Pear jam with lemon for the winter

Pear jam with lemon for the winter is another version of a homemade dessert, in which the sweet pulp of pears is complemented by sourness and the aroma of citrus fruits. This jam is often supplemented with spices: ginger, cinnamon and vanilla. Jam recipes differ in the proportion of ingredients, and cooking methods are detailed in the proposed topic.

Transparent pear jam slices with lemon for the winter

Transparent jam from pear slices with lemon for the winter is prepared by boiling it three times with breaks for cooling and insisting that the pear slices are made whole and transparent. In this recipe, we first infuse the pears in lemon syrup, and the fruit's natural pectin makes it quite thick.

The pears selected are ripe, but with dense flesh.

1. 
   We start preparing clear pear and lemon jam for the winter by boiling the syrup. Pour a glass of clean water into a saucepan for making jam, add sugar and bring it over low heat while stirring until it is completely dissolved and boils.
2. 
   Wash the lemons and cut them into thin half-circles along with the peel. Remove the seeds.
3. 
   Place the lemon slices into the boiling syrup and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
4. 
   Wash the pears selected for jam, cut in half, remove the cores with seeds and cut the pulp into slices of medium thickness.
5. 
   Transfer the boiled lemon slices from the syrup to a plate.
6. 
   Cook the syrup over low heat until it becomes thicker.
7. 
   Remove the pan with lemon syrup from the stove and place the sliced ​​pears into it.
8. 
   Leave the pears in the syrup until completely cooled, stirring gently occasionally.
9. 
   Add lemon slices to the pears that have cooled in syrup, cook for 5 minutes from the start of the boil and leave for 2-4 hours to cool.
10. 
    Repeat cooking the jam two more times, with a break for cooling.
11. 
    For the third and last time, cook the pears with lemon for 10 minutes.
12. 
    Pour the prepared transparent pear jam into slices with lemon into dry sterile jars for the winter, seal hermetically, cool completely and move it to a place for storing your preserves. Good luck and delicious preparations!

Pear jam with lemon and cinnamon

Pear jam with lemon and cinnamon is prepared using a single cooking method for 40 minutes and will be both a fragrant dessert for tea and a delicious filling for homemade cakes. In this recipe, add ground cinnamon immediately at the beginning of cooking.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 2 l.

Ingredients:

• Pears – 2 kg.
• Lemon – 1 pc.
• Sugar – 1 kg.
• Cinnamon – 1/3 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, prepare the ingredients for the jam, according to the proportions of the recipe.

Step 2. Wash the pears, dry with a napkin and cut into small pieces, removing the seed pods. Immediately transfer them to a saucepan for making jam.

Step 3. Rinse the lemon well, chop finely and add to the pears. You can simply squeeze out lemon juice, but this is at the request of the hostess.

Step 4.Sprinkle ground cinnamon over the pear slices.

Step 5. Then sprinkle the pears with sugar and leave for an hour so that they give their juice. During this time, shake the pan several times to distribute the sugar evenly.

Step 6. Bring the jam to a boil over medium heat and cook over low heat and stirring for 40 minutes.

Step 7. Place the hot jam into sterile jars. Pear preparations do not store well, so it is better to sterilize the jam according to general rules for 20 minutes.

Step 8. Seal the prepared pear jam with lemon and cinnamon with lids, cool completely and store in the basement. Good luck and delicious preparations!

Pear jam with lemon and orange

Pear jam with lemon and orange has a special aroma and taste. Citrus fruits are added either cut into slices or crushed in a blender. In this recipe we prepare jam with chopped orange pulp and zest, and replace the lemon pulp with juice. We cook the dessert three times with breaks for cooling, which will make the jam textured, with whole pear slices, thick and beautiful amber color, and the orange zest will be similar to candied fruit.

Cooking time: 1 day.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 1 l.

Ingredients:

• Pears – 1 kg.
• Lemon – 1 pc.
• Orange – 1 pc.
• Sugar – 1 kg.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse the fruits for jam well and remove excess water with a napkin.

Step 2. Cut the pears into longitudinal slices up to 0.5 cm thick, removing the middle with the seeds.

Step 3. Using a sharp knife, carefully remove the zest from the orange and cut into narrow strips.

Step 4. Squeeze lemon juice using any method. Cut the orange pulp into large pieces, removing the white layers.

Step 5.Place the sliced ​​fruit with lemon juice in a bowl for making jam, add the required amount of sugar and leave at room temperature for 12 hours. If your pears are sweet, then you can take less sugar, but not less than 800 grams. for 1 kg of pears.

Step 6. During this period of time, the fruits will give a lot of juice and the sugar will completely dissolve.

Step 7. Bring the jam to a boil over medium heat and cook for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and leave the jam to cool for 4 hours. Repeat the cooking process with a break for cooling 2 more times.

Step 8. Place the prepared pear jam with lemon and orange into dry sterile jars, leaving a little for tasting, seal tightly, cool completely and store in any dark place. Good luck and delicious preparations!

Pear jam with lemon and ginger

Pear jam with lemon and ginger, although attitudes towards this spice vary, will give you a fragrant dessert with the freshness of ginger and the pleasant sourness of citrus. In this recipe, it is important to correctly proportion the ingredients. We prepare the jam by infusing pears with sugar and boiling them once.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 1 l.

Ingredients:

• Pears – 1 kg.
• Lemon – 120 gr.
• Ginger – 60 gr.
• Sugar – 1 kg.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the pears, peel them, cut them into thin slices and weigh them to make 1 kilogram.

Step 2. Rinse the lemon thoroughly.

Step 3. Peel the ginger and divide approximately in half.

Step 4. Finely chop half the ginger and place the other half in a blender bowl.

Step 5. Grind the ginger into small shavings. You can also grind all the ginger in a blender, it doesn’t matter.

Step 6. Wash the lemon thoroughly and cut into 3 parts.

Step 7Squeeze a little lemon juice onto the pears. Grind the lemons themselves in a blender, just like the ginger.

Step 8. Add chopped lemon and ginger to the pears.

Step 9. Cover the fruit with sugar.

Step 10. Then stir a little and leave for 1 hour. Pears with lemon will quickly give a lot of juice.

Step 11. Cook the jam over low heat for 40 minutes from the start of boiling.

Step 12. Pour the prepared pear jam with lemon and ginger into dry sterile jars, close tightly and store in a dark place. Delicious and successful preparations!