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The advantages of jam, marmalade, marmalade and other winter preparations from fruits and seasonal berries are a long shelf life and even health benefits. These childhood sweets, as well as marmalade, are banned for type 2 diabetics. Such people can use sugar-free jams, about which we will tell about the cooking methods.
How to make jam without sugar
Any dessert with the addition of granulated sugar is a high-calorie “bomb” with a high glycemic index for people with high glucose levels.
It is recommended to use a natural or synthetic sweetener. The first group includes xylitol, fructose, erythrol, sorbitol and stevioside contained in the products, the second group includes acesulfame, cyclamate, aspartame, saccharin and sucralose.
You can take any berry raw materials – fresh from your site, purchased on the market or frozen from a supermarket. The main thing is that the fruits ripen well.
Before preparing a delicacy, the fruits are washed with plain water, removing the stalks and core from them, and after drying they are poured into a non-stick dish with high walls, put it in the microwave at the highest power, no need to cover with a lid. For traditional sugar-free jam, any harmless sweetener purchased at a pharmacy, store or supermarket will do.
Video “Sugar Free Jam Recipes for Diabetics”
In this video, you will learn some delicious sugar-free jam recipes that are suitable for diabetics.
Healthy Recipes
Next, we will tell you in detail how to cook delicious sugar-free jam on your own on fructose, with stevia and other granulated sugar substitutes suitable for diabetics.
With raspberries
Raspberries, unlike strawberries and other berries, are not washed before cooking. To make a treat in their own juice, they take 6 kg of berries, which are gradually poured into a large pot, tamping, then put it in a bucket, after covering the bottom with a piece of material. The dish should boil and steam over low heat for about 1 hour with the addition of fruits after settling. The winter harvest is packed in jars and wrapped in a blanket, after which they are placed in a dark, cool place.
with cherry
Jam for diabetics with cherries can be made from 1 kg of fruit and the same amount of xylitol sugar substitute. You should wash the cherries, remove the seeds, leave them for 12 hours in a cool place. When a lot of juice appears, put the mass on a slow fire, adding xylitol. Cook until boiling and after another 10 minutes, stirring with a spoon. Cherry treat is stored in the refrigerator.
With tangerines
Be sure to prepare delicious tangerine jam from 0,9 kg of ripe fruit, the same amount of sorbitol and 1 glass of still water.
The recipe is simple. Tangerines are washed with water, doused with boiling water, skinned, the flesh is cut into cubes. Place in a large saucepan, add water and simmer for about 30 minutes. Grind with a blender, continue cooking by adding sorbitol for no more than 5 minutes after boiling. Jam, packaged in sterile jars, can be stored for a whole year.
Apple on stevia
It will take 1 tsp. sweetener per 1 kg of apple fruits.
The peel is removed from the apples, they are cut into pieces, the stevioside powder is diluted in 0,5 cups of water and poured into the pan. The mass is heated over low heat, removed and cooled before boiling. The second time the dish should boil, the third – also boil and cook for 15 minutes. After seaming, desserts are placed in a dark place, after opening – in the refrigerator.
Strawberry with agar-agar
Many will like a diabetic delicacy, cooked from 1,9 kg of strawberries, 1 glass of apple juice, half a lemon, 7 g of agar or pectin.
Wash the strawberries, remove the tails, put them in a saucepan along with the juice of apples and lemon. The dish is cooked for about 30 minutes over low heat, periodically you need to stir and remove the foam. Agar-agar is diluted with water, infused and added to the container, the mixture should boil.
A prepackaged strawberry treat will keep in the cellar or refrigerator for about 1 year.
For patients with diabetes mellitus, you can also prepare mono-preparation from cranberries, plums and other fruits, as well as various mixes with the addition of sweeteners. It all depends on the taste preferences of a person and the flight of his imagination.