Toast with jam - a great start to the day. Especially nice if the jam is not bought at a local store, and cooked yourself. Among the many varieties of jams everyone can find one that has not yet been tried. For example, less common, but very original Japanese quince jam - delicious, aromatic and healthy.

Japanese quince

Chaenomeles, or Japanese quince - a low shrub with elegant flowers and small fragrant fruit. Fresh fruits Japanese quince are of little use in food, but one great cook compotes, jams, preserves and marmalades.

Chaenomeles sometimes called the northern lemon, and this comparison is not accidental: in the fruits of Japanese quince contains a large amount of vitamin C. In addition, the fruit contains a lot of pectin, which is very useful for cleansing the body.

Unusual jam

Every housewife knows that the jam is a snap - it is important to choose a good-quality raw materials, proportions and observe during cooking to remove all foam. Ready jam quince Jam from a quince - aromatic delicacy   It has a beautiful golden-pink color, pleasant sweet-sour taste and a delightful aroma. And to make jam even tastier and more original, Japanese quince can be mixed with other fruit, add spices or nuts.

The most common quince jam add juice and zest of citrus fruit - lemon and orange. The acid neutralizes the sweet fruits of quince jam making more refined taste. To save a thin lemon or orange flavor, add citrus fruits should be in the end of cooking.

Often mixed with quince close relatives of this crop - apples and pears. Quince, apple and quince-pear jam their outstanding flavor and a pleasant aroma. But when cooking this jam, be aware that apples and pears should be added to the jam immediately, but only when the quince is cooked until soft.

Adding to the jam nut is very common in the East. Too finely grind nuts should not be - it is better to chop them bigger. It should be remembered that the jam nuts should not be stored for too long - about a year nuts begin to taste bitter.

The first is to supplement traditional sweet dishes - cinnamon and vanilla Vanilla: sweet tenderness . Fans can add quince jam a little cloves, anise Star anise: Anise sworn brother   or nutmeg. Interesting taste can be obtained by combining quince with little fresh ginger.

Japanese quince jam with honey and cinnamon

If the preparation of jam sugar substitute honey, then gets ready to treat additional benefits and flavor. Yes, and it kept a jam is better than normal. For one kilogram of peeled and cut into small pieces quince will need two cups of water, a half kilogram of honey and half a teaspoon of cinnamon.

Jam is cooked in two stages. First, prepared slices of quince are filled with water and boiled for ten minutes. After that, the fruit should be removed, and the broth mixed with honey and cinnamon. When honey is completely dissolved and turned into a flavored syrup, it should be deleted cooked fruit pieces and boil until cooked jam.

Prfavilno cooked so the jam has a bright amber color and delicate spicy aroma. Hot it should be expanded into dry sterilized jars and close the lid.

Maria Bykov

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