At the end of the summer season, any housewife thinks about how to preserve the harvest. All sorts of canning recipes come to the rescue. We offer you a recipe for making apple and plum jam. Many people like this dish because of the interesting sweet and sour flavor that comes from mixing two different fruits.
Specifics of making jam from plums and apples for the winter
Apple-plum jam, like any jam, has some features:
- Fruits for such jam can be taken slightly crushed or damaged during transportation. Of course, such places are removed before cooking.
- To grind fruits, it is permissible to use a blender, food processor, or even a sieve.
- If desired, you can add lemon, ginger, and other ingredients to the jam. This will give the treat a more interesting taste and smell.
Recipe Ingredients
To make jam according to the classic recipe, you will need apples, plums and granulated sugar. The quantity depends on what exactly the hostess wants to receive. Depending on the volume of ingredients, you can get a sweeter or sour dish.
Features of choosing fruits
In order to make delicious jam, it is better to take unripe or ripe fruits. Fruits picked late contain less pectin and the jam may turn out runny.
It is better to take apples of sour varieties. Fruit varieties such as Granny Smith, White Nalivka, and Antonovka are well suited. Plums, on the contrary, should be chosen large, ripe and sweet varieties. Hungarian fruits are ideal for jam. They are large, with excellent taste, the stone is easily separated from the pulp.
Sugar, of course, must be pure, without impurities or debris.
Preparing containers
It is better to prepare jam in an enamel container. If there is none in the house, then you can use copper utensils.
The finished treat is placed in sterilized jars. The containers are thoroughly washed using cleaning products. Then sterilization is carried out in the most convenient way - steamed or in the oven.
Cooking steps
Making apple and plum jam correctly is not difficult. For the classic recipe you will need:
- apples – 1 kg;
- plum – 1 kg;
- sugar – 1 kg.
Recipe:
- Wash the fruits well, remove spoiled areas, if any. Peel the apples, cut into small slices, and remove the core. Divide the plums in half and remove the pits.
- Place all the fruits in a saucepan and add sugar, mix well.
- Place the container on low heat, bring the mixture to a boil, continue cooking over low heat for 50 minutes. Be sure to constantly stir the mixture so that it does not burn. If you want to add additional ingredients, it is better to do this 10 minutes before the end of cooking.
- Skim off any foam that forms during cooking.
- After finishing cooking, you need to make a puree from the resulting product. A blender is used for this purpose. If you don’t have a device, before cooking, it is permissible to chop apples and plums in a meat grinder or food processor, and then cook them.
- Place the hot jam into prepared jars and seal with lids.
Turn the jars with the finished product onto the lid and leave to cool, covered with warm clothes.
How to properly store the finished product?
The jam is prepared in the summer but consumed on winter days, so it is important to keep the product in good condition. It is better to leave the finished treat in a cool, dark place. This could be a refrigerator or a cellar.
If the presence of mold is noticeable on the product, it is removed, and the dish itself needs to be boiled with added sugar and try to eat quickly.
