You probably heard about the existence of recipes for cooking mysterious jam from dandelions , but most likely did not dare to do this kind of experiments. And to admit, completely in vain. After all, the delicacy is really delicious. But its charm is not only in this. If you study in more detail the entire arsenal of useful properties of this product, then this jam is not inferior to natural honey , but in some ways it even surpasses. The main thing is to take care of the quality of the billet. For this, it is advisable not to wash the flowers in order to preserve the valuable pollen on them, but to find a place to collect, where they will be as clean as possible.
Next we will tell you how to cook dandelion jam with lemon and without its participation.
How to make a dandelion jam?
Ingredients:
- flowers of dandelions - 420 pcs .;
- granulated sugar - 1,2-1,5 kg;
- purified water - 1 l;
- lemon large - 1 pc.
Preparation
Flowers of dandelion for jam should be collected away from highways in ecologically clean area. At the time of collection, the weather should be dry and sunny, and the flowers are maximally exposed. Place the flower heads without stems and leaves in a large saucepan or other suitable container, fill with purified water and leave to infuse for twenty-four hours in the refrigerator.
After a while, the water is drained, the flower heads thoroughly rinsed and returned to the saucepan. There also add pre-washed and scalded with boiling water lemon, cutting it into medium-sized slices, along with the peel. We add a liter of purified water to the container, heat the contents to a boil, stand on the fire for a couple of minutes, then turn off the plate and leave the mass to infuse for two hours.
Now strain the mass through a sieve, separating the broth from the flowers and slices of lemon, and add the sugar to the liquid component. We give the syrup to boil, stirring, and cook for forty or fifty minutes or until it thickens.
The amount of sugar and lemon can be adjusted depending on their taste preferences, reducing or increasing their number.
The jam from dandelions cooked according to this recipe is also called dandelion honey because of the absence of flowers and similar consistency.
How to cook dandelion jam without lemon?
Ingredients:
- flowers of dandelions - 420 pcs .;
- granulated sugar - 1.4 kg;
- purified water - 0,7 l.
Preparation
To make jam from dandelions without adding lemon, collect and prepare flowers in accordance with the recommendations given in the previous recipe. The most open and fresh heads are placed in a suitable vessel, filled with water, boiled after boiling for a couple of minutes, after which we give just a little cooling, and we throw it back to the colander lined with an extra gauze cut. After the boiled dandelions are drained to the maximum, squeeze them extra, as tightly as possible collecting and pressing down the gauze.
Now we connect the resulting liquid component with sugar in a saucepan, warm it to a boil, stirring, and then spread the dandelion flowers there. We hold the mass on fire for seven minutes, after which we pour the prepared jam over previously prepared sterile jars, seal it and let the blanks cool under the blanket.
What can I do to make the dandelion jam thicken?
Many housewives are faced with the problem of liquid consistency of billet. In order to get a thicker texture, you can increase the amount of sugar used or simply cook a treat longer and the desired result will not take long to wait.