Kitchen appliances and utensils
- plate;
- pan;
- cans with screw caps;
- spoon;
- cutting board, knife.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin - 1 pcs.
- Orange - 1 pc.
- Lemon - 1 pc.
- Sugar - 1 kg
Step cooking
- We prepare cans, wash it well with soda, and let it dry.
- Wash the pumpkin, wipe dry. Cut in half and clean from seeds. Cut into parts and cut the skin. Weigh the finished peeled pulp. The ingredients in the recipe are given per 1.5 kg of peeled pumpkin.
- Cut pumpkin slices into cubes of size 2 by 2 cm and put in a pan.
- Wash the lemon well, wipe and cut in half. We cut each half again in half. Cut into thin slices together with the skin, while taking out the seeds. Pour into a saucepan to pieces of pumpkin.
- Wash and wipe the orange. Also, like lemon, cut into slices, removing seeds. Add to the pan.
- All the ingredients in the pan are filled with sugar and gently mix.
- Leave to stand until sugar is completely dissolved. To make this happen faster, it is recommended to periodically mix all the products in the pan.
- When the sugar has completely dissolved, put the pan on the stove and turn on a strong fire.
- Bring the jam to a boil, reduce the heat and cook for 5 minutes.
- Then turn off the fire, remove the jam from the stove and let it cool completely.
- When the jam cools, put it on the stove again, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Set aside and let cool.
- And boil again the same way for the third time.
- After the third time of boiling, pour the hot jam into the jars and twist the lids.
- Turn the jars of jam upside down and leave them in this form until cool. Wrapping is optional.
- When the jars have cooled, we send them to storage or pour them into a plate and serve. You can store such jam at room temperature. Enjoy your meal!
Cooking options
There are also other ways to make pumpkin jam with orange:
- You can add ginger root.
- If desired, you can increase the number of oranges.
- Instead of lemon, some hostesses use citric acid.
- You can add some water.
- If desired, you can add an apple.
- Some hostesses add some dried apricots.
- There is also a recipe for this dessert that does not require cooking.
You can experiment by adding ingredients and changing their quantity.
Video recipe
Watch an interesting video recipe for making tasty and healthy pumpkin and orange jam. The author of the video tells and shows each step of the preparation. You will also see what the finished jam in the jars looks like.