One of the most beloved and common homemade preparations is apple slices boiled with sugar and sealed in jars. Delicious apple jam can be fruit slices in clear amber syrup, thick amber marmalade, or otherwise. Aromatic lemons or oranges, fragrant cinnamon or vanilla are often added to the main component to complement the taste with new notes. Choose the most suitable recipes for you and your family from a variety of recipes.
The most famous method of cooking apple jam involves boiling the slices over a fire with sugar. Today, there are other options in which fruits are combined with sugar in the oven or slow cooker. Even a novice cook can cope with each of them. The best desserts are made from sweet and sour varieties. For cooking, it is better to use copper and enameled dishes.
You can prepare a delicious delicacy of apples rolled up in jars in a variety of ways. A hassle-free Five Minute or a complex extravaganza of several components - the choice is yours. Almost every recipe preparation of fruits requires cleansing from seeds, and if the skin is tough, then from it too. Often apples are cut into 6-8 pieces, but there are recipes that use whole fruits. Arm yourself with step-by-step instructions with photos to make a small culinary masterpiece, to please your family with fragrant fruit jam.
At home, every housewife without much hassle will be able to prepare a surprisingly beautiful and tasty jam. Transparent syrup, amber color of apple slices - a result that will surprise guests and household members, but will not take much time and effort. The recipe can be safely called a quick jam, because on the stove, it will be no more than 5-10 minutes in 3 sets. For dessert, any of the varieties of apples is suitable, but it is better to give preference to fruits with dense pulp.
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It is possible to prepare an incredible delicacy in just 5 minutes. To do this, you will need 3 kilograms of apples, a little less sugar and a little time. apple jam Five-minute is prepared from fruits that are cut into cubes or grated. Choose any method of chopping fruits for harvesting. If you use fruits of sweet varieties, the amount of granulated sugar can be slightly reduced, and for apples with sourness, increase.
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An unusual recipe for apple jam, which uses lemon in addition to the main ingredient, will surprise you with its citrus freshness and aroma. Soft fruits in sweet and sour syrup - a dessert for real gourmets. In winter, such a preparation will become a storehouse of vitamins, a source of useful elements and will simply cheer up lovers of delicious food.
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The traditional flavor of apple fruit and cinnamon will fill your kitchen when you open a jar of jam. In addition to the impeccable smell, the unique taste of sweet amber delicacy awaits you and your family. You can prepare a treat from any variety, for example, Antonovka or Raneta. Find out how and how much to cook apple jam from the following recipe.
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The original combination of sour oranges and apple sweetness in one jar will impress you with its amber color, rich aroma and amazing taste. For 3 kg of fruit, use no less than 2 kg of sugar. In this case, the jam is guaranteed not to ferment or become moldy during storage. You can also make apple jam with oranges.
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For cooking appetizing-looking and seductive-tasting jam, the fruits of paradise apples are ideal. A pleasant and fresh aroma of lemon will add additional sophistication to the dessert. If you want to make the jam even more savory, use nuts or cinnamon. In a small amount, these ingredients are added during the cooking process to the main components.
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A convenient and quick way to cook delicious apple jam is to use a slow cooker. Try to use modern technology to create a small culinary masterpiece, you will be surprised how simple and tasty it will turn out. It is better to remove the dense peel from the fruit, but this is not necessary. If you have removed the skin from the fruit, then the cooking time is reduced to 1 hour.
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A delicacy similar to marmalade can be prepared from any apple varieties. Although the ingredients in this recipe are the simplest, it comes out unusual due to the unconventional method of cooking - in the oven. After cooling, such a dessert will certainly thicken, send it to jars hot, while it is still viscous, with barely noticeable slices. Fruit marmalade is a great addition to tea drinking.
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The apple season is coming to an end and we continue to stock up on vitamins for the winter.
I like apple jam slices because you can eat it not only on its own, but also use these same slices in other dishes. For example for .
There are a lot of options for making apple jam, in this article I tried to pick up such that the cooking process was as simple as possible, but without losing taste.
To begin with, I offer you a classic recipe for amber jam, which uses only apples and sugar.
That is, for every kilogram of apples, you need to take 1 kilogram of sugar. And how much jam you want to cook, decide for yourself.
We wash the apples well and wipe them thoroughly - we don’t need excess liquid.
Remove the core from the apples and cut them into slices.
If the apples are fresh with a thin skin, then peeling is optional. If it is dense and hard, then it is better to peel the apples.
In this multi-layered construction, sugar should be the last.
Cover the bowl with a lid or towel and leave it until the apples release their juice. It usually takes 12 to 20 hours.
The fact that the apples are ready will be seen by the fact that the top layers of sugar are completely dissolved, and a lot of liquid will appear in the bowl.
Transfer the apples from the bowl to a deep saucepan. Send juice and sugar from the bottom of the bowl to the same place. Place the saucepan over medium heat and bring the future jam to a boil. After boiling, cook it for another 5 minutes, and then turn it off and wait for the pan to cool completely.
Then boil the jam again and cook it for 10 minutes. Switch off again and let the pot cool down.
The third boiling will already be final. When the jam boils, boil it for 5 to 30 minutes, depending on what color you want to get. The longer you cook, the darker the color of the jam will turn out.
Several rounds of boiling and boiling are necessary so that the apples have time to boil, but retain their shape, and the sugar does not darken and turn into caramel. If you want to boil everything in one go for 40-50 minutes, you will get an unattractive dark slurry
Now the jam is ready and it can be decomposed into. Fill the jars up to the "shoulders", tamping tightly enough, but without damaging the slices.
Then close the jars with lids and leave them to cool upside down. It is not necessary to cover the jars, otherwise the apple slices will boil and fall apart.
After cooling, store the jars in a dark, cool place.
A feature of this recipe is that we do not wait for the apples to "let juice" and get a syrup suitable for making jam. We will prepare the syrup ourselves, which will save at least 12 hours.
But for this speed you will have to pay with the scrupulousness of the preparation of fruits.
It's no secret that the speed of soaking apples directly depends on the size of the slices into which you cut these apples. The classic five-minute recipe generally involves rubbing apples on a coarse grater.
But we need slices. So that's what we'll do.
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The better we prepare the apples, the better they will soak in the syrup. Therefore, we not only remove the core from apples, but also peel them. After that, cut them into slices as thin as the sharpness of your knife allows.
Now we start preparing the syrup. This is outrageously simple - pour one kilogram of sugar into one glass of water, put it on a slow fire and cook the syrup until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Don't forget to stir occasionally.
While you make the syrup, cover the apple slices with salted water to keep them from turning brown.
When the water boils and the sugar dissolves, pour the apples into the pan and boil them for only two minutes. Then turn off the stove and leave the jam to cool.
When it cools down, take a sample - if the jam is too sugary and sweet - add a pinch of citric acid to it.
After the first cooling, we again put a small fire and again bring the jam to a boil. After that, you can immediately lay it out in sterilized jars.
Let's start adding other ingredients to apple jam to indulge in a variety of flavors.
First, add an orange to the apple jam.
This amount will make one liter jar of apple jam.
Peel the apples, cut out the core and cut into slices.
And we cut the oranges, take out the seeds and pass through a meat grinder along with the peel.
After that, we combine all the ingredients in one saucepan, put it on the fire and cook on the smallest fire for 50 minutes, stirring occasionally.
For cooking jam, enameled dishes (pot or basin) are the best choice.
When the jam is cooked, the apple slices should become transparent, and the syrup should be hard to drain from a spoon (like honey).
After waiting for such a consistency, you can lay out the finished jam in sterilized jars.
Store cooled jars in a cool, dark place.
Theoretically, apple jam with lemon can be prepared in the same way as with oranges. But I tried to pick up such recipes, each of which has its own distinctive feature. In this version, we will do without a meat grinder.
The first step is to prepare the syrup. Pour 1 kg of sugar into 1 glass of water (250 ml) and bring the syrup to a boil over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved.
While the syrup is cooking, prepare the fruit.
Cut the lemon into small pieces along with the peel.
Be sure to remove the seeds from the lemon, otherwise the jam will be bitter.
Dip the lemon in boiling syrup and cook for 5-7 minutes.
My apples, remove the core and cut into small slices half a centimeter.
From one and a half kilograms of apples, approximately 1 kilogram of apple slices should be obtained.
Add the apples to the syrup and cook for another 5 minutes.
After that, turn off the heat and let the jam cool completely. Then again turn on the slow fire, bring to a boil and cook the jam for another 30 minutes until thickened.
After that, you can either let it cool down and put it in clean jars (without sterilization) for storage in the refrigerator (3-4 months), or spread the still hot jam in sterilized jars and safely store it in the cellar for a whole year.
Long-term storage is provided by the content of citric acid in the jam, which acts as a preservative
And here is a very interesting recipe for ranetki jam. The process is shown in great detail, so I recommend watching it. Especially since the video is only 6 minutes long.
Well, the last recipe that completes the familiar methods for making apple jam with slices is a recipe with the addition of cinnamon. Cinnamon complements the taste of apples very well, giving them a special flavor.
This recipe does not require long-term storage and can be stored in the refrigerator for 1 month.
Peel the apples, remove the core and cut into small pieces.
We put the apples in a deep saucepan, pour 50 ml of cold water and add half of the prepared sugar. Mix everything well and put a cinnamon stick on top.
We put the pan on a strong fire and bring the syrup to a boil, stirring constantly. After boiling, reduce the heat to a minimum and cook, stirring for another 10 minutes.
Then turn off the heat and let the jam cool for one hour.
Then put the pan back on the fire, add the remaining sugar and cook over medium heat for another 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
During this time, the apples become transparent, and the syrup thickens.
After the specified time, remove the pan from the heat and leave the jam to cool right in it. After cooling, apple jam is ready to eat.
Pour what you are not ready to eat right now into jars with lids and put them in the refrigerator. Do not put a cinnamon stick in jars.
As you can see, transparent apple jam slices can be prepared in completely different ways: it can be pre-candied, or it can be without it. You can cook for 5 minutes so as not to lose vitamins, or you can cook for an hour to get a thick jam.
I hope I helped you figure out what you need.
Thank you for your attention.
Today's recipe is simpler than ever - thick apple jam, what could be tastier ?! What apples to take to make the jam thick?
Apples need to be chosen ripe and, which is very important, they should not be hard, in our case the apples are “loose” and ripe, which is very good. The pulp quickly boils soft and gives us the density we need, and if the fruits are hard, sometimes even after a long boil they remain intact. If you want apple jam to keep very well, add a little more sugar and then you will be sure of its safety! The simple recipe has vanilla in it for flavor only, you can skip it or add your favorite flavors that go great with apples like cinnamon or cardamom.
For jam, you can even use spoiled fruits, they still need to be cut into slices. And so, rinse the apples, cut into slices, removing the core and "legs". If the skin of the apple is too tough, then it will be better if you cut it off, otherwise it will not be very pleasant, there is a delicacy in which hard pieces will come across. Pour the prepared fruits into a deep container and cover the apples with granulated sugar, add vanilla or vanilla sugar. Mix everything thoroughly so that each slice is sprinkled with sugar. Leave for 4 - 5 hours.
During this time, the apples will give juice, and the sugar will begin to dissolve.
Place a saucepan of apples over low heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and leave to cool completely.
Then again put the apple jam on medium heat and cook, after boiling for another 15 minutes. Be sure to stir the mass, as it will begin to boil down and there is a risk that it will burn.
While hot, distribute all the jam in clean jars, which are preferably sterilized and dried. In order to prevent mold from forming on the surface of the jam, which sometimes happens, pour the jam on top with sugar. And close the lids, it can be a simple plastic lid or a tin lid for a seaming machine. Apple jam can be immediately sent for storage in a cool room.
Apple jam is always very tasty, very fragrant and very simple. Making apple jam does not require much time and special culinary skills, but how much benefit it has and how much joy it is to eat! The rich taste and unique aroma of apple jam seem to take us back to childhood, and "Culinary Eden" invites you to treat yourself and your loved ones to this wonderful delicacy.
Late sweet and sour varieties of apples, such as Antonovka, Simirenko, Anis, Pepin, Ranet and Strifel, are well suited for making apple jam. For jam, it is best to use ripe and even overripe apples (except when you cook jam in slices) - such fruits contain a lot of pectin and are better boiled when cooked. For making jam with slices, only unripe apples with dense juicy pulp, recently taken from the tree, are suitable. If you want to get apple jam with pronounced sourness, choose Antonovka.
Before cooking, apples must be prepared - the fruits are washed well, peeled and core and cut into pieces. Next, apples are covered with sugar or immersed in ready-made sugar syrup. To diversify the taste of jam and give it a unique aroma, you can add orange zest or pieces, as well as lemon zest. Vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves are also great additions to jam.
The best utensils for making apple jam are stainless steel utensils. Enameled containers are also suitable, while the use of aluminum dishes will have to be abandoned - the high acidity of apples can damage the oxide film on the surface of such dishes. Apple jam can be cooked not only on the stove, but also in a slow cooker, which is especially convenient when you are limited in time.
To determine the readiness of the jam, put a drop on a plate and let it cool. If the drop thickens and does not spread when the plate is turned over, the jam is ready. An even distribution of apple pieces in the syrup and a clear syrup of a uniform consistency also indicate the readiness of the jam. To keep more vitamins in apple jam, do not peel apples and cook it for a minimum time, immediately corking with lids. Cooking time can be reduced by reducing the amount of fruit - the more apples are boiled, the longer it takes to boil. A little tip: to avoid mold on the surface of the jam during storage, roll up the jars when the jam has cooled, lightly sprinkling it with a little sugar.
Use apple jam as a filling for pies, pies, pancakes, casseroles and pancakes, or simply enjoy the flavored jam with tea. In addition, apple jam is ideal for toast and crackers. Apple jam is a wonderful treat that can become one of your favorite desserts if you make it following our tips and recipes.
Apple jam "Traditional"
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1 kg of apples
500 g sugar.
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Wash apples, peel and core and cut into small pieces. You can also grate fruit using a medium grater. Place apples in a bowl and sprinkle with sugar. Simmer over low heat for about 30-40 minutes or until soft. If the jam starts to caramelize, add some water. When the volume of the apple mass decreases to half of the original amount, check the readiness of the jam.
Apple jam slices
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2 kg apples,
2 kg of sugar.
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Cut apples into thin slices 7 to 12 mm thick. Layer the apple slices alternately with the sugar in a large saucepan or basin and leave overnight. The next day, put the pan on the fire and cook until foam appears on the surface, but no more than 5 minutes. Allow the jam to cool completely, then boil again for 5 minutes, stirring gently. Once again, cool the jam and boil for another 10-15 minutes until fully cooked. Arrange hot jam in sterilized jars and roll up the lids.
Quick apple jam
Ingredients:
2 kg apples,
500 g sugar
spices to taste.
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Peeled apples grate on a coarse grater, put in a container, cover with sugar and leave for 2 hours so that the apples release juice. After that, put the container on the stove and cook until boiling. Boil for 5 minutes, then put the jam in jars and roll up the lids. Turn the jars upside down, cover with a blanket and let cool.
Apple jam in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
1 kg of apples
600 g sugar
1 stick of cinnamon.
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Prepared apples cut into pieces, put in a multicooker bowl and pour sugar. Apples should be put first, and then add sugar, as it can burn. Set the "Baking" or "Stew" mode for 40-45 minutes. After 10-15 minutes, the jam can be mixed, making sure that it does not burn. Remove the cinnamon stick from the finished jam and put it in jars.
Apple jam with orange peel
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1.5 kg of apples,
1.7 kg of sugar,
500 g orange peel,
500 ml of water
vanilla and ground cinnamon to taste.
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Peeled and core apples cut into pieces. Rinse the orange peel thoroughly and finely chop. While you are preparing the sugar syrup, you can immerse the apples in a solution of citric acid so that they do not darken. To make syrup, dissolve sugar in water and bring to a boil. Add apples and orange peels. Bring the jam to a boil 3-4 times, constantly cooling. For the last time, add vanilla and cinnamon to the jam. Arrange the jam in jars and roll up the lids.
Apple jam with cinnamon, cloves and vanilla
Ingredients:
1 kg of apples
2-3 cups of sugar
150 ml of water
100 ml lemon juice,
1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
4-6 cloves,
vanillin to taste.
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In a large saucepan, bring water and sugar to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add the peeled, cored and sliced apples and stir until the apples are evenly coated with the apple mixture. Add spices and cook over medium heat for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until most of the water has evaporated. The jam is ready when the apples are soft and translucent. Then add lemon juice and mix. The jam can be stored in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to one month.
Baked apple jam
Ingredients:
2 kg apples,
1.5 kg of sugar.
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Preheat oven to 200°C. Peel the apples from the skin and remove the core, cutting into large pieces. Place the apples on a baking sheet lined with foil and bake for about 20-25 minutes until tender. Put the resulting mass into a large saucepan, add sugar and cook over high heat, stirring often. When the jam becomes thick and does not drip easily from a spoon, it is ready. Arrange the jam in jars and store in a dry, dark place.
Try our apple jam recipes and enjoy ripe apples in one of their best flavors! Good luck with your preparations!
Apple jam is already good in itself. But if you diversify it with additional components, for example, nuts, dried fruits, fresh berries, then in the end you can get a new and original taste of the usual apple jam. Such an updated delicacy will be an excellent filling for pastries and desserts. And even as an independent dessert, it will not disappoint you. In addition, various preparations for the winter are obtained from apples. From these fragrant fruits you can cook marmalade, jam, confiture, jam - and each dessert will be amazingly tasty and healthy. We invite you to use unusual apple jam recipes that will change your idea of \u200b\u200bthis traditional delicacy. In our article you will also find quick options for jams that can be prepared in a slow cooker.
If you cook jam only from chokeberry, then it will turn out to be tart and rather specific. Therefore, this healthy berry is best combined with other ingredients, in our case, apples. Such jam for the winter will turn out colorful, fragrant and very tasty. In addition, this is a quick recipe, which, together with the preparatory stage, will take only 2 hours.
On a note! For this recipe, you can take any apples, but it is better to use sweet ones in such a jam, without sourness.
The combination of apples and boiled condensed milk is an original version of delicious jam that is sure to please those with a sweet tooth. After all, this apple sweetness has a delicate caramel flavor and delicate aroma.
This jam recipe has a silky taste thanks to the use of dried apricots and alcohol. It is good both as an independent dessert and as a filling for an apple pie. This unusual delicacy is cooked in a slow cooker, which significantly saves time on its preparation.
Another option for quick apple jam in a slow cooker, but already using walnuts and lemon. In addition, for its preparation, an ingredient "unusual" for jam is used - bay leaf.
Cinnamon and apples are one of the best flavor combinations of spices and fruits. It also works great in the jam recipe, which even a novice hostess can cook.
Unusually delicious apple jam will turn out if you diversify it with blackberries. Thanks to the berries, the delicacy is very fragrant, and the color is rich and deep.
On a note! If desired, blackberries in this recipe can be easily replaced with red currants or strawberries. If you take a more acidic berry, then the amount of sugar in the recipe will need to be increased to 1.5 kg.