If salt is white death, then sugar is sweet. And although it is difficult to completely eliminate this spice from the diet, there are ways to find a replacement for it. This is often done by preparing various sweets at home. Below you can find some really interesting sugar-free marmalade recipes. But for starters, it's worth learning the history of goodies.
Relative of Turkish Delight
For many years, France and England have been arguing about who earlier started making marmalade. The answer is simple - none of them. Even in biblical times in the East, a delicacy was prepared that was strikingly similar in consistency and taste to the marmalade familiar to us. True, there it was called Turkish Delight and had a completely different recipe, as well as the composition.
Marmalade in the form to which we are accustomed, began to cook much later. There is even a beautiful legend about how they treated the sick Mary Stuart. It is believed that her clever chef decided to combine several products that have medicinal properties in one dish, and eating it, the queen soon recovered. By the way, according to this legend, the word "marmalade" is a derivative of the phrase "Mary is sick."
It is curious that in the territory of the former Soviet Union what is called marmalade in England is referred to only as βjamβ or βjamβ. Below will be given recipes for sugarless marmalade, at home they are prepared in the usual way for our area.
Honey Recipe
In this recipe, sugar is replaced with natural honey. Itβs better to buy one from familiar beekeepers, rather than in a supermarket. While the honey will melt in a water bath, you can pour gelatin to a full swelling for 15-20 minutes.
Then the dishes with the ingredient must be put on fire and add half a glass of orange juice to it. Everything should stand on the stove until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
At this point, you can beat in a blender and grind any fruits without berries, without forgetting to pour the remaining half a glass of orange juice into it. It will be nice if they are fresh. It is better to defrost delicacies from the freezer.
It is time to mix all the ingredients - this is mashed berry, melted honey and juice with gelatin. In order for everything to mix evenly, before pouring the mixture into molds, you need to beat it in a blender for several minutes.
Advice for those who do not have special molds: use the candy box, covering it with cling film on the bottom. If there is no such kind, then simply pour the mixture into a baking sheet and, after hardening, cut the mass with a knife slightly heated under hot water.
Fructose as a sugar substitute
Often in sweets for people with diabetes, use fructose. It is worth noting that this substance belongs to carbohydrates and has a more concentrated taste than the so-called sweet death. So those who want to try making marmalade without sugar should like this recipe.
So, if we talk about the ingredients, then to prepare a tasty, sweet and healthy goodies you will need:
- 100 ml of purified water;
- 6 tablespoons of lemon juice;
- 20 grams of gelatin;
- 100 ml of any freshly squeezed juice;
- 60-70 grams of fructose.
Let's start cooking. Like last time, everything will be done in stages. In one saucepan you need to soak the gelatin with juice, and in the other mix fructose with water. To dissolve the latter, it is necessary to put the dishes on the fire and, constantly stirring, bring the mass to a boil. Now everything is simple: sweet syrup, fruit mass with gelatin and lemon juice are mixed in one bowl. It is important to mix everything thoroughly and strain several times. It remains to pour the resulting mixture into molds and send to the refrigerator for 8 hours. Marmalade without sugar is ready!
Chic marmalade from one ingredient
This recipe is simple and complex at the same time. It is worth noting that it will take at least 15 hours to cook it. What is this secret recipe for homemade sugarless marmalade? At its core, a pectin-containing product is apples.
So, three kilograms of apples must be completely peeled and pitted. According to the reviews of the hostesses, this is the most labor-intensive process of all the culinary techniques that will need to be carried out further.
When all the fruits are ready, they should be cut as small as possible. Now you can proceed to the next step.
Cooking apple marmalade
The only ingredient is spread in a saucepan or stewpan with a thick bottom and put on a small fire. Fruits covered with a lid can be left on the stove for several hours, checking from time to time so that nothing burns. It is strictly forbidden to add anything else.
When all the pieces become soft, the resulting mass must be sent to a blender and turned into a smoothie. This is the basis for homemade marmalade - pure apples.
Now is the time for the most difficult. Spread this mass only on a silicone pastry mat placed on a baking sheet with high sides. This sugarless marmalade is almost impossible to tear from parchment.
The mass is laid out in a thick layer and sent to the oven to a minimum degree. All water should evaporate there. The total waiting time is 12 hours.
You can check the readiness of a dish quite simply thanks to three criteria:
- Marmalade will turn brown-reddish.
- It can easily be separated from the mat.
- The upper crust is elastic but sticky.
If after 12 hours the marmalade seems still unprepared, turn it over and leave it for another hour.
Before serving, the apple leaf must be cut. This is easiest to do with scissors, but here is up to you.
This sugarless marmalade recipe is unique in that out of all the labor involved, itβs just peeling and slicing apples. Otherwise, even a child will master it.