How to cook jam from the "Chinese"? From whom? What kind of fruit is this - "Chinese"? Maybe there is some kind of mistake? No, that's right. There is such a thing in the people - "Chinese". Let's get to know him better.
"Chinese" - interesting apples
How to cook jam from the "Chinese"? What kind of fruit are we talking about? "Chinese" is an apple tree that many call "paradise," or "paradise." It is growing almost everywhere: from Russia to China. This tree is very picky, able to withstand severe frosts. It gives a lot of fruit. There is a great variety of varieties: "pupil", "long", "golden cherry" - and all this is "Chinese."
In Russia, this tree is cultivated and grown in gardens specially; in China, it grows in the wild. We call her "Chinese" for small stature and small fruits. Although the nerds will tell you that if the apple tree is small in height, then this is a "paradise", and the "Chinese" is a lacustrine apple tree of usual growth, but with small fruits. But we are not botanists, we are accustomed to call the "Chinese" those apple trees on which "paradise apples" grow.
Chinese varieties
Why is the name of this tree? Because it is small, stunted, the fruit produces very tiny, the size of which is slightly larger than the cherry, and the weight is only twenty or twenty-five grams. In appearance, color and taste, these fruits are very diverse. The bright red apples of the elongated form, which ripen at the end of summer, belong to the "long" variety. Inside, these fruits are cream-colored with dense red veins.
If the apples in the “Chinese” are rosy and the pulp is white and juicy inside, then it is a “pupil”, but if the fruits are yellow, round, white inside, and the taste is liquid and sweet, then this variety is called “golden cherry”. You will definitely recognize him, since he looks very much like cherry. Now, when you think about how to cook jam from the "Chinese", apples in appearance will tell you the answer.
Type of jam and apple variety
Before looking for a jam recipe, think about what you want to cook. If jelly or jam, it is better to take ordinary (large) apples. They are more boiled. From the "Chinese" are obtained, basically, whole jams, more like candied fruits or sweets.
If the variety of your "Chinese" is "golden cherry", then these are ideal apples for whole jam. From “Chinese Long” it is better to prepare thick jam for the winter, and you can try to process the “inmate” into jam or jam. Thus, knowing which variety you are growing in, it will be easier for you to determine how to make jam from the "Chinese".
Fruit preparation
To make whole jam, which will replace your sweets, remember the following recipe: for one kilogram of apples "golden cherry" you need to take a kilo of three hundred sugar and three glasses of water.
Before deciding how to cook jam from the "Chinese", apples need to be prepared:
- Sort - should be the same size, evenly ripened, with tails and stalks (then they will not fall apart when cooking).
- Warm up - immerse in boiling water for one minute and immediately cool in cold water.
- After this, the fruits need to be pricked with a toothpick or fork in several places. Apples are ready to cook.
Cook the fruits correctly
Now let's talk about how to cook jam from the "Chinese", so that it is beautiful and most useful. Color saturation and density depend on the cooking time and the degree of interaction of the syrup with the fruits. The more apples are in the syrup, the more whole they will be. The longer the jam boils, the less vitamins are stored in it. Therefore, the question of how to cook jam from the "Chinese" for the winter is often answered - in several stages.
It is done like this:
- Heat three cups of water to a boil.
- Add a kilo of three hundred sugar to the boiling water to make a syrup.
- Immerse the prepared fruits in boiling syrup and leave for 8 hours.
- The syrup-soaked fruits are boiled for ten minutes with breaks of two to three hours.
- Having done this procedure two to three times, you should get jam with transparent apples in a thick syrup.