Step-by-step recipe for making mashed plums with sugar for the winter
Fruit and berry preserves, jam and jam, of course, are irreplaceable as a dessert, pie filling. Meanwhile, during the cooking process, some vitamins, minerals and other useful substances are lost. If the plum or any other fruit is rubbed with sugar for the winter, then for a long time the dish will fully retain all its useful properties. This method of harvesting has gained immense popularity among housewives.
Tips and tricks
Plum preparation is excellently obtained from sweet fruits. For example, the taste of a ready-made thorn product is characterized by astringency and sweetness, and from elongated fruits, fruit puree has a sweet and sour taste. Plum skins contain a pigment that gives color. The more intense the color, the brighter the dish turns out.
Thanks to the sugar layer, which clogs the workpiece, as well as oxygen, the grated plum with sugar can be stored for 12 months or more.
It is important! To prevent spoilage, the sugar crystals must completely dissolve. This is done by stirring.
Required ingredients for the recipe
For a plum, mashed with sugar for the winter, you need only two products. These are the plums themselves and granulated sugar. The proportions are as follows: 1.2-1.5 kilograms of sugar are taken per kilogram of fruit. This amount of food will fit in a liter glass jar.
Selection and preparation of products
For fresh harvesting for the winter, the variety of plums "home Hungarian" is suitable. Its fruits are of medium size, rounded in appearance, and have a dark purple color. The pulp is juicy, aromatic, the color in the finished dish has a dark red or cherry color.
The fruit should be carefully sorted. The plums must not be wormy, bruised, or watery.
The bones are usually removed with gloves, as the skin of the hands can become stained. From large varieties, such a dish will turn out to be of lower quality, you will have to use more sugar, which will not be the best way to affect the taste.
How to properly prepare containers
Although the dish is not picky and can be stored for a long time, the container still needs to be carefully prepared. Glass containers should be washed under running water with soda or laundry soap, turned over onto a clean towel, and allowed to drain.
Place the container carefully on a baking sheet, open the electric oven door and place it on the middle level. Turn on the oven at one hundred and twenty degrees. After 15-20 minutes, the cans will heat up and sterilize.
How to make a plum twisted with sugar for the winter
To properly preserve plums without boiling for the entire cold period, you must:
- Rinse fruit thoroughly and dry.
- Remove pits.
- Puree them with a blender or meat grinder.
- Pass through a sieve so that the remnants of the peel do not interfere with the subsequent addition of sugar.
- Add granulated sugar to the grated fruit and stir with a wooden spoon.
- Stir frequently until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved. This can take several hours, even a day.
- Fill sterile jars, leaving two to three centimeters free on top.
- Fill the remaining free space with sugar and immediately close tightly.
The grated plum is ready for the winter without additional cooking.
How and how long can a treat be stored?
Due to the large amount of sugar and the properties of plums, this tasty delicacy can be stored for a long time - about a year. It is often recommended to store mashed plums with sugar in the refrigerator, on the bottom shelf, or in the cellar.
Meanwhile, the finished product is known to withstand warmer temperatures very well. At plus fifteen or plus twenty degrees, it does not sugar and spoil. Used as a filling or eaten in the bite with tea.
