And do you know that the crusts of oranges can not be thrown away and not even dried, but rather prepared from them a fragrant, tender and insanely tasty jam. Rolls of crusts will look great in the vase on your table, and they can easily decorate any dessert or cake! Let's figure out how to make jam of their orange peels.
Recipe for jam from orange crusts
Ingredients:
- orange - 3 pieces;
- water 400 ml;
- sugar - 1,5 items;
- citric acid - 0.5 teaspoons;
- ginger - 10 g.
Preparation
Oranges are properly mine, we are allotted with boiling water and carefully cleaned, without damaging the peel. Then we fold each piece of peel into a tight roll and thread it like beads. We tighten the thread more tightly so that our curls do not unfold. Fill orange peel with cold water. We soak the skin for about 5 days, until the crusts are soft, translucent and will cease to be bitter. Water is changed three times a day.
After that, pour the peel with clean water and boil 4 times for 20 minutes, each time again changing the water. After each provarivaniya skin should be washed with cold water. Then we weigh the whole peel. The proportions for the jam should be such - sugar more than 1.5 times, and water - twice. If you do not have weights, then approximately do this: for 10 oranges - 1 kg of sugar, 1.2 liters of water and 1 teaspoon of citric acid or juice of half a lemon.
So, soaked crusts of oranges fall asleep with sugar, pour water, add a little citric acid and cook on low heat until light thickening. The syrup should be quite liquid, in consistency similar to a very liquid honey. After the jam is completely cooled, carefully remove all threads and pour into its clean dry jar. That's all, jam from orange crusts "Zavitushki" is ready! Pour hot tea and serve this insanely delicious treat to the table!
Such a delicious jam can be cooked not only from orange, but also from tangerine and lemon crusts. And how to do it, you will now find out!
Jam from orange and tangerine crusts
Ingredients:
- orange - 3 pieces;
- Mandarin - 3 pieces;
- granulated sugar - 400 g;
- boiled water - 500 ml.
Preparation
How to cook jam from orange and mandarin crusts?
Crusts pour boiled water and put in the fridge for about three days, you can and more. Every day we change the water, so that all bitterness goes away. Then cut the crusts in small strips or cubes. We make syrup from water and sugar. Let him pee for five minutes, and then add the crusts. When everything boils, we reduce the fire and cook for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Leave to cool for 9 hours. We pour out on clean cans and wait, after a week the jam will start to sugar and froze. Before serving such a treat to the table, melt it a little on the stove or in the microwave!
Jam from lemon crusts
Ingredients:
- lemon peel - 100 g;
- sugar syrup - 130 g;
- boiled water - 1.5 tbsp.
Preparation
To prepare jam from lemon peels cut them into small pieces and soak a couple of days in cold water, periodically changing the liquid.
Then cook the crust for 10 minutes and gently drain the water. Next, we prepare the sugar syrup, fill our "fruits" with them and cook for about 5 minutes at low heat.
After that, leave the mixture for a couple of days, during which several times boil and insist the jam. When the syrup is fully thickened, and the peel becomes translucent, you can start tasting.