If a wonderful feijoa berry has ripened on your garden plot, or you bought a couple of kilograms of these healthy and vitamin fruits on the market, it's time to prepare an exquisite harvest for the winter. They say that its taste can be compared with strawberries and kiwi, in the aftertaste there is a slight tropical note. And the fact that
feijoa jam, the recipe of which does not involve cooking, is prepared in just half an hour, will delight busy housewives. Choose the cooking method you like best and get down to business. You and your family will definitely like this tasty and unusual preparation for the winter.
Feijoa Jam: a classic recipe
Wash the berry, then dry on a towel. Then cut the ponytails. Scroll the prepared ingredient through a meat grinder and combine with sugar in a ratio of 1 to 1.5. Mix everything well, let it stand for a while, the jam should thicken a little. After, like any other workpiece, pour it into sterilized jars and send it to storage until the winter cold.
Feijoa Jam: Nuts Recipe
For cooking you will need:
- 1 kg of berries;
- 1 kg of granulated sugar;
- 200 gr. nuts - you can take hazelnuts or walnuts.
Rinse Feijoa, cut ponytails and chop it with a meat grinder or blender. Then add granulated sugar, peeled and finely chopped nuts. You can take any, suitable hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews and others of your choice. Mix everything well and roll it into prepared jars. So simple.
Feijoa Jam: Ginger and Lemon Recipe
For a useful winter harvest, take:
- 1 tablespoon of "Gelfix" or any other gelling mixture;
- half a lemon;
- 150 gr. granulated sugar;
- a quarter cup of plain water;
- 300 gr feijoa berries;
- a tablespoon of finely grated ginger root.
The amount of ingredients is indicated per one small jar, so if you stock up jam for the future, increase the proportions of the components accordingly. So, wash feijoa, ginger and lemon, chop with a meat grinder or a blender, ginger grate on a coarse grater, squeeze the juice from the lemon and remove the zest. Put the prepared ingredients in a pan, add 1 tablespoon of "Yellowfix" and 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar, pour in lemon juice. Mix everything and bring to a boil. Then, if necessary, add water, as well as the remaining sugar. Boil for 5-10 minutes, you get a confiture that is dense in structure.
Put it in jars and store as usual. By the way, many are interested in the name of feijoa jam. This preparation does not have its own name (for example, jam from oranges and lemons we can call "citrus"), usually they say "feijoa jam". Healthy, tasty and extremely aromatic. I would also like to mention that the berries contain a large amount of iodine, which is useful for the prevention of thyroid diseases, especially in children. With a daily requirement of this element of 0.15 mg 100 g. fruits contain it up to 35 mg. And now that you know
how to make feijoa
jam , you can provide yourself and your family with healthy natural substances all year round.