Jam from the petals of roses. Step-by-Step Recipes

Perhaps, no one refuses to pamper themselves with hot aromatic tea with a favorite jam. Especially valuable are these blanks that become winter, when a jar of sugar delicacy reminds of warm and sunny summer days. Someone prefers plum jam, someone likes apple, and some can not live without crimson. But these are all long-known recipes. How about something new and original? This article will tell you how to make jam from rose petals.

This thing sounds pretty tempting, but somewhat exotic, is not it? Not everyone is ready for this type of experiment. But do not rush to conclusions. A detailed step-by-step recipe will be presented for your review, carefully studying which, you will definitely want to make something like that. After all, jam from roses is not only a beautiful name, but also an insanely delicious treat. It can be added to the cake or served to hot pancakes. In a word, trust those housewives who have been encouraging their family with such a preparation for years.

Before you start cooking, it is worth mentioning that in all recipes we mean only those petals that were torn from the garden plants. Do not buy flowers at all. They can be (and most likely so it is) processed by a huge number of hazardous to human health chemicals. Life is prolonged by roses, but it's obviously not good for food. Do not forget to rinse them properly with cold running water and dry them, preliminarily placing absorbent napkins under them. Do not take newsprint, otherwise in your jam from the petals of roses can get a printing ink containing lead.

First, prepare the syrup. Mix a kilogram of granulated sugar with 1 glass of water, put the saucepan on a gas stove. After boiling, a gray film is formed, which must be removed. Then in the pan you can lay the petals at the rate of 1 kg of sugar - 100 grams of roses. But do not be greedy. The petals strongly boil, so they will need a lot. Only then the jam from the rose will have a rich taste. Everything is brought to the boiling point on a slow fire. Leave weight to infuse for 12 hours. After that, we scramble to put the pan on the gas, again bring it to a boil, remove the film (this time it should have a pink tinge) and cook for about another half an hour. Did you notice that the mass began to thicken? Then gently add lemon juice (2 tablespoons). It can be replaced with half a teaspoon of acid. Cook for about 2 minutes and remove the pan from the plate. If necessary, we sterilize the jars and roll the treat. Now it can be stored with you for a long time.

Jam from the petals of roses can be prepared and cold way. And this recipe is no worse than the previous one. He will especially like those who do not want to burden themselves with cooking. It will require 300 grams of petals and 600 grams of granulated sugar. The number of ingredients can be changed, keeping the proportion. Pre-cut the white tips of the petals. Then mix them with sugar and thoroughly rub with your hands. This is necessary in order to isolate the juice. Tightly pound the resulting mass in a pre-prepared jar (there fill in the liquid formed during the preparation process) and wrap the neck with polyethylene. The container is placed in the refrigerator and insisted to homogeneity of the contents.

Such jam from rose petals is an excellent assistant in the fight against various inflammatory processes in the oral cavity. If you have formed white sores (stomatitis) on the mucosa, then after a few days of eating these sweets they will disappear. Even angina recedes due to the wonderful healing properties of jam. Take this note and use it as a prophylaxis against diseases of this kind.