If you want an exquisite and healthy treat, make walnut jam. Cooking requires a lot of time and effort, but the results exceed all expectations. We share 15 best recipes, cook and enjoy!
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1. Classic walnut jam recipe
Wear gloves when handling nuts to avoid staining your hands.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1.5 kg of sugar, 1 liter of water, juice of one lemon.
Cooking: Peel nuts, pierce in several places and soak in water for 10 days. Boil the nuts in fresh water for 10 minutes and drain in a colander.
Boil water with sugar, add nuts and cook for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, cool and repeat the procedure after an hour. At the third cooking, add lemon juice, boil for 15 minutes, pour into jars and roll up.
2. Walnut jam with lemon
It is recommended to eat no more than 4 tbsp per day. nut jam.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1 lemon, 1.5 kg of sugar, 1200 ml of water.
Cooking: Prepare the nuts, cut and soak for 7-10 days. Lemon scald with boiling water and cut along with the peel. Boil water with sugar, add nuts and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, cool and after an hour, boil the nuts for another 10 minutes. For the third time, add lemon and cook for 10 minutes. Arrange the jam in sterilized jars and roll up.
3. Armenian walnut jam
Nuts in jars should be completely covered with syrup.
You will need: 200 pieces of nuts, 2.5 kg of sugar, 3 liters of water, 1 cinnamon stick, 10 pieces of cardamom and cloves, 0.5 tsp. citric acid.
Cooking: Peel nuts and soak for 10 days. Boil water with sugar, add spices and cook for 10 minutes. Add nuts, boil for half an hour, turn off and cool. Add citric acid and cook over low heat for 2 hours. Divide the jam into clean jars and roll up.
4. Walnut jam with chocolate
Soak nuts in water with lemon juice for 2 days.
You will need: 1 kg walnuts, 1 kg sugar, 300 g cocoa powder, 0.5 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1 tsp citric acid, 1 glass of water.
Cooking: Prepare the nuts, soak and boil for 2.5 hours. Transfer to sugar syrup and cook for 1.5 hours. Add cocoa powder, cinnamon, citric acid and boil for another 15 minutes. Divide jam into jars and close with lids.
5. Jam with walnuts and honey
It is better to use nuts of milk ripeness.
You will need: 2 kg of walnuts, 1 cup of honey, 1.5 liters of water, 1 kg of sugar, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 5 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick.
Cooking: Soak nuts for 7 days in clean water, boil twice for 15 minutes and cool. Cook a sweet syrup from water and sugar, add nuts, spices, citric acid and honey. Boil the jam for 2 hours over low heat and roll into jars.
6. Jam with walnuts and apples
Nuts for jam are harvested in early June.
You will need: 1 kg of peeled nuts, 500 g of apples, 1 kg of sugar, 0.5 tsp. citric acid, 1 liter of water, 5 allspice peas, 0.5 cinnamon sticks.
Cooking: Prepare nuts, soak and boil in water for half an hour. Change the water, add sugar and cook for 15 minutes. Add spices, chopped apples and turn off after 10 minutes. After an hour, repeat the procedure again. For the third time, add citric acid, boil for 15 minutes and pour into sterilized jars.
7. Bulgarian walnut jam
The easiest and fastest recipe for nut jam!
You will need: 1 kg of milky walnuts, 1 kg of sugar, half a cinnamon stick, 10 g of cardamom, 200 g of citric acid, water.
Cooking: Prepare and wash nuts. Mix 10 g of citric acid with 1 liter of water, add nuts and boil for 10 minutes, cool. Repeat the procedure 5 times in a new solution.
Boil 0.5 liters of water with sugar, add spices, nuts and boil for 60 minutes. Add 5 g of citric acid and cook for another 10 minutes. Pour hot jam into jars and cover with lids.
8. Black walnut jam
Change the water in nuts 3-5 times a day.
You will need: 1.5 kg of green walnuts, 1 kg of sugar, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 cardamom, half a lemon, 3 cloves, 1 liter of water.
Cooking: Peeled nuts are pierced and soaked first in lime and then in plain water. Boil syrup from water and sugar, add nuts, spices and boil for half an hour. Turn off and remove the jam to infuse for 12 hours V. Pour lemon juice into the pan, boil for 15 minutes over low heat, catch the spices and cool. Boil for 10 minutes and pour into jars.
9. Jam with walnuts and plums
The jam is very tasty and fragrant!
You will need: 500 g of walnut kernels, 1 kg of plums, 1 kg of sugar, juice of half a lemon, 3 cardamom, 3 peas of allspice, vanillin on the tip of a knife.
Cooking: Rinse the plums, make a small incision and remove the pits. Put a nut in each. Boil water with sugar, add lemon juice, spices, plums with nuts and cook for half an hour. Arrange in jars, fill with syrup and roll up.
10. Walnut and Feijoa Jam
Keep this nut jam for no longer than 9 months.
You will need: 1 kg of walnut kernels, 1 kg of peeled feijoa, 1.5 kg of sugar, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, water.
Cooking: Grind feijoa with sugar in a blender. Pour boiling water over the nuts for 15 minutes, rinse, chop and mix with feijoa. Add water, citric acid, boil for 10 minutes and arrange in prepared containers.
11. Jam from halves of a walnut
The softness of the nuts is checked with a toothpick.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1 kg of sugar, juice of half a lemon, 3 cardamom, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 liter of water.
Cooking: Clean the nuts, cut in half and soak. Boil water with sugar, add spices and boil for 5 minutes. Pour the walnuts, cook for half an hour over low heat, cool and remove to infuse for 4-5 hours. Boil again for half an hour and cool. Catch the spices, pour in the lemon juice and boil for 20 minutes. Pour hot jam into jars and roll up.
12. Green walnut jam with peel
Before the first tasting, the jam should be infused for at least 5-6 weeks.
You will need: 100 pieces. walnuts of milk maturity, 1 kg of sugar, 100 ml of lemon juice, vanillin on the tip of a knife, 300 g of quicklime, 1 tbsp. alum, water
Cooking: Remove a thin layer of peel from nuts, soak for 3 days in clean water, 4 days in lime water and rinse. Boil the nuts in water with alum, drain in a colander and cool.
Boil water with sugar, add nuts and cook for 20 minutes. After an hour, repeat the procedure again. For the third time, add vanilla, lemon juice and cook for 15 minutes. Pour the jam into jars and close the lids.
13. Walnut jam with spices
Choose dense nuts of the correct form, without spots and cracks.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 1.5 kg of sugar, 1 lemon, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 cardamom, 3 allspice peas, 50 g of ginger, 1 liter of water.
Cooking: Prepare and soak the nuts. Mix water with sugar and bring to a boil, add spices and boil for 5 minutes. Stir in chopped ginger and soaked nuts. Cook for 45 minutes over low heat under the lid, turn off and put aside for half an hour. Add lemon juice, boil for 15 minutes and turn off. Spread hot jam in jars and roll up.
14. Simple jam with walnuts and sugar
Do not use copper or aluminum utensils to make jam.
You will need: 1 kg of green walnuts, 2 kg of sugar, 1 liter of water.
Cooking: Soak nuts for 10 days in soft water, then boil for 40 minutes and drain in a colander. Boil water with sugar, add nuts and cook for 15 minutes. Turn off and remove the jam to infuse for 3 days. Boil for 15 minutes, pour into prepared jars and roll up.
15. Walnut and sea buckthorn jam
If you wish, you can also add your favorite spices to the jam.
You will need: 500 g walnut kernels, 800 g sea buckthorn, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 1.2 kg of sugar, 400 ml of water.
Cooking: Clean the nuts and chop with a knife. Boil syrup from sugar and water, add nuts and boil for 20 minutes. Add sea buckthorn, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Divide the jam into jars and roll up.
