Making delicious plum jam with pits for the winter according to the classic recipe, as well as with the addition of nuts, fruits, and spices, will not take much time and effort, but the result will please you. This jam can be prepared in a slow cooker in a quick way. This fruity treat is suitable for drinking tea on cold winter evenings, decorating desserts, or baking pies. Proper storage will extend the shelf life of plum dessert.
Features of making jam from plums with pits for the winter
When making jam from plums with pits, follow some rules:
- To make jam from whole plums with pits, choose medium-sized fruits, for example, the Hungarian variety.
- To wash off the whitish coating from fruits, they are immersed in boiling water for eight seconds and then washed in cold water.
- Before cooking, the fruits are pricked with a fork or the edge of a knife to better soak them in syrup.
How to choose the right products?
The quality of the finished product depends on the choice of source material. In this case, it's fruit. A small plum with a pit will produce jam with insufficient fruit fleshiness, which will affect the quality of the delicacy. It is better to take large, and ideally medium-sized fruits.
Homemade plums grown in your own garden make jam more aromatic and tastier than jam made from store-bought fruit.
Preparing containers
Glass containers with a volume of 0.5 or 0.7 liters are washed under running water with soda and detergent. Sterilize in the oven, microwave or over steam. The lids are boiling. Before packing the jam, the container must be dry.
How to make plum jam with pits?
Plum jam with pits is made from the fruit with sugar and water, sometimes adding spices, nuts and other fruits. Prepare the delicacy in several stages or close it after boiling it once. To preserve plums whole, use late varieties with dense pulp.
Classic recipe
From these products a liter of jam is obtained. A simple dessert recipe that doesn't cost much.
Compound:
- 1.5 kilograms of plums;
- 400 milliliters of water;
- 1.5 kilograms of sugar.
Add sugar to boiling water and boil for several minutes.Place fruit in the prepared syrup and let it cool. The cooled dessert should be cooked for a minute after boiling, then cooled. The process is repeated two more times. The finished jam is placed in jars and sealed.
Quick cooking method
Even a novice housewife can prepare such a dessert.
You will need the following products:
- Kilogram of plums.
- Glass of water.
- A kilogram of sugar.
Clean fruits are poured with water and cooked at a low boil for five minutes. Then add sugar and cook for twenty minutes. The hot treat is packaged in sterile jars. They are corked.
With almonds
Dessert with almonds will please everyone with a sweet tooth.
Components:
- 2 kilograms of plums.
- 300 grams of almonds.
- 1.5 kilograms of sugar.
- A glass of purified water.
Almonds are immersed in boiling water for ten minutes, then the skins are removed. The washed fruits are poured with water and sugar is added. Heat over low heat, add nuts, cook for twenty minutes, removing the foam. Place in containers and seal.
With peaches
The jam turns out very tasty if you combine plums with peaches.
For the preparation you will need the following products:
- 500 grams of plums.
- 0.5 kilograms of peaches.
- 400 milliliters of filtered water.
- 1.4 kilograms of fine sugar.
The fruits are washed and dried on a kitchen napkin. Peaches are pitted and cut into slices. Plums are pierced with a skewer.
Add sugar to hot water, boil for five minutes, and pour the resulting syrup over the fruit. The dessert is infused for twelve hours. Then cook over low heat for half an hour. The hot mass is placed into jars and sealed.
With mint and cinnamon
A fragrant treat for tea.
Required components:
- Kilogram of plums.
- 0.5 kilograms of sugar.
- Two sprigs of mint.
- A third of a coffee spoon of cinnamon.
Well-washed fruits without visible damage are poured with boiling water for seven minutes, then transferred to a colander to remove excess moisture.
The dried fruits are covered with sugar and covered with a lid. The next morning, the dessert is simmered for five minutes over low heat.
After cooling, cook the jam for another five minutes. The third time, with a slight boil, mint and cinnamon are added to the dessert. Distribute into sterile containers and seal.
In a slow cooker
An easy way to make plum jam.
Compound:
- Kilogram of plums.
- A kilogram of sugar.
- Half a lemon.
The fruits are washed and pierced with a skewer in several places. Lemon is cut into thin half rings. Lay fruits with lemon in layers in a multicooker bowl, sprinkling each with sugar. After three hours, set the “Quenching” program. The dessert is prepared for an hour and a half, then distributed into jars and rolled.
Treat storage
Jam made from unhulled plums can be stored in a cool place for no more than a year.
