Persimmon jam - recipe with photo

As you know, sweets are unhealthy and bad for the figure. Nevertheless, absolutely everyone loves cakes, sweets and pastries, because it is very difficult to completely abandon sweets. Homemade jam is an excellent alternative to purchased delicacies, because this product is very useful, it retains most of the vitamins and minerals from natural fruits and berries. You can cook jams and jams not only in summer: in autumn they are made from pumpkin or quince, in winter - from feijoa, oranges or persimmons.

How to make persimmon jam, what useful properties it has and what products persimmon is best combined with - this is the article about this.

Delicious recipe for persimmon and cognac jam

Orange fruits, which appear on the markets closer to the New Year holidays, contain a lot of trace elements: zinc, iodine, iron, potassium and magnesium, and there is also carotene, fructose and glucose. Therefore, the benefits of persimmon for the body weakened by the cold are simply enormous.

To make jam, you need to prepare:

• 1 kg of ripe and juicy persimmons;
• 0.6 kg of granulated sugar;
• 150 ml of brandy;
• 1 bag of vanilla sugar.

Making persimmon jam is simple:

1. The fruits are washed and peeled from the leaves. Dry with paper towels.
2. Cut each fruit in half and remove the pits.
3. Take out the pulp from the persimmon with a tablespoon, trying not to spill the valuable juice. Transfer the pulp into a separate container.
4. Sugar and vanillin are added to the fruits, mixed and put on fire.
5. You need to cook the jam until it is ready (when it becomes homogeneous and darkens), stirring constantly. The fire should be minimal.
6. Cognac is poured into the finished jam and mixed.
7. The jam is laid out in pre-sterilized jars. Cover the top with a paper disc soaked in cognac. You can then roll up the cans or use screw caps.

You can store such jam both in the refrigerator and in the basement. And they use a sweet dish not only as a medicine, jam can be added to pies and other pastries, soaked biscuit cakes with it.

Persimmon jam with lemon

This recipe with a photo is so simple that even the most inept housewife can bring it to life. But the benefits of the finished dish are colossal: the body will receive all the necessary vitamins and minerals from just a couple of spoons of wonderful jam.

To make jam you will need:

• 2 kg of ripe persimmons;
• 0.8 kg of granulated sugar;
• 1 large lemon (you should choose a lemon with a thin skin).

The cooking method is very simple:

1. The fruits should be washed, lightly dried with a paper towel.
2. After that, each fruit is cut and the seeds are carefully removed. Now you need to cut the persimmon into small slices.
3. Chopped fruits are placed in a container with a lid and placed in the freezer for a day.
4. After 24 hours, the persimmons are removed from the freezer, sugar is added and left for a couple of hours to let the fruit juice.
5. At this time, the lemon is washed, poured over with boiling water and, together with the peel, cut into thin slices. Put the sliced ​​lemon in a small bowl and boil for 3 minutes with a little water.
6. A little (no more than 100 ml) of water is poured into the persimmon with sugar, mixed and brought to a boil over low heat. After that, add lemon with syrup, mix again and boil for 6-7 minutes.
7. The finished jam is laid out in sterile jars and rolled up.

For making jam with lemon, it is better to choose a dense persimmon, which after cooking will not turn into a shapeless mass, but will remain in the form of slices.

Delicious persimmon, apple, cinnamon and liqueur jam

To cook this fragrant and delicious jam, you will need the following ingredients:

• 8 medium-sized persimmons;
• 0.6 kg of granulated sugar;
• 1 large apple;
• ¼ a teaspoon of lemon juice;
• liqueur (it is better to use Grand Marnier) - 50-60 ml;
• 2 cinnamon sticks.

Jam is prepared in accordance with this technology:

1. The apple and persimmon should be washed, peeled and pitted, cut into several pieces. After that, the prepared fruit is chopped using a blender or meat grinder.
2. The resulting puree is boiled over low heat, stirring constantly. After 20 minutes, the fire is turned off and the future jam is allowed to cool to room temperature.
3. The second time, the jam is boiled with sugar and lemon juice added. The jam is constantly stirred, the foam is removed. Boil the jam until it thickens.
4. In the last minutes of cooking, cinnamon is added to the jam and liquor is poured. All are mixed.

The finished jam should be allowed to cool slightly so that it is saturated with the aroma of cinnamon and liqueur. Only after that, the workpiece is laid out in sterile jars. It is better to store the jam in the refrigerator.

Persimmon jam in a slow cooker

Modern recipes are simple and fast to prepare. Today there is a mass of new kitchen equipment that allows you to quickly grind fruits to any state: persimmons are often ground in a blender or use electric meat grinders or food processors for this.

You can cook jam not only on the stove, bread makers and multicooker are perfect for these purposes. This jam recipe just involves the use of a multicooker.

To make jam you will need:

• 1 kg of persimmon;
• 0.6 kg of granulated sugar;
• 1 medium lemon

Jam is prepared in a matter of minutes:

1. The fruits are washed and pitted.
2. Grind the fruit with a blender or meat grinder.
3. Juice is squeezed out of lemon - only it is needed for jam.
4. Put persimmon puree, sugar and lemon juice in a multicooker bowl, mix. Set the "Stew" program, the cooking time should be 60 minutes.
5. The finished jam must be laid out in jars and rolled up. It is better to store it in the refrigerator.

Any persimmon jam will be stored longer if you use the advice of great-grandmothers: cover each jar with a paper circle, which is pre-moistened with alcohol (cognac, rum, vodka). On top of the paper, the container is closed with ordinary lids.

Persimmon, star anise and cloves jam

Fans of unusual tastes and combinations will definitely like this jam, because it contains very spicy spices: cloves and star anise. You can use the finished product as a filling for pies or eat it with homemade cottage cheese, semolina, puddings.

The following ingredients are required:

• 1 kg of orange fruits of a non-hardy variety;
• 0.8 kg of granulated sugar;
• 2 star anise stars;
• 3 carnation flowers;
• some citric acid.

Making unusual jam is simple:

1. Wash persimmon and pat dry with a towel. Remove the leaves and remove the seeds from the fruit.
2. Cut the fruit into small cubes. Cover with sugar and leave for 60 minutes to let the persimmon juice.
3. After that, the jam is put on fire and boiled for about 40 minutes after boiling. The mass must be stirred and the foam removed regularly.
4. When the heat is off, add spices and a little citric acid (on the tip of a teaspoon) to the jam.
5. In order for the jam to be saturated with the aromas of spices, it is left to cool slowly for 1.5-2 hours. Then the jam is put back on the stove and boiled for another ten minutes.

The finished jam is laid out in washed and sterilized jars, covered with lids and left in the room until it cools completely. You can store fragrant jam in the cellar or in the refrigerator.

Those who did not have time to prepare delicious jam in summer or autumn can do it even in winter. Indeed, absolutely any fruits, berries and even vegetables are suitable for making jams. Orange persimmon jam has one of the most original and vibrant tastes. Making such a delicacy is not difficult at all; you can even use a multicooker for this.

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