Recipe for the most delicious orange jam. How to make jam from peeled oranges, ginger, lemon, banana, peach, rhubarb, apple, melon?

Orange is a low-calorie fruit; it is no coincidence that it is included in many dietary menus. Not only the pulp of the orange is useful, but also the peel. Many people like to eat oranges fresh or squeeze juice from them. However, you can also make very tasty jam from oranges. This article contains the most popular recipes for making orange jam at home.

How to make orange jam?

Oranges can be bought in central Russia at almost any time of the year. But even ripe juicy oranges can never compare with the taste of aromatic and warming orange jam. During the cold winter season, having orange jam at home is only welcome!

Cooking orange jam is quite long and consists of the following steps:

Soaking oranges in water for 1-2 days
Boiling oranges in water
Peeling, sometimes peeling
Boiling oranges in sugar
Distribution of jam among jars

Orange jam is a delicious warming sweet in winter.
Orange jam is prepared with any toppings: ginger, rhubarb, lemon, peaches, melon.

Orange jam in a slow cooker, bread maker, microwave?

Progress does not stand still, so it has become fashionable to cook food not “the old fashioned way” on the stove, but in bread machines, microwaves and multicookers. Sometimes steamers and pressure cookers join this list, but more about them another time.

Let us analyze in detail the recipe for making orange jam in a slow cooker.

Products:

oranges - 3 kg
granulated sugar - 3 kg (less possible)
water - glass or 200 ml
lemon or lime (juice) - 100 ml

Preparation:

Peel the outside of the oranges and remove the white membranes from the inside.
Peeled oranges finely chopped
Combine sugar, lime or lemon juice and oranges. Leave for 2 hours
Prepare jars (wash and sterilize)
Pour some of the jam into the multicooker bowl. You won’t have room for the whole mass, you’ll have to cook it in parts.
Turn on the “steam” mode and cook for 40 minutes
If the oranges are not soft enough, repeat the procedure after 12 hours.
Pour the prepared jam into jars, close and remove

Orange jam in a slow cooker

Note to housewives! If you want to make orange jam even more “delicate”, then after the first cooking, beat the orange pieces with a blender until the consistency of puree. Then reduce the re-cooking time by half.

If a stir-cooker is more or less suitable for making jam, then how to make jam in a bread maker?!

Recipe for orange jam in a bread machine:

Products:

oranges - 1 kg
granulated sugar - 1 kg
lemon (juice) – 100 ml

Preparation:

Orange jam is prepared in a bread maker in the same way as in a slow cooker: oranges are prepared, mixed with sugar and juice
Next, the mass is laid out in the bread machine and the “jam” or “jam” mode is set
Then the finished jam is poured into sterilized jars

Orange jam in a bread maker
You can even make amazingly delicious orange jam in the microwave!

Products:

oranges - 1 kg
granulated sugar - 700 g
lemon or lime juice - 100 ml (or 50 ml if lime)

Preparation:

Wash the oranges very well to remove any dirt and soak them in boiling water for half an hour. This way the bitterness will go away
Peel the zest from the oranges, then peel without white films
Peel orange slices from films and seeds, finely chop
Next, you can use a blender to grind the oranges, or leave it as is and skip this step
Combine the zest, oranges, half the sugar, lemon or lime juice and peel, mix. Microwave at maximum power for 15 minutes (use a glass microwave dish!)
Remove the form with jam and stir. Add the remaining sugar, mix and microwave again for 15 minutes.
Pour the jam into prepared sterilized jars

Orange jam in the microwave

Interesting! Making orange jam can be much easier! It is not necessary to separate the zest from the skin. This step, like adding the crusts to the jam, can be omitted.

Apple jam for the winter

Jam is a delicious treat. Children and adults love to eat it in winter, spring and even summer! But buying jam in stores is not profitable, especially if it is simple, only made from apples. Making apple jam is very simple, even if you have no experience in making homemade preserves. And the taste of homemade dessert is much more pleasant and natural than that bought in a store. This article contains simple and healthy apple jam recipes.

A simple recipe for apple jam for the winter

Apple jam is a classic winter dessert that is very easy to make yourself at home. Below is a recipe that, due to its simplicity, will appeal to young housewives who have little experience in home canning or those who have little time to prepare homemade sweets.

A simple recipe for apple jam for the winter

Preparation:

Apples should be peeled, cut into slices, and placed in a bowl or pan for making jam. There is no need to throw away the peeling (skin). Apples are covered with sugar. The amount of sugar depends on the tastes, the type of apples (the sweeter the variety, the less sugar needed). The amount indicated in the ingredients is the norm for very sweet jam. After adding sugar, you need to shake the slices. The container with apple peelings is placed on the fire. Water is poured into it. It is necessary to cook the peeling for 10 minutes, no more. The resulting liquid is cooled (the peelings must be removed) and poured into the apples. Place the apple mixture on the stove and cook for 30-40 minutes until the apples are completely softened. Sometimes it takes longer to cook apples, it depends on the variety

It is important to stir the mixture constantly so that it does not burn. It is necessary to boil the jam until it reaches normal thickness. Everyone has their own preferences in this regard.

When the jam reaches the desired consistency, it can be poured into clean, sterilized jars and sealed.

After cooking and swirling, the jam is turned over and placed under a blanket until it cools completely. This amount makes a little more than 3 half-liter jars of jam, but the amount depends on the thickness of the jam and the amount of sugar.

Homemade apple and orange jam

A simple recipe for apple jam has a completely ordinary taste, although pleasant. But if you want something exotic, original, you should add other fruits or berries when cooking apples. Below is a recipe for apple and orange jam for the winter. Such a dish will delight not only with its aroma, but also with its refined taste.

Homemade apple and orange jam

Preparation:

To make apple and orange jam tasty, you need to wash the fruit well before cooking.
After washing the oranges, you need to peel them, divide them into slices and remove the white membranes and seeds. That is, it is advisable to use only clean pulp. You will also need orange zest. To do this, the peeled skins are grated so that only the orange layer is erased. It is better not to put white pulp in jam.

Apples must also be peeled. Then the core is removed and the clean pulp is grated on a coarse grater. Grated apples are poured with water and simmered over low heat until they soften to the consistency of puree. To make the jam homogeneous, without lumps, you need to grind the applesauce through a colander. Now add sugar, zest and peeled orange slices to the apple puree. The jam must be cooked for 10-15 minutes over low heat.

It is important to stir it constantly with a wooden spoon because it may burn. Canning jars are washed in advance and placed for sterilization. If they are half a liter, then you can set them to sterilize when the jam starts to cook, 15 minutes will be enough for them. When the dish is ready, it is poured into hot jars and sealed

It is important to boil the lids for a quarter of an hour in advance. After twisting, the jam is turned over and left under the blanket until it cools completely.

Apple-orange jam, recipe

Fragrant, inviting and bright orange and apple jam will probably appeal to everyone. It’s so nice in the winter to “open a jar” from summer or early autumn and eat it while watching a TV series or with family and friends!

Ingredients:

durum apples - 1 kg
oranges - 1 kg
water - 50 ml
granulated sugar - 500 g

Preparation:

Wash the apples, remove peels, seeds and stems. Cut into cubes (slices)
Soak oranges for 20 minutes in hot water or boiling water
Peel the oranges and remove the white membranes and seeds from the orange segments. Cut in small pieces
Pour water into a saucepan with a very thick bottom or cauldron. Then add the rest of the products. Mix
Place the bowl with the jam over medium heat. Then, as the jam boils, reduce the heat to low. Cook for at least half an hour, stirring frequently
Pour hot jam into pre-prepared jars and seal

The photo shows a very tasty dessert - orange and apple jam with cottage cheese!

Helpful advice! If you want to make your apple-orange jam even tastier, add cinnamon to it during the cooking process.

Beneficial properties of lemon-orange jam

Due to the high content of vitamins and microelements that make up citrus fruits, jam is recommended for people:

with diseases of the liver and cardiovascular system;
prone to frequent colds;
with gastrointestinal problems;
with high cholesterol.

The delicacy contains 245 kcal per 100 g, so it is allowed to be consumed in moderation by people leading a healthy lifestyle and during a diet.

Jam helps strengthen the immune system and has an antipyretic effect, and also regulates the activity of the central nervous system. With regular use, it prevents the occurrence of heart attack and atherosclerosis, improves the mechanism of waste removal and metabolic processes, has an antiseptic effect, strengthens capillaries and relieves swelling.

It is prohibited to consume dessert if:

ulcers of the stomach and duodenum;
increased stomach acidity;
at the time of exacerbation of gastritis;
allergic reactions to citrus fruits.

In small quantities, the delicacy is useful for children, nursing and pregnant women.

Five-minute orange jam

Is it possible to make jam in 5 minutes? How real it is. But don’t rush to “turn on” the skeptic. Five-minute jam is not such a rarity now. However, this is one of the easiest ways to make jam. It is prepared in two boils.

Ingredients:

oranges - 1 kg
granulated sugar - 1 kg
water - 1.5 cups or 400 ml
citric acid or cinnamon to taste

Preparation:

Here everything is as always: peel the oranges from peels, seeds and films, cut
Chop the peels of two oranges into strips
Combine all ingredients, cook over low heat for 5 minutes after boiling.
Remove the jam from the stove for 12 hours, cover with a lid.
After 12 hours, boil the orange jam again (after boiling for 5 minutes)
Pour into sterile jars

Preparing oranges for orange jam

How to make jam with zest

Home canning is always relevant. Especially when there are so many chemical additives, substitutes, and thickeners on store shelves. And homemade treats are vitamins and pure goodness. A step-by-step recipe will tell you how to make jam with zest. It's simple. Repeat in your kitchen!

Compound:

oranges – 1 kg;
sugar – 500 g.

Recipe:

Before making the jam, carefully process the oranges. Scald the fruits with boiling water. Cool with cold tap water.
Remove the zest with a grater or special device.
Cut the oranges in half. Squeeze out the juice. Strain through a sieve or cheesecloth.
Mix juice with sugar.
Bring to a boil while stirring. Add zest. Cook for about 30 minutes at a low simmer. Stir every 5-6 minutes. Skim off the foam.
40 minutes after the start of boiling, the jam is ready. Pour into sterilized jars. Screw on the lids. Once it cools down, put it in a cool place.

Orange jam with peel

What is the secret of aromatic orange jam, besides spices? In the peel! Yes, yes, it is the jam made from oranges with peel that turns out to be the most delicate and pleasant to the taste. Just for those who love delicious food.

Ingredients:

oranges - 1 kg
orange peels - 1 kg
lemons - 200 g
sugar - 1.5 kg
water - 0.5 liters

Preparation:

Peel whole oranges, remove membranes and seeds from orange slices, finely chop
Cut the orange peels into long strips, after rinsing them with water and pouring boiling water over them to remove bitterness.
Lemons can be cut with the peel, or you can remove the zest and add it later
Combine all ingredients in a bowl (saucepan), stir
Cook over low heat after boiling for about an hour
Remove from heat, pour into prepared sterilized jars

This is how orange jam with peels is made

Orange and lemon jam

No less tasty jam than the previous ones is jam made from oranges and lemons. The sweet taste of orange is interrupted by the tart and sour taste of lemon. These two fruits complement each other perfectly.

Ingredients:

oranges - 1 kg
lemons - 1 kg
sugar - 1 kg
lemon or ox juice - 200 ml

Preparation:

First, pour boiling water over the oranges
Wash the lemons and cut them, including the peel, into cubes or slices.
Prepare oranges according to the standard: remove peel, white partitions, seeds. Cut into cubes
Place oranges, water and lemons in a bowl or saucepan. Add half the sugar
Cook the future jam over low heat for half an hour. The time can be increased a little
Cover with a lid and put the jam in a cool place (but not cold) for 12 or 24 hours.
Add the remaining sugar to the jam. Boil the jam again, this time for 20 minutes.
Pour into prepared jars

Fragrant orange and lemon jam

Important! Jam should only be served chilled! It acquires a pleasant jelly-like consistency.

Ginger treat recipe

Many people have already fallen in love with tea with ginger root, but few people know how tasty jam can be made with this component. It acquires a piquant flavor and has a delightful aroma. Oranges allow you to achieve harmony of taste and make this delicacy perfect.

Required Products:

0.4 kg sugar;
180 ml water;
0.6 kg of oranges;
180 g lemons;
180 g apples;
100 g ginger roots.

Many people have already fallen in love with tea with ginger root, but few people know how delicious jam is made with this component
. Preparation procedure:

First of all, prepare the syrup. To do this, pour water into the pan and add sugar, boil until all the sugar crystals dissolve.
Wash the oranges and carefully remove the peel.
The zest is cut into strips as thin as possible.
I divide the exotic fruit into slices and remove all the thin white films.
The prepared fruit and zest are poured into syrup.
The lemon is also peeled, cut into thin slices and also placed in syrup.
Chop the apples into cubes and pour them into boiling liquid and cook for 5 minutes.
Ginger is cut into cubes and added to the jam last. After this, the treat is distributed into jars and sealed hermetically.

Ginger and orange jam

This recipe is perfect for making sandwiches! The consistency of the jam is thick, but not as thick as hardened honey. The jam is convenient to spread on bread, rolls, or simply eat as a snack with hot tea.

Ingredients:

oranges - 1 kg
lemons - 700 g
sugar - 1 kg
ginger (root) - 200 g (less is possible, go by taste)
water - 2 glasses

Preparation:

Wash the oranges immediately and remove peels and seeds. Cut in small pieces
Wash lemons, remove seeds, cut into cubes with peel
Peel ginger, grate on a fine grater
Combine oranges, lemons, sugar, half the ginger and water
Cook the future jam for half an hour from the moment it boils
Then add the remaining ginger and cook for another 20 minutes
Pour into jars and roll up

Jam with oranges and ginger

Take note! With this method of cooking, ginger does not “evaporate” into the air, but retains its aroma until the very end.

Option with added apples

Thanks to apples, the delicacy turns out to be thicker, and its taste becomes even brighter, unusual and rich. There is no excessive acidity or cloying sweetness. All flavor notes combine harmoniously. Bright, sunny jam fills the entire room with warmth and summer freshness.

Required Products:

1.2 kg apples;
0.6 kg of oranges;
1.2 kg sugar;
180 ml water;
5 g cinnamon.

Preparation progress:

Citrus fruits are cut into only 4 parts and immediately pour boiling water over them and cook for at least 10 minutes. During this time, their skin should become soft.
After this, add sugar to them and continue to cook until the liquid thickens.
The apples are peeled, the seeds are removed, and they are cut into slices.
In a separate pan, blanch the chopped apples for 5 minutes.
After this treatment, these fruits are placed in a pan with the rest of the products and continue to cook for another 20 minutes.
At the final stage, add cinnamon.
While hot, this delicacy is distributed into jars and hermetically sealed.

Banana and orange jam

An unusual combination - banana and orange. Nutritionists do not recommend eating these two fruits raw together, because they will interfere with each other’s absorption, but they make excellent jam! Note to all exotic lovers!

Ingredients:

bananas without peel - 1 kg
oranges with peel - 1 kg
granulated sugar - 1.5 kg
water - 1 liter (less possible)

Preparation:

Wash the oranges very well and remove the peel. Ideally, you need to remove the seeds
Cut bananas lengthwise, then crosswise.
Oranges cut into cubes
Combine sugar and water, make syrup
Add prepared banana and oranges to the syrup, stir
Cook for at least one and a half hours, or better yet, two hours over low heat. Stir occasionally
Pour into sterile jars and seal

Orange and banana jam

Important! If you want to give this already special jam an even richer taste, add cinnamon or citric acid. Then everyone will remember your jam for a long time!

Rhubarb and orange jam

Red and orange are a pretty bright combination! Usually rhubarb is boiled with strawberries, but why not take the risk if the strawberry harvest is not going well and make orange and rhubarb jam?

Ingredients:

rhubarb (stems) – 1.5 kg
oranges - 1 kg
granulated sugar - 2 kg

Preparation:

Peel the rhubarb from films, if any, and cut into cubes. The smaller the better
Peel the oranges from peels, membranes and seeds and chop finely
Separately slice the orange peel
Mix everything and leave to soak for 30-40 minutes. Oranges and rhubarb will give juice during this time. Do not drain the juice
Place the future jam on the fire (low) and cook from the moment of boiling for 30 minutes
Pour into prepared jars, roll up the lids

Rhubarb and orange jam

Take note! You can change the amount of sugar in this version of orange jam at your discretion, but the ratio of the mass of oranges and rhubarb to the mass of sugar should be at least 2:1.

Peach and orange jam

Peach adds juiciness to orange jam. Peach-orange jam has a special taste, delicate and soft. It is prepared in much the same way as orange and banana jam.

Ingredients:

peaches – 1 kg
oranges - 1 kg
sugar - 2 kg
water - 0.5 l

Preparation:

Pour boiling water over oranges and peaches
Peel the peaches, remove the pits and finely chop
Do the same with oranges. If desired, you can also remove the white veins. Slice
Mix sugar and water separately. Boil the syrup. At this stage, if you really want, you can add a pinch of citric acid, or a couple of cinnamon sticks, which should be removed after 5 minutes of infusing the syrup
Add the prepared fruits to the hot syrup and simmer for at least 30 minutes, preferably up to 45
Pour hot jam into jars and close

Orange and peach jam

Important! To make this jam very fragrant, grate the orange zest and add it along with the fruit. Or you can use the scalded orange peels that were left over from the very beginning. They need to be finely chopped and added to the fruit in syrup.

Lemon jam with ginger - recipe for 15 minutes

You will need the following products:

medium-sized lemons – 3 pcs.;
ginger root – 4-5 cm (small);
flower honey – 3 tbsp. l.

How to cook correctly:

Prepare the lemons. Place them in a saucepan. Pour boiling water over it. After 5 minutes, drain the water.

Rinse the ginger. Peel off the skin.

Cut the fruits and roots into pieces. Select seeds carefully from fruits.

Twist the mixture through a meat grinder. If desired, beat the mixture with a blender. The chopper will make food pieces even smaller.

Add honey. Stir.

Transfer to a sterilized jar. Close the lid.

How to use spicy lemon and ginger jam? Add a little at a time to tea or a glass of water. Believe me, one jar will last you and your family for a whole year.

Melon and orange jam

Not everyone will like melon and orange jam due to its special taste. No other jam has a similar taste. Want your dessert to stand out at a dinner party? Add orange-melon jam to it!

Ingredients:

oranges - 0.5 kg
melon – 2 kg
sugar - 2 kg
water - 1 l

Preparation:

Peel and seed melons, cut into small cubes
Blanch the oranges in boiling water for a couple of minutes, remove the skin and remove the seeds.
Cover the melon with 1 kg of sugar. Let it brew for a couple of hours
Make sugar syrup: mix remaining sugar and water
Pour syrup over prepared melon. Cover tightly with a lid. Leave for 24 hours
Drain the syrup and boil again. Pour it over the melon again
Leave the almost ready jam for 12 hours
Add oranges, cook for 15 minutes
Pour hot jam into jars. Roll up

Melon and orange jam

Take note! One of the important indicators of the readiness of melon-orange jam is the color of the melon itself. If it becomes transparent, the jam is ready. If this happens earlier than indicated in the recipe, the last cooking time can be reduced to 5 minutes.

Orange jam

Jam has a special consistency... jammy. It is neither thick nor runny. It has a transparent structure, literally shines through. To make delicious orange jam you will have to work hard.

Ingredients:

oranges – 500 g
lemons - 500 g
sugar - 2 kg
cinnamon
vanillin or vanilla (optional)

Preparation:

Remove zest from oranges
Chop the oranges fairly large and remove the seeds. Cover fruits with sugar for 3 hours so that they give juice
At the same time, squeeze the juice from the lemons, discard the seeds, and pour the juice into the soaked oranges.
Cut the lemons themselves into strips and add 1.5 liters of water. Boil for about 5 minutes. Then drain the water and add the same amount of fresh water. This time cook for at least an hour. Ideally until the lemon peel is soft
Now strain the lemon decoction and add it to the container with oranges. Add spices there too
Boil oranges with other ingredients for at least one and a half hours
Remove the cinnamon stick from the jam (if added) and beat the remaining mixture with an immersion blender until pureed.
Add zest to jam
Bring to a boil, turn off
Pour the jam into jars and roll up

orange marmalade the way it should be

Orange and tangerine jam

Tangerine and orange jam is 100% winter, even New Year's. It exudes the spirit of Christmas, gifts, pre-holiday fun and a Christmas tree. In the summer heat, it's nice to remember the spirit of the New Year.

Ingredients:

oranges - 1 kg
tangerines - 1.3 kg
sugar - 2 kg
juice of 2 lemons
water - 700-800 ml

Preparation:

Scald the washed fruits with boiling water, remove the skins from them
Cut oranges and tangerines into slices or thin slices. Remove the seeds
Prepare sugar syrup: mix water, sugar and lemon juice.
Pour syrup over tangerines and oranges. Leave for 3 or more hours
Boil the future jam for 10 minutes, then turn off and cool completely. Repeat 3 more times (for a total of 4)
Pour the jam into pre-sterilized jars

Orange-tangerine jam

Orange jam: benefits

After heat treatment, citrus fruits retain almost all their beneficial properties:

1. Helps boost immunity and strengthen the body.

2. Salicylic acid helps relieve fever.

3. After eating the treat, heart function improves, the nervous system and blood vessel walls are strengthened.

4. Helps improve metabolism.

5. Helps fight anemia and liver diseases.

Orange jam without sugar, recipe

Orange jam, or rather sugar-free jam, is quite easy to prepare. This dessert is a dietary dessert and is prepared with a sweetener.

Ingredients:

oranges - 400 g
agar-agar - 1.5 tablespoons
sweetener to taste

Preparation:

Remove the zest from half the oranges (grate or cut)
Peel the oranges from films and seeds until only the pulp remains
Blend oranges in a blender, add sweetener
Pour the orange puree into the pan, add agar-agar. Boil for 2-3 minutes
Serve immediately, or pour into jars and roll up

Orange jam without sugar

Recipe for cooking with peel

Fragrant jam from exotic, but beloved fruits never lingers on the shelves for long. Tender slices of unpeeled fruit have a bright taste, making it impossible to tear yourself away from them until the entire jar is empty. It can be compared to pictures in a magazine. Even without cooking experience, it’s easy to make jam, and it will come out beautiful.

Required Products:

0.8 kg of oranges;
0.8 kg sugar;
25 ml lemon juice.

Preparation progress:

Oranges are washed and filled with water, boiled for 15 minutes.
Then the water is drained and the orange fruits are cut into slices.
After this, they are placed in a saucepan and covered with sugar, waiting a little for the juice to release.
Boil the mixture for 1.5 hours and add lemon juice.
While hot, the delicacy is placed into jars and sealed.