Lemons and oranges are widely used for making various desserts. And even a small amount of oranges or lemons, added to the jam, significantly changes its taste. These citrus fruits are added to traditional jams to make them with "sourness". The most popular zucchini jam with orange or lemon , as well as jam from apples with these citrus. By itself jam from oranges or lemons, also, unusually tasty. We offer recipes for preparing jam from these citrus fruits.
The recipe for lemon jam
To prepare jam from lemons, the following ingredients will be needed: 1 kilogram of lemon peeled, 1.5 kilograms of sugar, 450 grams of water. The amount of acid in lemon reaches 6%, therefore for lemon jam it is required that sugar is one and a half times more than lemons
Wash and cleaned beforehand lemons must be lowered into boiling water. After 15 minutes, you need to pull out the lemons and put them in cold water. When they cool, they should be divided into slices and remove all the bones from them. Even one bone left in the lemon can give bitterness to the whole jar.
Cooking syrup: for this you need to dilute the sugar in water, put on a slow fire and boil for at least 10 minutes, stirring with a spoon. After this, put the lemons in an enamel saucepan, pour half of the cooked hot syrup and leave to infuse. After 12 hours in the pan, you should pour the rest of the syrup, put on a fire and bring to a boil. Once the jam boils, it should be removed from the plate and cooled for 12 hours. Thus, it is necessary to heat and cool lemon jam three times. After the jam is boiled for the third time, it must be poured over the jars and rolled up, not letting it cool down.
The recipe for jam from oranges
To prepare an orange jam, you need the following ingredients: 1 kilogram of peeled oranges, 1.2 kilograms of sugar, 2 cups of boiled water.
Peeled oranges peeled in hot water for 15 minutes, then pour cold water and keep them in it for at least 10 hours. After 10 hours, the oranges should be cut into slices or mugs and transferred to an enamel saucepan.
900 grams of sugar dilute with water, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Prepared hot syrup pour oranges and insist them for 8 hours. After 8 hours, the syrup should be drained, add the remaining sugar and boil again. Pour the oranges with fresh hot syrup and leave for another 8 hours. Once again, do this procedure and after 8 hours, when the oranges will cool for the third time, boil the jam and pour over the jars.
Some recipes of jam from oranges do not imply peeling. In the peel of orange contains essential oils and vitamins.
A recipe for jam from oranges and lemons
To prepare the jam will be required: 500 grams of oranges and 500 grams of lemons, 1 kilogram of sugar, 1.5 liters of boiled water.
Oranges and lemons must be washed, cut into mugs, remove from them all the seeds and place them in a large enamel pot. Next, citrus should be poured with water and cook until they are completely soft. After that, fill the pan with sugar and cook for at least 30 minutes. Ready jam can be bottled and sterilized.
Lemons and oranges can be added to any jam. They do not require any preliminary preparation and are easily prepared together with the main ingredients. Excellent taste is obtained from jam from gooseberry with orange or lemon. And jam from peaches with oranges or lemon turns out to the best of sweet and unusually fragrant.