How to cook jam from prunes: three excellent recipes

Prune preserves - great homemadeblank. And let its preparation takes a lot of time, but in the winter, having opened a jar, you can enjoy a fragrant treat served for tea, or use it as a stuffing for open pies or rolls.

How to prepare a prune jam

For 1 kg of fruit you will need:

• 1300 g of granulated sugar;
• 375 ml of water (this is about one and a half cups).

Please note that you need to cookchoose very ripe fruit, which can easily separate the stone. Wash the plums, dry with a towel and divide into 2 halves. Bone, as already mentioned above, you need to take out. The indicated amount of sugar is dissolved in hot water and bring to a boil, remove from the plate. After lay out the halves of the sink, stir and leave to stand for 4 hours. After this time, the jam from the prunes should be boiled for no more than 10 minutes, then removed from the plate and left to stand for about 3 hours. Almost ready. After the specified period of time, cook the dainty on the stove, it will take 5-7 minutes, do not forget to stir and remove the foam. After packaging the workpiece on sterilized jars, cool, roll up and store in a cool place.

Jam from prunes "pyatiminutka"

Take the right amount of sinks, wash,clear from stones. After put in a saucepan and pour sugar at a rate of 1: 2 (try plums, if too acidic, then you can take more sugar). Leave to stand for a day, fruit will give juice, water is not necessary to add. After 24 hours, put the dishes on a slow fire and bring the jam from fresh prunes to a boil. After half an hour, remove the saucepan from the plate and cool. Now the workpiece can be poured into sterilized jars, rolled up with lids and sent to a dark place to wait for the winter cold.

Unusual and tasty jam from prunes with chocolate

This recipe can become a hit of your home billets, to the same taste jam recalls the same candy. For cooking you will need:

• 3 kg of ripe plums;
• 900 g of granulated sugar;
• 200 g of butter and 100 g of natural cocoa powder.

Rinse the plum well, remove the bones, andafter the halves, scroll through the meat grinder. Put the mass in a pan for cooking, pour the indicated amount of granulated sugar and mix. Put on medium heat and cook for half an hour. If foam will appear, remove it. Then add the butter and cocoa to the fruit mass, stir again and briefly boil - a quarter of an hour will be enough. Done. Now jam can be poured into prepared sterilized jars, closed with lids and cool. You can store it either in a dark place, or simply in the refrigerator.

Now you know how to cook jam from prunes, and you can replenish your home box of winter preparation recipes in three ways to prepare an excellent treat for cold winter evenings.

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