Marmalade and jelly sweets are liked not only by children, but also by adults. You can cook them yourself from a simple set of products. The main thing is to follow the sequence. Jelly sweets at home are made using agar-agar or gelatin. Such a delicacy can be prepared from natural berries or fruits.
What is added to such sweets?
To make jelly sweets at home, you can use any berries, fruits and even vegetables. Carrots or pumpkins are ideal. When making treats, the amount of pectin in berries and fruits should be taken into account. The more this component, the less gelatin will be needed. This also applies to granulated sugar. If the fruits are sweet, then add less. The amount of sugar can vary depending on your own preferences.
Jelly candies at home can be prepared not only from a certain type of fruit, but also from a mixture. The treat can also be chocolate or milk. Candied fruits, fruit puree or juice are often added to such sweets. If desired, the delicacy can be made of any shape, layered and even coated with glaze. For the manufacture of jelly candies use silicone molds.
Pumpkin sweets
The recipe for jelly candies made at home is quite simple. Few foods are needed to make such a treat. To make pumpkin sweets, you need to have on hand:
- 1 kg of pumpkin pulp.
- 1 kg of regular sugar.
- About 4 glasses of water.
Product Preparation
So, how to make jelly candies at home? First you need to prepare a pumpkin. Vegetable is recommended to peel, and then cut into small cubes. Shredded pumpkin should be transferred to the pan, and then pour 0.5 kg of granulated sugar. The vegetable should be left under sugar for 8 hours. During this period, the pumpkin pours juice. The container should be placed on low heat. Its contents must be boiled. After this, the pumpkin should be left for several hours to cool.
From the remaining sugar and water it is worth making a syrup. For this, the components are combined in a saucepan and put on fire. Half the water should boil. Ready syrup should be cooled, and then added to the container with pumpkin. The mixture must be brought to a boil and then removed from the heat. The mass should be left for 10 hours.
Final stage
Jelly candies are prepared at home for a long time. When the pumpkin has cooled, it is necessary to drain the sugar syrup, and then boil it for about 20 minutes, preferably over low heat. Then slices of the vegetable must again be filled with liquid. The procedure is recommended to be repeated until the syrup is thick enough. For flavor, you can add a little orange essence to it. Gently remove the pumpkin slices from the container with a fork and dry them. It is recommended to store the finished treat in a glass container in the refrigerator.
Peach sweets
To prepare goodies you will need:
- Sugar - 400 g.
- Peaches - 400 g.
- Lemon juice - about 1 spoon.
- Liquid Pectin - 3 large spoons.
Cooking process
Peaches must be mashed. Mass should be passed through a sieve. This will remove the peel. In a deep saucepan, mix mashed potatoes, 100 grams of sugar and lemon juice. The mixture must be brought to a boil and cook for 15 minutes over low heat. The liquid should completely evaporate.
After that, pectin and sugar residues should be added to the container. Stirring the mixture, under the pan is to increase the heat. Cooking a delicacy takes about 10 minutes. The mass should turn out quite thick. The mixture must be laid out in pre-prepared forms and refrigerated. Jelly candies are ready. If one large form was used for the preparation of delicacies, then its contents should be cut into portioned pieces.