Jam made from bananas and oranges is an unusual dessert that will not leave anyone indifferent. The combination of the sweetness of exotic fruits and the sourness of citrus fruits gives the preparation a special, rich taste. It will not be a shame to serve it on the festive table and display it in front of suddenly arriving guests. And your household will love Sunday morning tea with a banana-orange treat.
Features of making banana and orange jam for the winter
It’s easy to cook an unusual delicacy, but you need to know and follow simple rules:
- Prepare the fruit delicacy in an enamel bowl with a thick bottom so that the mixture does not burn.
- Only bottled water is used. Tap water can spoil the taste of the product.
- During cooking, the jam is constantly stirred with a wooden spatula and the floating foam is removed.
- The finished delicacy is poured into containers and sealed with lids doused with boiling water.
The jars are placed upside down on a horizontal surface and covered with an old blanket. After cooling, the workpiece is removed to a permanent storage place.
Required Ingredients
To create a dish, the housewife must supply the following products:
- large bananas – 1 kg;
- medium oranges – 500 g;
- water – 0.5 l;
- white sugar – 1 kg.
Moreover, it is better to choose sweet citrus fruits. Otherwise, you will have to increase the amount of granulated sugar so that the dessert does not turn out sour.
How to prepare ingredients for a recipe
For an original treat, choose bananas with yellow peel without brown spots. They are the ones who show that the fruits are overripe. And if you make a dessert from soft fruits, it won’t taste very good.
The choice of citrus fruits is also taken seriously. Oranges are bought with a thin rind and juicy.
Preparing containers for the start of the process
Before you start creating fruit delicacies, prepare containers for storage. Take liter or half liter glass jars. They are first thoroughly washed and dried, then placed in the oven and left for at least an hour.
How to make banana-orange jam at home
Prepare the delicacy in the following sequence:
- The fruits are washed and placed on a clean napkin to drain.
- They peel the skin and cut the pulp.
- Place fruit pieces in a deep saucepan, add sugar and water. Mix everything well.
- The container is placed on fire. The mixture is brought to a boil, then simmered over low heat for 35 minutes.
- The hot product is placed in pasteurized containers.
You can put a circle of parchment in each jar and only then close it with a plastic lid.
How to store it correctly
Homemade preparations are perfectly stored and do not lose their taste for 1.5-2 years. But you need to know and follow some tricks:
- The best place in the apartment is the bottom shelf of the refrigerator; a dark pantry will also do.
- If possible, the blanks should be placed in a cellar or basement. The main thing is that there is no high humidity, otherwise the jars and lids may become moldy.
- The best temperature is considered to be +5-15 °C.
- The product can be stored on the balcony until cold weather sets in, because a frozen dish loses its taste and aroma. When thawed, the jar may even crack.
It is important that the jam does not stand in the light, because the sun's rays will destroy the beneficial substances of the product.
Orange-banana dessert is served as a separate dish. It can be used to soak baked cakes, fill pies, bagels, or fill tartlets. And pancakes, pancakes, cheesecakes with fruity deliciousness will go with a bang.
