Delicious Pumpkin Jam with Apples Recipes

Preparatory activities

Choose fruits that are sweet, with sourness. The amount of sugar can be changed at your discretion. In addition, you can use not only regular sugar, but also cane sugar or vanilla sugar.

Making vanilla sugar is very simple. To do this, simply place a vanilla pod in a sugar pack for one week.

If you want to accentuate the sweet taste, you can add lemon or orange zest to your jam.

Video "Recipe for pumpkin and apple jam"

From this video you will learn a delicious recipe for pumpkin and apple jam for the winter.

Recipes with step-by-step instructions

Next, we will look at various recipes for making pumpkin jam with apples.

Classical

The classic recipe for pumpkin and apple jam is an excellent preparation for the winter, which even a novice housewife can handle.

For cooking, you will need the following ingredients:

• peeled pumpkin - 1 kg

• peeled apples - 1 kg

• granulated sugar - 1 kg

• lemon - 1 pc.

• water - 2 glasses.

First of all, you need to wash the pumpkin, apples and lemon. You can cut it into small pieces, or you can grate it on a coarse grater. Then pour water into a saucepan, bring to a boil. Pour in sugar, but not all, but half of the total. After the sugar has dissolved, cook for another ten minutes. Now you can load the main ingredients into the sugar syrup. Squeeze out the lemon juice. Stir slowly until the ingredients settle and boil for another 5 minutes. Set aside for 6 hours.

After the specified time, cook the jam for another 7 minutes, bring to a boil. Set aside for 5-6 hours and cook for 15 minutes two more times. There should be three approaches in total. Determining readiness is simple: you need to drop hot syrup on a cold knife - if the drop does not spread, then the jam is ready.

Cooking time: 1 hour

With lemons

Jam with apples, pumpkin and lemons is an excellent option for a homemade dessert.

For cooking, take:

• pumpkin - 400 g;
• apples - 400 g;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• granulated sugar - 800 g

Slice the pumpkin lengthwise and remove all seeds and soft fibers that are in it, then trim the rind. Cut the pumpkin into small cubes and place in a saucepan. Apples also need to be peeled and cored, seeds. After that, you need to cut them and pour them into a saucepan, where the jam will be cooked. Add sugar and mix everything thoroughly. Leave for half an hour to form juice and sugar dissolve.

Now you need to put the pan on the stove and cook the future jam for 40 minutes. If a lot of water has evaporated during the cooking process, then it is better to top up with filtered warm water. In the event that the ingredients have become transparent, you can grind everything until smooth with a blender. It is best to use a hand-held type blender. The output will be a thick mixture similar to jam.

Now it's the lemon's turn. The juice needs to be squeezed out, and the zest is best grated. But now all the lemon is not worth it - enough ⅓. Squeeze the lemon juice into the jam and boil for another 1 minute. Remove from heat and cool.

With pears and nuts

To make delicious nut and pear jam, prepare the following foods:

• pears - 2 pcs.;
• apples - 500 g;
• peeled pumpkin - 500 g;
• crushed nuts - 2 tbsp. l .;
• sugar - 1 kg;
• water - 250 ml;
• vanillin to taste.

Cooking technology:

1. Cut the pumpkin into small, even pieces. Cover with granulated sugar, stir and refrigerate overnight.
2. Pre-covered with a lid.
3. Peel and core the pears and apples and cut into slices.
4. Add chopped fruits, chopped nuts to the pumpkin and cook over low heat.
5. Remove the saucepan from the stove as soon as the future jam boils.
6. Do not touch the jam for 3 hours, put it to cool.
7. Then boil and cool again. Repeat two times.
8. For the fourth time, you can add a diced lemon, a little vanilla.
9. Pour the jam into jars and roll up.

With cocoa

For cooking you will need:

• sugar - 750 g;
• 500 g pumpkin pulp;
• 250 g sweet and sour apples;
• dark cocoa - 75 g;
• 1 drop of peppermint oil;
• dry mint - 2 tsp;
• 35 ml of vanilla liqueur or brandy.

How to make jam:

1. Take apples and peel them, cut into cubes. Also chop the pumpkin. Combine everything and cover with sugar.
2. Add the indicated amount of vanilla liqueur. Stir and let it brew well. Wait until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. Put on the stove, boil for 1 minute. Set aside and cool the jam.
4. Repeat this procedure two more times.
5. For the third time, remove the pieces from the resulting syrup and transfer them to a separate container for a while.
6. Add dry mint to cocoa and stir. Add this mixture to the syrup, but very carefully. Beat with a blender or mixer.
7. Boil and stand for 2-3 minutes over low heat, stirring with a spatula.
8. Add the previously laid out pieces of pumpkin and apples and boil for 1 minute, then add 1 drop of mint oil. Mix everything, pour into jars.

With almonds

To make pumpkin and apple jam with almonds, you will need to prepare the following simple ingredients:

oranges - 2 pcs.;

peeled almonds - 100 g;

apples - 3 pcs.;

pumpkin pulp - 1 kg;

sugar - 1 kg.

Cooking technology:

1. Cut the fruit into wedges and the pumpkin into cubes. To mix everything.
2. Soak almonds in water for 20 minutes. Then remove the skin from the almonds and chop the kernels with a knife.
3. Kill the apples and pumpkin with a blender until smooth. Add orange zest and finely chopped almonds.
4. Cover with sugar and stir.
5. Put on the stove and cook until the jam is thick.
6. After that, remove the pan from the stove. Cool and roll the jam into jars. You can also store such a delicacy in the refrigerator under nylon lids.