Amber delicacy: the best recipes of homemade jam from apples

The usual jam from apples hardly anyone can be surprised. But this is only at first glance, this familiar for us delicacy is not very original. In fact, apples have a unique ability to refresh and emphasize the palatability of other fruits, so you can prepare an amazing jam. For example, in tandem with plums apple jam turns colorful and rich, and with orange - fresh and fragrant. In addition, it manifests itself in completely different ways in baking and desserts, adapting itself to other components of the dish.

Jam from apples slices - step by step recipe

The most common variant of cooking apple jam is a recipe with slices. Beautiful amber pieces of fragrant fruit will be a perfect filling for both open pies and rolls.

Necessary ingredients:

• fresh apples - 1 kg
• granulated sugar - 1 kg
• water - 0.5 liters.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Fruit to wash and dry. Using a special vegetable cutter or just an ordinary knife, cut off the skin from each fruit. We also do not need a core and bones, so we delete them.
2. Prepared peeled fruit cut into slices.
3. In the enameled pot or basin pour the declared amount of water, put on a big fire. We are waiting for the water to boil.
4. Apple lobes are transferred into boiling water and cook them for about five minutes.
5. With the help of noise, remove the apples from the water and put them into a colander.
6. In the broth, add sugar and cook the syrup on minimum heat.

   Attention! The syrup must be stirred, so that the sugar is completely dissolved and does not stick to the bottom.

7. Ready sugar syrup will be when thickened. Add the fruit slices, and, stirring, cook them until they are soft in structure and transparent in appearance.
8. We put the jam on the jars, sterilize them and send them to a cool place.

Jam from apples with orange - step by step recipe

If you like jam with citrus notes, then be sure to prepare a jam of apples and orange. Any pastry, supplemented with such a fragrant jam, will become even more delicious. And as an independent dessert for tea, it's just great.

Necessary ingredients:

• apples - 1 kg
• orange - 1 pc.
• granulated sugar - 1 kg
• water 250 ml.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. We start to cook a delicious treat with the fact that we wash apples under running water. Since the peel, core and apple bones are not needed in the future, we get rid of them.
2. Purified fruit without a core is cut into pieces.
3. The orange is covered with boiling water, after which we cut in the form of rings, removing the bones.
4. In a saucepan (you can use a basin) pour a glass of water. Put the dishes on the stove and bring the liquid to a boil. In boiling water, we shift the orange rings literally for 1-2 minutes.
5. Then we send sugar into the water in small portions. We mix the sugar and wait until it completely dissolves in citrus water.
6. Now you can remove the dishes with orange syrup from the fire and transfer into it apple slices. So that they are thoroughly soaked in orange syrup, leave them for an hour.
7. After an hour, put the saucepan on a small fire again. We bring the contents to a boil and cook until done - the fruit should be soft, and the syrup - thicken.
8. In conclusion, we spread the fragrant delicacy in the jars.

Jam from apples and plums - step by step recipe

Pay attention to the recipe for jam from apples and plums. The combination of these two ingredients gives us an unusual sweet and sour jam with a specific taste and a bright aroma. And if in its pure form someone may seem too unusual, then in baking and cakes it will open completely. For example, it perfectly suits as a base of baskets with protein cream.

Necessary ingredients:

• apples - 1 kg
• plums - 1 kg
• granulated sugar - 1 kg
• water - 250 g.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Fruit washed under running water and dried with a towel. In this recipe, apples can be left in "clothes", i.e., in the peel, but the core and bones need to be removed. The plum bones are also removed. If you have large plums, they can be cut into two halves. Cut apples into slices.
2. We put the prepared fruit in a saucepan. Next, we pour in a whole portion of water. The dishes in which are plums and apples, put on the fire and cover with a lid. The ingredients of the future apple-plum dessert are cooked until they become soft.
3. Add the declared portion of granulated sugar to the pan. Mix all the ingredients with a wooden spoon or spatula.
4. We cook until ready, that is, until the fruit is soft, and the syrup is thick and viscous.

   Attention! The process of cooking jam from apples and sinks must be accompanied by frequent stirring to avoid sticking the mixture. Do not forget about the foam, which must be removed.

5. When the jam is ready, transfer it into sterilized jars and roll up immediately, without forgetting to pre-boil the lids.

On a note! Another variation of plum-apple jam implies a more homogeneous consistency and resembles jam. To do this, the plums are peeled and ground in a blender. Apples are also cleaned and boiled in a separate container for 10-15 minutes, after which it is turned into a puree. Both components are combined and added to the sugar syrup.

Fast jam of apples - step by step recipe

Do you always have time to make a delicious jam from apples? We think that many will respond negatively. Indeed, in order to please your home, friends or guests with appetizing and fragrant jam in winter, it takes more than an hour. But there is a way out of the current culinary task! We offer to prepare a quick jam from apples, which in its flavor composition is not inferior to the classical one.

Necessary ingredients:

• apples - 1 kg
• granulated sugar - 1 kg
• lemon - 1 pc.
• vanilla sugar - 20 gr.
• water 250 ml.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Let's start with the preparatory stage, where you need to wash and dry the apples. We clear fruit from the peel, cut out the core and remove the tails. Then cut the apples in small slices or straws.

2. We put on a fire a basin or a saucepan, in which we will cook apple sweets. Pour water into the dishes and bring it to a boil. In boiling water, transfer the apple pieces and cook them only for five minutes. Then, with the help of noise, we will shift them into a colander and rinse with cold water.
3. In the pan, there was an apple broth, in which we add sugar. We mix it and bring it to a boil. To sugar all dissolved we cook a syrup of 5 minutes on low heat, not forgetting to stir constantly.

4. We return to the apple slices. Just put them in a syrup, bring to a boil and cook until transparent and soft.
5. In parallel, we wash the lemon under the water and gently dip it with boiling water. Remove from the citrus peel and add to the jam (already at the end), along with vanilla sugar. Thoroughly mix and remove from heat.

6. Apple jam is ready! We put it into the prepared container and roll it up.

Jam from dried apples - step by step recipe

It's easy to cook and jam from dried apples. To such a jam is not inferior to the taste of the usual apple, you can vary the dried apples fresh, and add them to assorted dried fruits.

Necessary ingredients:

• Dried apples - 1 kg
• fresh apples - 1 kg
• sugar - 1-2 cups
• dried fruits - 100 gr.

Instruction:

1. Rinse the apple-dried under running water. Pour it with water and let stand for 24 hours (you can do a little more).
2. Fresh apples are washed, peeled and peeled. We cut into slices.
3. Water, in which dried apples were soaked, you need to drain. Pour the ingredient with fresh water so that the water covers the apples. Add the rest of the ingredients - a mixture of dried fruits and fresh apple slices. Cook on moderate heat until apples become soft.
4. At the end, add sugar and mix thoroughly.

Unusual jam from apples - step by step video recipe