Plum jam with orange

Plum jam with orange is fragrant, with a memorable sweet and sour taste. It will appeal to anyone who loves plums and homemade preparations from them. How to cook plum-orange jam, you can learn from this article.

Rules for making plum jam with oranges

It will not be difficult to make plum jam for young housewives who are just starting to do canning, because this process is simple, and preparation for it does not take much time. Starting to prepare plum jam with orange, you need to remember the following:

1. Jam with pits can be made from medium and small plums, which are ideal for this.
   Important! The fruits must be ripe, but not overripe, that is, dense so that they can retain their shape.
2. For pitted jam, it is better to take fully ripe and juicy fruits, or overripe ones.
3. Their size can be any: small, medium, and large are suitable. In the latter case, the fruit will need to be cut into pieces.
4. You need to make sure that there are no spoiled fruits, rotten or wormy in the raw materials. They cannot be used to make jam.
5. Plum fruits suitable for processing do not require special preparation: you need to remove the tails, wash the plums in cold water and remove the seeds, if this is provided for in the recipe.
6. If you want to make jam from whole plums, then you need to pierce each of them so that the skin on the fruits does not crack and they absorb sugar better.
7. If the finished product turned out to be too liquid to thicken it, you need to drain the syrup and boil it separately, and then pour it over the plums again and boil.

You can store plum jam both in a cool cellar and in the refrigerator, so the jars can be closed with both tin and thick plastic lids.

Classic Plum Jam with Orange Recipe

To make classic plum jam, you will need to take:

• 1 kg of fruits and sugar (or more, but you need to adhere to the recommended ratio);
• 1-2 oranges (medium to large)

You can cook it with or without bones.

1. In the first case, after preparation, put the plums in a saucepan, cover with sugar, and then leave until the juice appears.
2. Put the fruits on the fire and cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Set aside until cool to a comfortable temperature.
4. Boil again for the same amount of time, adding orange juice, let cool and boil again.
5. Close in sterilized jars and, after complete cooling, transfer to a cold cellar, where they will be stored throughout the winter.

Cut the plums in half and remove the pits from the centers. If the halves of the plums turned out to be large, they can be cut again or twice across.

If you cook the jam correctly, then the syrup and pieces of plums in it will be similar in consistency to jelly. This structure is considered the most acceptable.

Honey jam from plums and oranges for the winter

For this jam, yellow or light-colored plums are best suited, which you need to take 1 kg.

The rest of the ingredients included in this preparation:

• juice from orange fruits in a volume of 0,75 l;
• 0,5 kg of honey of any kind, but it is also best of a light color.

Preparation:

1. Cut the plums lengthwise with a sharp knife, remove the pits and, if desired, cut each slice again across.
2. Boil the juice, put the plums in it and cook them for about 15 minutes.
3. 5 minutes before readiness to put honey.
4. Remove the dishes from the heat and immediately roll up the plum jam in pre-prepared jars.

How to cook plum jam with oranges in the oven

Cooking such jam in a gas or electric oven is very convenient and fast. You will need a shallow and rather wide dish in which fruits will be boiled.

The components for the workpiece will need to be taken as follows:

• 1 kg plums;
• 0,5 kg of sugar;
• 1 large ripe orange.

Cook in the following sequence:

1. Wash the plum fruits, remove the seeds from them and cut into even quarters.
2. Transfer them to an enamel bowl, gently sprinkling with sugar.
3. Grind the orange in a blender along with the skin.
4. Add gruel to chopped plums, mix everything.
5. Preheat the oven to at least 180°C.
6. Simmer the plums in it for at least 2 hours, stirring them with a spoon at least 2-3 times during this time (or more).
   Council! The readiness of plum jam can be checked by dropping it on a plate or saucer.
7. If it retains its shape and does not spread over the surface, then cooking can be completed: remove the pan from the oven, pour the mass into steamed jars and roll them up.
8. Cooling is natural.

Plums in orange syrup for the winter

To make this plum and orange jam recipe, you will need:

• 1 kg plums (white or blue);
• 0,75–1 kg of sugar;
• orange juice – 1 glass;
• 1 lemon – optional.

Cooking process:

1. Free the fruits from the stones, put them in a low saucepan, sprinkle with sugar, add a little warm water so that it dissolves faster.
2. Leave for half a day so that juice can stand out from them.
3. Pour the plum juice into another bowl, put on low heat and bring to a boil.
4. Pour them over the plum and leave it to infuse until completely cooled.
5. Drain the syrup, add orange juice, bring to a boil and pour the plums with boiling liquid.
6. Cool, boil the drained liquid for the third time, add lemon juice, and then boil the fruit for 5-10 minutes.
7. Distribute into steamed jars, and after cooling at room conditions, take them to the cellar for storage.

Recipe for Caucasian plum jam with oranges, nuts and spices

Ingredients:

• 1 kg plums;
• 0,5 kg of sugar;
• 1 large orange or 2 small ones;
• seasonings (cloves and star anise – 2 pcs., cinnamon stick);
• 200 g of nuts.

Method of preparation:

1. Fruits with stones removed from them and sprinkled with sugar are left for several hours so that they can give juice.
2. After that, put them on the fire, add chopped nuts and cook as described in previous recipes.
3. After the third boil, pour in orange juice and spices and cook a little longer than according to the usual recipe.
4. Pack the finished jam while still hot in steamed jars and cork them.
5. After cooling, move to a cold and dry cellar or refrigerator where the blanks can be stored throughout the long winter.

How to cook plum jam with oranges and bananas

Ingredients you will need to make jam according to this original recipe:

• blue plum fruits – 1 kg;
• orange 1-2 pcs.;
• sugar – from 0,75 to 1 kg;
• Banana xnum;
• 1 lemon (optional)

Cooking process:

Prepare the plums as usual, that is, rinse, remove the pits.

Put them in a saucepan, sprinkle with sugar and wait until the juice stands out.

Cook for 10 minutes first, then add the pulp of bananas and orange fruits and cook for another 10 minutes.

Arrange the prepared product in jars sterilized over steam and seal immediately.

Leave to cool and then transfer to the cellar or place in the refrigerator.

Delicious plum, orange and lemon jam

Plums, both light and dark, are suitable for this jam.

You will need 1 kg of berries, from which you need to remove the seeds, sugar in the same volume and 1-2 lemons and oranges.

The manufacturing method is classic (add lemon to the last boil).

Amber jam from yellow plums and oranges

Components: 1 kg of fruits and sugar, 1 large orange.

1. Grind the plum in a meat grinder, like an orange (separately) until smooth, cover it with sugar and put it on the stove to heat up.
2. When it boils, cook for 5 minutes, add orange gruel to the mass and cook for another 10 minutes.
3. Pour hot puree into heated jars and roll up.

Storage of blanks – in a cold cellar or in a household refrigerator.

Three in one, or a recipe for jam from plums, apples and oranges

The combination of 3 in 1 is always a win-win: after all, a mixture of sweet plums, sweet and sour apples and fragrant citrus fruits will appeal to most.

You will need: all fruits and sugar in equal quantities (1 kg each), 1 large ripe and juicy orange.

Here’s how to make plum-apple jam:

1. Remove all the seeds from the sorted and washed plums, peel the apples and oranges and cut into small pieces.
2. Mix 3 ingredients in a saucepan and sprinkle with sugar in layers.
3. After 2-3 hours, when a little juice stands out, put on the boil. Cooking time – 15 minutes.
4. Then the finished plum jam should be laid out in jars of a suitable size and rolled up.

Storage – in the basement, cellar or in a domestic refrigerator.

Plum and orange jam with cinnamon

You can make a blank according to this recipe by adhering to the previous recipe, that is, using the same ingredients, except for apples. Instead, put a cinnamon stick in the plum-orange jam to give it a peculiar flavor.

Delicate plum jam with orange zest

You can cook it according to the classic recipe, but instead of orange juice, put only ground zest in the mass for smell and taste.

Use 1-2 citrus fruits based on personal preference.

Terms and conditions of storage of plum jam

Plum fruit jam in combination with orange juice or zest should be stored in a cold place, preferably dark. Cellars and cellars, which are available in almost all private plots, are ideal for this.

In urban areas, you will have to keep plums in the refrigerator or in the pantry. Shelf life is a maximum of 2-3 years.

Conclusion

Plum jam with orange is no worse than any other jam made from these fruits. Cooking it is not difficult at all, just choose any recipe you like and stick to it.