Feijoa jam without cooking

Having tasted feijoa raw, many housewives think about how to preserve this healthy delicacy for the winter. The fact is that the fruit is stored fresh for no more than a week. How would you like to get it? feijoa in winter and enjoy it. We suggest you make feijoa jam without cooking.

About beneficial properties

Let's start with a description. Ripe feijoa fruit has juicy pulp reminiscent of jelly. The seeds are small, oval in shape. The skin should be uniformly green, without black spots, and have a cologne flavor. But feijoa lovers do not pay attention to this, because this does not spoil the taste.

Benefits of feijoa:

1. Feijoa peel is rich in antioxidants that prevent cancer. Feijoa also contains water-soluble iodine compounds, their absorption is 100%. If you eat two feijoa fruits daily, problems with iodine deficiency in the body will disappear.
2. The fiber contained in the fruit removes toxins, restores intestinal function, and improves metabolism.
3. Feijoa does not cause allergies.
4. The list of diseases for which doctors advise consuming feijoa is extensive: problems with the gastrointestinal tract; atherosclerosis, vitamin deficiency, pyelonephritis and many others.
5. Not only the fruits are useful, but also all parts of the plant.

How to choose feijoa

Regardless of which recipe you use, for jam without cooking you need to take only ripe fruits. What to pay attention to:

1. Ripe feijoas have a matte, rough surface.
2. The peel should be dark green and uniform in color. If there are bright green spots, it means the fruit is unripe. The presence of dark spots indicates that the fruits were picked a long time ago, were overstayed or overripe.
3. The absence of a stalk indicates that the fruit ripened naturally, fell to the ground and was collected from it. If the stalk remains, it means that the fruit was cut from the bush unripe.
4. The pulp of feijoa fruits should be transparent. Experienced housewives advise buying feijoas at the market, since they cut the fruits there to convince buyers of the quality of the product.

The size of the fruit does not affect ripeness; it all depends on the timing of ripening and the variety.

Recipes for feijoa jam without cooking

Feijoa is a unique fruit from which you can make many different kinds of delicacies: jam, jams, jam, marshmallows, compotes, as well as wine and aromatic intoxicating drinks. We will talk about jam. It is prepared both with heat treatment and without cooking, raw vitamin jam.

We bring to your attention several different recipes for jam without heat treatment, where, in addition to feijoa, various ingredients are added. We will not cook it in the traditional way in order to preserve the greatest number of beneficial properties, but we will prepare feijoa jam without cooking.

Recipe 1 – feijoa with sugar

To prepare a vitamin product without cooking, we will need:

• Ripe feijoa – 1 kg;
• Granulated sugar – 2 kg.

How to make raw jam:

1. We wash the fruits in cold water, cut off the tails, as well as spots if they are on the surface.
   
   Then cut the feijoa into pieces to make it easier to chop.
   
   To grind, use a meat grinder (preferably manual) or a blender. The consistency will be different, but as you like.
   
   In the blender the mass turns out to be homogeneous, but in the meat grinder pieces are visible.
2. Add granulated sugar, but not all at once, but in parts to make it easier to mix.
   

After dissolving the sugar, put the jam obtained without cooking into small, pre-sterilized jars.

It is better to see once than to hear and read:

Recipe 2 with additives

Many housewives, in order to improve the quality of the product and enhance the beneficial properties, mix feijoa with various fruits, berries and nuts. This jam even changes its color without cooking.

With orange and walnuts

Ingredients:

• feijoa – 1200 grams;
• granulated sugar – 1000 grams;
• orange - 1 piece;
• walnuts (kernels) – 1 cup.

The cooking method without cooking is simple:

1. Pour boiling water over the washed feijoa fruits. It is clear that the color will change, but this is quite natural.
   
   We will not remove the peel from the feijoa before making the jam, we will only cut off the tails and the place where the flower is attached. Then cut large fruits into 4 slices, and small ones into two.
2. We wash the orange, peel it into slices, remove the films and seeds.
3. Pour boiling water over the nut kernels for 2-3 minutes, then strain and rinse in cold water. Place on a dry towel to drain. We remove the film from each kernel, otherwise the jam will taste bitter.
4. Place the ingredients in a blender and turn it on to blend.
   
   Then put the homogeneous mass into an enamel bowl of the required size and add sugar.
5. Use a wooden or plastic spoon to mix. Cover with a clean towel and wait for the sugar grains to completely dissolve.
6. While the vitamin jam is being prepared without cooking, wash the jars in hot water and soda, rinse and steam over a boiling kettle.
7. Cover the transferred jam with oranges and walnuts with sterilized nylon or screw lids. We put it in the refrigerator.
8. This feijoa jam without cooking is suitable for making jellies, jelly, and for filling pies and muffins.

Exotic fruits with lemon

Some people like sour jam, but they miss the sourness that feijoa has. Therefore, you can make exotic jam without cooking with lemon.

We take:

• 1 kg feijoa;
• half a lemon;
• half a kilo of sugar.

Cooking rules:

1. We wash the fruits and dry them on a towel. Cut into slices and put in a blender. Place the pulp in an enamel bowl.
2. Then we take on the lemon. Remove the skin and grind the pulp and zest in a blender.
3. Combine both ingredients and leave them to steep for a few minutes. Then add sugar and mix. This procedure must be done several times until all the crystals dissolve.
4. We pack the finished jam into jars without heat treatment.

Feijoa with honey

There are many recipes for making jam without cooking with honey, we bring to your attention two of them.

Method 1

1. To make live jam without cooking, you only need two components - fresh fruits and natural honey. Moreover, we take both ingredients in equal quantities.
2. We cut the fruits on both sides, wash them and prepare puree from them, in any convenient way - through a meat grinder or using a blender.
3. Add honey and mix.

Method 2

Feijoa without cooking according to this recipe is much healthier than the first method, since nuts are added. We will need:

• exotic fruits – 500 grams;
• walnuts – 150 grams;
• lemon – 1 piece;
• honey – 300 grams.

Cooking features

1. After washing and cutting off the ends, put the feijoa in a blender. There we also add lemon cut into slices with peel, but without seeds. Grind the ingredients thoroughly to obtain a homogeneous mass.
2. Pour boiling water over the walnuts, dry them and lightly fry them in a dry frying pan. Then we chop it. In addition to walnuts, you can add almonds, taking them in equal proportions.
3. Add nuts to the total mass and mix again.

We will get a thick, jam-like jam without cooking. Raw feijoa jam without cooking with honey according to any recipe can only be stored in the refrigerator for no more than six months.

Feijoa with cranberries

You can also make live jam without cooking with various berries: lingonberries, black currants, cranberries. In general, you can experiment and make your own amendments to the recipe. Of course, if you try something, do it in minimal quantities. If everything works out, you can increase the ingredients. But in this case, do not forget to share your findings with our readers.

We suggest preparing feijoa without heat treatment with cranberries:

• exotic fruits – 1 kg;
• granulated sugar – 0.7 kg;
• cranberries – 0.5 kg.

How to cook:

1. Feijoa fruits are prepared as usual. The only difference is that the peel is cut off according to the recipe. It is inconvenient to do this with a knife; it is better to use a vegetable peeling knife. Thanks to him, the cut will be thin.
2. We sort the cranberries, remove the leaves and wash them. Place in a colander to drain the water.
3. We chop the peeled fruits, add the washed berries and grind them into a homogeneous mass in a blender or pass through a meat grinder.
4. Add sugar and mix thoroughly so that no undissolved crystals remain. Pack into sterile jars, cover with lids and store in the refrigerator. Unfortunately, cranberry jam does not last long without cooking.

Enhance beneficial properties of feijoa With cranberries without cooking, you can use honey, adding it instead of granulated sugar. In this case, about 400 grams of natural sweet product will be required.

Vitamin “bomb” for colds

No one will argue that oranges, lemons and ginger contain a large amount of useful substances. But if you add feijoa to this trio, you get a real “bomb” of vitamins that can resist colds. So a jar of such a vitamin cocktail should always be in the refrigerator, especially if there are small children in the house.

Live jam without cooking improves immunity, charges the body with energy and vigor.An open jar of jam with its orange-lemon aroma will not leave even gourmets indifferent.

So, what do you need to buy to make amazingly delicious jam according to the recipe:

• 4 feijoa fruits;
• 1 orange;
• a third of a lemon (less possible);
• 5 grams of fresh ginger root;
• 150 grams of granulated sugar.

Cooking correctly:

1. Wash the fruits thoroughly and place them on a dry towel. Then cut off a third of the lemon and slice without peeling. We do the same with the orange. Be sure to remove the seeds, otherwise the jam will be bitter.
2. Cut a thin layer of skin from the feijoa fruit and cut into pieces.
3. Peel and rinse fresh ginger.
4. Grind all prepared ingredients using a manual meat grinder.
5. Place in an enamel pan or basin and add sugar. Cover with a towel and leave for four hours. At this time, the mass needs to be stirred, so the sugar will dissolve faster.
6. Pack into sterile jars and store in the refrigerator.
7. Feijoa without cooking with citrus fruits and ginger is an excellent cure for colds. In addition, it can be used as a prevention of influenza and ARVI.

Conclusion

As you can see, preparing an exotic fruit without heat treatment is not so difficult. The main thing is to maintain the purity and peculiarities of the technology. It takes very little time to make jam without cooking. And you can provide variety for your family.

Yes, here’s something else that hasn’t been noted: during storage of live jam, a darker layer may appear right under the lid. There is no need to be afraid of this, because feijoa contains a lot of iron, and it oxidizes. This will not affect the taste and quality of the product in any way.

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