Apple jam is an uncomplicated delicacy that is quite simple and easy to prepare. Especially if you use a slow cooker.
In it, a thick mass does not exactly burn, it will turn out to be aromatic and rich. It remains only to find the right recipe!
Jam from apples in a slow cooker - general principles of preparation
Jam does not require a uniform consistency, but still accepted chop fruit. This can be done before cooking or after preliminary heat treatment. Sometimes apples are immediately cut into small pieces and cooked for a very long time, until the slices break up, the treat will not be uniform. Jam is obtained from all autumn varieties of apples. Summer fruits are also suitable, but if they are unripe or even green.
An important ingredient in jam - sugar. It makes up at least 50% of the total mass of peeled fruits. Sand is added immediately or after pre-steaming, grinding the ingredients. Sometimes apples with sugar are combined in advance so that the fruit releases juice, the grains dissolve.
What apples in jam are combined with:
• fruits: pears, plums, quinces, citruses;
• some vegetables, usually pumpkin, carrots;
• spices.
So that the jam does not boil, you need to lay apples no more than half the height of the bowl from the multicooker. Therefore, to cook a lot of goodies at a time does not work. But if you need to cook 2-3 liters, then it will fit perfectly. Typically used baking and stewing modes. Sometimes an additional stove is used to warm the mass a little, to prepare syrup or a decoction.
Jam from apples in the Gentle multicooker with lemon
The recipe for a very tender jam from apples in a slow cooker. This delicacy is prepared without a peel, but it still hardens perfectly and turns out thick. Pectin digestion technology is used.
Ingredients
• 1.2 kg of apples;
• half a lemon;
• 1.2 glasses of water;
• 2 tbsp. with a hill of sugar.
Cooking
1. After washing, the apples are cleaned, the peel is removed as thin as possible so that more pulp remains.
2. Put the skins in a saucepan so that they take up less volume, you can cut. Fill with water (1.2 cups), set to cook. After boiling, reduce the heat, cook for half an hour. Then the skins need to be filtered. We need a decoction, about 2/3 cup. It contains pectin, which will help the jam become thick.
3. Peeled apples cut into quarters, remove the area of the bits, put in a slow cooker. Pour 0.3 cups of water.
4. Cook on the baking program for half an hour.
5. Open the slow cooker, knead the apples with a wooden pestle. You can remove the pieces from the bowl, punch with a blender or grind through a sieve.
6. Add the decoction of the peel of the apple, immediately pour all the granulated sugar. Add juice from half of citrus to this.
7. Turn on the baking again, this time we cook the jam from 40 to 60 minutes, look at the density necessary for us. The lid can be closed, the mass is thick and will not run away.
Twisted jam from apples in a slow cooker
Very simple, you can even say lazy technology for cooking apple jam in a slow cooker. For chopping fruits, you can use a meat grinder or combine harvester.
Ingredients
• kilogram of apples;
• half a glass of water;
• 0.5 tsp lemons;
• 600 g of sugar.
Cooking
1. Twist the apples through a meat grinder. You can interrupt the ingredients to a pulp state with a blender.
2. We put it in a multicooker saucepan, set the quenching mode, add water and cook for 30 minutes.
3. Add granulated sugar, stir with a wooden spatula. Immediately pour citric acid. Without it, the jam will be sugary.
4. We remove the extinguishing program, set baking.
5. Cook the jam for another 50-60 minutes, but look at the color and consistency. If the mass quickly thickens, then you can cook a treat less. Do not forget to regularly check and stir.
6. Pour the sweets into jars and close while it is hot, or just cool and use immediately. In the refrigerator, this jam is also well stored.
Jam from apples in a slow cooker with slices
For this jam using technology of single cooking. That is, the mass does not need to be removed, shifted, wiped or cooked separately. Everything is very easy and simple, the skins are not even removed from apples.
Ingredients
• 1.4 kg of apples;
• 1 kg of sugar.
Cooking
1. Rinse the fruit. Can not dry. Cut with any slices or cubes, the size and shape of the pieces do not matter. Fold in a multicooker.
2. Add granulated sugar, stir, leave for several hours to separate the juices.
3. Turn on the baking program, cook for 15 minutes.
4. Stir thoroughly, set the quenching mode to 2.5 hours. Stir occasionally, look for jam thickness.
5. If the acid in the fruit is small, then to improve and brighten the taste, you can pour a little lemon.
6. After 2 hours, you need to prepare jars, rinse, warm, be sure to dry.
7. We spread the delicacy in jars, roll it with a key, the jam is cooled in the inverted form.
Jam from apples and plums in a slow cooker
A variant of mixed jam from apples with plums. An interesting technology for combining mashed potatoes and slices. We do not remove the skin from apples so that our delicacy turns out to be thick and saturated.
Ingredients
• 600 g of plums;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 600 g of apples.
Cooking
1. At the plum remove the seeds. Grind the pulp with a blender or twist the plum through a meat grinder.
2. Cut apples into cubes or slices, combine with plums.
3. Add sugar immediately, we do all this in an ordinary saucepan.
4. We put on the stove. We make a small fire and warm up for a quarter of an hour to dissolve all the sugar. Water does not need to be added, juice will gradually stand out from the fruit, all the sand will melt.
5. Now the mass can be poured into a multi-cooking pot. Cook on baking for another quarter of an hour.
6. Switch to the "Extinguishing" program. Expose exactly two hours.
7. Cooking jam until the victory signal. Periodically check the density. If necessary, we adjust the taste with lemon juice, add spices for a brighter flavor.
8. We lay out in sterile containers or just cool.
Jam from apples in a slow cooker with oranges
A variant of a very tasty and sunny jam from apples in a slow cooker with oranges and lemon, clockwork aroma and unusual taste.
Ingredients
• 3 oranges;
• 7 large apples;
• 500 g of sugar;
• 0.5 large lemon or one small citrus.
Cooking
1. Peeled apple pulp cut into slices, put in a container from a multi-cooking pot.
2. Peel oranges, cut the flesh into cubes, discard the seeds. Add to apples.
3. Also chop the lemon pulp, add to the slow cooker.
4. Pour sugar on top of everything, no need to stir.
5. Cook on the fire for 45 minutes.
6. Take the fruit out of the bowl, twist with a blender.
7. Return the mashed potatoes to the slow cooker, cook in the baking mode for 15-30 minutes, achieve the consistency we need.
8. This jam can be used as a workpiece, but it is better to cool and consume immediately, since over time the vitamins from the goodies disappear.
Jam from apples in a slow cooker with pumpkin
Another simple recipe for bright jam. This time, apples are mixed with pumpkin. The advantage of the recipe is that cooking can be stopped at any stage in the second cycle. Even if the jam is not thick enough, you will get a wonderful smoothie.
Ingredients
• 1 kg of pumpkin;
• 1.2 kg of sugar;
• 1 multi-glass of water;
• 1 kg of apples;
Cooking
1. Cut the pumpkin into cubes, put in a slow cooker, add water, cook for 20 minutes by stewing.
2. During this time, we chop apples in arbitrary pieces immediately with the skins.
3. Add fruit to the steamed vegetable, cook together for another 15-20 minutes.
4. We take out everything from the multicooker. We interrupt the blender.
5. Add to the warm mass granulated sugar according to the recipe. Stir, leave to dissolve.
6. Turn on the multicooker for baking mode. Now the jam is prepared from 25 minutes to an hour. We look at the density, try, be sure to stir so that the mass is cooked evenly.
Jam from apples in the Daily cooker
The recipe for amber jam, which is prepared in a slow cooker in several stages. It is better to chop apples through a meat grinder.
Ingredients
• 1.5 kg of apples;
• 0.8 kg of sugar;
• 0.5 tsp cinnamon.
Cooking
1. Apples, along with skins, but without bits, twist to gruel, mixed with sugar immediately in a slow cooker.
2. Leave the mass for a couple of hours.
3. Stir, cook on the baking program for about fifteen minutes. Stir, leave for 4-5 hours.
4. Again, cook the apples in baking mode for 15 minutes. Leave for another five hours.
5. Turn on the stewing program, season with jam with cinnamon or other spices, cook for 30 minutes. If the density does not suit, then you can add time.
Jam from apples in a slow cooker - useful tips and tricks
• Lemon juice is added to the jam not only for taste, but also to preserve the color of apples. Without it, the treat becomes dark, brown.
• You can add more sugar to the jam than specified in the recipe, but pour less sand is not worth it. It's not about the taste at all. With a lack of sugar, the workpiece will quickly turn sour.
• Mold does not appear in the started jar of jam if sprinkled with powdered sugar on top of the treat.
• Cinnamon, cloves and other spices are not necessary to add to the total mass. To give the workpiece a delicate aroma and pleasant taste, you can put all the aromatic substances in a linen bag and boil it.
• If zest is added to the jam, then it must be well chopped. You can use dried and ground product.
