Pumpkin jam

As you know, pumpkin can be perfectly stored in its natural form, without losing freshness for a relatively long time. Nevertheless, it is quite problematic to have a dozen and a half large orange fruits at home, so often city hostesses cast preference for various options for canned pumpkin. One way to preserve healthy and delicious pumpkin for the winter season is with pumpkin jam.

It is worth saying that those people who have never tasted this treat need to at least cook a couple of jars of pumpkin amber jam as a culinary experiment. After trying and making sure pumpkin jam is always fragrant, tender, without the characteristic smell that comes with raw pumpkin, you might be cooking it annually.

To make pumpkin jam, it is advised to select not quite mature fruits, which are peeled and seeded, and then cut into cubes, bars or slices. Sometimes fresh fruits are rubbed on a coarse grater. An additional taste and aroma of pumpkin jam is given by apples, citrus fruits, sea buckthorn berries or currants added to its composition - in general, almost any fruit and berry crops that differ in pronounced sour taste.

The basic principles of making pumpkin jam do not differ much: this natural treat can be boiled in one go for half an hour to an hour. In addition, depending on the formulation, pumpkin jam is prepared in several stages, allowing the pieces to soak in sugar syrup.

The ready-made pumpkin jam has a rich taste and an attractive appearance. It can become not only a delicious supplement to tea or coffee, but also used as a filling for cakes, pies, cakes and other types of homemade pastries. In addition, pumpkin jam is great with ice cream, jelly, whipped cream. The average calorie content of pumpkin jam is kcal per hundred grams, but depending on the amount of sugar used, it can vary up or down.

By the way, when you make pumpkin jam, never throw away pumpkin seeds. It is enough to dry them, and then consume them similarly to sunflower seeds. Due to the content of numerous useful substances, they contribute to the normalization of the gastrointestinal tract.

The benefits of pumpkin jam

The benefits of pumpkin jam for the human body are due to the presence of vital substances in fresh fruits (partially after heat treatment). For example, carotene is present in this solar vegetable, which has an extremely positive effect on vision and acts as a preventive agent against cancer.

The benefits of pumpkin jam are also confirmed thanks to the unique combination of potassium and magnesium in this product - this helps to get rid of excess fluid from the body, which is especially important for people with diseases of the urinary system.