Plum jam with walnuts is a real treat. Its excellent taste immediately cheers up and resembles joyful summer days. They use this dessert during family gatherings or friendly tea parties.
How to make jam from plums and walnuts
Essential Ingredients:
- granulated sugar - about 1 kg;
- ripe purple plums - 1 kg;
- filtered water - 400 ml;
- walnuts - take the number of fruits.
Features of the choice of main products
Plum jam with walnuts turns out to be especially tasty if such a dessert is made from whole fruits with a filling instead of a stone. To do this, it is recommended to purchase a ripe purple product with slightly harsh flesh. If you buy overripe plums, then it will be quite problematic to stuff them with nuts. As for the mentioned ingredient, it is better to purchase it in a purified form, since in the shell very often come across bitter or damaged kernels.
Food processing
Before making jam from plums with walnuts, the fruits need to be washed well, and then make a small incision in them and carefully remove the stone. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the product is without the slightest wormhole. Next, you should sort out the peeled nuts, put them in a colander and wash well first in very hot, and then in cool water. After this, the kernels must be divided into 2 equal parts and placed inside the drain. If the fruit is not too soft, then the nucleolus should not fall out during the cooking process.
Heat treatment
Plum jam with walnuts is prepared for a long time. Indeed, to make such a dessert especially tasty, it is advisable to cook it in stages. To do this, the filled fruits must be laid out in an enameled container, add granulated sugar to them and pour a little filtered water. Constantly mixing, it is necessary to bring the products to a boil, boil for 5-7 minutes, and then remove from heat, cover with a newspaper and leave in this position until the next day. This process is desirable to repeat 2 more times. On the third day, plum jam should be boiled again for 8 minutes, and then put in sterilized jars and roll up the lids. After that, they need to be turned over and left under the covers for knocking. After 24 hours, the jam must be removed in the refrigerator, underground or cellar.
To use such a dessert immediately after manufacture is not recommended. After all, plums are soaked in syrup only after 1-1.5 months.
It is worth noting that it is not necessary to make such a product for several days, since the jam from plum "five-minute" is no less tasty. However, for this it is advisable to take very soft and overripe fruits. They should be washed carefully, remove the bones, and then combined with granulated sugar, slowly bring to a boil (stirring regularly) and boil for exactly 5 minutes. You can enjoy such a quick dessert immediately after cooking, but it is advisable to store it in the refrigerator for no more than 2 months.