Culinary Etude 08/19/2018
The end of summer - the time for ripening grapes. Most often, we eat this gift of nature fresh or harvest for the winter in the form of compote. Such exotic as grape jam is not often found on our table. If possible, be sure to cook a couple of jars of this wonderful dessert.
Most often we serve jam for tea - this is a long-standing Russian tradition. Recently, many of us like to experiment in the kitchen and adopt the culinary traditions of other nations.
Want to learn how to make grape jam? Our program today has the most interesting recipes for treats from a sunny berry. And Irina Rybchanskaya will tell them to us as our leading permanent column. Let's listen to Irina.
We have a real cult in Transcarpathia. The slopes of the mountains around our town are dotted with manicured vineyards. Of the European technical grape varieties, many produce high-quality “garage” wine. Table varieties delight the eye with an abundance of tastes and aromas. Almost any of them is good for making jam. Let's get acquainted with the recipes.
This simple family recipe was shared with me by a friend from Greece, Maria Cherohidi. Since the recipe is old and family, the units of measurement are authentic here - 250 ml cups. Indeed, in olden times, not every family had scales.
Now is just the season of green grapes. You can easily find it on the shelves of markets and supermarkets. It is worth giving preference to clusters with large seedless berries.
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Delicious jam made from Cardinal grapes or any other black or purple grape. If you cook quite a bit of jam, then remove the seeds before cooking is not necessary. They themselves will pop up when cooking and they can easily be caught with a slotted spoon. The finished product will be pitted.
The recipe is given step by step. Photos will illustrate the entire process.
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Rinse the bunches, cut off the grapes, if necessary, peel them using a regular pin or small hairpin. You can get rid of the bones with the help of a thin point of a knife. Grapes must first be cut into halves first.
Pour the berries with sugar, pour water, put on a small fire. Sugar should be completely dissolved.
Boil the jam for five minutes on a fire above the average, leave to "rest" for 8 - 10 hours.
Bring the mass to a boil again, cook, stirring, for five minutes, leave to cool for 8 - 10 hours.
Repeat the process another 1-2 times. At the final cooking, boil the jam until cooked.
Pack in prepared jars, roll up.
In the photo - jam served for tea drinking.
I have selected for you, dear readers, an excellent video recipe for making grape jam with seeds for the winter.
The recipe for kishmish grape jam was once given to my grandmother by a good friend of our family from Tajikistan. My grandmother, as usual, changed the recipe in her own way. It turned out a real masterpiece. If desired, you can add walnut or almonds to the jam - about 100 g per kilogram of berries.
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So, they have long been making jam from Isabella in my homeland, in the city of Sochi. Despite the fact that Sochi is a southern city, table grapes do not ripen in our country due to a too humid climate. But in many “Isabella” unpretentious to heat, humidity and cold grows.
Mucous American varieties are cooked in the original way. It is somewhat laborious, but the output is a product of excellent quality, with a delicate, delicate aroma.
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An American recipe from an old Czech magazine - that's how complicated it is. It has a lower sugar content than usual. It is assumed that the jam is cooked from a very sweet white grape seedless or raisins.
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Traditional italian recipe. The product thus cooked is called “Scrucchiata”. I do not presume to state that the method of preparation presented below is the only correct and authentic one. In this form, I received a recipe from my girlfriend's Italian mother-in-law.
In the original, they make Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Although you can take any quality black variety.
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Dear readers of the blog, Irina Zaitseva! I have compiled specially for you several original recipes for grape jam, characteristic of different countries and peoples. Cooking such a dessert is not the easiest process. But the effort expended will be more than paid off.
The usefulness of grapes was appreciated in antiquity, when they began to prepare delicious raisins and a variety of wines from it. Fragrant berries are not only delicious, but also immensely rich in vitamins and minerals. They have a beneficial effect on the nervous system and improve brain function, relieve stress and relax the digestive system.
The simplest grape-seed jam recipe for the winter is made from green varieties of berries. It does not require much time for cooking and it turns out very tasty.
Another simple recipe for grape-seed jam for the winter without long digestion can be prepared with an interesting ingredient. If the Chinese pear could not be found, it is easy to replace it with a regular one.
To get incredibly sweet and fragrant green grape seed pits for the winter, you can try this simple recipe. It will not take much time, but it will give a fragrant bouquet in the cold season.
Grapes with seeds for the winter can be prepared from dark varieties, and a simple recipe will not take much time. The result is a very thick and aromatic treat that can be used to decorate pies and ice cream.
Isabella grape jam
A simple recipe will not take much time, and the resulting delicacy will be unusually fragrant. Variety Isabella for a long time was used exclusively for the preparation of wine, but modern housewives learned to cook incredibly tasty and thick jam from it.
The grape berry is fragrant and very tasty, but it belongs to perishable products. Meanwhile, grapes are valuable not only for their rich taste. The chemical composition is distinguished by a set of healing compounds for the body that promote health. Having prepared grape jam with or without seeds, the hostess will stock up on the natural benefits of berries for the future, and in addition will receive a delicious dessert.
Grapes are not a very popular dessert. The reason for this is the relatively recent appearance of such blanks in the pantries of modern housewives. Food recipes came to us from countries traditionally engaged in the cultivation of grapes of all varieties - Italy, Georgia, Argentina. A warm climate allows you to get an abundant resource base, respectively - to expand the scope and increase options for its use.
Fresh grapes are among the most valuable products for human health. In its pulp and bones, a mass of useful substances is concentrated. It includes:
Each group of biologically active compounds has its own list of beneficial effects on the human body. In general, grape fruit is characterized by:
Useful substances are found in the skin, pulp, as well as in the grape seed, so the use of fruit should occur without waste.
It would seem that jam is a product of thermal processing of fruits. And in the case of grapes - also characterized by hypercaloricity. The carbohydrate content in fruits is already high, and sugar is almost always part of jam. Where is the benefit? In fact, the beneficial substances in grapes are preserved even after heat treatment, just like in mountain ash and raspberries.
Jam has immunostimulating properties and perfectly complements the diet of a cold person, accelerating his recovery and awakening immunity. Thanks to vitamins A, E, B, even a very modest use of the product will provide:
Thanks to iron, copper and cobalt, grape jam will help to improve blood formation and even show anti-anemic effect, which is very useful for children. Some flavonoids and antioxidants are retained as part of the final product, providing antitumor effects and protecting vessels. The content of a large amount of potassium and magnesium has a beneficial effect on the work of the myocardium, regulates heart rate.
Grapes are multifunctional products. Thanks to its aroma, adding a whole spoonful of dessert to tea will make the drink unusual and especially pleasant to taste. Dessert can be eaten with black coffee, highlighting its astringency.
Mistresses highly praise the product obtained after adding gelatin to the syrup from jam. Jelly turns out to be elegant and very light, suitable as an independent dessert, as well as for jelly layers in cakes.
Grapes are one of the most unique fruits. It has the most delicate juicy pulp, skin and stones, unusual in taste. For making jam, absolutely any variety is suitable. The most delicate desserts are obtained with a quiche, but Lydia and Isabella varieties, which have a dense peel, keep their shape perfectly even after prolonged cooking. To successfully make jam from grapes, you should familiarize yourself with special secrets.
In the process of making jam, you can experiment with the amount of sugar, additional foods, spices. And also mix different grape varieties, each time getting a new dessert that is unique in taste.
Dark and light berries should be cooked in different ways, because often they are dense. There are recipes even for green grapes, in which case it is still immature to harvest it.
Features If desired, the clusters can be left intact - this will provide options for an unusual presentation and an aesthetic appearance of the finished dessert. Removal of seeds also occurs at the request of the hostess.
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Features For preparation, black grapes are suitable, as well as red varieties with a dense skin.
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Features It can also be called grape concentrate, since no additives and flavorings are used for cooking, dessert is prepared without sugar.
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You can make jam from grapes of different colors. It is better to take light berries as the basis, and vary the color saturation of the finished product with the amount of dark ones. For a moderately pink dessert, it is necessary to take dark and light berries in a ratio of 1: 5. The perfect seedless grape jam will come from the quiche-mish variety, and the dark berries will have to be peeled and cut in half.
Features The color combination of berries is ideal, as the consistency of the dessert is heterogeneous. The recipe is also suitable for cooking in a bread machine.
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Features The dessert obtained according to this recipe can be safely called oriental sweetness due to the spicy taste and aromatic notes of almonds. Cooking in the oven avoids burning the mixture.
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Features A simple recipe for grape jam called “Five Minute” because of the speed of making dessert.
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Features Grapes with walnuts are slightly tart, but very fragrant and healthy.
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Features The method of procuring honey is controversial, since the main ingredient is subject to prolonged heat treatment. However, the taste of dessert can amaze guests on the spot.
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Features The recipe for jam from grapes and apples can be modified to your taste - increase the amount of sugar to equal the weight of the fruit, replace apples with pears or peaches, add orange, lemon juice for the taste.
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According to reviews, the benefit of grape jam is also in the ability to cheer up. Such a dessert will relieve the autumn blues, fill the body with energy. Any recipe for grape jam for the winter can be supplemented at your own discretion, as far as the berry is compatible, the amazing shades of aroma will make any fruit even better.
Cooking fruit desserts for housewives is a common thing. Dishes are suitable for tea parties and the production of homemade pastries with fillings. If you want to surprise guests, we recommend making grape jam. For the quality of the product is responsible not only the cooking technology, but also the features of the berries, because they have different tastes and shades.
To make jam from grapes, it is necessary to select clusters with ripe, sweet, juicy and fleshy fruits. Any variety except wine varieties will do. Experts advise taking Kishmish, Talisman, Rizamat, Delight, Isabella, Hussein. Mistresses decide to leave or not seeds, focusing on specific recipes or their own discretion. But certainly on the surface of the berries should not be rot, mold, stains.
Prepare raw materials for grape jam for the winter as follows:
Consider how you can make grape jam in different ways - in its pure form and with the addition of other products, and show photos of finished dishes.
You can make Isabella grape jam using pink or dark berries. In the second case, the dish is unusual, because few people saw black jam.
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Now for the preparation of Isabella grape jam for the winter, we take 1 kg of dark fruits and sugar, and replace the water with grape juice (100 ml). Juice makes jam more intense and delicious.
From homemade varieties with blue fruits, you can make both wine and bright blue grape jam. Bones do not need to be removed, but experts advise eating dessert with nucleoli in 6 to 8 months.
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Consider a step-by-step recipe for making blue grape jam.
This juicy grape variety ripens in late August, when harvesting for the winter is in full swing. Since the fruits of Kish Misha do not contain nucleoli, then seedless grape jam will be excellent. The integrity of the berries is not violated, the taste as a result of cooking the fruits become more refined.
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As you can see, Kishmish grape jam is prepared for a long time and at intervals. But this has its plus - while the berries are insisted, you can do other things.
A quick recipe for Pyatiminutka grape jam will be appreciated by the housewives who do not have a lot of time to fuss with harvesting one type. The recipe below allows you to get dessert in minutes.
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Since grapes are in good harmony with other products, it is worth using the opportunity to combine it and prepare a variety of juices, compotes, jams, preserves.
Healing jam from apples and grapes is liked by children and adults. It’s easy to cook, and eating is pleasant and healthy.
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How to cook grape-apple jam? Peel the apples and cut into thin slices. Fruit slices are combined with grapes and poured with hot boiled water. The composition is boiled on low heat and incubated for 4 hours at room temperature. Then the jam is again put on low heat and brought to a boil. This procedure is performed every 4 hours for 2 days. They complete the work by blocking the winter dessert in jars.
A pleasant everyday treat and a highlight of the festive table will be grape jam, the recipe of which contains an orange. To get an exotic dessert you will need:
This winter grape jam with seeds is cooked for 15 hours. First, boil water and dissolve 300 g of sugar. Berries are immersed in syrup and detected for 4 hours. Next, put the dishes on the stove, wait for the contents to boil and add 300 g more sugar. The composition is boiled for 10 minutes, then kept for 10 hours. The sweet mass is boiled repeatedly with sugar residues. The process is completed by the addition of citrus juice.
If you want to replenish the pantry with sweet preservation with an interesting taste, we will give you advice on how to make grape jam with pears and lemon. Wash and dry 300 g of berries and 2 kg of fruit, finely chop the pears. From 300 ml of water and 0.5 kg of sugar, boil the syrup and immediately put the grapes there, and after a few minutes - pears. Add 1.5 kg of sugar and boil the product for 50 minutes. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and pour into the jam. Eat the product immediately or close it for the winter.
Many recipes for grape jam are used by housewives for winter harvesting. The delicacy due to its liquid consistency serves as an additive to many desserts and impregnation for biscuit cakes. Due to the high glucose content, the finished product has great nutritional value and, when used frequently, has a beneficial effect on health.
To cook healthy and tasty jams, you should take into account the specifics of cooking.
Among a number of nuances, the following can be distinguished:
For jam, you should use varieties of berries with a rich aroma. It is better to choose seedless or small fruits.
Crumpled and overripe specimens cannot be used in cooking.
Preparation of the ingredient is very simple - just tear off the branches, wash and dry the grapes. It is also recommended to blanch the grapes for three minutes to eliminate excess fluid.
To prepare grape jam in the home, you can according to various recipes. Depending on your own preferences and the availability of certain ingredients, you can choose the most suitable option.
Using a slow cooker simplifies the cooking process.
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How many ingredients to take depends solely on taste preferences. If a sweet fruit variety is used, it is best to add less sugar to prevent the jam from getting sugary.
Without special culinary skills, it is better to cook jam according to an accelerated recipe. To do this, just mix the fruits with sugar and water, and then cook on low heat for five minutes. After adding citric acid, increase the temperature and boil for another 5 minutes.
Having decided to cook the seedless jam, you need to cut the fruits and remove the kernels from them, and then knead the berries to a homogeneous mass. After adding water and sugar, put the mixture on the stove and wait for the thickening. During cooking, it is important to constantly remove foam from the surface.
Jam with stones can be prepared according to a standard recipe - by mixing all the ingredients and boiling over low heat until the desired consistency is formed. The presence of seeds in a treat has a positive effect on the human body and gives an unusual taste.
Choosing the Kishmish variety as the main ingredient, you can make jelly-like jam. Having covered the berries with sugar, you need to keep the mixture in the refrigerator for two days. Boil the cooled and infused mass over low heat until a thick jam is formed.
Green grape varieties are most often used when cooking jam. It is better to make jam from sweet varieties that will make the taste more pleasant. After mixing the main ingredient with water and sugar, you need to boil the mixture to the desired consistency. You can use jam in both liquid and thickened conditions.
You can make jam from varieties of white berries that create a fresher flavor. For a change of taste, you can add a walnut to the recipe, which does not require pre-treatment. It is enough to mix nuts with mashed grapes, sugar, water and cook over low heat.
Isabella is grown in many cottages and is also suitable for making sweet jam. A step-by-step recipe contains the same items as the classic way of cooking. Having mixed all the ingredients, you need to cook them to the desired consistency, constantly removing the foam.
The presence in the recipe of apples, currant leaves and grapes will give the jam an unusual taste. To make jam, you need to soak the leaves in warm water for a couple of hours, after which add finely chopped apples without a peel. The fruit mixture should be boiled until thickened.
The combination of grape and cherry jam in the product will make the product bright in color and give an exquisite berry aroma. When cooking, you can use whole berries or their flesh without stones.
Using the pumpkin in the recipe, you need to cut its pulp into equal pieces, mix with sugar, stand for 20 minutes and bake in the oven at 100 degrees for half an hour. Add baked pumpkin to mashed potatoes, add sugar and cook until thickened.
Take gooseberries and grapes in a 1: 2 ratio. After sorting the berries, rinse and cut the ponytails without damaging the peel, then bring to a soft state. Cook the resulting mass for about 40 minutes.
By combining apple and grapes in the jam recipe, it will be possible to balance the taste. The finished product is not too cloying. When cooking, you can use the minimum amount of sugar so as not to violate the originality of the recipe.
Cinnamon is used as the most common spice for jam, which must be added to softened grapes before cooking. The juice of one lemon should be mixed with jam 10-15 minutes before the end of cooking, so that its acidity does not violate the taste characteristics.
Using blue varieties of fruits, it is better to divide them into two parts to speed up the process of juice allocation. Having mixed the berries with sugar and water, it is recommended to cook jam for 30-35 minutes.
You can make jam from grapes that are used in making wines. The taste of the finished product will differ in pleasant acidity. The jam recipe does not differ from the standard.
Jam with the addition of black berries is prepared according to the classic recipe. The main features of the prepared jam are a spectacular dark color and a pronounced aroma.
