Melon jam

Surely, there are no such people who would give up a slice of fresh melon. The melon's unusually fragrant and sweet taste makes it one of the exquisite yet affordable desserts.

Melons ripen in the second half of summer, when many culinary experts prefer to harvest numerous pickles and marinades for future use, including melon jam. Melon jam not only allows you to enjoy the excellent taste of this fruit in winter, but also fill the body with a mass of useful substances, so necessary in the cold season.

In order to make delicious melon jam on your own, you need to choose a few unripe fruits, preferably without darkening. In addition, the melon pulp should not only be fragrant, but also dense enough so that during the cooking process it does not turn into mush. The melon's outer skin is trimmed, the core, along with the bones, is cleaned, and the flesh is cut into small pieces that sink into the boiling water for a few minutes, then doused with cold water.

At the next stage of making homemade melon jam, a sugar syrup is prepared, the degree of saturation of which will depend not only on the taste of the finished product. Cold melon pieces are poured with prepared hot syrup and future jam is left for several hours. It is recommended to boil products in several steps, the time duration of which should not be too long.

By the way, the preparation of melon jam has its own subtleties, knowing and applying which you can get a truly culinary masterpiece. So, for example, to give melon jam an unusual appearance, fresh slices are recommended to be cut using a special shaped knife.

In addition, melon jam can be prepared with the addition of other fruits - in particular, bananas are perfectly combined with melon. Ready-made melon jam with bananas has an excellent taste and aroma, however, the calorie content of such a dessert also increases to some extent.

In general, melon is referred to those fruits that not only have high taste qualities, but are also considered a real treasure trove of vitamins. Due to its many beneficial properties, melon is an essential vitamin product, especially during its maturity.

Fresh fruits contain mineral salts, starch, sugar, vitamins and fiber, some of which remain even after heat treatment - that is, in melon jam. Doctors advise people with low blood and cardiovascular diseases to consume fresh melon and foods prepared from it, due to the high content of potassium and iron salts in the fruits. In addition, melon can bring irreplaceable benefits to those who suffer from kidney and liver diseases.