jam (or jam) plum is one of the most common and popular.It has a pleasant taste and is used either as a separate dish, or for making different kinds of desserts and pastries.It should be noted that when the hostess asked how to cook the jam of plums, it usually means the ordinary fruits dark blue or red, forgetting that there are also yellow fruits of this family, which require special attention.Cook the jam of plums can be and usual recipe, but if you approach the matter creatively, the result may be a product with amazing taste and aroma, which is very popular in Japan and other countries.
Ingredients
need for preparation:
- yellow plums - 2 kg;
- orange - 1 pc .;
- sugar - 2 kg;
- water - 1 cup.
Product selection
usual recipe, explaining how to cook the jam of plums, involve the use overripe fruit, as they are softer and juicier.However, in this case it is best to choose the unripe berries, which began to gain juice, but has not yet reached its peak.However, they should not be damaged or have parasites.Fruit is better to buy from reliable people who are responsible for the quality of the products.
Preparation
First fruits should be well washed, dried, cut in half and remove the pit.To jam yellow plum produce a uniform and school, even halves divided into several parts.At the same time in a pan prepare a syrup of sugar and water.
Cooking
All fruits placed in a metal container and put on the fire, after the Bay of syrup.Once the liquid boils, the workpiece to jam cook for twenty minutes.Then, all the fruits of hot mulled through a sieve to remove the remaining oil cake, and heated again.At this point in the yellow plum jam add a little orange juice and zest, which will give a flavor of jam and extra flavor.However, some chefs prefer to use instead a bit of fresh mint.
When the dish boil, boil it for ten minutes and turn off the fire.Waiting and the cooling process was repeated once.At the end of this stage of cooking jam of yellow plum is considered ready.
Canning
Immediately after removing the jam from the fire it needs to be packaged in banks.They are sterilized by a couple before the filling.It should be noted that before the capacitance of completeness should be at least 2 cm. Then the container is closed tight lid and jam yellow plum put in a warm place upside down.Banks are required to cool completely under cover of thick cloth or towel and then they can be put in a dark place until the next use.
Feed
to the table amazing jam is served in small cups and saucers as dessert for tea.It can also be used as a filling for cakes, for cooking compotes and jellies.Due to the peculiarities of the technology of preparation the final product turns out uniform and thus it has a stunning amber color.
