Fragrant and tasty seedless cherry plum jam is not very difficult to prepare, but it will have to be cooked in several stages. Take your time, and then in the winter you will have excellent and useful preparation in stocks. Cherry plum fruits contain a lot of vitamins (C and group B), pectin, acids and other substances that help maintain immunity. We will tell you how to make
cherry plum jam
. Recipes and cooking technology you will find in our article. By the way, it is also recommended to eat to increase appetite, fight against gastrointestinal diseases, it has anti-inflammatory and blood-purifying effects. Are you impressed? Then you can get down to business.
How to make pitted cherry plum jam
First, rinse the fruits with running water, divide into halves, then you need to remove the seeds. For 1 kilogram of ripe cherry plum you will need:
- one and a half kilograms of sugar;
- a glass of clean water.
First, plum blanch in boiling water with the addition of a small amount of sugar (enough and three tablespoons) for no more than 4 minutes. Then the fruits need to be removed with a slotted spoon or thrown into a colander. Next, prepare sugar syrup from the specified amount of water and sugar. When it boils, you need to put fruit in it and cook for a quarter of an hour. As we already mentioned,
cherry plum jam for the winter is prepared in several stages, or rather in 2 or (best of all) in three. Be patient and you will get the most delicious workpiece. And the interval between boiling should be at least 3 hours. When everything is finally ready, pack the jam in jars that must be sterilized, roll up the lids and send it to be stored until winter.
Seedless cherry plum jam. Another way to cook
Per kilogram of fruit, take:
- 2 kilos of granulated sugar;
- 3 cups clean filtered water.
Wash the cherry plum, divide in half, remove the bones. Then dip for a couple of minutes in very hot (80 degrees), but not boiling water and let stand for 3-4 minutes. After that, take out the fruits and chop each one with a toothpick in several places. Then put the fruit in a saucepan, pour 3/4 sugar syrup prepared from the specified amount of ingredients, bring to a boil, then remove from the stove and put in a cool place for 10 hours. After the specified time, the seedless cherry plum jam can be brought to readiness (to check it, take a drop of liquid from the pan and pour it on a flat plate, if it spreads, cook again, if not, remove the dishes from the stove). Pack in jars and send fragrant stock to storage.
Oven-free cherry plum jam in the oven
For him you will need:
- a kilogram of red cherry plum;
- 700 grams of granulated sugar;
- 2 teaspoons of lemon juice;
- 2 cloves and half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder.
Rinse the fruit, halve it, remove the seeds, then cover with sugar, add lemon juice and let stand for several hours. After the pan with the fruits, place in the oven, preheated to 150 degrees, and cook for an hour and a half. During this time, the mass must be mixed 2-3 times. 15 minutes before the specified time has elapsed, add spices to the cherry plum (the clove must be removed afterwards). Done - you can put it in jars. Perhaps this is the easiest jam recipe, although the two previous ones do not require too much time for direct preparation. Whatever method you choose, you will have a very tasty and fragrant preparation for the winter.