Banana jam is very tasty and sweet, and also healthy. But to make it that way, you need to follow some cooking rules.
How to choose bananas for jam?
In order for banana jam to have a rich taste and the right delicate texture, it is important to choose the main ingredient correctly. Bananas should be ripe, but not overripe, not black, but solid and yellow. Green fruits will not work. Their size, in fact, does not matter, so you can choose any.
List of ingredients
Before you learn how to cook banana jam, you should understand what ingredients should be included in its composition. So, for cooking you will need: 1 kilogram of bananas, 600-700 grams of sugar, 1 cup of water, 1 teaspoon of citric acid. It's all.
How to make banana jam?
Now it's time to write about how to make banana jam. Below is a detailed step-by-step instruction.
1. First you need to prepare bananas. They should first be peeled, and then cut in any way: rings, slices or cubes, it does not matter.
2. Now you need to prepare the syrup. To do this, pour water into the pan and put it on fire. You can immediately add sugar and dissolve it, stirring constantly. The fire must be slow so that nothing burns. When the composition begins to boil, you can proceed to the next step.
3. Now you can put bananas in the pan. Fire must be reduced to a minimum. Banana jam should bubble a little. During boiling, foam will form. It will need to be removed so that the consistency is uniform.
4. Banana jam will cook for about half an hour. But if you want it to be thick and similar to jam, then the cooking time should be increased by 15-20 minutes. Accordingly, volumes from this will decrease. And if you absolutely want to keep the pieces, then the duration of the cooking process should not exceed 20 minutes. Taste qualities, by the way, will not suffer from this.
6. When the jam changes color (becomes a little pinkish), you can add citric acid by dissolving it.
5. Banana jam is ready, you can eat it or close it for the winter. Remember to sterilize the jars before canning.
Useful Tips
Below are a few helpful tips to help you make the perfect jam.
1. If you choose hard, slightly unripe bananas, they will not fall apart during the cooking process (some like to feel the slices). But at the same time, the amount of sugar will need to be increased.
2. To get a jam with a homogeneous puree-like consistency, bananas should not be chopped, but chopped in a blender, mince or grate.
3. If you add, for example, oranges with zest to a banana jam, it will have an unusual exotic taste. Try using other fruits or berries, experiment. You can also add cinnamon, vanilla, or something else to improve your taste.
It remains only to add that everyone will be able to cook banana jam if he follows certain rules.