You can make jam not only from the usual fruits and berries, but also from exotic ones, for example, from mangoes. Both unripe and overripe fruits will do. What does mango jam taste like? To find out, you need to cook it. It can be cooked only from mangoes or with the addition of other fruits, not necessarily exotic. Mango jam is made with citruses: tangerines, lemon, oranges, lime. This fruit goes well with pineapple juice. With it, you can "update" the usual apple jam. Jams and jams are most often prepared from mangoes.
Next, we present some recipes for mango jam with a photo. So that the pieces of fruit do not decay and do not turn into jelly, you need to take unripe fruits, do not digest them and do not mix before cooking.
Easiest recipe
The composition of this jam includes only fruits and sugar. The pulp of fruit and sugar are taken in equal amounts - 300 grams each.
How to cook:
- Cut the fruit into cubes, fill it with sand and put on the stove when it starts to boil, reduce the fire, collect the foam.
- Cook for about 20 minutes.
- The finished mango jam can be mashed.
With lemon and cinnamon
You will need the following components:
- Mango fruits - 1 kg;
- sugar - 0.8 kg;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- ground cinnamon - a pinch.
How to cook:
- Cut the peel from the mango, remove the stone, cut into cubes, put into a cooking container.
- Add sugar, grated lemon peel , squeezed juice from it, a pinch of cinnamon.
- Put the container on the stove, bring to a boil, collect foam with a slotted spoon, make a small flame and cook for about 50 minutes.
- Remove the jam from the heat, cool and put in glass jars.
With ginger
Ripe fruits are needed for this mango jam recipe. In addition to 1 kg of unpeeled fruit, the following ingredients will be required:
- two lemons;
- about 2 cm of ginger root;
- 500 g of sugar.
How to cook:
- Scrape off the peel from the ginger with a knife and grate it.
- Squeeze juice from lemons.
- Peel the mango, separate the bone, cut the flesh into pieces.
- Put all the fruits in the pan, add lemon juice, ginger and sand.
- Put to boil, wait for the boil, reduce heat and cook, do not forget to stir.
- Cool the jam and fill it with glass jars.
Spicy mango jam can be spread on bread and cookies, served with cottage cheese or ice cream.
Apple Mango
What do you need:
- 1 kg of apples;
- 2 fruits of mango (ripe);
- 3 lemons;
- 1 kg of sugar sand.
How to cook:
- Peel apples and cut into cubes.
- Squeeze juice from lemons.
- Peel the mango, cut into slices.
- Pour fruit into sugar and mix.
- Put on a big fire, let it boil, reduce the heat and cook for about 20 minutes.
- Transfer the jam to a suitable container.
Jam will appeal to those who do not like very sweet, but at the same time you cannot call it too sour.
With pineapple
In this dessert, two exotic fruits at once.
For jam, you need to take a kilogram of mango and pineapple and 0.6 kg of sugar.
How to do:
- Peel the mango and peel it. Cut into slices.
- Squeeze the juice from the pineapple.
- Mix with granulated sugar and leave for 2 hours.
- Put on fire when it boils, reduce flame and cook for about five minutes. Remove from stove for 12 hours.
- Boil mango jam until tender, pour into jars.
From green fruits
What do you need:
- 1 kg of unpeeled fruit;
- 0.6 kg of sugar;
- half a glass of water.
How to do:
- Peel the fruit, cut into long slices, send to the pan.
- Add sugar, water to the mango, cook over medium heat.
- After boiling, continue cooking over very low heat for approximately 40 minutes.
Ready jam looks amazing, fruit slices are transparent.
Judging by the reviews, mango jam is very tasty, but has such a specific taste that you can’t eat a lot of it with all your desire. Therefore, it is enough to boil a couple of small jars and from time to time please yourself with the original taste of tropical fruit. Who loves sweets, you can increase the amount of sugar. Anyone who does not like a sugary dessert can turn on sour notes by adding lemons or lime.