Feijoa pureed with sugar

Feijoa is native to the south of the African continent. For us, this berry, in aroma and taste, reminiscent of strawberries and kiwi, is exotic. Tropical fruits are valued for their high content of iodine, vitamin C, sucrose, pectin, fiber and various organic acids.

In Our Country, berries appear on sale in autumn. Feijoa can be eaten fresh or prepared for the winter to provide your family with vitamins and save you from diseases. We will try not only to tell about how feijoa mashed with sugar is prepared, but also to present pictures and videos to our readers.

How to choose and prepare feijoa

Before you start cooking feijoa with sugar without heat treatment, there are a few things you should know.

First, the berries themselves are insidious. If you make mistakes, then harvesting their feijoa can ferment, and this does not improve your mood in any way. Therefore, pay due attention to the purity and quantity of granulated sugar.

Secondly, it is not so easy to find berries of the right quality. After all, we have already noted that fruits grow in the subtropics. In Our Country, feijoa is grown in Sochi and in the vastness of Abkhazia. It is clear that such exotics are not sold in all regions of Our Country.

So, you saw feijoa in the store and decided to buy them for grinding with sugar in order to make a vitamin preparation for the winter. How not to make a mistake with the choice:

1. Try to pay attention to small fruits, because large ones are less fragrant and tasty.
2. The peel of a quality feijoa should be green on all sides, spots and dents are unacceptable.

Before grinding, the berries are sorted out, only whole ones are left, without blackness and damage, and washed thoroughly, changing the water several times. From the rest of the fruits, after trimming, you can make compote or jam, as they are subjected to heat treatment.

Feijoa chopping techniques

To grind feijoa with sugar, you must first get a puree. Let’s find out what tools can be used to do this:

1. A regular grater is used when there is not much feijoa. Grind the fruits on the side with large cells. It is clear that it is inconvenient to grind a large number of berries in this way. In addition, you can injure your fingers.
2. In a meat grinder, the transformation of berries into puree occurs faster, and the mass is homogeneous. But there are some difficulties here. An electric meat grinder is not used for such purposes, since the tough skin of a feijoa clogs the meat grinder, and the knife does not cope with its task and loses its sharpness. The pulp with juice fills the inside of the meat grinder and has to be selected manually. If you do not have a conventional meat grinder, then you need to use a mesh with large holes and throw in the berries little by little.

   

   The mass is heterogeneous, pieces of different sizes.

3. Feijoa is best crushed in a blender. Sliced ​​berries are interrupted simultaneously with sugar. With this preparation of the fruit, a homogeneous consistency is obtained. In addition, the mass is airy and tender.

   

Decide for yourself which way to grind feijoa, but we recommend using a blender to prepare feijoa grated with sugar.

Culinary options

Most often, feijoa is prepared without any additives. And this is not surprising, because their taste and aroma resembles strawberries and pineapples. Although some gourmets prefer to cook feijoa berries pureed with sugar with various fruits, berries and spices. We will give some recipe options in the article.

Feijoa with sugar

Feijoa grated with sugar is also called raw or cold jam. The thing is that heat treatment is not required. It is not difficult to prepare it, and it will take a minimum of time.

Grind exotic fruits to a puree mass.

Add sugar. You can add the same amount of granulated sugar, or twice as much, for 1 kg of fruit. It all depends on taste preferences.

Leave for a few hours until the sugar dissolves. Stir to speed up the process. Spill the grinding into sterile jars and cover with lids.

If you are preparing a small amount of raw feijoa jam (not for long-term storage), then you can use nylon lids.

With walnuts

The original feijoa grated with sugar can be obtained by adding nuts. The most ideal option are walnuts.

So, we take:

• per kilogram of feijoa and granulated sugar;
• 200 or 400 grams of walnuts.

The feijoa preparation process is identical to the first recipe. Walnuts are crushed simultaneously with berries. Such an appetizing jam is served not only with tea, but also added to porridge.

With orange and walnuts

If you want to improve the taste and healthiness of cold jam, you can add oranges and walnuts to it. Pureed fruits are a great way to fight colds in winter, because they boost immunity. Moreover, this preparation is useful not only for adults, but also for children, regardless of age.

So, let’s prepare:

• 1000 grams of green fruits;
• 1000 grams of granulated sugar;
• 200 grams of walnut kernels;
• one orange.

Features of preparation

1. We cut off the tails from the feijoa, but you don’t need to remove the skin, because it just contains more nutrients.
2. Boil water on the stove and pour over the fruits with it, then cut into pieces.
3. Remove the peel from the washed orange, cut and select the seeds.
4. Soak the nuts in hot water and hold for about 60 minutes. Then we drain the water, and wash the nucleoli.
5. Grind the ingredients until puree is formed, add sugar and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Set aside the pan and wait for the sugar to dissolve.
6. Now you can pack in jars. Keep cold feijoa jam grated with sugar in the refrigerator.

With lemon and ginger

Such a blank, rich in vitamins, is often called longevity jam. Apparently, because it uses ginger root.

To prepare raw feijoa jam mashed with sugar according to the recipe, we need to stock up:

• exotic fruits – 0,6 kg;
• lemon – 1 piece;
• sugar – 0,6 kg;
• fresh ginger – 1 to 3 tablespoons.

Feijoa is cooked as usual and chopped.

Wash the lemon thoroughly, it is better to use a brush to remove any dirt. Remove the zest with a grater, then peel it, divide it into slices, remove the white films. You can grind in a meat grinder or in a blender.

We mix all the ingredients, add sugar and wait for it to dissolve.

Grated feijoa with sugar is an excellent vitamin composition that will help to cope with colds. Although you should not wait for the disease, you can take raw jam for prevention with the whole family.

With horseradish root and pear

Exotic fruit rubbed with sugar is suitable not only for tea. You will probably be surprised, but you can also eat meat with feijoa. Moreover, your guests will not be able to immediately guess what kind of sweet and sour sauce was prepared.

In our version, pears are used as an additional ingredient. But you can also add cranberries, lingonberries, cloudberries. It turns out amazingly delicious!

Sauce Ingredients:

• 0,6 kg of tropical fruits;
• one pear;
• 100 grams of granulated sugar;
• 1 or 2 tablespoons of horseradish root.

The cooking process is exactly the same as in the previous recipes. All ingredients are ground in a meat grinder or ground in a blender, mixed with sugar. That’s all.

Important Note

As you have seen, the sugar content of the recipe in mashed feijoa is minimal. And this is already some danger for storage. Therefore, it is necessary to look into the refrigerator and check if fermentation begins.

To prevent the top layer of raw jam from oxidizing, pour a thick layer of sugar on top before closing the jars, thereby creating a cork that does not allow oxygen to pass through.

Exotic product with honey:

Features of storage

You learned about how exotic fruits are rubbed with granulated sugar. And now about how to properly save the workpiece. Although, to be honest, the mashed berry is eaten instantly. For storage use a refrigerator or cellar. In the heat, it will disappear, quickly ferment.

Many are probably interested in how long raw jam can be stored. If you observe the temperature regime – + 5- + 8 degrees, then for three months.

Sometimes jam turns from green to brown. You should not be afraid of such changes. The fact is that the fruits have a high content of iron and iodine, they are oxidized when they come into contact with air. The nutritional quality does not change. Just when shifting the workpiece into jars, fill them as full as possible. Then darkening can be avoided.

Observing all the requirements, you can treat your family with delicious, fragrant jam – feijoa, mashed with sugar.