Do you want to surprise your loved ones with a delicious, aromatic, and most importantly - healthy dessert? Make pumpkin jam for them. Homemade delicacy will conquer you with its beautiful color and unique taste.
It is necessary
- 1 kg pumpkin;
- 500 g sugar;
- 300 g dried apricots.
Instructions
Step 1
To make pumpkin jam, use a fruit that is not too hard. Wash the vegetable, remove the peel, scrub the seeds.
Step 2
Grate the prepared pumpkin on a coarse grater.
Step 3
Rinse dried apricots thoroughly, soak in boiling water for 5-7 minutes, remove from water and cut into 4 pieces. Do not grind, the dried fruit should feel good in the pumpkin jam.
Step 4
Place dried apricots and pumpkin in the saucepan you plan to use to make the jam. Sprinkle sugar on the food and leave the treat to infuse for a quarter of an hour. During this time, dried apricots and pumpkin will give juice.
Step 5
When the time is up, place the pot on gas and bring the jam to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove dessert from heat.
Step 6
Repeat the above manipulations 3-4 times with an interval of 5 hours. After such boiling, the pumpkin should become soft.
Step 7
Put the finished pumpkin jam in sterilized jars and roll up the lid.
Step 8
If you do not plan to store the dessert in winter, you can simply put the jam in clean jars, close the lid tightly and keep in the refrigerator.
