Revealing a New And Delicious Apple Jam For New Year’s Day 2020
With a very simple and inexpensive way of making apple jam, we can produce delicious and rustic jams during the traditional New Year holidays. What are you waiting for, let’s go to the kitchen to make jams for these special days.
How to make simple apple jam
Ingredients for making apple jam
- 1kg of apples
- 600g yellow sugar
- 1tsp (5ml) alum
- 50g lime
- 2 liters of water
Tools for making apple jam
- Big and small bowls
- Knife, plate, spoon, basket
- Deep pan
- 1 sharp stick or plate
- Pot
How to make simple apple jam for Tet
Step 1: Preliminary processing of apples
First of all, to make delicious apple jam properly, you choose small and sour apples. The slightly sour taste of apples will make the jam the most attractive. You buy apples, you need to wash them thoroughly with water many times, use a sharp stick or fork to poke around the apple, then wash again to clean the oil, pour into the basket to drain.
Step 2: Soak apples with clear lime water
- Dissolve lime with water, let it take a long time to see the lime settle down, the water in you drains into a separate bowl. Soak the skewered apples in lime water for about 12-15 hours.
- Then, take it out and wash it a few times to clean the apple oil under cold water and get rid of the lime smell.
Step 3: Boil apple blanched alum
- Put a pot on the stove, put 1tsp of alum in it along with 2 liters of water. Use a spoon to stir until dissolved, then bring to a boil.
- When the water is boiling, pour the apples into the pot to simmer for about 2 minutes, then remove the apples from the basket and rinse them with cold water.
Step 4: Marinate the apples
After the apples are completely washed, put the apples in a large bowl, pour sugar over them and then marinate them.
Step 5: Apple jam slug
- When the sugar starts to melt, put the pot on the stove, turn on low heat to slug the jam. Occasionally, while cooking, gently stir with chopsticks. When the apple is clear, taste a bit chewy, then turn off the heat.
- Let the jam cool down and you can enjoy it with the whole family. Apple jam after being completed can be used for a long time for the whole Tet season. But if it is easy for apples to keep the best taste, you should dry apple jam at 100 degrees Celsius for about 50-60 minutes for the dried jam to recover. Or not, you put the apples in a glass jar with a tight lid to use gradually for many days.
Thus, with just 5 simple steps of how to make apple jam, you will have the perfect apple jam to celebrate Tet with your loved ones.
How to make apple jam without lime juice
Many housewives ask Cet.edu.vn if it is possible to make apple jam without lime juice? The answer is yes. Not only can it be made, but it’s also delicious!
Ingredients for making apple jam without lime juice
- 1kg apple
- 400g granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 1 orange
How to make apple jam without lime juice
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
- Mix 2 teaspoons of salt into 700ml of clean warm water, stir gently until the salt dissolves.
- Apples choose to buy large, beautiful and not bruised apples.
- After buying apples, keep the skin intact, wash and cut into thin slices. You cut in horizontal slices, each slice is about 0.3cm thick. Where to cut, put the apple in a bowl of salted water to soak it so that the apple does not darken. Soak time is about 30 minutes.
- Cut oranges in half and squeeze out about 1 cup of juice.
Step 2: Dry the apples
- After 30 minutes, you take out the apples, drain the water.
- After the apples are dry, you put them on a griddle and then leave them in the sun for about 5-6 hours to wither.
Step 3: Proceed to make apple jam
- Put the dried apples in a large pot, add 400g of sugar (the amount can be adjusted according to taste) and pour in the whole cup of orange juice. Mix well, soak like that for another 3 hours to dissolve the sugar completely.
- When the sugar is completely dissolved, put a non-stick pan on the stove for the apples soaked in sugar, medium heat and bring to a boil.
- When the apples and sugar are boiling, lower the heat to low, gently stir a few times to let the apples infuse the spices evenly, be careful not to stir constantly because this will cause the apples to be crushed.
- Continue to stir until the apples turn golden brown and meet the requirements. Turn off the stove, put the pan down.
Step 4: Presenting the finished product
Place the jam on a plate and enjoy immediately. So you have completed the way to make apple jam without lime already.
On the market today, there are many kinds of delicious jam, which is sweet potato jam, coconut jam, tamarind jam … but in which apple jam is one of the most popular jam dishes. However, many housewives often have to worry about quality issues as well as food safety and hygiene due to jam products floating on the market.