Recently, kiwi was considered an expensive and exotic fruit for many, but now it is popular among housewives. Many of them even make delicious kiwi jam. Before you start preparing it, you need to familiarize yourself with the nuances of preparing this fruit.
Cooking features
To make the jam very tasty, it is recommended to familiarize yourself in advance with the peculiarities of using kiwi in cooking. To make the jam extraordinarily beautiful, you need to choose only the most ripened fruits.
Selected fruits are washed in advance with water and completely peeled. Then they are finely chopped with a knife or grated on a fine grater. After this, you can start preparing emerald jam according to the chosen recipe.
How to choose kiwi for making jam
When purchasing in a store, you need to be very careful not to purchase a low-quality product. It is better to buy them not in ready-made packaging, but separately. Quite often, packages contain spoiled products that cannot be used.
To make jam, the most elastic fruits are selected. Soft ones are not suitable, as they are cloying and can spoil the taste of the jam.
Kiwi jam in a slow cooker step by step
Some housewives prefer to make jam using a slow cooker. To do this, you can prepare a kilogram of sugar, a kilogram of kiwi and 2-3 lemons in advance.
Cooking begins with preparing the fruit. They are washed in advance with warm water, peeled and cut into small cubes. Then the juice is squeezed out of the lemon, which is placed in a slow cooker with the prepared fruit. After this, sugar and a liter of water are added to the mixture.
The multicooker is set to the “Cooking” mode for 40 minutes, after which the prepared mixture is distributed into jars and rolled up.
A simple recipe for jam for the winter
This recipe is popular among housewives who plan to make delicious jam. To create the dish, you will need to chop a kilogram of fruit, place it in a saucepan and stir with two kilograms of sugar. Then the mixture is infused for about 4 hours, after which it will begin to release juice. The container with the infused fruit is placed on the stove and boiled for half an hour, after which the prepared mixture is put into jars and taken to the cellar for the winter.
Kiwi jam with lemon
Some people don't like regular jam and therefore prefer to make it with lemon.
In this case, you will have to wash one lemon and place it in hot water for a few minutes.
After this, it is cut into thin rings and placed in a small saucepan. 600 grams of chopped kiwi with sugar are added to the same container.
- The pan with the ingredients is placed on the gas stove and covered with a lid.
- Cook the mixture for at least 40 minutes.
- While preparing the jam, the mixture is stirred periodically.
- After cooking, the liquid from the saucepan is poured into glass jars.
Kiwi jam without cooking
Some people don't like boiled jam and therefore make raw jam. To make it, you will need to prepare ingredients such as a kilogram of fruit and sugar.
- The fruits are cut and placed in a shallow bowl, after which sugar is added to it.
- Then everything is thoroughly mixed and infused for 10-15 minutes.
- The resulting mixture is poured from the bowl into a container and placed in the freezer for further storage.
Grape and kiwi jam
To create this unusual jam, you will have to purchase and prepare two kilograms of sugar, 500 grams of grapes and 800 grams of kiwi in advance.
- All fruits are washed in cold water and dried.
- Then the fruits are peeled, cut into small round pieces and placed in a pan.
- After this, grapes are placed in a container and sugar is poured.
- All components are mixed and boiled for about 25-30 minutes on the stove.
- The resulting jam is placed in airtight containers and placed in the refrigerator.
Apricot jam with kiwi
It's hard to find a person who doesn't like apricot jam. That is why this recipe is popular among housewives.
- Before cooking, all fruits are thoroughly washed in water and cut into pieces.
- The chopped components are poured over with boiling water, placed in a saucepan, poured with rum and stirred.
- Then place the pan on the stove and boil for 25 minutes.
- If desired, add a little citric acid to the boiled jam.
Kiwi and pear jam
To give the jam a special taste, some people add a few pears to it. To create jam, you will have to peel and chop all the pears and kiwis. All chopped pieces are carefully placed in a blender and ground until smooth. Then vanilla with lemon juice and sugar is added to the container. The mixture is poured from the blender into the pan and boiled for 10 minutes.
Kiwi jam with apple
To prepare apple jam, you will have to peel and core 2 kg of sour apples. After this, the fruit is cut with a knife and placed in a saucepan.
After preparing the apples, cut a kilogram of peeled kiwi fruits, which are also placed in a container.
The prepared ingredients are covered with sugar and left for an hour and a half until the juice is released. After this, the mixture is boiled and poured into a container.
Kiwi jam with banana
Fans of exotic recipes prepare jam with banana slices.
- The fruits must be mixed in a blender until a liquid mixture is obtained and mixed with sugar.
- Then the liquid is poured into a saucepan and mixed with gelatin.
- The jam is boiled for no more than half an hour, after which it is placed in the refrigerator.
Kiwi and orange jam
To create such an unusual jam, you will have to purchase a kilogram of kiwi and oranges. The fruits are cut into pieces, which are poured into an iron bowl and poured with liquid honey. All components are stirred, after which lemon juice is poured into them. This jam is cooked for about 25-30 minutes.
Conclusion
Many housewives make kiwi jam. To make it tastier, it is recommended to familiarize yourself with the main features of creating jam from this fruit.
