Mint Emerald Jam Recipes

Preparation of ingredients

Initially, the mint needs to be washed well and sorted out, removing damaged and wilted leaves. If a variety is used that has glossy leaves, the dust is shaken off very quickly. If the leaves are fleecy, it is recommended to sort through each one, rinsing it under running water.

Since olden times, flowers and herbs have been harvested for the winter. Mint has long been known for its medicinal properties, in particular, it relieves headaches, removes traces of fatigue and has a positive effect on the immune system. Eating can be harmful to those who are allergic to this aromatic herb.

Video "Mint Jam Recipe"

This video will show you how to make delicious mint jam.

Recipes with step-by-step instructions

Classical

For the classic recipe, you need to take 120 g of fresh mint leaves, 600 g of sugar, 70 ml of liquid pectin, 500 ml of apple cider vinegar, 250 ml of filtered water and 2 drops of green food coloring:

1. Rinse the leaves and dry in a sieve. Wrinkle lightly with your hands and chop coarsely. Transfer the raw materials to a saucepan, cover with granulated sugar, mix thoroughly and leave for 30 minutes.
2. Add water and vinegar, put the mixture on a small fire. As soon as there are signs that the mass is boiling, pour in the pectin and dye.
3. Turn off the fire after one minute. Pour the mass through cheesecloth, pour into clean jars. Put a sheet of parchment under the lid, roll it up.

With strawberry

To cook strawberry-mint jam, you need 1.1 kg of sugar, 1 kg of strawberries, 200 g of mint leaves and 40 ml of lemon juice:

1. Select strawberries, place in a container with cool water, leave for 15 minutes.
2. Rinse the berries thoroughly again and dry.
3. If large berries come across, cut them into several pieces so that the strawberries are about the same size.
4. Place sugar, lemon juice and strawberries in a cooking container. Rinse the leaves, dry and do not chop. Add to the mass, mix gently.
5. Cover and leave for 12 hours. After the mixture is infused, put the container on fire and bring to a boil.
6. Reduce the heat and boil the mixture for another 15 minutes. Allow the mixture to cool completely and repeat again. Pour hot jam into jars and close.

With basil

To prepare a spicy and healthy treat, you will need 220 g of fresh mint leaves, 400 g of sugar, 90 g of basil, 5 g of citric acid and 300 ml of water.

Instructions:

1. Rinse the mint leaves and lay to dry on a towel.
2. Place in a container, cover with half the sugar and leave for 5-6 hours to get juice.
3. Prepare sweet syrup: mix water and sugar, put on low heat, bring to a homogeneous mass.
4. Pour the prepared syrup into the mint mass, leave again for 6 hours.
5. Boil the mixture for 8 minutes, after this time add finely chopped basil.
6. Darken for another 5 minutes, remove from heat and leave to cool for 3 hours.
7. Pass through cheesecloth, boil and pour into clean containers.

With lemons

Lemon-mint confiture consists of 1 kg of granulated sugar, 2 lemons, 500 ml of water and 250 g of mint leaves.

Cooking steps:

1. Rinse the leaves, transfer to a towel to dry.
2. Finely chop the mint.
3. Dip the lemons in boiling water for 1 minute, rub and chop into pieces, after removing the seeds.
4. Mix citrus and mint, pour in water, put the mixture on the stove.
5. Cook for 15 minutes after boiling, leave for 20 hours in a cool and dark place.
6. After the specified period of time, repeat the heat treatment, pass the hot mixture through 4 layers of gauze.
7. Boil and pour into clean jars.

With cucumbers

The jam, which combines mint and cucumbers, will turn out to be aromatic and special. For it, use 500 grams of medium cucumbers, 100 ml of water, 90 g of mint, 50 ml of lemon juice, 20 g of a jelly mixture and 200 g of sugar.

The cooking process is as follows:

1. Rinse the cucumbers, dry them dry and cut into slices.
2. Add half of the sugar, stir and leave for 5 hours.
3. Chop the mint leaves, put in a container, add water.
4. Boil and leave for 3 hours.
5. Put the container with cucumbers on the fire, cook for 20 minutes from the moment of boiling.
6. Remove the liquid from the mint, chop the leaves in a blender until mushy.
7. Mix the jelly with the remaining sugar, pour into the cucumbers, add mint and lemon juice.
8. Cook for 15 minutes, the finished treat should be thick, like jam.
9. Roll up in banks.

It is worth noting that the delicacy will not be so saturated if the mint leaves are not initially infused in granulated sugar. You also need to use mint that has been harvested no earlier than 4 days.

Only fresh raw materials retain all the beneficial properties that remain even after heat treatment.

For maximum health benefits, it is best to harvest the plant between June and July.