Harvesting pine cones jam is a troublesome and time-consuming task. First, the buds must be soaked for at least a day so that all the resins come out. It will take 1,5 hours to boil the cone jam over low heat.
How to make pine cone jam
Products for 2,5-3 liters of jam
Pine cones – 1,5 kilograms
Sugar – 1,5 kilogram
How to make pine cone jam
1. Collect young green cones in the forest, sort out needles and forest litter, and wash.
2. Pour the cones into a saucepan and pour in enough water to cover the cones with a margin of a couple of centimeters.
3. Insist for XNUMX hours, then change the water.
4. Put a saucepan with water and cones on fire, bring water to a boil, add sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1,5 hours over low heat without a lid. When boiling, the cones rise, so it is better to cover them with a weight (for example, a lid of a smaller diameter).
5. The foam formed during cooking must be removed.
6. Pour pine cones jam into sterilized jars (with cones) and twist. Turn the cans over before cooling to prevent condensation from accumulating during cooling.
Cooking a five-minute cone
The cone jam can be prepared according to the “five-minute” method: after 5 minutes of cooking, let the jam cool for 10-12 hours, in three steps.
Delicious facts
How and when to harvest pine cones for jam
In Russia, cones are harvested at the end of June, in the South of Russia and in our country in the second half of May. For jam, it is worth collecting green soft, undamaged cones 1-4 centimeters long. It is better to collect cones with gloves so as not to get your hands dirty with resin.
To collect pine cones for healthy jam, it is important to remember the bioclimate of the place where the pine trees grow. Ideally, this is a dense forest far from the city.
Pine trees for collecting cones must be selected high and large. Pine trees bear fruit in such a way that it is very convenient to collect cones – you reach for the cones with your hand and there will already be a large harvest from several pines.
Small cones, up to 2 centimeters long, are ideal for making jam, they are the youngest and most juicy – these are the ones that will give the jam a special aroma of a young forest.
Is it possible to eat jam cones
You can eat jam cones.
The benefits of pine cone jam
Pine cone jam has an excellent effect on the body with influenza and acute respiratory viral infections, it is recommended for lung diseases, low hemoglobin. Also used as an immune stimulant at the onset of colds. Pine cone jam is also recommended as a prophylactic remedy for colds: once a week, 1 teaspoon of jam will support the body in the fight against viruses.
Pine cone jam is rarely prepared in Russia, so the opinion that pine cone jam can be bought inexpensively in a store is mistaken: pine cone jam can be bought for 300 rubles / 250 grams (as of July 2018). When buying pine cone jam, be sure to buy the jam, not the syrup garnished with a few pine cones.