Amber plum slices jam for the winter: a step by step cooking recipe

Fragrant green, yellow and dark blue plums eliminate constipation, cleanse the intestines, improve blood formation, return sleep. Fresh fruits of the fruit tree are rich in organic acids, minerals, vitamin C, contain phylloquinone, which regulates blood clotting. After heat treatment, some of the useful substances are preserved. Plum jam in slices is a real juicy meal, but so that the fruits do not lose their integrity, the bones easily fall behind, it is recommended to use the Dubovki and Hungarian varieties for harvesting.

General information about the treat

Plum jam turns out not only tasty, but also amber in color.In a transparent and thick sugar syrup, the slices do not soften, they remain firm. Dessert prepared for the winter is not always possible to keep until this time, the excellent taste is liked by children, conquers adults.

Plum jam with slices is used as a filling for baking, served with tea. In addition to the beautiful amber color, bright aroma, delicacy:

saturates the body with fructose;
stimulates digestion;
improves mood.

The iron contained in the fruits is required for anemia. Pectins prevent the accumulation of harmful substances.

Required ingredients for the recipe

In the absence of the Hungarian variety, you can take other plums - yellow and blue, in which the stone easily lags behind. In addition to sugar, you will need water to make syrup. Often women put vanilla in jam, pour cinnamon. Such ingredients improve the taste, give delicacy sophistication.

Features of product selection

So that the fruits do not boil soft, harvesting for the winter does not turn into mashed potatoes, overripe fruits cannot be used.

Some housewives soak plums for several hours in a soda solution, rinse thoroughly with clean water, the fruits become harder and less boiled.

Cooking containers

Fruit blanks for storage are closed in glass jars. In containers with a volume of 0.5 and 0.75 liters, it is best to shift the jam. First, a container is selected, on which there are no notches, no cracks, no crevices, thoroughly washed with mustard or soda, rinsed with clean water, and then sterilized:

over the ferry - a quarter of an hour;
in a pot of boiling water - 15 minutes;
in the oven - gas or electric the same amount of time;
in the microwave - several times for 3-4 minutes.

Lids must match the diameter of the neck of the jar, not have deformations, decontaminate them in a kettle or hold them over steam.

How to cook plum jam slices at home

To make the halves or slices whole, you need to boil the fruits in syrup more than once, but several. Bones are removed from the berries, they are taken so much that after removing the seeds, a kilogram of plums remains:

The washed fruits should be divided into slices.
Pour the sugar into the water and boil the syrup over low heat.
Plums are placed in a sweet liquid, boiled for 10-12 minutes.
The fruit mass is removed from the stove and placed on fire again after 6 hours.

The process is repeated again, but the workpiece is insisted on half of the previous time.When the jam thickens, acquires an amber hue, boil for 5 minutes, remove the foam, pour into sterile jars, cork with lids, turn upside down, warm with a blanket or towel.

To prepare the syrup, 350 ml of water and 1300 g of sugar are taken.

Yellow plums are washed, the pits are removed and divided into slices, put in an enamel bowl, filled with syrup and left for a day. The expressed liquid is boiled, fruits are added to it and boiled until the mass thickens.

1.5 sugar, 3 cups of water per kilogram of fruit.

Terms and rules for storing blanks

Pitted plum jam, closed in sterile containers, does not spoil for 2 years. You can keep the blank in the pantry or in the kitchen, after opening the container, you need to rearrange the dessert in the refrigerator, eat within a week - 10 days.