How to quickly cook jam in a slow cooker according to the best recipes

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The process of making jam is limited to preparing berries, placing them in the multicooker bowl, and choosing the desired mode. You can cook jam or even jam in one session, although it will stretch for several hours, but during all this time it will be enough to just go to the multicooker a few times to mix the mass, remove the foam.

They say that the most popular units this year are Redmond units, which is quite understandable given the quality, versatility and price. By the way, the RMC-M90 looks very similar to the Polaris 0517, the functions are also almost the same. But for the jam, the volume of the bowl and its coating are important. The volume of the most popular models does not exceed 5 liters, which means that no more than 1.5 kg of berries can be processed at a time, since the container can only be filled by ⅓.

To avoid scratching the non-stick or ceramic coating, use a silicone, plastic or wooden spatula for stirring. Very high quality and beloved by many multicooker "Panasonic" generally have a small bowl with a volume of 2.5 liters.

You can make jam using the Stew or Soup modes, but the steam valve must be removed to facilitate evaporation of the liquid. The finished dish will turn out to be more liquid when compared to boiling syrup in an open basin, precisely because of the slow evaporation.

The slow cooker cooks jam, jam well - the berries are boiled down evenly, the result refuses to be invariably tasty and pleasant in appearance. But this method is good when you want to cook several jars of different jams, and not when you need to process tens of kilograms of the crop.

There are recipes that exclude sugar, that is, the berries can be safely stored for the winter by crushing them in their own juice, while they will boil evenly, acquire the desired consistency.

Video "Apricot jam in a slow cooker"

This video will show you how to make delicious apricot jam in a slow cooker.

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The multicooker not only facilitates the cooking process itself, minimizes the possibility of burns, saves time, but even increases the usefulness of the finished dish. Usually, during heat treatment, a lot of useful substances are lost, at least vitamins are volatilized or destroyed, and the "Stew" mode allows you to keep the temperature at an optimal level all the time of cooking, thereby increasing the benefit by 30%.

Apple

Apple jam is one of the most common, it is eaten with croutons, pies are baked with it. Its color depends on the degree of boiling, the ripeness of the apples and their variety. Prepare fruits as follows:

• choose slightly immature;
• wash thoroughly (recommended with soda);
• peel, remove seeds and tough crusts of seed pods;
• cut into small pieces (use a vegetable cutter).

For 1 kg of apples, take 2 glasses of sugar, juice of 1 lemon, 2 glasses of water.Apples can not be cut finely, but left in quarters, if they are supposed to be overheated and boiled to the state of jam. First, they are put in a bowl, about 1 glass of water is poured, the "Baking" mode is turned on for half an hour. During this time, they should become soft, and the skins can be put in a saucepan, pour a glass of water, boil until soft.

After half an hour, the softened apples need to be mashed to a state of puree, add sugar, pour in lemon juice (you can do without it, but then the taste will be sugary) and strained broth of skins, turn on the "Stew" mode for 1 hour.

During this time, you will have to check the jam a couple of times, mix it. The finished product is transferred to a sterilized jar, tightly corked.

Blackcurrant

Blackcurrant jam is protected in case of colds, since it contains a lot of vitamins, which means that when cooked gently under the lid, it will become even healthier.

For him, take 1 kg of berries, sort out, wash, let the water drain. Then put the currants in a bowl, pour 1-1.5 kg of sugar, close, turn on the "Stew" mode for 1.5 hours. During this time, you need to check several times, mix, remove the foam. That's all the worries. After 90 minutes, you can pour into jars, tighten the lids.

Apricot

For apricot jam, you need 1 kg of fruit, 0.5 kg of sugar. To make the taste more interesting, you can add juice from half a lemon or some spice. Wash the apricots thoroughly, let them dry a little, take out the seeds, peeled halves and put them in the multicooker bowl. If you cook jam, then the halves should be chopped at this stage of preparation.

Apricot halves are covered with sugar, sprinkled with lemon juice, closed, turn on the "Stew" mode for 1 hour.

Be sure to check how it is cooked there in 20-30 minutes, stir, remove the foam. After turning off, hot jam must be poured into clean disinfected jars, rolled up with lids.

Raspberry

Put 1 kg of berries in a bowl, pour 1 kg of sugar on top, turn on the "Stew" mode for 1-1.2 hours. After 30 minutes, be sure to stir or at least check the condition of the jam. After turning off, the finished dessert is laid out in sterilized jars, rolled up with lids, turned over, wrapped for slow cooling.

Peach

For 1 kg of peaches take 800-900 g of sugar, 4 oranges, ½ glass of water. Peaches and oranges are peeled from the skin (peaches can be doused with boiling water for this) and seeds, cut into proportional pieces, and put into a bowl. Water is poured on top, sugar is poured. The multicooker is set for 1.5 hours on "Stew".

The finished jam will resemble jam in its consistency. If you need to save the pieces, then you can do without water, cover the fruit with sugar and wait until they give juice before turning on. Simmer for 1.2 hours, turn the jars and wrap them until they cool completely.

Kiwi

The most unusual jam is made from kiwi. But this is a delicacy - so why should it be familiar? Green, with black dots, sweet and sour, slightly viscous jam is perfect for tea and coffee.

For 1 kg of fruit, you will need 700-800 g of sugar. Peel the fruit, cut it, cover it with sugar, “simmer” for 1 hour. If you need a completely homogeneous mass, then wipe it through a sieve, and then turn on the "Stew" mode again for 20 minutes.