A delicious addition to fragrant freshly brewed tea will be apple jam with amber slices. It will go well with freshly baked pancakes, it will be an ideal filling for a pie or an independent dessert that will appeal to both children and adults. And preparing such a treat is very simple.

Classic apple sliced ​​jam

No additional ingredients are used in this recipe. Only: 1 kg of fruit, 720-920 g of granulated sugar.

  1. The apples are washed well, but not cleaned. Each is cut and discarded from the seed box. The resulting pieces are cut into thin slices.
  2. Fruit slices are laid out in a pan in layers. Each new one is abundantly sprinkled with sugar. Under the lid, the container is left overnight. During this time, the right amount of fluid will appear.
  3. In the morning after boiling the mass, it boils for 5-6 minutes. In no case should fruits be disturbed.
  4. When the pan has completely cooled, everything is again boiled for several minutes and left to cool. So the process is repeated three times.

After the last, you can pour a treat on prepared sterilized jars.

With walnut and zest

With nuts and citrus zest, the sweetness is obtained with an amazing aroma and a slightly sour taste. Ingredients: 220 g of walnut kernels, medium orange, 970 g of hard apples, about the same amount of granulated sugar.

  1. The apples are washed, get rid of the middle and thinly cut. If you want to get a thick product, then you need to put them in a wide bowl, if liquid - in a narrow bucket. Fruits are laid out in layers, each of which is densely sprinkled with sugar.
  2. Under parchment, the container is left for 10-11 hours. A whole spiral of orange peel is added to it.
  3. The procedure is repeated three times: the mass is boiled for 5-6 minutes, after which it is completely cooled.
  4. When the mass begins to boil for the last time, it can be gently mixed and sprinkled with nuts. At the end of cooking, the zest is removed from the treat.

This recipe for apple jam allows you to cook a dessert with an unusual nutty “crunch”.

With cinnamon

The amount of spice in the recipe can be adjusted to your liking. Usually a teaspoon is added to cinnamon. The remaining ingredients: 730 g of granulated sugar, about a kilo of strong apples, 120 ml of filtered water. How to cook apple jam with cinnamon is described below.

  1. In the apples, the core and the dead places are removed. Together with the skin, they are cut into medium slices. Too thin can fall apart during the cooking process.
  2. Fruits are sprinkled with sand and left for 2-3 hours. If a little juice is released during this time, then you need to dilute it with the amount of water indicated in the recipe.
  3. On low heat, the mass is brought to a boil with gentle stirring. Then it is cooked for 5-6 minutes and removed from the fire for 2 hours.
  4. The procedure is repeated three times. Fruits can be mixed only during the first cooking. At the last stage, they are covered with cinnamon.

Before pouring into jars of jam again mixed.

How to cook a transparent apple jam with slices?

Ideally, for transparent jam, it is worth using an Antonovka. An apple is taken about a kilo. 620 g of sugar will also be used.

  1. Washed apples are cut into slices. The thickness of each of them should be about 4-5 mm.
  2. Products are laid out in a pan in layers: fruit - sugar. The design will be infused for 7-8 hours.
  3. The procedure is repeated three times: the mass is boiled for 5-6 minutes, after which it is completely cooled. It usually takes about 6 hours to cool.

The result is a delicious sweet and sour jam with clear syrup.

Five-minute winter recipe

If the hostess does not have long hours for cooking, you can use a quick recipe. Ingredients: 3 kilos of strong fruit, 2 cups of granulated sugar.

  1. Washed apples rub on a coarse grater. In addition, you can also use a food processor or blender to grind them. It is not necessary to remove the skin from the fruits, but do not forget that it will still be felt in the finished treat.
  2. The bottom of a spacious pan or basin is wetted with cold water. Apple mass is laid out in the selected container.
  3. Sugar sprinkles immediately on top. The mixture is brought to a boil over medium heat, after which it is cooked for 6-7 minutes with strong heating of the stove. Dessert must be constantly stirred.

Ready jam is laid out on prepared jars directly from the hot plate.

Amber apple jam with oranges

Fragrant beautiful jam will decorate any tea party. Apples in a treat go well with orange slices. Ingredients: large orange, a kilo of strong apples, a pinch of ground cinnamon, a kilo of granulated sugar.

  1. All fruits are washed, dried and cut with medium cubes. In general, their size and shape can be adjusted to your liking. You do not need to peel the fruits.
  2. Prepared fruits are placed in a pan and sprinkled with sand, then left for 2-4 hours. During this time, the components should give so much juice that no additional liquid is needed.
  3. On low heat, the mass is brought to a boil. Next, you can add ground spice and cook the jam over low heat with stirring often for 80-90 minutes.

It remains to distribute the treats in glass containers and roll them up.

In a slow cooker

The long cooking process of the discussed goodies will be facilitated by the popular kitchen assistant - a slow cooker. Ingredients: a kilo of strong apples and the same amount of granulated sugar, half a liter of filtered water, any spices to taste.

  1. Fruits are washed, get rid of partitions and seeds. Fruits are cut into medium slices.
  2. Sugar is poured into the bowl of the “smart pan”, and water is poured. The syrup will be prepared in a program for stewing for about an hour.
  3. Then, prepared fruits can be added to the container. In the same program, the jam will be prepared for another hour.

If you want to get dark syrup, you should use red varieties of apples, if light transparent - then yellow and green.

 

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