Apple-lingonberry jam

Few people can give up simple apple jam, can they? And if this taste familiar from childhood is also supplemented with the aroma of berries, the result of such a combination will be an extraordinary and amazing delicacy - apple-lingonberry jam.

This product boasts not only excellent gastronomic qualities. But also a huge benefit for human health. That is why in the midst of the apple season, when there are plenty of mature and juicy fruits, it is worth stocking them for the future and waiting for the collection of lingonberry berries.

In fact, apple jam made according to traditional recipes may seem somewhat fresh in taste, and lingonberry will give the finished product new shades in every sense of the word - a pleasant taste and attractive color. And adding berries to apple-lingonberry jam will largely increase the useful properties of homemade dessert.

To cook apple-lingonberry jam at home, you need to go through fresh berries, removing all damaged fruits and sprigs, and then rinse. As you know, lingonberry is distinguished by the presence of a little bitterness, so you can previously blanch berries in boiling water for about 2-3 minutes.

Prepared berries are laid in sugar syrup, boiled for a short time, and then fresh apples cut with wedges are added to them. There is no need to cook fruits - it is enough to first let them simply drink aromatic sweet syrup and only after cooling down bring to a boil and cook to the transparency of apples. If desired, spices are added to apple-lingonberry jam: lemon zest, a little cinnamon and clove buds.

Some recipes for preparing apple-lingonberry jam provide for the use of natural honey, which acts as a substitute for granulated sugar. Actually. It has been proven that after heat treatment, almost all the benefits of this product are gone, but the jam is prepared more for gastronomic pleasure than for good. That is why before cooking apple-lingonberry jam on honey, carefully weigh all the pros and cons.

Nevertheless, the benefits of natural apple-lingonberry jam cooked at home are not questioned, because it includes unusually valuable products - lingonberries and apples. For example, the composition of lingonberry is considered unique at all - in mature fruits there are substances such as carbohydrates, pectin, organic acids and a lot of vitamins, which partially pass into apple-lingonberry jam.

Regarding the benefits of apples, it is known that substances in their composition have a positive effect on the cardiovascular system, which is due to their ability, increasing the elasticity and permeability of vessel walls, to strengthen them. That is why such a combination of products in apple-lingonberry jam makes this treat valuable from the point of view of medicine.