Jam of pine cones (4 photos) Bashny.Net

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Young pine cones in different climatic zones are collected at different times. In Ukraine, it's the middle of May - beginning of June, in central Russia - June 21-25. Jam can be cooked from the pine cones that are easy to cut with a knife or a nail punctured. To collect the appropriate knobs have reached 1-4 cm in length.

Collecting pine knobs, pay attention to their appearance. It happens that a pine can be affected by insects: with such a tree is not necessary to collect cones.



Honey "from pine cones. The collected buds go, wash, remove spoiled. Cones fall asleep in a pot and cover them with cold water. Water should be poured so that it covered the little bumps (1-1, 5 cm). It should bring water to a boil and add 1 kg of sugar (per 1 kg of sugar in 1 liter of water). Once the sugar has dissolved, bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat and simmer for about 1 5 hours. To clear the jam was in the process of digestion is necessary to remove the foam. When the jam is ready, cones soaked with syrup and become translucent, slightly reddish.



"Sunshine" jam. Washed cones cut to pieces, crumble in sugar. In banks laid resulting mixture was a sweet thick layers 1, 5-2 cm, each of which also poured sugar (top layer should be coated lumps them entirely). Banks cover with a clean cloth or gauze, put in a sunny warm place and shaken from time to time that the sugar is completely dissolved and formed a syrup. When the sugar has dissolved completely, "Sunny" can try to jam. Close the jam tight lid and store in a cool dark place.