How to cook jam from a pear of Lemon?

Lemonka is a sort of pears, which many years ago the Ukrainian breeders brought out. Due to their high endurance, these trees easily tolerate severe winters and, after a maximum of 8 years, begin to regularly give abundant harvests in the form of small fruits with a sufficiently dense flesh. They can both be eaten raw, and used for cooking other foods. Very delicious jam is obtained from pears Lemonki. And you can prepare it in different ways.

Multiple cooking

Any housewife knows that jam from pears, as a rule, turns out rather sweet. To make the taste not so cloying, many prepare it with other fruits or use various additional ingredients. So, jam from a pear of Lemonka will be really tasty if you take for work the following products: per kilogram of fresh fruits - half a liter of water, one and a half kilograms of sugar and a pinch of citric acid.

The cooking process in this case will be long enough:

1. First, the pears need to be washed thoroughly, cut each into four parts and gently remove the seeds from them.
2. In the basin, boil the water, dip the prepared fruit into it and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Then the products should be thrown back to the colander and wait until the excess liquid drains.
4. At this time, on the water in which pears were cooked, it is necessary to prepare a syrup. To do this, it should be filled with sugar and cook the mixture until it completely dissolves.
5. Fruit pour hot syrup and leave for 4 hours.
6. Boil the mixture for 6 minutes and leave again, but for 12 hours.
7. Repeat this procedure 3 more times. As a result, the flesh must become transparent.
8. Citric acid is added at the very end of the cooking.

The finished product can be used immediately or, rolled up in cans, put on long-term storage.

Simple and fast

It is possible to make jam from a pear of Lemonka much faster. To do this, you will also need a basin, a wooden spatula and the following components: 2 kilograms of pears, 2 glasses of water and 2.5 kilograms of sugar.

This jam is prepared in three stages:

1. Clean pears must first be reconsidered, removing the rotten places, and then cut into thin slices. It will take a long time, but the result is worth it.
2. Fold the products in a basin, fill with sugar and leave for a couple of hours until they are covered with juice. True, Limonki have a fairly firm and slightly dry flesh. Therefore, it is not always possible to achieve the desired result. If the liquid is not enough, you can add a little water.
3. Put the pelvis on the stove and bring its contents to a boil, and then boil the hour over low heat. Then you can do anything with the finished product.

If you want the pieces to remain intact at the end, then it is better to do this in three steps. Every 20 minutes, the mixture should be removed from the fire and allowed to cool slightly.

Jam in the jelly

For sweet tooth-gourmets it is possible to offer not absolutely usual jam from a pear of Limonki. The fruits acquire an original taste if prepared in apple jelly. To do this, take: 0.5 kilograms of pears - 1 kilogram of apples, 0.7 kilograms of ordinary and a pinch of vanilla sugar.

In principle, everything is not so difficult:

1. The first step is to prepare the syrup. To do this, 400 grams of sugar should be poured a glass of water, boil, and then cook with constant stirring until a clear solution.
2. Pear the pears, and then, having freed them from the seeds, cut them arbitrarily into pieces.
3. Pour the products with the prepared syrup and leave in this position for 10-12 hours.
4. Apples rinse, remove seeds from them and carefully peel the peel. After that, they should be poured on three quarters of water and boil for about 20 minutes.
5. Products pass through a sieve, and then in the resulting puree fill the remaining sugar (normal and vanilla) and cook it as much as the same.
6. In the cooked jelly put the pears and boil them on low heat for 30 minutes.

If you do not allow a strong boiling during cooking, then the jam will turn out to be almost transparent and will have a pleasant amber color.

Jam with lemon

If the harvest of fruits is outstanding, then you can try different options for cooking a popular dessert. To make an interesting jam from a pear of Lemonka, the recipe should be supplemented with citrus. This will require: per kilogram of juicy pears - 1 large lemon, a glass of water and a kilogram of sugar.

The method of preparation partially resembles the previous version:

1. The washed lemon must first be boiled to get rid of the bitterness.
2. Cut it with rings, each of which is then divided into 4 parts.
3. Extract all the seeds.
4. Put the food in a saucepan, pour a glass of water and cook for 3 minutes.
5. Pieces of lemon to get a noisy, and on the broth to prepare a syrup.
6. Pears clean, free of peel and seeds.
7. Cut the flesh into slices and combine them into a deep saucepan. On top of the products cover with slices of boiled lemon, pour everything with syrup and let stand for 60 minutes.
8. After that, they should be cooked on a small fire for an hour, not forgetting to stir constantly and remove the resulting foam.
9. After a thirty-minute break, cook the food for another hour.

Cooled sweet mass will be a perfect addition to baking, hot tea or ice cream.

Fragrant slices

Everyone has his own idea of dessert. Many people, for example, prefer to make jam from pears Lemonka slices. As a result, they retain not only their own form, but also their natural flavor. For such a recipe, you need to take: a glass of water, as well as 4 kilograms of sugar and lobules of pears.

To repeat this method is simple:

1. First, from the sugar and water, you need to make a thick syrup. The flame should be relatively small to avoid the possibility of burning.
2. Add the prepared fruit slices to the syrup and boil them for an hour on low heat after boiling. You can not let the pear flesh fall apart. Otherwise, it will not be jam, but jam.
3. Remove the pan from the plate and allow the products to cool down until the next day.
4. Next day, repeat the cooking process for 40 minutes.

After that, the jam should stand a little to make the taste more balanced. Then it can be used either as a dessert or as a filling for open or closed pies.

Whole fruit

Very impressive looks dessert, when the jam is prepared from pears Lemonock entirely. True, it will not be so easy to eat them. Nevertheless, this option is worthy of attention. For work, the following ingredients will be needed: one and a half kilograms of sugar - 2.5 kilograms of pears, half a teaspoon of citric acid and 650 milliliters of water.

The recipe seems complicated only at first glance:

1. First, the fruit should be thoroughly washed, and then each of them in several places to prick a needle.
2. Prepared fruit folded into a saucepan.
3. From sugar and water with constant stirring, prepare the syrup.
4. Pour them a pear and put the pan aside for 5 hours.
5. After this, the mixture is cooked for 15 minutes, and then again leave it alone for the same time.
6. Repeat this action three times.
7. At the last stage, add citric acid.

A ready-made dessert should cool well before you can begin to try it. This "creation" can be stored in a cellar or refrigerator.

Technology - to help

What else is combined pear Lemonka? Jam for the winter will be tastier if you add oranges in the recipe. The aroma of these citrus fruits will pleasantly transform the dessert. And a minimum set of products will be required: 0.5 kilograms of pears and oranges and 1 kilogram of sugar.

To simplify your work, you can use the multivark for cooking:

1. First of all, the products must be crushed: pears cut into slices, and oranges - half-circles.
2. Add them to the bowl of the multivarquet, set the "Quenching" mode and set the timer for 90 minutes. At the same time, it is better to remove the steam valve.

The beauty of this method is that the hostess practically does not need to do anything. The process of preparation takes over the apparatus. In this case, you can absolutely not be afraid of sticking food. The bowl of the multivark guarantees that this will not happen in any case. Ready jam can immediately be laid out on the banks and rolled up. Pre-pack must be sterilized.

The original combination

Those who like to experiment, you can advise to try to prepare another interesting jam from the pear of Lemonka. A simple recipe allows you to get a very unusual result. It takes only four components: for 800 grams of pears - 150 grams of honey, 400 grams of sugar and 2 drops of vanilla essence.

The process takes place in several stages:

1. First, the fruit should be washed, and then, removing the tails, seeds and the core, cut the flesh into large enough squares.
2. Fold them in a saucepan, sprinkle with sugar and leave for two hours. The time will be enough to make the juice stand out. In this case, the sugar must completely melt.
3. Add honey and cook 4 times for 15 minutes, letting the mixture in the gaps completely cool.
4. Vanilla is added at the very end.

If the product is planned for long-term storage, then it should be placed in cans and rolled up. Cool the jam gradually. To do this, it is better to cover with a blanket. It will take at least 4 hours.

Option for small pears

How else can you prepare jam from Lemonka pears? Wholes usually use small and non-ripe fruits. After the temperature treatment, they fully retain their shape. As a variant, a method that requires the following ratio of products is required: for every 400 grams of pears - a glass of water, 5 cloves of a carnation and 2 cups of sugar.

The essence of the method is quite simple:

1. The first thing a pear must necessarily be washed.
2. After that, they should be put in a basin and cook until they become soft. I have to boil several times. Only after this it will be possible to remove the peel.
3. Decoction of the broth, and then measure out the right amount, mix it with sugar and, adding cloves, prepare a fragrant syrup. The solution should not be too thick, otherwise the fruits will turn hard and strongly wrinkle.
4. Pears combine with syrup and cook until they become transparent.
5. Allow the products to stand for several days, and then repeat the heating.

As a result, the syrup should thicken well. Soft and transparent pears will look very beautiful in it.

Minimal control

Experienced housewives say that it's easiest to make jam from Lemonka pears. For this there is one unique way. The biggest problem here is to prepare the fruits. In the rest the process goes by itself. The set of ingredients is minimal: the products (pears and sugar) must be taken in a ratio of 1: 1.

Work begins with the preparation of fruits:

1. The washed pears must be cut so that the lobules are practically transparent.
2. Transfer them to a deep saucepan. It is better if it is aluminum. This will avoid possible burning.
3. Pour food products with sugar, constantly shaking the container.
4. Put the pan on the stove and make a small fire. First, you need a spoon to properly mix the fruit. Later it will no longer be needed.
5. Cook the food under the lid for 3.5 to 5 hours without bothering yourself with constant stirring.

This method is very convenient if the preparation of jam is not the only thing that the hostess is currently engaged in.

For every taste

Everyone chooses for himself how to make jam from a pear of Lemonka. Someone may doubt, but a very delicious dessert is obtained if you take as the initial components: 3 kg of sugar, half a liter of table vinegar, a little cinnamon, 4 laurel leaves and 10 pieces of pea pepper as a bucket of fruit.

The following jam is prepared according to the following technology:

1. Pears must first be rinsed and dried, then punctured with a regular fork or needle.
2. Brew syrup from sugar and vinegar.
3. Fold the fruits in the pelvis and add the remaining ingredients.
4. Pour all the syrup and allow to cool well.
5. Cook three times for 30 minutes, constantly doing a twelve-hour break.

The process must be continued until the syrup reaches the desired consistency. The taste of such pears is simply amazing. And all this is due to the use in the recipe of not quite the usual ingredients. Such a product is sure to be appreciated by someone who likes desserts and flavor.