Tomato jam: useful properties, recipes for making tomato dessert from red and green tomatoes

General procurement rules

It is recommended to pay attention and not to ignore the following rules:

1. It is important to carry out preliminary preparation of tomatoes. For jam, take fleshy and dense tomatoes that do not contain much juice. It is better to immediately select vegetables – leaving those that have not deteriorated or cracked. By cutting off the damaged areas, the hostess runs the risk of introducing pathogenic microorganisms under the skin.
2. Vegetables that are not yet fully ripe contain solanine. The use of this substance in large quantities is harmful to health. A small amount of solanine is also found in ripe tomatoes.
3. To remove harmful substances, you can pour vegetables with clean water and leave for 4-5 hours. You can also soak green tomatoes in salt water for 60 minutes. Each method is effective, the choice depends only on the availability of free time for the hostess. Then the vegetables are dried and cut.
4. Before cooking jam, it is important to remove the stalks and black spots at the bottom of the fruit. As a rule, vegetables are cut into slices or cubes, depending on personal preference.

Video “Green Tomato Jam with Lemon”

From this video you will learn a delicious recipe for green tomato jam with lemon for the winter.

How to cook green fruits

The article presents simple recipes that make delicious preparations.

A simple recipe

Take 1,1 kg of unripe tomatoes, 1,5 kg of granulated sugar and 350 ml of water.

Follow the following cooking instructions:

1. Prepare food and utensils.
2. Pour water into the pan, wait for the first signs of boiling, add granulated sugar, stir.
3. Make a minimum fire, simmer the syrup until the sugar is completely dissolved, remove from the stove.
4. Prepare the tomatoes: cut the stalks, wash and dry, cut into 4 parts.
5. After treatment with saline, place them in a saucepan, pour the finished syrup.
6. Cover with gauze and set aside for 20 hours.
7. Drain the sweet syrup and boil it in a separate bowl, pour the boiling solution over the tomatoes.
8. Wait another 16 hours and put the dishes with tomatoes on the stove.
9. Cook until the green tomatoes are translucent and the syrup thickens.
10. Pour green tomato jam into jars and roll up.

With nuts

Take 240 g of peeled walnut kernels, 1250 g of sugar, 360 ml of water and 1 kg of fresh tomatoes.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare tomatoes, the diameter of which will not exceed 5 cm.
2. Rinse, dry and remove the center with the stalk with a sharp knife blade.
3. Put the nuts in a dry frying pan, fry for 5-6 minutes without vegetable oil.
4. Grind the nuts into crumbs.
5. Mix sugar and water, boil the mixture over low heat until smooth.
6. Stuff the tomatoes with nut crumbs and place in a saucepan.
7. Pour boiling syrup over vegetables, cover the dishes with a towel.
8. Leave for a day, drain the liquid, boil it again.
9. Pour vegetables and remove again for a day.
10. Repeat the process of boiling and pouring again, after the third infusion, put the jam on the stove.
11. Boil for 30 minutes, pour into jars and close.

With cloves and rum

Stock up on 1 lemon, 1 kg of sugar, 2 cloves, 1 kg of red tomatoes, 40 g of rum and 250 ml of vinegar.

Adhere to the following algorithm of actions:

1. Prepare the tomatoes according to the tips above: soak them in saline or rinse with clean water.
2. Chop them arbitrarily, you can slices.
3. Mix half of the indicated volume of sugar and water, boil the syrup.
4. As soon as the sugar begins to dissolve, pour in the vinegar.
5. Add vegetables to the syrup, after 6 minutes of cooking, remove from heat.
6. Insist 11 hours. Drain the syrup, add the remaining sugar.
7. Boil again, wash and cut the lemon with zest into cubes.
8. Boil the syrup for 5 minutes, add vegetables and lemon. Add cloves, stir.
9. Turn off the heat, cool the mass completely and pour in the rum.
10. Pour into a container and place in the refrigerator.

From ripe tomatoes

The hostess will need 1 lemon, 2 sour apples, 500 g of ripe tomatoes and 500 g of sugar.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Take ripe and fleshy vegetables. Peel off the skin, after holding them in a saline solution.
2. To remove the seeds, you can rub the pulp through a colander or sieve.
3. Grind vegetables in a blender to make a puree. Remove the peel from the lemon, squeeze out the juice.
4. Add sugar, lemon juice and zest to the puree, leave overnight. Cover the dish with the workpiece with a towel.
5. Remove skin from apples, finely grate.
6. Combine tomato puree and apple in a saucepan. Boil 40 minutes.
7. Cool and pour into jars.

With basil

Use 1,1 kg of tomatoes, 40 g of fresh basil, 35 g of powdered pectin, 1 kg of sugar, 80 ml of lemon juice.

You will need the following actions:

1. Use a special tube-shaped knife to remove the seeds. When removing the middle, monitor the integrity of the vegetables. Don’t cut them in half.
2. Scald the tomatoes and dip in ice water. Remove skin. Load the raw materials into the cookware.
3. Simmer vegetables over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Rinse the basil, finely chop.
5. Add lemon juice and chopped herbs to the tomato puree.
6. In a dry bowl, mix sugar and pectin, add the mixture to the tomatoes.
7. Boil the jam for 2 minutes over high heat, turn off the loan.
8. Pour the tomato treat into sterilized and dry jars, close.

Classic with lemon

Take 1 lemon, 1,6 kg of ripe tomatoes and 850 g of sugar.

Proceed as follows:

1. Rinse the citrus, cut into two parts, squeeze the juice.
2. Grind the zest in a blender.
3. Rinse vegetables, remove blackheads and stalks. Chop arbitrarily, you get a beautiful jam from the slices.
4. In a suitable bowl, combine the zest, juice and vegetables. Sprinkle everything with sugar.
5. Put the container on the fire, boil and remove from the stove. Leave for 30 minutes to infuse.
6. Bring the mixture to a boil again, remove from heat for 45 minutes.
7. Put on low heat and cook for 30 minutes.
8. Constantly mix the mass, prepare a container for seaming.
9. Pour the hot treat into jars and roll up.

With ginger and orange

Prepare 1 lemon, 1 orange, 1 kg of sugar, 20 g of vanilla sugar, 1 kg of tomatoes and ginger root.

To prepare a dish, follow these steps:

1. Remove skin from vegetables. Chop the pulp into cubes.
2. Remove the zest from citrus fruits, chop it in a blender. Cut the pulp into cubes. Grate the root.
3. Mix everything in a container and leave to extract the juice.
4. Put on the stove, boil and cook for 8 minutes. Cool down completely. Repeat these steps two more times.
5. The third time, cook for 20 minutes, pour into clean jars and roll up.

Tomato jam is a delicious and healthy dish.

Choose a recipe and delight your family with a summer and juicy treat.