How to make quince jam
Products
Quince - 1 kilogram
Granulated sugar - 800 grams
Lemon - 1 piece
Water - 250 milliliters
Walnuts - 100 grams
Vanilla sugar - 10 grams
Food preparation
1. Thoroughly wash 1 kg of quince so that its surface becomes smooth and remove the core.
2. Cut the quince into slices about 4 millimeters high.
3. Thoroughly wash and grind 1 lemon with a blender.
4. Pour 400 grams of sugar into a saucepan and pour in 250 ml of water.
5. Boil the syrup on medium until the sugar is completely dissolved.
6. After dissolving the sugar, add the remaining 400 grams of sugar to the syrup and stir.
7. Reduce heat to low and simmer syrup for another 5 minutes.
8. Peel 100 grams of nuts and chop them into large pieces.
How to make jam
1. Put the chopped quince in a saucepan and pour over the sugar syrup.
2. Wait until it boils and cook the jam 5 minutes later, after which remove the pan from the stove and leave in a cold place to infuse for 12 hours.
3. Repeat the procedure.
4. Return the jam to the stove a third time and bring to a boil.
5. Add grated lemon, vanilla sugar and chopped nuts to the quince.
6. Cook the jam for 5-7 minutes, then remove from heat and roll up.
Fusofacts
- You can add orange slices with peel to quince-lemon jam.- Quince jam turns out to be quite dry, since virtually all the liquid is absorbed into the quince. Therefore, the jam is suitable as a filling for pies. If you need to make more liquid jam, then you need to increase the volume of water to 500 milliliters.
- Calorie content of quince jam with lemon 212 - kcal / 100 grams.
