How long to cook dandelion jam?

Cook dandelion jam for 1 hour .

How to make dandelion jam

Ingredients
Per 0.4 liter jar
Dandelion heads without stems – 150 pieces without stems
Lemon – half
Sugar – half a kilo
Water – 1 cup (300 milliliters)

How to make dandelion jam

1. Rinse fresh dandelions under running water, put in a bowl.

2. Soak the dandelions in water for half an hour, then gently rinse each flower in a colander.
3. Squeeze the dandelions, put them in a saucepan (it is recommended to use a stainless steel saucepan), pour 300 milliliters of water and put on fire.

4. Coarsely chop the lemon and add to the dandelions.

5. Cook for 10 minutes after boiling.

6. Infuse dandelion jam for 2 hours, then strain through a sieve, discard dandelion cake.

7. Squeeze the mass well, strain the broth through a sieve and return to the pan.

8. Put the pan on the fire, bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.

9. When cooking, a small and dense foam will form – it must be removed for the transparency of the jam.
10. Add sugar to the broth – for every 300 milliliters of broth you need a pound of sugar.

11. Boil the jam for 10-20 minutes over low heat until the consistency of honey is obtained.
12. Pour the jam into a sterilized jar.

13. Cool the jam and use as a dessert.
14. Pour dandelion jam into jars, close, cool and store in the refrigerator.

Tasty Facts

– The cost of products (including free dandelions collected) for making dandelion jam – 40 rubles / 0.5 liters (on average for May 2020).

– To prepare 0.5 liters of dandelion jam, you need at least 200 large flowers.

– Dandelions for jam must be collected at least 20 kilometers from the city limits, in ecologically clean places.

– It is better to collect dandelions for making jam at sunny noon – at this time, dandelions produce the largest amount of dandelion nectar, which gives a special taste to jam. To make jam from dandelions, you need to cut only the inflorescences. With enough experience, you can collect about 30 flowers per minute in a clearing rich in dandelions.

– The season for dandelion jam is in late April-mid-May, when the flowers are fully ripe and rich in nectar.

– In order not to miscalculate the number of flowers for jam, take plastic bags and a liter bottle of water with you to the training camp. As you know, a liter of water is 1 kilogram, so it will be quite easy for you to determine the weight of the flowers.

– Dandelion jam is very useful, it cleanses the blood and liver, tones and relieves the effects of a cold.

— Dandelion jam tastes and smells like honey.

– Dandelion flowers when cooking jam can be gutted and left in the jam, they will be edible and give the consistency pleasant shades.

– Measure the amount of dandelion decoction, for every half liter of decoction you need a pound of sugar.

– After washing the dandelions, it is important to squeeze the dandelions or add less water to the pan so that the jam does not have to be boiled for a long time.

How to cook dandelion jam with oranges

Products
Heads of dandelions without stems – half a kilo
Oranges – 4 pieces
Lemon – 1 piece
Water – 2.5 liters
Sugar – 1.5 kilograms

How to make dandelion jam with oranges
Finely chop each orange. Wash the dandelions and put them together with the oranges in an enamel pan. Boil for 1 hour, then strain the broth, add sugar and squeeze the juice of 1 lemon. Cook, stirring, 20 minutes. Then cool the dandelion jam with oranges, pour into jars and put away for storage.