How to make feijoa jam

Not everyone knows the wonderful feijoa berry “by sight”: outwardly, the fruit resembles a green walnut, it is approximately the same in size. However the taste of feijoa is quite fruity: at the same time, the flesh is similar to pineapple, strawberries and kiwi – a very original and incredibly aromatic combination. Feijoa fruits are used in medicine, because they have a strong anti-inflammatory effect, contain a lot of vitamins and trace elements, and also, the berry has a lot of iodine and organic acids.

Not surprisingly, the housewives strive to provide their family with healthy and tasty fruit for the whole year, so they preserve feijoa in the form of fragrant jam. What tricks you need to know to cook feijoa jam for the winter, and which recipe is better to choose – this will be the article.

How to cook the easiest feijoa jam

To preserve feijoa in the form of jam, you should choose fruits of different sizes, but the same density. The berry should be ripe: soft, but firm enough. To make feijoa jam according to the simplest recipe, you only need two ingredients:

• ripe berries – 1 kg;
• granulated sugar – 1 kg.

Making jam is not difficult, because the process consists of only a few steps:

1. The berries are sorted and washed. Remove inflorescences from feijoa.
2. Now you need to chop the feijoa with a meat grinder or blender.
3. Take an enamel pan, on the bottom of which pour half a glass of water (the amount of water is increased in proportion to the amount of sugar). Now sugar is poured into the container and syrup is boiled over very low heat.
4. When the sugar syrup is ready, crushed fruits are gradually laid out in it. The mass is constantly stirred.
5. When the jam boils, it needs to be boiled for another 5-7 minutes and turn off the stove.
6. Ready jam is laid out in pre-sterilized jars and rolled up with metal lids.

Feijoa caramel jam

To prepare such a jam, you should choose small feijoa fruits, but they must be slightly soft.

From the ingredients you will need:

• feijoa berries – 500 grams;
• 1 a glass of granulated sugar;
• 500 ml of water;
• a spoonful of cognac

Preparing this South American berry jam is quite simple:

1. The berries are washed and sorted. Inflorescences should be cut off and the peel peeled, but not thrown away.
2. Until the feijoa has darkened, it is poured with cold water.
3. You need to put a pan on the fire, when it heats up, pour half the sugar into it. Sugar is carefully leveled on the bottom of the pan and wait until it caramelizes. The pan must be shaken regularly during this process to mix the layers of sugar.
4. When the caramel turns a light reddish hue, remove the pan from the heat and leave for 30 seconds.
5. Now water is very carefully poured into the caramel and the previously peeled feijoa skins are laid out, the mass is intensively stirred.
6. Turn on a slow fire and cook caramel with skins for about seven minutes, with constant stirring.
7. The resulting mixture is thrown into a colander, pouring the syrup into a saucepan for jam. Feijoa berries and the second part of sugar are also sent there.
8. After boiling, the jam should boil for another 35-40 minutes. After that, cognac is added, mixed, and the finished jam can be laid out in jars and corked.

How to make raw feijoa jam

This recipe for feijoa berry jam for the winter can be called the simplest, because you don’t even have to use a stove to make jam. Besides, a big plus of raw jam is that in feijoa, which is not subjected to heat treatment, much more valuable vitamins will be preserved.

So, feijoa jam is prepared for the winter from the following products:

• 1 kg of berries;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar;
• 0,2 kg of peeled walnut kernels.

The way to make jam is as follows:

1. The berries must be washed and doused with boiling water.
2. After that, the feijoa is dried with paper towels and chopped with a blender or with a meat grinder.
3. Now it remains to mix the feijoa with granulated sugar and add chopped walnuts to the jam. Everything is thoroughly mixed and laid out in sterile jars.
4. It is better to close jam jars with nylon lids, and store the finished product in the refrigerator.

Feijoa jam with lemon and pectin

Cooking such a jam will be a little more difficult than the previous one, but a step-by-step recipe will help the hostess do everything right.

So, for jam you need to take:

• feijoa fruits – 2 kg;
• water – 1 glass;
• sugar – 8 glasses;
• lemon juice – 7 tablespoons;
• pectin powder – 2 sachets.

This jam is brewed like this:

1. Feijoas are washed and cut off the ends of the fruit. If the berries are large, you can cut them into 3-4 parts, and small feijoas are divided in half.
2. Now the fruit should be folded into a saucepan and pour water. Feijoa is boiled over low heat for about half an hour until the peel softens. During the cooking process, you need to periodically mix the mass.
3. Pectin powder must be mixed with sugar, pour lemon juice into the same place – mix everything until smooth.
4. The resulting sugar mass is added to the boiled feijoa fruits and continue to cook until all the sugar is dissolved.
5. After boiling, the jam should boil for about half an hour. After that, the fire is turned off, the feijoa jam is laid out in jars and rolled up with metal lids.

It is better to store the finished jam in a dry and dark place; a pantry is perfect for this purpose.

Feijoa and orange jam for the winter

Oranges will help make the jam even more fragrant and healthy. For cooking, you need to take:

• 1 kg of berries;
• 1 kg of oranges;
• Xnumx g of granulated sugar.

The technology for making jam is as follows:

1. Feijoa are washed, flower stalks are cut from the fruits, each berry is cut in half.
2. Now the fruit must be chopped with a blender.
3. Take oranges and divide each of them in half. One half is peeled and cut into small cubes. The second part is cut into pieces along with the peel – this half must be chopped with a blender.
4. All fruits are combined together and covered with sugar.

It remains to mix the jam and arrange it in clean jars. This jam does not need to be boiled, but it should be stored on a refrigerator shelf under a nylon lid. Even a novice hostess will master such a recipe with a photo.

Feijoa and pear jam

Fans of spicy tastes and delicate aromas will definitely like this jam, which combines an outlandish berry and an ordinary pear.

To prepare, take:

• 1 kg of feijoa fruit;
• 2 large pears;
• 100 ml white semi-sweet or semi-dry wine.

Prepare delicious jam as follows:

1. Berries need to be sorted out, washed, peeled from them.
2. The peeled fruits are put in a large saucepan.
3. Pears are also peeled and cut into small cubes. Shredded fruits are sent to a saucepan for jam.
4. Now pour the wine into the container, stir and bring the mass to a boil over low heat.
5. After boiling the jam, turn off the fire, pour out the sugar, stir until it is completely dissolved.
6. Now you can turn on the stove again and, with constant stirring, cook the jam for another 15-20 minutes.
7. The finished jam is laid out in sterile jars and rolled up.

It is better to store spicy jam with pears and wine in the basement.

How to make Lemon Jam

The berry is delicious both fresh and in the form of jam, syrups or jelly. Jam will be even more fragrant if you add lemon to it.

For this interesting jam you will need:

• 0,5 kg of feijoa;
• 0,5 kg of granulated sugar;
• 1 large lemon;
• 100 ml water.

Preparing jam is very simple:

1. First, wash the berries and cut off their tips.
2. Now the feijoa is cut into slices (6-8 pieces).
3. Remove the peel from the lemon and cut it into large pieces of about 0,5 cm.
4. Lemon juice must be squeezed out in any way.
5. Water is poured into a container for jam and brought to a boil. After that, sugar, zest and lemon juice are poured. Stirring constantly, boil the syrup for about five minutes.
6. The fire is turned off and crushed feijoa berries are poured into the syrup. Mix the jam well and let it cool down.
7. When the jam has cooled, it is brought to a boil again and boiled for 5-7 minutes.

It remains to decompose the finished product into jars and roll up the lids.

Anti-cold jam with lemon and ginger

It is difficult to overestimate the vitamin and anti-inflammatory properties of the South American fruit. To further enhance the healing effect of feijoa, no less valuable lemon and ginger are added to the jam – a real health cocktail is obtained.

Useful jam is prepared from the following proportions:

• 0,5 kg of berries peeled from the stalks;
• 2 lemon;
• 7; see ginger root;
• 0,4 kg of granulated sugar.

Preparing vitamin jam is easy:

1. The fruits are washed and the ends are cut off.
2. Grind feijoa with a blender or with a meat grinder, after putting on it the finest mesh.
3. The resulting mixture is poured into a saucepan with thick walls.
4. Juice is squeezed out of a lemon – only it is needed for jam.
5. Ginger is finely chopped by rubbing the root on a grater.
6. All ingredients are combined in one bowl and put on fire.
7. On medium heat, you need to bring the jam to a boil and boil it for another 5-7 minutes.
8. Arrange jam in sterilized jars and roll up.

The first day, jars of jam should be upside down and wrapped in a warm blanket. The next day, the jam is lowered into the cellar.

All recipes are illustrated with pictures, so the hostess can see what should happen at the end of the process of making feijoa jam. Regardless of the recipe chosen, the jam will turn out to be very tasty and fragrant. Do not forget about some exotic fruit – not everyone may like jam, so it is better to prepare a small portion of jam for the first time.