Quince is a well-known fruit that is rich in various organic acids, essential oils, fructose. But, unfortunately, the fruits are not very edible in their raw form, therefore, they need processing. Now we will consider how to make quince jam with lemon. You can also add other fruits, nuts, additives. All this will only improve the taste. The only condition is to use ripe fruits. If you get an unripe fruit, let it rest for a couple of days.
Quince jam is the easiest recipe
Before mastering more complex recipes with additives of other ingredients, we will consider the simplest one, for which we only need: a kilogram of quince fruits and a kilogram of sugar. We sort through the fruits, wash and wipe with napkins. Cut in half, remove the seeds and core. Then we cut as we like, for example, with pieces of 1.5 cm by 1.5 cm.
We put it in a basin, fill it with half a kilogram of granulated sugar, and let it insist for a day. During this time, you need to mix the mixture thoroughly several times. For a day, quince will start up juice and become suitable for further processing. We fill in the remaining sugar and let it infuse again for a day. Over time, take a bowl of fruit and bring to a boil over medium heat, then cook for 60 minutes. When the jam is ready, lay it on the banks and roll up. As you can see, nothing complicated. But among housewives, recipes with additives of other fruits are more common, so the next we will have quince jam with lemon.
Add lemon to our recipe.
Necessary ingredients: one kilogram of quince fruit, 0.8 kg of granulated sugar, a glass of water, lemon - one piece, vanilla sugar - one pack, walnut - 100 grams. Prepare the fruits, as in the previous recipe. We take a saucepan, mix water with sugar in it, bring to a boil and pour quince into the resulting syrup.
Boil for five minutes and set aside for 12 hours. Then bring to a boil, cook a little and again let it stand for the same 12 hours. We wash the lemon, remove the seeds from it and grind it with a blender, you can, by the way, grate on a coarse grater. We chop nuts into large pieces. We put it on the fire for the third time and after boiling the jam we add lemon, nuts and vanilla sugar to it. After that, bring to a boil and immediately lay out on the banks. Roll up the lids, turn upside down, wrap and leave in this position for three days. Quince jam with lemon and nuts is ready.
Quince jam with lemon and walnut - our next recipe
Having tasted such a jam with an indescribable aroma, you will not even guess at once what it is made of. Juicy quince, which has a delicate taste with the finest smack of lemon, and pieces of nuts, soaked in the aroma of vanilla, will never be forgotten, and you will want to eat such a wonderful dish again. To make it yourself, use this recipe.
Ready jam is ideal for tea drinking, if served with a simple homemade yogurt pie. Ingredients: kilogram of ripe quince, 0.8 kg of granulated sugar, one lemon, 100 grams of walnuts and five grams of vanilla sugar. And now we are going to prepare quince jam with lemon and walnut.
Cooking process
We offer a step by step recipe:
- Wash quince fruits under cold running water, wipe the fluff with a towel, remove the peel with a knife and remove the core with seeds. The fruit is cut into large slices.
- Pour purified water (one glass) into an enameled pan, pour sugar granulated sugar. We put on a small fire and prepare the syrup. We check readiness by lowering a spoon into syrup and lifting it. In the case when a syrupy hair reaches for a spoon, he is ready.
- We drop the quince in it, and let it boil for about five minutes, after which we remove it from the heat and leave it for 12 hours.
- Syrup with fruits, cook again for 5-10 minutes, remove again for 12 hours.
- Wash the lemon thoroughly, dry it with a towel or napkin, grind it with a blender or three on a fine grater.
- We peel walnuts from the peel , remove the membranes, do not grind too finely.
- We put a pot of quince on a small fire, wait for it to boil, and add crushed nuts and grated lemon. Mix everything and leave for half an hour to sweat. At the same time, stir constantly. Add vanilla sugar five minutes before being cooked.
- We sterilize glass jars and lay out a fragrant boiling dish in them, immediately rolling them with sterile metal lids. Quince jam with lemon and walnut is ready. Everything is quite simple and fast!
Quince with lemon and orange: jam
The recipe for such a jam is very simple and does not require strict proportions of the products. Do you know why citrus fruits are added to quince? Thanks to them, the delicacy acquires a particularly refined taste and the taste of our fruit is neutralized. It is necessary to add citruses at the end of cooking to preserve their delicate aroma. So, prepare quince jam with lemon and orange. Cut the zest from lemon and orange into thin strips. We try not to touch the white flesh. Then finely chop them, squeeze the juice from the lemon.
Thoroughly wash the quince, cut into four parts, remove the seeds, cut into small pieces and put in a large pot or basin. Fill it with water, wait until it boils, and cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Quince during this time should acquire softness. Pour sugar and zest, add
lemon juice and cook for about 1.5 hours, stirring constantly. Everything quince jam with lemon and orange is ready. Pour it into a sterilized container and roll it up.
Cooking in a slow cooker
In many recipes, it is recommended to cut the peel from quince before cooking. We will not do this, since the aroma of our fruit is provided by aromatic substances contained in it. And we will cook a little unusual. Quince jam with lemon in a slow cooker - this is our trend at the moment. Ingredients: one and a half kilograms of peeled and chopped quince, the same amount - granulated sugar, one lemon and two limes.
Thoroughly wash our fruits, remove the core and cut into slices, thin and small. We load in the bowl of the multicooker and pour sugar. Squeeze juice from citrus fruits and pour it into the bowl. We select the “quenching” mode and set the time - one hour. Then leave for 12 hours in the mode of maintaining heat. After this time, we lay out useful, fragrant and tasty jam in jars and - in the refrigerator. This recipe is without sterilization, you just need to wash the cans well.
Quince with cinnamon - a reminder of the hot summer
Necessary ingredients: one kilogram of fruit, 700 grams of sugar, two glasses of water, 40 ml of lemon juice, half a teaspoon of cinnamon. Wash the quince well, cut and remove the core. We cut the fruits into thin slices and immediately sprinkle them with lemon juice, 20 grams, put in a container and fill with water. We put on the stove, boil and cook over low heat for 15 minutes, not forgetting to stir.
Add sugar, lemon juice that remains, and cinnamon. Cook over low heat for 25 minutes, stirring all the time. When ready, pour into banks and close the lids. Done. If you add apples to the recipe, you get quince jam with lemon and apples, and cinnamon. For winter, this jam is not suitable, its shelf life is up to two months
Cooking jam for the winter
Quince will not boil in the jam, which is prepared according to this recipe, its pieces will turn whole and soft, you can store it for up to two years. Ingredients: one kilogram of fruits, peeled, sugar - 600-800 grams, a glass of water, lemon, one-gram bag of vanillin, hazelnuts - 100 grams. We will cook quince jam with lemon for the winter. Cut into slices our fruits. In an enameled pan, we prepare the syrup in the standard way and pour quince into it when boiling. Cook for five minutes and, as usual, remove from heat for 12 hours.
Then repeat the same thing. Coarsely chop the hazelnuts using a wooden mallet. Add variety with lemon. We will not rub it on a grater and squeeze the juice, but cut into thin slices. Having boiled jam for the third time, add lemon, crushed walnut and vanillin to it. Having cooked for just a couple of minutes, we spread the boiling jam on the jars sterilized in advance and roll up with the same lids. This dish will delight you with its aroma and taste for a long time.
Useful properties of quince and products from it
Why are our fruit dishes, including quince jam with lemon, so popular among people? Quince is rich in various vitamins, contains many macro- and microelements. It contains sodium, potassium, citric, malic, tartanic acid and pectin, substances needed by the human body. Its fruits contain a lot of fructose, tannins, essential oil, catechins and amino acids.
Our jam is not subjected to a special and lengthy heat treatment, so that the maximum benefit of quince is maximally preserved. Lemon and other fruits only reinforce it. We will not talk about the purely medical benefits of our jam, we will only say that it will improve your mood, cheer up, and have a restorative effect. So cook and eat quince jam. Enjoy your meal!