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Making marmalade at home is one of the best ways to preserve fruits and berries for the winter. Chokeberry marmalade is prepared quickly and easily, the delicacy is tasty, aromatic and, most importantly, healthy.
Secrets of making chokeberry marmalade at home
Marmalade is a dessert that was popular already in the 14th century. The sweetness came to Russia from the time of the Crusades, so the Eastern Mediterranean is considered its homeland. It was during this period that the fruit harvest began to be cooked in order to preserve it until the next summer.
Previously, in order to achieve such a density, the fruits were subjected to long-term heat treatment and boiled until maximum thickness was formed, but now thickeners of natural and synthetic origin are increasingly being used in industry.
To get a tasty and aromatic dessert as a result, you need to carefully study the valuable recommendations for making chokeberry marmalade:
- You should not use synthetic pectin if it is not in the recipe.The dessert will thicken in any case, since many berries and fruits contain natural pectin. This natural thickener in chokeberry is quite enough to make a delicious dessert without additional chemicals.
- After adding sugar, the berry juice must be heated to speed up its dissolution.
- You can check whether the mass is ready drop by drop: it should not spread, but be viscous.
- After the mass is ready, you need to pour it into silicone molds and cool. You can also pour it into a baking tray and leave it to harden in the form of a layer, and then cut it.
- For soft marmalade you need to use less sugar than for a classic hard treat.
Knowing all the nuances of making chokeberry marmalade, you can get a product with extraordinary taste and pleasant aroma.
Chokeberry marmalade: drying at home
If you need to quickly prepare a delicious and healthy dessert to treat guests who are due to arrive any minute, you should use this recipe. This manufacturing method is suitable for those who want to get the most delicious and healthy dessert.
List of ingredients:
- 1.2 kg chokeberry;
- 600 g sugar;
- 400 ml water.
Step by step recipe:
- Sort and cook the rowan fruits until softened, then chop using a blender and pass through a strainer for greater softness.
- Combine with sugar and cook for about an hour, stirring regularly until the mixture thickens to the desired consistency.
- Rinse the flat plate and grease it with oil, pour the mixture into the plate and dry it at room conditions for about 2 days.
- Cut into small pieces, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Recipe for making chokeberry marmalade in the oven
To speed up the thickening process, you can use the oven. This method will be the most convenient and fastest, since drying in a natural environment takes a lot of time, and not everyone can wait several days to try the delicacy. This option is perfect for those with a real sweet tooth who don’t like to wait long.
Component structure:
- 700 g chokeberry;
- 200 g sugar;
- 1.5 liters of water;
- 2 g vanillin.
The recipe consists of carrying out the following processes:
- Sort through the berries, get rid of rotten and spoiled specimens, and wash thoroughly.
- Place the berries in a small saucepan, add water and boil. Cook for 15 minutes over medium heat.
- Drain the water and grind the chokeberry using a blender until pureed.
- Combine the resulting mass with sugar, mix well and put back on low heat until thickened for about half an hour.
- Pour the thick mass into special molds, first covering them with parchment paper greased with vegetable oil. Place in the oven and bake at 60 degrees for no more than 1 hour.
- Remove the finished product from the molds and cool.
Chokeberry and apple marmalade
This recipe for chokeberry marmalade with the addition of apples is original and has excellent taste characteristics, since chokeberry goes well with apple. The preparation process does not take much time and does not require much effort, but then you can treat your dear guests during tea drinking.
Ingredients:
- 200 g chokeberry;
- 600 g apples;
- 60 g sugar;
- 50 ml water.
Basic recipe processes:
- Lightly grind the berries with a mortar, peel the apples, remove the core and skin, and chop into small cubes.
- Place all the fruits in a deep saucepan, add water and cook over low heat after boiling until the apples are completely softened.
- Cool the mixture and pass through a strainer, combine with sugar and set aside, turning the heat to low.
- Cook until the required thickness is formed.
- Pour the mixture into a special mold and leave in a cool place until it cools completely.
- Cut the finished product into medium-sized pieces and sprinkle with powdered sugar to improve taste and appearance.
Chokeberry fruit marmalade
The chokeberry marmalade recipe can be improved by adding berries such as gooseberries and currants. With their help, the dessert will acquire a delicious sourish flavor and a pleasant aroma, which during the cooking process will spread throughout the entire home and attract the attention of all household members.
Product set:
- 1 kg chokeberry;
- 1 kg gooseberries;
- 1 kg currants;
- 750 g sugar;
- 300 ml water.
Sequence of actions in accordance with the recipe:
- Sort the berries, wash and dry.
- Place all the fruits on different baking sheets, add sugar, and mix thoroughly.
- Place in the oven and bake at 180 degrees for about half an hour.
- Cool the fruits and pass through a strainer. Combine the resulting homogeneous mass with water and mix.
- Pour into molds, having previously placed parchment on them and greased them, put them in the oven, where the product is dried at a temperature of 50–60 degrees in several stages.
- Take out the finished product, sprinkle with water, fold all the layers together, remove the parchment and sprinkle with powdered sugar, dry it.
- Cut into small pieces and serve.
What else can you combine chokeberry with?
To prepare chokeberry marmalade, various fillers and additives are often used to improve the taste of the product and make it presentable. You can diversify the classic recipe using chopped nuts, such as hazelnuts and almonds. You can also add spices such as cinnamon, ginger, vanillin. In addition to apples, other berries can be used to make chokeberry marmalade: gooseberries, cherry plums, quinces.
Conclusion
To diversify your diet with healthy sweets, you can make chokeberry marmalade. Every housewife with no experience in preparing confectionery can easily handle such a simple delicacy.
