You thought you knew everything about cooking homemade apple jam, maybe that's what it is, but we'll try to surprise you with a few original recipes based on a not quite original combination of apples and cinnamon . The latter, in the recipes, will be supplemented with a variety of spices, along with other fruits. Get delicious and original, we promise.
Jam with apples and cinnamon - recipe
Let's start with the simplest and basic recipe, in which apple slices are prepared only with sugar and cinnamon. Having such a handy base, in the future, the recipe can be varied, adding your favorite ingredients to taste.
Ingredients:
- apples - 2,1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 910 g;
- ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
- pinch of citric acid .
Preparation
After peeling apples from the core, cut them into slices of any shape and size, and then lay them in an enameled container, pouring each of the layers with granulated sugar. Leave the fruit to stand in the sugar all night, and then put the future jam on fire and cook 3 times for 20 minutes, with interruptions to complete cooling of the treat before each subsequent cooking. During the final placement on the fire, complement the jam with citric acid and cinnamon. Stir, and still boil over poured over sterile jars.
Transparent jam from apples with cinnamon slices
Ingredients:
- apples - 2.4 kg;
- granulated sugar - 960 g;
- cinnamon sticks - 2-3 pcs .;
- cloves - 10 buds.
Preparation
Preparation of jam from apples with cinnamon should begin with the preparation of the main ingredient - apples. The washed fruits are freed from the core and cut into large slices. Fruit slices put in an enamel basin and sprinkle all the sugar. Leave the apples to brew with sugar for the whole night, waiting for the release of apple juice, dissolving the crystals and forming a syrup. In the morning, pour the syrup into a separate bowl and put on fire with cinnamon and cloves. Boil the syrup for a third, and then put the apple slices in it and wait for the syrup to thicken and thicken it rather quickly, as apple slices contain a lot of pectin. After, it is necessary to close the jam from apples with cinnamon for the winter, still hot pouring it over clean and sterile jars.
Jam from apples with cranberries, ginger and cinnamon
Ingredients:
- cranberry - 125 g;
- apples - 370 g;
- water 440 ml;
- apple juice - 210 ml;
- lemon juice - 15 ml;
- cinnamon sticks - 2 pcs .;
- juice of ginger - 1/2 st. spoons;
- orange peel - 1/2 tbsp. spoons;
- granulated sugar - 245 g.
Preparation
Put on a fire a pot of water, apple juice (or cider), lemon and ginger juice. The latter can be obtained by finely wiping ginger, and then squeezing out of it excess juice. When the liquid boils, put cranberries in it and wait for the moment when it starts to burst. As soon as this happens, put slices of apples in the container, add zest, sugar and cinnamon, and leave everything simmered for about an hour and a half, waiting for the apples to soften and the syrup to thicken. Further jam from apples with cinnamon can be poured on sterile jars and roll up.
Apple jam with cinnamon and lemon
Ingredients:
- apples - 1,7 kg;
- granulated sugar - 355 g;
- lemon juice - 55 ml;
- lemon peel 2-3 strips;
- dried cherries - 65 g;
- bourbon - 55 ml;
- cinnamon stick;
- almonds - 55 g.
Preparation
Cut the apples into an enamel saucepan, pour the lemon juice, mix with the sugar, zest and cinnamon, and then bring the liquid to a boil, remove the dishes from the fire and leave the apples on all night. Fill cherries with bourbon and leave overnight. Mix the apples with the cherries and cook them for about 5 minutes, then add chopped almonds and leave for another 10 minutes. Spread the thick and hot jam on a sterile container and close tightly.