Squash and dried apricots jam has the most delicate aroma, and to taste is similar to a pineapple sweet dessert. Such house preparation very simply is preparing.
It is required to you
- - 3 kg of young squash,
- - 500 g of dried apricots,
- - 3 kg of sugar,
- - 1 lemon.
Instruction
1. Carefully wash out squash in flowing water and dry. Husk everyone a squash. If for preparation you use old squash, then cut out from them the middle with seeds, rind. Cut squash any pieces.
2. Touch 500 grams of dried apricots, it has to be clean, without motes. Put dried apricots in a bowl, make boiled water for two minutes. In a few minutes drain water, and dry dried apricots paper towels.
3. Put pieces of a squash and dried apricots in the meat grinder (if desired it is possible to use the blender), scroll to uniformity. Shift the turned-out puree in the enameled basin or in a big pan, fill up 3 kg of granulated sugar.
4. Deliver to puree on fire and at slow stirring that didn't burn, bring to the boil. After begins to boil, reduce fire and you cook half an hour.
5. Wash out a lemon, drench with boiled water. Small rub a dried peel, it is possible directly with a peel, there is nothing terrible in it. Squeeze out juice from pulp. Add a dried peel and lemon juice to jam, mix and continue to prepare 15 more minutes.
6. Remove ready jam from fire and at once spread out on small jars, close covers. It isn't necessary to wrap jam in jars a warm towel, leave it cool down at the room temperature. You store jam in the habitual way.