How to make pear and lemon jam
Products
Pears - 1.5 kilograms
Water - 250 milliliters (1 cup)
Sugar - 800 grams
Lemon - 1 piece
Food preparation
1. Thoroughly wash and dry 1.5 kg of ripe pears and lemon.
2. Peel the pears, cut in half, remove the seed capsule and inflorescence.
3. Cut the pears into slices about 4 mm wide.
4. Pour 250 ml of water into a small saucepan and place over medium heat.
5. Pour 400 grams of sugar into a saucepan; stir the sugar until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
6. After making the thick syrup, add the remaining 400 grams of sugar to the saucepan and stir.
7. Reduce heat to low and cook syrup for another 5 minutes.
8. Thoroughly wash 1 lemon.
9. Cut the washed lemon together with the peel into cubes, 1 centimeter side each.
How to make pear and lemon jam
1. Put the sliced pears in a saucepan.
2. Pour the prepared sugar syrup over the pears and put on a low heat.
3. Wait for the jam to boil and reduce the heat to low: the jam should be cooked with low boiling.
4. Cook the jam for 15 minutes, stirring thoroughly with a wooden bowl.
5. After 15 minutes, turn off the heat and let it brew for 2-3 hours.
6. Then boil the jam over low heat for another 15 minutes.
7. Turn off the fire and let the jam brew for 2-3 hours.
8. Add the sliced lemon cubes to the jam.
9. Cook pear and lemon jam for 25 minutes.
10. Pour the prepared jam into prepared jars.
Fusofacts
- Pear and lemon jam can be served as a dessert and pie fillings.- Boiled pear plates in this jam resemble sweet candied fruits. The addition of lemon gives the dessert a slight sourness.
- Pear jam can be a filling for muffins, as well as pancakes.
- For jam, it is recommended to choose ripe, whole pear fruits without rot, wormholes and damage, since spoiled fruits can impair the taste of the jam.
- When cooking jam, you need to pay attention to the hardness of pears: if the fruit is hard, then the jam should take longer, if soft - less.
- In the finished jam, pear plates become transparent and do not fall apart.
