Do you want to stock up on the winter with a very tasty and at the same time useful vitamin delicacy? Then make cranberry jam with apples. You can treat them to guests and family, or you can save a few jars for the time when a cold will overtake you or someone from the household. About the benefits of jam a little later, and now we will tell you some good proven recipes. Read carefully and bring ideas to life.
Jam recipe: apples with cranberries
Let's start Cooking is only necessary in a good mood! So, in order to prepare apple jam with cranberries, we need the following ingredients:
- Cranberries - 1 kilogram.
- Sugar - about 2 kilograms.
- Apples - a pound.
- Water - 1-1.5 cups.
Well, let's get started?
How to cook?
First you need to sort out the berries and discard the spoiled ones. Then we wash them in cold water, pour them into a colander so that they dry thoroughly.
It’s the turn of the apples. We select ripe fruits, wash them, peel them. Cut into halves, take out the bones and core. Now they need to be cut into small cubes. It is advisable to pour slices of apples with lemon juice so that they do not darken.
When the berries and fruits are ready, you can start making sugar syrup. Then you need to lower the cranberries into it. Next, cook on low heat, constantly stirring the brew and removing foam from it during its formation.
Well, now you can add apples. Do not forget to mix the ingredients together so that the cranberries and apples are evenly placed in the pan. You need to cook for about another 20 minutes, occasionally stirring jam from the bottom. Turn off the fire, and then pour our delicacy into sterilized jars. Next, you need to roll them up and put them in a dark place so that they cool. That's all, the jam, the photo of which you see in our article, is ready! Enjoy a wonderful slightly sour taste!
Now you know the standard recipe for making cranberry jam with apples. We suggest a little imagination and add new ingredients, such as walnuts.
Add nuts
We stock up on the following ingredients:
- Cranberries - 1 kilogram.
- Apples - a pound.
- Walnuts - about half a kilogram.
- Sugar - one and a half kilograms.
Most of the time it takes you to peel the nuts from the shell, but you need to be patient with this work. After the kernel kernels need to be cut into small pieces.
Pour boiled water into a large pot, throw nuts there and cook for 30 minutes. It is best to immediately dip them into boiling water. When the nuts are boiled, add cranberry berries and apples, cut into cubes. Do not forget to add sugar. Now you need to gently and thoroughly mix all the ingredients and cook for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally with a spatula.
Remove the pan from the heat, pour the jam into the jars, put in a cool dark place until they cool, and then hide in the refrigerator. Jam (photo in our article) is ready. Indulge yourself and your children with them, who will certainly enjoy its taste. Enjoy your meal!
What about citrus fruits?
Do you know how to make cranberry jam with the addition of orange and lemon? Read on.
We will need the following ingredients:
- Cranberries - about 3 kilograms.
- Oranges - a few pieces.
- Lemons - 3-4 pieces.
- Sugar - about 2 kilograms.
We carefully sort the cranberries, wash them, dry, and then crush them into several parts.
Now wash lemons and oranges, peel them and cut them into medium-sized pieces, mix with berries. All the ingredients need to be plentifully covered with sugar, you can also pour honey. We leave the container in a dark place for several hours so that the fruits and berries let the juice go. Next, mix everything thoroughly. The resulting mixture is laid out in sterilized jars and put in the refrigerator. This jam attracts housewives in that it does not need to be cooked, which saves time. Taste does not suffer from this in any way. On the contrary, such a product contains much more vitamins, since they are not digested.
Great Ingredient: Pears
And now we are preparing apple jam, the recipe for which also includes cranberries and pears.
We will need the following ingredients:
- Cranberries - 1 kilogram.
- Apples - 1 kilogram.
- Pears - 800 g.
- Honey - 3 liters.
Now we proceed directly to the cooking process.
First you need to thoroughly wash and peel the apples. We cut them into pieces of medium size. Wash pears too, clean, chop.
Wash cranberries and pour into a roomy pot. Pour water there, cover with a lid. You need to cook until the berries are soft.
Now you need to take a sieve and rub cranberries through it in order to remove the skin and seeds.
Pour honey into a deep container, put on fire and bring to a boil. Then you need to add cranberries, slices of apples and pears. Next, the jam should be boiled for about 1 hour.
The final stage: we pour delicious jam into the jars. Close them tightly, let them cool and hide in the refrigerator. Apple jam, the recipe for which is very simple, helps with colds, and also improves immunity due to the presence of cranberries in it. Therefore, eat for health and treat your loved ones.
Cranberry jam with apples can also be cooked in a slow cooker. Therefore, if you have this useful appliance in the kitchen, you can proceed right away.
We take out the slow cooker
Stock up on the ingredients below:
- Apples - 800-900 g.
- Cranberries - 250-300 g.
- Sugar - about one and a half kilograms.
- Water.
We sort out cranberries, discard spoiled berries. Thoroughly wash and pour into a colander to make the glass water.
Apples must also be washed and then peeled. Do not throw away the peel, since a substance such as pectin needs to be extracted. We put the skins in a multicooker bowl, fill them with water. Next, you need to select the "Steaming", the duration of 20 minutes. Then filter the resulting liquid.
We cut the apples into small cubes and place them in a multicooker bowl as soon as their peel pectin is ready. Pour sugar there. We set the "Extinguishing" mode, time - 1 hour.
As soon as the set time is over, pour the broth from the skins into a mixture of apples and sugar.
Now spread the cranberries on top of the apples. Then you need to mix the ingredients. Select the “Baking” mode for 60 minutes. One important point: do not close the cover of the multicooker.
When the cranberry jam with apples is ready, you can pour it into jars and refrigerate after cooling. Good appetite!
Cranberries will help cure many diseases ...
Now you know how to make apple jam with cranberries, and now let's talk about the benefits of this wonderful berry for the body.
- Cranberries are indicated for those people who have problems with the cardiovascular system, as it is rich in vitamin C, potassium, and also magnesium.
- Doctors recommend using it for high blood pressure.
- Berries are used to prepare various life-giving masks for the skin.
- Cranberries should also be used for gastrointestinal diseases, gastritis, and colitis.
- Berries are used to treat diseases such as scrofula, eczema, psoriasis.
In the end
Thus, you have seen how useful cranberry jam with apples is. Stock up on this treat to use it as a tasty medicine in winter!