If you love sweet and constantly get candy "Prunes in chocolate", then our article is just for you. No, today we will not talk about confectionery products, but about the jam "Plum in chocolate", which to taste very much reminds of the same name sweets. To make it, you will need fresh prunes - it's a regular plum with dark skin, as well as sugar, cocoa or chocolate, depending on the recipe. Choose one of the proposed cooking methods and enjoy a delicious sweet all year round. Be sure that among your home she will make a real sensation.
We prepare jam "Plum in chocolate"
For a small portion (if you want to do more, just proportionately increase the number of ingredients) you will need:
- 2 kilograms of fresh prunes;
- 2 kg of sugar;
- 100 g of natural cocoa powder;
- Half-liter jar of peeled walnuts.
Wash the plums, divide into halves and remove the stones, then put the berry mass into a saucepan and sprinkle with sugar. Put everything to cook on medium heat and wait for the sink to drain juice. Walnuts finely chop (twist them not necessary), add to the fruit and mix. Leave to simmer for 10 minutes, and then pour cocoa powder into the mass. After jam "Plum in chocolate" you need to cook for about 40 minutes on medium heat, remembering to stir, since the mass can burn. At the final stage of cooking, add butter. After 10 minutes, turn off the heat and allow the finished mass to cool down a little. Then spread the jam over the jars, roll them down or simply close them with plastic lids and put them in a dark place for storage.
Jam from plums with chocolate
This recipe requires the addition of a small amount of aromatic alcohol, so a treat may not be suitable for children, but adults will definitely like it. Take:
- A half-kilogram of fresh or frozen plums ;
- Half a cup of gelling sugar ;
- Zest, cooked from one lemon;
- 50 g black bitter chocolate ;
- A glass of any aromatic alcohol - it can be cognac, liquor, etc .;
- A couple drops of any suitable syrup.
Plum, if you take a fresh, wash, divide into halves and remove pits. Ice cream is sold already prepared. After sprinkle the fruit with sugar and leave for a couple of hours, they should start the juice. Remove the peel from the lemon, grate the chocolate on the grater, or simply break it into small pieces. After the specified time, pour the pan with the plum on the fire, bring to a boil and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the zest and pour in the alcohol, stir. At the last stage, put chocolate to the fruit mass and splash a little fragrant syrup - you can have chocolate, almond, cherry - take whatever it is, or you can do without it. Stir, as the chocolate should completely dissolve, and then turn off the stove and leave to cool. Such a jam "Plum in chocolate" is hardly suitable for long storage, but it is quite easy to prepare a serving - store the jar in the refrigerator and serve for evening tea. Fragrant and sweet, with a light sour, it will taste to absolutely all lovers of home preparations, besides it is more useful than candy - after all you cook it exclusively from natural ingredients. Now you know how to make jam "Plum in chocolate": the recipe can choose any of the offered, cooking itself does not take much time, and the result will please even the most discerning sweet tooth.