Homemade marmalade

Marmalade is a delicious delicacy from which you can get the maximum benefit at home, because it is prepared without the addition of preservatives and dyes, using natural fruits and berries and with the addition of healthy gelling products - agar-agar and gelatin.

Homemade apple juice marmalade

The most harmless treat made from orange juice and freshly prepared applesauce. Agar-agar allows you to achieve an elastic marmalade consistency. To use even less sugar, you can use the sweetest apple varieties.

1. 
   Marmalade is very easy to make at home. The juice is squeezed out of the orange. You should get about 200 ml.
2. 
   The juice is poured into a bowl and agar-agar is added to it, which should swell in 30 minutes.
3. 
   The apples are peeled and seeds removed, and then cut as desired.
4. 
   The fruit is placed in a baking bag and kept in the oven until the pieces are soft, and then pureed in a saucepan.
5. 
   Mix sugar into applesauce, add water and boil the resulting mass for 5 minutes. The fire should not be strong. Then reduce the heat of the stove to a minimum, pour in the juice with agar-agar and cook for another 5 minutes.
6. 
   The finished product is poured into molds, which are best greased with any oil beforehand. The marmalade is allowed to harden for 2 hours, and then placed in a flat dish sprinkled with sugar. You can treat yourself!

Homemade marmalade with gelatin

Gelatin is a beneficial product for human skin and bones, so marmalade based on it is not only tasty, but also has a strengthening effect. Thanks to the juice and zest of the lemon, the marmalade acquires a slight sourness and will not be cloyingly sweet.

Cooking time: 2 hours 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Cherry juice – 100 ml.
• Water – 100 ml.
• Lemon juice – 6 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 2 tbsp.
• Lemon zest – 1 tbsp.
• Gelatin – 40 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Cherry juice is poured into a bowl and gelatin is poured into it so that it swells for several hours.

2. Mix sugar with water and citrus zest, add lemon juice and heat until the mixture becomes homogeneous.

3. After this, add cherry juice with gelatin to the sugar syrup and continue heating until the gelatin dissolves.

4. Remove the marmalade preparation from the stove and strain to remove the zest.

5. The mixture is poured into molds and placed in the refrigerator to completely harden. Enjoy your meal!

Orange juice marmalade with agar-agar

Homemade juice-based marmalade with the addition of agar-agar is a natural and healthy treat.To prepare it, you can use any juice you like. It’s better if it’s freshly squeezed: it has less sugar and more benefits.

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Granulated sugar – 100 gr.
• Agar-agar – 1 tsp.
• Freshly squeezed orange juice – 200 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Juice is squeezed out of several oranges, perhaps with a little pulp added.

2. Combine 150 ml of juice with agar-agar in a bowl and leave for half an hour.

3. The remaining juice is mixed with sugar and heated to a boil over low heat.

4. Carefully add a mixture of agar-agar and juice into the boiling liquid and mix thoroughly. Continue boiling for another 7 minutes, then allow to cool slightly.

5. The warm mixture is poured into molds and left to harden. The marmalade reaches the desired consistency in literally 20 minutes if the molds are flat enough.

How to make blackcurrant marmalade?

Black currant contains a high amount of vitamin C, which makes it an indispensable product for strengthening the immune system. At the same time, you can make delicious homemade marmalade from currant berries. All you need are berries, sugar, water and an oven.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Currants – 1 kg.
• Water – 50 ml.
• Granulated sugar – 600 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Sort the currants, add water and boil for a couple of minutes on low heat.

2. The mass is ground through a sieve, and the resulting puree is transferred to a saucepan and boiled with sugar until it thickens a little.

3. The resulting mass is distributed on a baking sheet with parchment, the layer should be about 1.5 cm.

4.The workpiece is placed in the oven and brought to the desired condition with minimal heat; the door must be opened slightly to allow excess moisture to escape.

5. The marmalade is ready when a crust forms on top of it. It is cooled, cut into portions and served with tea.

Delicious apple marmalade for the winter

Enjoying homemade marmalade in the winter season is an additional pleasure. Pectin, contained in apples and preserved in marmalade, is a very useful substance that is extremely important to use during the cold season.

Cooking time: 9 hours.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 15.

Ingredients:

• Apple – 2.5 kg.
• Granulated sugar – 600 gr.
• Water – 400 ml.

Cooking process:

1. The apples are washed, the seed pods are removed, but they are not thrown away and are prepared separately: during heat treatment, a large amount of pectin is released from the seed pods. There is no need to remove the skin from apple slices.

2. Place the fruit cores in a saucepan and add water, cook over medium heat until soft. Then they are thrown onto a sieve and the resulting mass is filtered - the resulting pectin.

3. Apple slices are cut very finely. You can, as an option, scroll them in a meat grinder or grate them. The mass is transferred to a saucepan and simmered on low heat on the stove.

4. Pectin from apple seed pods along with 200 gr. sugar is added to the mass of chopped apples. Mix everything and continue to simmer, increasing the heat to medium, until the slices are soft (25 minutes). It is important to stir the contents of the pan regularly to prevent the apples from burning. If there is not enough liquid to extinguish, you can add a little water.

5.Blend the mass with a blender or grind through a sieve to make it as homogeneous as possible, and add the remaining 400 grams of sugar. Continue cooking over low heat so that the puree slowly boils down and reduces in volume. The mass will be ready when it begins to move away from the walls and holds its shape.

6. The resulting marmalade is laid out on a baking sheet with parchment in an even layer and allowed to harden, and then cut into portions.

A simple and delicious plum marmalade recipe

In this plum marmalade recipe, chocolate is added to make the dessert even more interesting. The color of the finished product will depend on the color of the skin of the fruit - from dark red to red-brown.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 15.

Ingredients:

• Plum – 450 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 6 tbsp.
• Water – 60 ml.
• Agar-agar – 1 tsp.
• Chocolate – 25 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the washed plums in half and remove the seeds.

2. Agar-agar is diluted in warm water and left for 10 minutes to swell.

3. Place the halves of the fruits in a saucepan and cover them with sugar, and then grind them into puree. This is conveniently done using an immersion blender.

4. Cook the puree over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring so as not to burn. Remove the mass from the stove, add agar-agar and chocolate, and boil again for several minutes.

5. Plum marmalade is distributed into molds and left to harden. Usually no more than an hour is enough for this.

Homemade pear marmalade

An easy-to-prepare pear marmalade recipe that will satisfy even novice cooks. To make it, you need a minimum of ingredients - juicy pears, sugar and a little water.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 10.

Ingredients:

• Pear – 1 kg.
• Granulated sugar – 500 gr.
• Water - as needed.

Cooking process:

1. Pears are washed, cut into small pieces, removing the core and seeds.

2. Sliced ​​fruits are poured with water, which should cover them by 3-5 cm. The pears are boiled until they soften. Then they are taken out and dried with a paper towel.

3. Slightly cooled fruit slices are rubbed through a sieve or pureed with a blender, and then sugar is added and mixed.

4. Heat the pear mass over low heat, stirring until it thickens, for 5-10 minutes.

5. The finished marmalade is distributed into molds and allowed to cool, and then served with tea.

Step-by-step recipe for making gooseberry marmalade

You can add lemon or lime zest, as well as cinnamon, to gooseberry marmalade, which will give the treat an original and piquant taste. It is better to take slightly unripe berries, since they contain more gelling substance - pectin.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 10.

Ingredients:

• Gooseberries – 1 kg.
• Water - ¼ tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 0.5 kg.
• Lemon or lime zest - to taste.
• Ground cinnamon - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. The berries are washed, the tails are removed and placed in a saucepan with a thick bottom.

2. Pour water over the gooseberries and cook until the berries become soft. After this, the mass is pureed, and then the seeds are removed using a sieve, wiping the mass well.

3. Add granulated sugar and, if desired, cinnamon or zest to the resulting puree.

4. Place the mass on low heat and cook for about 30 minutes until it reduces in volume. It is important to constantly stir the product so that it does not burn or stick to the walls of the dish.

5. You can check the readiness of the marmalade by dropping it on a saucer.If the drop does not spread, the mass can be divided into jars or other containers and closed. Serve the marmalade cold or use it in baking.

Homemade pumpkin marmalade

Pumpkin marmalade is a delicacy with a special autumn taste that can be served on Halloween or simply eaten with evening tea. If you want more piquancy, you can add your favorite spices - cloves, star anise, cardamom and cinnamon.

Cooking time: 4 hours 50 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin – 250 gr.
• Lemon juice – 4 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 200 gr.
• Gelatin – 10 gr.
• Water – 200 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Pumpkin without skin and seeds is cut into small pieces, filled with water and boiled for 10-12 minutes.

2. Gelatin is diluted in 100 ml of cold water and allowed to swell for 5-10 minutes.

3. Turn the boiled pumpkin pieces into puree and cook for another 5 minutes. Add sugar, setting aside 2 tablespoons, and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.

4. Add lemon juice to the pumpkin puree, and then gelatin. Mix everything, bring the mass to a boil, but do not boil.

5. The marmalade preparation is poured into molds and allowed to cool. The product is ready for use after 4 hours. Before serving, sprinkle with the remaining sugar.

How to make homemade marmalade from jam?

You can make delicious homemade marmalade using your favorite jam - for example, currant jam. All you need is a little agar-agar to keep the dessert in shape, and clean water.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Currant jam – 150 gr.
• Agar-agar – 10 gr.
• Water – 200 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Pour agar-agar into a saucepan and fill it with water.

2. The mixture is allowed to boil, stirring slightly.

3.Add currant jam to the hot liquid. It is important to maintain the proportions of the ingredients, otherwise the marmalade will not harden.

4. Bring the mass to a boil and remove from the heat, filter through a sieve into another container to get rid of small seeds.

5. The resulting mixture is distributed into molds and allowed to harden. This process will take 25 minutes. The treat is ready!