A simple recipe for a tasty tomato jam
Food / / December 19, 2019
If you decide to do home canning, it is recommended to fill up assortment of sweet preparations for the winter tomato jam. Yes, speaking of jams, tomatoes hardly come to mind first, but trust me, the workpiece made on this recipe, will be the place in the morning as the toast with butter and cheese on a plate.
Ingredients
- 740 g of tomato;
- 110 g of sugar;
- juice of one lime;
- 1 tablespoon grated ginger root;
- pinch of pectin;
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander;
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon;
- 3-4 cloves bud;
- 1 teaspoon salt;
- ¼ teaspoon hot pepper.
preparation
Prepare the tomatoes, dividing them into pieces of medium-sized and removing seats peduncle attachment.
Place the tomatoes together with the other ingredients in the list, except for pectin in a saucepan and place over medium heat.
The main ingredient, whereby tomato jam is different from the tomato sauce is sugar. Supporting role played by a small amount of pectin. Both ingredients provide the very density of the jelly-like and easy malleability, peculiar jams.
When the contents of the sauté pan comes to a boil, reduce heat to low and leave the tomatoes for about half an hour, do not forget to stir occasionally. As a result, you should get a thick jelly-like mass. If the consistency is still not sufficiently resembles jam, add a pinch of pectin and wait about a minute more.
If you are using tonkokorye tomatoes, then peel them enough time to soften. Otherwise always possible to further rub jam through a sieve.
From the above amounts of ingredients is obtained about nozzle tomato jam which can be rolled up into a sterile jar or simply keep tightly closed in refrigerator for at least week.