are steamed under a lid with a little water, then we cool and grind. Cherries are cleaned from the stone, covered with sugar. After the berries are let out juice, we connect them with apple puree.
Blend the mixture on low heat until the desired density. In doing so, do not forget to stir constantly, so that the mass does not burn. Hot marmalade is packaged in sterilized heated jars. We roll it up. We store in a cool and dry cellar or a pantry.
Fruit jelly from apples and honey
Ingredients:
- apples - 1 kg;
- honey - 400 g;
- sugar - 100 g.
Preparation
My apples. We clean from peel, plates and seeds. We cut into slices. Boil the apples in water until softening. We cool apples and rub through a fine sieve. In mashed potatoes we pour the necessary amount of sugar and slowly cook to the desired density. At the end of cooking, put the honey, mix well.
Ready marmalade mass is poured into enameled trays and cooled. Before serving, cut into portions.
Strawberry apple marmalade
Ingredients:
- apples - 1 kg;
- strawberries - 1 kg;
- sugar - 800 g;
- apple juice - 1 glass.
Preparation
Carefully washed and peeled apples and strawberries alternately boil in a closed pan with water for about 5 minutes. We pass through a sieve or whisk with a blender.
The resulting apple-berry puree is combined with sugar and cook for a long time, stirring. When the mass becomes thick, add apple juice and continue to boil until the formation of marmalade.
Still hot marmalade is packed in pre-cooked dishes and tightly closed. We hide before winter in a dry and cool room. And on winter evenings we get delicious marmalade and enjoy.