Lemon jam: 7 recipes

Lemon is a healthy fruit that contains a huge percentage of vitamin C, indispensable for the human body. This fruit helps with colds in the winter, and is also an excellent tonic in the summer heat. Different healthy drinks are often made from lemons to strengthen immunity. No less popular nowadays is lemons jam. When finished, such a wonderful delicacy has an amazing aroma and taste.

Lemon jam is not only an independent dessert for tea. It is also suitable for various baking, as a filling for pies, puddings, as well as a component of refreshing lemonade or fruit drink. Pronounced citrus flavor will appeal to fans of sour, aromatic sweets.

In this article, we will describe some amazing recipes for lemons, and also consider the calorie content, all incoming ingredients and a few basic rules that you must follow when preparing such a treat. Jam is prepared easily, every housewife in her home kitchen can handle it.

Composition and calorie content

The chemical composition of yellow citruses is diverse. As already described above, they are rich in vitamin C (ascorbic acid). In addition, lemons contain a large percentage of vitamin D, PP and several groups of B. Of the minerals there are potassium, calcium, phosphorus and others. This fruit differs from the rest in a huge percentage of carotene, bioflavonoids, pectins and citrine. And also the fruit is rich in certain amino acids, such as apple and lemon. From all this we can conclude that lemons are the most healthy of all the goodies of a winter cellar.

In the old days, only honey was used to make lemon jam, which added great value to the dessert and made it less nutritious. But now, at present, this ingredient has been replaced by regular sugar, which has made jam more budget and high-calorie. 100 g of product contain:

• proteins: 0;
• fats: 0;
• carbohydrates: 60;
• calories: 240.

The table above shows that lemons are a high-calorie product. Therefore, people on diets need to be especially careful when drinking and eat it only in small quantities and exclusively for medicinal purposes.

What is useful lemons jam

As already described above, lemon jam is a source of ascorbic acid. It has an antiseptic effect. It is thanks to ascorbic acid that jam has reducing properties and helps to get rid of various types of puffiness. This sweetness perfectly restores strength after prolonged colds, strengthens the immune system.

Thanks to the bioflavonoids contained in lemons, the use of such delicacies helps strengthen the capillaries. Pectins remove excess cholesterol and harmful substances, thereby preventing the development of cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis.

This delicacy is especially useful for young children, pregnant, breast-feeding women and the elderly.

Harm of Lemon Jam
Like any other jam, lemon can also harm the body, especially people with the following problems:

• increased acidity of the stomach:
• diseases of the kidneys and genitourinary system.

How to choose lemons for jam

Lemon is not a capricious fruit, but nevertheless, before cooking, you need to take into account several rules to make the jam saturated, aromatic and tasty. Here is some of them.

Lemon jam is best brewed exclusively from fresh, ripe citruses. To find out their degree of maturity, you can simply rub your finger on the skin: if you feel a strong aroma, the fruit is ripe and fresh, if the smell is almost elusive, then the fruits are stale.

When making jam from lemons, it is necessary to mix it only with a wooden spoon. Also, the pan for cooking such a jam must necessarily be only stainless steel, in no case aluminum, since the whole mass can oxidize and acquire an unpleasant dark orange color. For exactly the same reason, glass containers with jam should not be turned upside down so that the mass does not touch the metal lid.

How to make lemons jam: recipes

Some housewives make some mistakes while cooking any jam, after which the dessert turns out to be tasteless, unappetizing, with an ugly shade. The presented options for making lemon jam will not only help you choose the right one, but also teach you how to cook dessert properly so that the delicacy comes out truly aromatic.

Classic recipe

By tradition, only yellow citrus, sugar and a small amount of water are added to lemons jam. It turns out such a bright yellow jam, with a pronounced aroma and mouth-watering texture.

Ingredients:

• lemons - 8 pcs.;
• 3 kg of sugar;
• 850 ml of water.

Step by step cooking:

1. Lemons are well washed with soapy water, as their peel is soft and quickly absorbs substances harmful to the body.
2. Having dried the lemons with a paper towel, they are cut together with the peel in small slices, put into an enameled container.
3. Pour in water, pour in half the norm of sugar.
4. They are placed on a medium flame of fire, with frequent stirring, brought to a boil, removing the foam as it forms.
5. Cook on the same fire for a quarter of an hour.
6. Turn off the fire, the container with jam is removed on a special stand and left at room temperature for 6 hours with the lid closed.
7. After the indicated time, the remaining sugar is poured into the container, cooked after boiling for another quarter of an hour.
8. The fire is turned off again, the jam is left for 6 hours to insist.
9. Lemon jam is ready, it is laid out in jars, covered with lids.

Lemons can be washed not only in soapy water, but also simply with a soft sponge with any detergent for dishes, after which they should be thoroughly rinsed under running water.

Recipe "Five Minute"

The next recipe is from the list of quick ones. It will take only 50 minutes to cook it. It differs from the classical one in that lemons are not cut into slices, but crushed with a peel in a blender. Water is not added to the composition, jam is boiled exclusively on the juice released from lemons. The dessert is aromatic, tasty, with an appetizing gelling consistency.

Ingredients:

• 6 lemons;
• 1.6 kg of sugar.

Step by step cooking:

1. Carefully washed citruses are cut into small pieces, take out the existing bones, grind in a blender into a fine mass.
2. The mass is completely covered with sugar, mixed and left for a quarter of an hour.
3. Place the container on medium heat and boil for 5 minutes from the moment of boiling.
4. Poured into clean jars, closed with plastic lids.
5. After complete cooling, put in the refrigerator.

Instead of regular sugar, you can use a special, gelling, in which case it is enough to boil the jam for only 1 minute.

Lemon Jam Recipe with Zucchini

This is the original version of lemon jam. The zucchini that is part of it with its neutral taste emphasizes the light shade of citrus delicacies, makes it even more tender, with a beautiful, thick texture. When using such a sweetness, the presence of a vegetable is not even felt.

Ingredients:

• zucchini - 4 pcs.;
• lemons - 3 pcs.;
• 2 kg of granulated sugar.

Step by step cooking:

1. Zucchini washed, dried, cut into small cubes with peel.
2. Washed lemons are cut in the same slices along with the zest.
3. Put everything in an enamel container, fill it with sugar, mix well, set aside for two hours.
4. They are placed on a stove with a medium flame, after boiling it is boiled for 10 minutes. Turn off the fire, jam insist 6 hours.
5. Boil a second time after boiling for 10 minutes.
6. Again insist 6 hours and lay out on clean containers, close the lids.

Zucchini is advisable to take exclusively young, fresh.

Lemon and Oranges Jam Recipe

The perfect combination of lemons and oranges makes the jam especially fragrant, with an attractive amber hue. The process of preparing such a citrus jam involves preliminary cleaning of the fruit from white films, which gives the delicacy a delicate and mild taste.

Ingredients:

• oranges - 7 pcs.;
• lemons - 7 pcs.;
• 2 kg of sugar.

Step by step cooking:

1. All washed citrus fruits are freed from the skin.
2. The skin is cut into thin strips.
3. The pulp of lemons and oranges is cut into slices, free from the white film and existing bones.
4. Cut the pulp into small cubes, put it in a container, fill it with sugar, set aside for a couple of hours.
5. Add chopped peel to the mixture, put on a stove with medium heat, after boiling, cook for 6 minutes, stirring constantly.
6. Regulate the fire to the minimum, cook for another 40 minutes, constantly mixing the jam.
7. Hot jam is laid out in glass containers, covered with lids, cooled and refrigerated.

Oranges for such jam must be chosen only with a thin peel.

Lemon jam recipe with lavender and vanilla flowers

Lavender goes well with citrus fruits, it emphasizes their aroma and acidity. This jam is prepared quickly, most of the time is spent on insisting lemons with sugar. It turns out this jam is incredibly fragrant, healthy, with a slightly tart taste.

Ingredients:

• 4 lemons;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar;
• dry lavender flowers - 45 g;
• vanillin - 7 g;
• 235 ml of water.

Step by step cooking:

1. Citrus is washed well, dried, cut into cubes.
2. Lemons are put in a container, left for two hours, completely covered with sugar.
3. Place on a stove with medium heat, pour dry lavender, vanillin, boil for a quarter of an hour after boiling.
4. Regulate the fire to the smallest, boil for half an hour.
5. Hot prepared jam is laid out in glass containers, closed with lids, cooled, sent to the refrigerator for storage.

Lemons for this jam can be cut not only into cubes, but also into slices. It is important not to overdo it with the addition of vanillin, otherwise the jam will get an unpleasant, sugary taste.

Ginger and Lemon Jam Recipe

And this recipe for lemons jam is even more useful than the previous ones. Thanks to the ginger included in the composition, the beneficial properties of lemon jam increase several times. Such a treat will cope with any cold in the winter. In the finished form it turns out tasty, with pronounced sweetness and a pleasant jelly texture that tastes good.

Ingredients:

• lemons - 3 pcs.;
• 1 small ginger root;
• sugar - 450 g.

Step by step cooking:

1. Washed lemons are cut into small cubes, poured into a bowl of sugar, set aside for a couple of hours.
2. After this time, the container with the mixture is placed on the stove, pour ginger root, crushed in a blender, regulate the average flame of the fire, and boil for 10 minutes from the moment of boiling.
3. Turn off the fire, insist jam for 6 hours.
4. Again sent to the stove with the same fire, boil after boiling for another 10 minutes and leave for 6 hours.
5. Laid out ready-to-jam preserves are covered with lids. Store in the refrigerator.

If you want to cook this jam faster, then the lemons can be ground through a meat grinder, in which case they no longer need to be infused with sugar for two hours. And for a change of taste and aroma, in addition to ginger, it is permissible to take ground cinnamon or cloves.

Whipped Lemon Jam Recipe

Ginger is also included in the next version of lemons, but it is cooked without heat treatment. Instead of sugar, honey is added here, which makes it less caloric and more useful. Ready-made, has a natural citrus flavor, a beautiful mouth-watering shade. This jam is perfect as a prophylaxis against colds in the winter, used for 1 teaspoon on an empty stomach.

Ingredients:

• 5 lemons;
• ginger root - 1 pc.;
• honey - 300 g.

Step by step cooking:

1. Peel the ginger root, wash it, dry it on a paper towel, and grind it in a blender (you can use a regular grater).
2. Wash lemons, cut together with straws.
3. Transfer lemons and ginger to an enamel container, add honey, mix well.
4. Lay out the mass in sterile small jars, close with plastic lids, put in a refrigerator for storage.

If desired, lemons, like ginger, can also be ground in a blender.

Jam storage rules

Lemon jam is a rather capricious product, so you can’t store it in the cellar or at room temperature. It is perfectly stored only in the refrigerator under simple iron or plastic covers for no longer than two months. So a large supply of such a wonderful delicacy cannot be made. Maximum is 2-3 jars to enjoy a delicious dessert in the winter cold and protect your body from colds.

Due to the acid present in lemons, the jars and jam lids do not need to be sterilized, just scald them with boiling water and dry them on a towel.

In the case of raw jam prepared without heat treatment, dessert should also be stored only in the refrigerator under plastic covers.

Interesting facts about lemons

Over the past tens and hundreds of years, lemons have become so popular in use that they have practically entered the general human diet. However, most people do not know and do not even guess how many interesting facts exist about this wonderful, useful citrus. Let's talk about a few:

1. Lemons were brought to us from India and China. Currently, such citrus fruits are grown in almost all southern corners of the world. However, in the wild they can only be found in India and China, which means that the first fruits appeared in these countries.
2. Lemon is an antimicrobial agent. Back in the last century, people often used lemon water to wash their hands, face, to rid themselves of various types of contagious infections. Lemon juice was diluted in water in a ratio of 1: 2 and washed. And more acidic water, which was diluted 1: 1, was used for drinking as a therapeutic agent against cholera and various intestinal diseases.
3. Lemons are a medicine for gums. Many dentists often advise patients to rub gums with lemon peel, which helps to saturate them with useful substances, gives them strength, and prevents bleeding.
4. Aromatic essential oil is made from lemons. To prepare 1 kg of such a product, you need to peel 3000 citruses.
5. There are lemons with bitterness and without. Well-ripe lemons are known to have a pronounced acid and pleasant aroma, while unripe lemons have a slight bitterness. The most useful are ripe lemons.
6. Lemon is sweeter than strawberries. Of course, lemons are not sweeter than strawberries, as they contain only 3% sugar, and 6% in strawberries. But still, if you look in more detail, then the lemon may be sweeter.The weight of one fruit is 100 g, which means that it contains 3 g of sugar, and one strawberry weighs 20 g, which means that it contains only 1.2 g of sugar.
7. Lemon is a beautiful plant. For several decades in Europe they were grown only for decorative purposes. And around the same time in Asia, they were already the wealth of the gardens. They were grown not only for the beauty of the site, but also used them for the preparation of various dishes, juices, sweets, and also used for medicinal purposes.
8. Lemon is a gift from Alexander the Great. During a trip to India, Alexander the Great brought several lemons to Europe, which the inhabitants gave the name “Indian apples”. The fruit tasted very much like a real apple.
9. The reward for lemons. The famous James Cook was awarded a gold medal by the British Admiralty for saving sailors from such a terrible disease as scurvy. To avoid a lack of vitamin C, James suggested that everyone take lemons with them on a camping trip. Since that time, all British sailors began to be called "lemongrass".
10. Lemon is a delicacy. As far back as the 18th century, many Russians ordered pickled lemons in packages from the Netherlands, then they were a real delicacy that was difficult to obtain in Russian stores. Nowadays, in our time, their taste is almost forgotten, but in India this method of preparing lemons is still the most effective for preserving all the healthy vitamins.
11. Lemon is a sign of love. In Spain, the symbol of mutual love was an orange, and unrequited - a lemon. In the old days in this country, a lady had the right to give her boyfriend a lemon, to make it clear that his love does not cause any reciprocal feelings.
12. Lemon Kafelnikov. The famous Frenchman Yevgeny Kafelnikov in ancient times was called a lemon, because he was a very reserved, serious and almost taciturn person. However, it is known that at home he was completely different.
13. Lemon with blueberries. In ancient times, during a festive feast, it was customary to serve blueberries with lemon, since when eating this berry, the teeth were painted in a dark shade. It was not quite beautiful in high society. Lemon was the savior of the situation, he whitened his teeth, gave them a pristine shine.
14. Lemon and salt. In case of a salting of a dish, many housewives immediately add an additional amount of water. However, the added water spoils the whole taste of the dish. To give it a pleasant, moderately salty taste, just add a little lemon juice.