Have large and attractive pumpkins ripened in your garden? Then do not waste time in vain. We offer you to make pumpkin and apple jam to enjoy a wonderful treat in the winter. It is worth noting that such a dessert can also be used by those who want to lose weight, since pumpkins and apples are completely non-nutritious. You only need to put less sugar. So, let's begin?
Easiest recipe
To make pumpkin and apple jam for the winter, you will need the following ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of pumpkin pulp;
- 1 kilogram of apples.
- 1 kilogram of sugar.
- 1-2 lemons.
- a few glasses of water.
The first step is to wash the pumpkin, peel it and cut it into small squares. Now wash the apples, peel them and cut them too.
You can grate the above ingredients on a coarse grater. It all depends on how you prefer.
We take a deep pan, pour water into it. If you want the jam to be thicker, you need 1 cup. Would you like it to have a more fluid consistency, then 2.
Next, you need to boil the water and add sugar to it (about half of our volume, that is, about 500 g). We mix the syrup thoroughly so that the sugar dissolves well and cook for another 5-7 minutes.
Add chopped pumpkin and apples to the pan. We squeeze out lemon juice there. If you wish, you can add a few slices of lemon skin there. This will add spice to the jam.
Mix all the ingredients, then you need to boil for another 5-10 minutes. Then you can remove the pan from the stove and pour the jam into the banks, which must be sterilized in advance. Roll them up. It is advisable to wrap the heat with a cloth and leave it in a dark place until it cools. Then you need to hide the cans in the refrigerator or basement. And in winter you can enjoy dessert, the taste of which will appeal to even the most demanding gourmet. Do not doubt it!
What about oranges?
Now, let's make jam from pumpkin and apples, and oranges. Such a delicacy is distinguished by a delicate exquisite taste, as well as an incomparable aroma.
We will need the following ingredients:
- A pound of pumpkin.
- 250-300 g of sugar.
- 300-400 g of apples.
- 1-2 pcs. oranges.
- Cinnamon sticks.
First you need to wash the pumpkin, peel it, remove the seeds and cut into medium-sized cubes.
We take a deep pan, pour water into it, lower the pieces of pumpkin for about 2 hours.
I also wash the oranges, clean and gently cut into slices so that the juice does not leak.
Now let's deal with apples. They must be washed, cleaned and also cut.
After two hours, add apples and orange to the pumpkin. Pour cinnamon and sugar.
Now you need to cook all the ingredients until the liquid evaporates. Do not forget to constantly stir from the bottom so that the jam does not burn, and the sugar is well dissolved.
Jam from pumpkins and apples, as well as oranges, will certainly please your guests. It can even be served on the festive table.
Pumpkin and apple jam: recipes with ginger
Let's make another jam: pumpkin with apples. The recipe involves the addition of ginger.
So, we need the following ingredients:
- Pumpkin - 1 kilogram.
- Lemon - 1-2 pieces.
- Sugar - 1-1.2 kilograms (to taste).
- Ginger root - 1 piece.
Remove the skin from the pumpkin, remove the seeds, cut into small cubes. We put it in a large saucepan, fill it with sugar and leave it for about 10 hours, maybe at night. During this time, a large amount of juice will stand out from the pumpkin.
My lemons, get rid of the seeds and twist in a meat grinder with a peel. You can also cut them into small pieces.
After the specified time, add lemon to the pumpkin, also ginger root, finely grated.
Now put the pan on the fire and cook for half an hour. After that, you can pour it into jars and enjoy the original delicacy.
Why not make such jam? Pumpkin with apples. The recipe also involves the addition of mandarin.
Add tangerines
We will need the following ingredients:
- Pumpkin pulp - 1 kilogram.
- Tangerines - half a kilogram.
- Lemons - 4-5 pieces.
- Sugar - 1 kilogram.
- Fresh ginger.
We will need a large deep pan. We clean the watermelon, cut into cubes and send to its bottom. We also add ginger and approximately 300 g of sugar. We clean the lemon and add to the rest of the ingredients. We cover the pan with the lid and leave it for about 12 hours.
Now let's take care of tangerines. Dip them into the water without removing the peel, and cook for about 1 hour. Let cool. Then remove the seeds from the fruit and cut them into pieces.
Add the pulp of tangerines and lemon juice to the pumpkin. We put the pan on the fire, bring to a boil, and then cook for half an hour. At the end of cooking pour the remaining sugar, mix thoroughly and cook for another 15 minutes. Now you can pour into jars.
Amazing jam is ready! Enjoy your meal!
Jam in the slow cooker
Are you used to cooking all the dishes in a slow cooker? She became your irreplaceable assistant? Do you know that pumpkin and apple jam in a slow cooker turns out even more delicious? Let's try to cook?
We stock up on the following ingredients:
- Pumpkin (pulp) - kilogram.
- Apples - 1 kilogram.
- Sugar.
- Lemon acid.
First, let's take a pumpkin. Wash it, remove the peel with a knife, and then cut the flesh. Next, cut it into medium-sized pieces. Then we rub the pieces on a grater.
Peel the apples from the peel, cut them into small pieces.
Now turn on the slow cooker, put watermelon and apples there, pour a layer of sugar. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Select the "Extinguishing" mode, set the time to 2 hours. From time to time, the multicooker needs to be opened and the jam mixed, 20 minutes before the end of the time, citric acid must be added and mixed again.
When the brew is ready, pour it into pre-sterilized banks. Let them cool and then put in the refrigerator. Cooking pumpkin and apple jam in a slow cooker is quick and easy, check it out for yourself! Good appetite!
Pumpkin is useful!
Now let's talk about the benefits of pumpkin for the body.
- It helps to remove cholesterol from the body.
- Pumpkin is used for diseases of the cardiovascular system.
- It is indicated for people suffering from liver diseases (cirrhosis, hepatitis).
- Also, pumpkin is used to treat kidney disease, as well as urolithiasis.
- Thanks to its use in food, metabolism is accelerated. Thus, nutritionists recommend pumpkin to those who want to overcome excess weight.
- It helps fight stress, is indicated for insomnia.
In the end
Thus, pumpkin and apple jam is a great idea! Make preparations for the winter and please your home. Bon appetit, wonderful mood and original culinary ideas!