Jam from walnuts



Many firmly believe: in order to try an exotic delicacy, you must certainly go somewhere far abroad. But in fact, our people are so adventurous, and the gifts of nature are so rich that we have very often unique pieces for winter. In addition, such exotic delicacies, in addition to their unusual taste and composition, are usually mega-useful. Here, for example, did you know that from green walnuts you can cook a stunning jam? Homemade jam from walnuts not only looks very unusual, but also strikes with its unique taste. Recipes of this delicious delicacy, which came to us from Armenian cuisine, a lot. But at the same time all recipes are quite similar: only young immature fruits without peel are brewed, soaked with lime or soda, and preparation takes from several days to a week. On the benefits and harm of jam from walnuts and talk further. Also below you are waiting for the most delicious simple recipes with photos and videos of cooking this unique piece for the winter.







Who benefits from homemade jam from young walnuts - benefits and harm of harvesting for the winter



Before talking about the benefits (especiallyuseful) and the harm of homemade jam from young walnuts, one very important point needs to be clarified. To prepare this delicacy at home is not enough for everyone. Only very patient and hardworking masters can master the recipe for cooking jam from green walnuts. And the reason for this is too long and painstaking process of preparation of unripe fruits, which, depending on the prescription, can be dragged on for a week. However, ready homemade jam from young walnuts, about the benefits (to whom it is useful) and the harm of which will be discussed later, fully justifies these efforts. Firstly, it is very tasty and resembles tender honey nectar with a nutty aftertaste. Secondly, such jam is incredibly useful, so in the content of vitamin C, unripe nuts are a hundred times higher than their citrus companions. And thirdly, this delicacy has practically no contraindications, except for a pronounced allergic reaction to nuts.



Who should use homemade jam from young walnuts?



Therefore, summarizing all the above written, you can withoutIt is useful to use jam from green walnuts for adults and children. Especially useful this delicacy will be for those who to some extent suffer from such ailments:




  • chronic diseases of the upper respiratory tract


  • diseases of the cardiovascular system


  • lowered immunity and predisposition to frequent influenza and ARVI


  • diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including chronic gastritis


  • many gynecological diseases


  • rheumatism, gout, arthritis


  • high nervous excitability, sleep disorders



Jam from a young walnut without lime, a simple recipe with a photo



This version of jam from a young walnutrather simple, and instead of traditional for such lime recipes, it uses ordinary soda. Soda is needed in order to remove unnecessary bitterness from unripe fruits in the final stage of preparation. Read more on how to boil jam of their young walnuts without lime into a simple recipe with a photo next.



Jam from walnuts



Necessary ingredients for jam from a young walnut without lime




  • young walnuts - 5 kg


  • sugar - 2 kg


  • water - 1, 5 liters


  • soda



Instructions for a jam recipe from a young walnut without the use of lime




  1. For the preparation of jam use onlyunripe so-called milk nuts - they have not yet formed a hard shell, and inside is a tender milky middle. Nuts need to collect, rinse, remove the spoiled fruit.Jam from walnuts


  2. The next stage will take a lot of time and will requirethe presence of good rubber gloves. Otherwise, the skin of the hands will acquire an ugly brown shade, which will be almost impossible to wash off for several weeks. Therefore, wearing gloves and armed with a sharp knife for vegetables, you should clear the nuts from the peel. Large specimens must then be cut in half.Jam from walnuts


  3. Now you need to pour refined fruits coldwater and leave for 4 hours. After this time, the water should be drained, and the nuts should be refilled with clean, cold water. Again leave for 4 hours, and then repeat the procedure again.Jam from walnuts


  4. With each subsequent change of water, the nuts will bebecome darker, do not worry, this is normal. After the water is changed three times, the nuts should be refilled with cold water, but with the addition of soda at the rate of 100 grams per 100 nuts. Leave for the whole night, and in the morning, drain the soda solution and rinse the fruit thoroughly.Jam from walnuts


  5. Then you can start cooking. For this sugar pour water and bring the syrup to a boil.Jam from walnuts


  6. After boiling, pour the nuts into the syrup, reduce the heat and bring it back to a boil. After boil 15-20 minutes before thickening.Jam from walnuts


  7. Remove from the plate and pack the jam on sterile jars, plug them with covers.Jam from walnuts



Delicious jam from young green walnuts, step by step recipe



Delicious jam from young green nuts onThe next step-by-step recipe is prepared using slaked lime. To be afraid of this unusual component in the prescription is not worth it - it is completely safe for health, as it is used exclusively for steeping fruits. Then the lime water is washed several times, so for the ready taste of jam from young green walnuts from the step-by-step recipe further, it does not affect.



Jam from walnuts



Necessary ingredients for a delicious jam from young walnuts




  • green nuts - 2 kg


  • sugar - 1 kg


  • water



Step-by-step instruction for the recipe of tasty jam from green walnuts




  1. First of all, we clean the nuts from the green peel, cut the large fruits in half.


  2. Fill the peeled peanuts with cold water and leave for a day. During this time the water needs to be changed 2-3 times. Then repeat the procedure for 3 more days.


  3. On the fourth day, the water is drained and filled with new nuts, but with the addition of lime. To do this, add 1 gallon of water to 100 grams of hydrated lime. We withstand 4 hours and drain.


  4. After the calcareous water, the nuts are well washed and again filled with plain cold water for 2 days according to the previous scheme with a change of water 2-3 times.


  5. After this stage, we turn to cooking: in a liter of water, we cultivate a kilogram of sugar and cook a homogeneous syrup. After the syrup boils, add the nuts and cook for another 20 minutes.


  6. Hot jam is packed in sterile jars and clogged.



How to cook Armenian jam from walnuts (young and green), step by step recipe



Armenian jam from walnuts is also preparedfrom young and green fruits, but in the recipe there are differences. For example, the proportions of sugar and nuts differ, or they cook with the addition of spices. However, from the addition of the same cloves such jam becomes only more useful. In this case, possible damage from the residues of the peel is neutralized by slaked lime. Read more on how to prepare Armenian jam from Greek young and green nuts in the video recipe further.



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