Tired of the usual berry or fruit jam? Or maybe the stocks are already ready for a long time and you just want variety? Then, especially for you, we have found an amazing curiosity - green walnut jam. Keep 10 interesting recipes!
1. Jam from green walnuts with sugar
For this recipe, peel the green peels of the nuts first.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1 kg of sugar.
Preparation: Make several punctures on each nut and soak them for 10 days, changing the water 2-3 times a day. After that, fill the nuts with 3 liters of water again and leave for another day, and then boil for 20 minutes in the same water.
After another day, rinse the nuts, sprinkle with sugar and pour in another 500 ml of water. Bring everything to a boil, boil for 15 minutes and leave again for 24 hours. Repeat this step 2 more times and roll the jam into jars.
2. Jam from green walnuts with skin
Of course, this is a very long process, but almost all the time is spent on insisting, and the cooking itself is nothing at all!
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1 kg of sugar, 300 ml of water, 2 cinnamon sticks.
Preparation: Fill the nuts with water and leave for 2-3 weeks, changing the water every day. After that, rinse the nuts and boil for about 1.5 hours until tender, so that they can be pierced with a toothpick.
Mix sugar and 300 ml of water, bring to a boil and pour the nuts into the syrup. Boil the jam for 1.5 hours, and add cinnamon or other spices 15 minutes before the end. Pour the jam into sterilized jars.
3. Jam from green walnuts with soda
Clean the nuts with gloves because they get very dirty and can be mildly irritating.
You will need: 2 kg of green walnuts, 2 kg of sugar, 200 ml of water, 300 g of soda.
Preparation: Peel the green peels of the nuts, place in a large saucepan, cover with baking soda and cover them completely with water. Leave everything in this form for about 4 hours, and then rinse the fruits thoroughly.
Add sugar to the nuts, add 200 ml of water and gradually bring to a boil. Boil on minimum heat for half an hour, then cool the jam completely and repeat this step twice more. After the last cooking, roll the blank into the jars.
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4. Jam from green walnuts with lemon
Lemon gives walnut jam a slight sourness and piquancy.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1 kg of sugar, 1 lemon, 10 cloves.
Preparation: Peel the green peels of the nuts and cover with water for 10 days, changing them twice a day. Drain the water, rinse the nuts thoroughly and make a few punctures in each. Soak them for another day, put them in boiling water and boil them for 10 minutes.
Combine sugar with 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Add cloves, lemon juice and zest, put nuts in syrup and boil for 10 minutes. Let the workpiece cool down, boil it again - and so only three times. Place the jam in sterilized jars.
5. Jam from green walnuts with citric acid
We recommend adding a couple of star anise or cardamom stars while cooking.
You will need: 1 kg green walnuts, 1 kg sugar, 2 tsp. citric acid.
Preparation: Soak the nuts in cold water for 2 weeks, changing the water 2-3 times a day. Rinse them, remove the green peel in the seals and put them in a basin. Pour the nuts with 2 liters of water with a spoonful of citric acid and leave for another day.
Boil the nuts in the same water for 10 minutes, drain it and fill it with a new citric acid solution. After another day, completely rinse the nuts, cover with sugar, add spices, 1 liter of water, and put on fire. Boil the jam for about 40 hours and roll up immediately.
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6. Armenian-style green walnut jam
For convenience, put all the spices in a gauze bag and just take it out at the end of cooking.
You will need: 1 kg green walnuts, 2 kg sugar, 1 liter water, 2 cinnamon sticks, 10 cloves, 5 cardamom seeds.
Preparation: Peel the nuts and cover with cold water for 2 weeks, changing it constantly. Rinse and dry the soaked nuts well and make 5-7 punctures on each. Boil them for 10 minutes in boiling water, and then fill them with cold water and leave for another hour.
Add 1 liter of water to the sugar, boil the syrup to a boil and pour over the nuts. Put a bag of spices there and boil everything together for 10 minutes. Remove the jam from the heat, leave it for a day, boil it again for 10 minutes - and so on three more times. Pour the jam into the jars for the last time.
7. Jam from green walnuts with honey
The more honey, the tastier and better the preparation is stored. This is more of a medicinal jam than just a dessert.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1.5 kg of honey.
Preparation: Grind green nuts in a meat grinder or blender, add honey and mix well. Spread the jam in dry sterilized jars and roll up. The concentrated mixture can be further diluted with water.
8. Jam from green walnuts with lime
Lime helps speed up the long jam-making process. Here's how to handle it!
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1.2 kg of sugar, slaked lime (100 g per 1 liter of water), 100 ml of water, a pinch of citric acid.
Preparation: Fill the nuts with cold water for 2 days, changing it 3-4 times a day. Prepare a solution of lime, let it brew and fill them with nuts for another day. Rinse well, cut into halves and boil for 20 minutes in clean water.
Cool the nuts in cold water and boil for another 30 minutes, then cool again. Prepare sugar syrup, 100 ml water and citric acid. Pour nuts in them, boil for 5 minutes and leave for an hour. It will take 3-4 such boils, after which you can roll the jam into jars.
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9. Jam from green walnuts with spices and cocoa
Regular cocoa powder, but it works wonders!
You will need: 1 kg of nuts, 1 kg of sugar, 40 g of cocoa, 300 ml of water, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger.
Preparation: Fill the nuts with cold water for 2 weeks, changing it regularly. Then boil them for about 3 hours over low heat. Mix sugar and 300 ml of water, boil the syrup, dip the nuts in it and cook for another 2 hours. At the end, add the powdered spices and cocoa diluted in a small amount of cocoa syrup. Roll up the banks.
10. Jam from green walnuts with orange
We recommend adding orange to the jam along with the zest.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1.5 kg of sugar, 10 g of citric acid, 1 liter of water, 2 oranges.
Preparation: Peel the nuts and soak them for 2 weeks, constantly changing the water. Then boil them for about 30 minutes and refrigerate. Boil sugar syrup and 1 liter of water, pour the fruits over them and boil for 5 minutes after boiling.
Let the jam brew for 2 hours and boil for another 5-10 minutes. Add the finely diced oranges and continue cooking for another 20 minutes. Add citric acid at the end and roll up.