Plum jelly is a very original and sophisticated homemade workpiece, ideal for the role of dessert. Such a delicacy has a unique taste. It can safely compete with jam. Such a treat is simply indispensable for a light breakfast.
Plum jelly, like any other dish, can be prepared in various ways. Let's look at a few of them.
Plum Jelly. Pectin Recipe
For the harvesting option, plums can be selected based on your taste. You can use varieties of blue or yellow honey plums. The amount of sugar can be changed depending on the sweetness of the fruit.
To prepare jelly from plums you will need:
- sugar, plum - 1 kg;
- lemon juice - 100 ml;
- pectin - 200 g.
Cooking:
1. Naturally, any fruit must first be washed and dried a little. In addition, do not forget that some fruits can be spoiled or damaged, so the plum must be carefully sorted.
2. Bones, of course, need to be removed, and then, based on the size of the fruit, cut the plum into 2-4 parts.
3. Sliced fruit set to cook. Lemon juice in this case can not be used, but you need to remember that it slightly sets off the sweetness of the fruit.
4. After waiting for the fruit to boil, lower the heat and cook the jelly from the plums for about another ten to fifteen minutes.
5. Pour pectin, mix everything thoroughly. Then add sugar. Boil the resulting mass for one minute, stirring continuously, so that the sugar dissolves as quickly as possible.
6. Foam forms on the jelly, which, of course, must be removed. Then the mass needs to be mixed well again.
7. Banks in which jelly will be stored, of course, need to be washed and sterilized. To do this, they need to be immersed in boiling water, and then turn off the gas and leave the cans for another 5 minutes. After that, they can be removed, dried and left to cool.
8. Hot mass immediately pour into banks. That's all, plum jelly is ready for the winter! Remember: such a treat can be eaten immediately after cooling.
Another blank option
Do you have only yellow plum at home? Jelly can also be made from this fruit without any problems. How exactly? We will tell you now.
Ingredients:
• plum - one kilogram;
• sugar - 600 g (can be replaced with one liter of plum juice);
• sugar - 500 g.
Step-by-step recipe for preparing a workpiece:
1. Add water to the prepared fruits (per 1 kg of plum 150-200 ml of liquid) and, stirring, cook the resulting mass over moderate heat until the fruits soften.
2. Then it must be rubbed through a sieve.
3. Next, add sugar and cook until tender, but not more than twenty minutes. In this case, the jelly mass will decrease by about one third.
Depending on your preference, plum juice can also be used . To do this, strain it, then boil, while not forgetting to remove the foam. After adding sugar, cook it over high heat, bringing to readiness.
4. Having spread the hot jelly in the jars for storage and tightly closing them, we send them to a cool room for further storage.
With gelatin
Now we will tell you how to make jelly from plums with gelatin.
We will need:
• 500 g of plums;
• 5 sheets of gelatin;
• 2 sticks of cinnamon;
• sugar (50 grams will be enough);
• water (200 ml);
• 175 ml of riesling;
• 2 buds of cloves.
Cooking jelly at home:
1. Cut plums and take out the seeds.
2. Grind the pulp of fruit and put it in an enameled pan.
3. Fill the plum with water, and then add cloves, sugar and cinnamon, cook for 10 minutes until cooked, or until the fruit breaks up.
4. From the prepared mass, you need to get about 5 glasses of juice, for this you need to strain it through many layers of gauze.
5. Dilute Riesling with water, while calculating so that about 500 ml of liquid comes out.
6. Pour this mixture into the jam and mix very well.
7. Take a little base for the jelly and fill it with gelatin. Leave it to swell for 10 minutes, and then dissolve in a water bath.
8. Mix gelatin and juice.
9. Ready jelly from plums we send to jars.
Spices, of course, are not necessary to add, but they are necessary if you want to achieve a unique flavor.
Next, we propose to consider another option on how to make jelly from plums. The recipe in this case involves the presence of apples.
Jelly with apples
Ingredients:
• 750 g of plums;
• apples (one kilogram);
• 0.5 tsp butter;
• 7.5 cups of sugar;
• 60 g of pectin;
• 3 tbsp. water.
Home cooking:
1. Peel the apples from the peel. After we remove the core.
2. We take out the seeds from the plum, mix it together with apples and fill it with water.
3. Boil everything, and then, reducing the fire, close the pan with a lid and cook fruit for another ten minutes. At the same time, apples and plums must be mashed.
4. Next, we need gauze folded in 3 layers. Filter the fruit mass through it. Five glasses of juice should come out. If there is not enough fluid, you can add some water.
5. Put the juice on the fire and add sugar, pectin and butter.
6. Reduce the heat to medium power and boil the juice for about a minute.
7. Ready jelly is poured into sterilized jars.
Jelly plum jam
Ingredients:
• six and a half glasses of sugar;
• 50 g of pectin;
• one and a half glasses of water;
• plums (two and a half kilograms);
• ½ tsp butter.
Note that such jelly from plums for the winter can be closed.
Making a delicious homemade treat:
1. We prepare cans. Wash them thoroughly, dry and sterilize them. Lids must also be sterilized.
2. Remove the seeds from the plums and pass the pulp through a meat grinder.
3. The resulting mashed potatoes are transferred to an enameled pan, pour water and boil, then, reducing the heat, cook the mashed potatoes for another 10 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly.
4. In another pan through three layers of gauze, filter the resulting mass. You should get about 5 glasses of liquid. If it is not enough, you can add a little water.
5. Add the butter. Jelly should boil.
6. Then add sugar and after a minute remove the pan from the stove.
Enjoy your meal!
Little conclusion
Plum jelly is a delicious treat that can be prepared in many different ways. We examined many options for creating such a treat. We hope you can make plum jelly at home. Good luck!