Prepare a lot of delicious dishes from melon, and especially delicious desserts are obtained: fruit salad, jelly, ice cream, sorbet and jam. All these sweets have a delicate taste and exquisite aroma.
Let's talk about how to make a melon jam and what other dishes can be made from this product.
Recipes.
Billets from melon. Jam.
For his preparation, take:
- Kilogram of melon.
- Glass of water.
- One and a half kilograms of sugar.
- 3 grams of citric acid.
- 5 grams of vanillin.
Thoroughly wash the melon in water, clean it from thepeel and remove all the seeds. Flesh cut into cubes of small size and blanch them for five minutes in boiling water. After that, after draining the water, chop the pieces of melon. From the water and sugar, prepare the syrup and pour them the cooled cubes. Leave the juice for 7 hours. Then boil it on a small fire, cook two minutes, remove from the plate and leave for 5 hours. At the end of this time, boil the melon again and let it stand for a whole night (12 hours). After this, cook it again, add a little citric acid and vanillin, carefully mix the mass and pour over the sterilized jars.
Jam from melon and apples.
For preparation, take:
- 2 kg. melon pulp.
- A kilogram of sugar.
- 700gr. apples (peeled).
- A teaspoon of lemon peel.
Well wash the melon and apples.Trim the peel and remove the seeds. Slices the melon and chop it in a blender. In an enamel saucepan simmer simmer slowly with sugar until it starts to thicken a little. Do not forget to remove the foam.
Peel the apples into small pieces andput it in the jam. Once again, boil the melon-apple mass and leave it on the stove for another five minutes. In a hot kind, pour out the resulting sweet mass into cans.
Jam from melon and bananas.
For its preparation, please store the following products:
- 750 grams of melon.
- 400 grams of bananas.
- 800 grams of sugar.
- 2 lemons.
- Glass of water.
Wash the melon and cut it into four pieces.Remove seeds, peel, flesh cut into slices. Sliced melon in a container, fill with sugar, cover with a towel and leave to infuse for the night. Then transfer the sweet mass into a saucepan, pour in the lemon juice, mix well and boil for half an hour on a small fire.
The second lemon and bananas slice thincircles, which then add to the melon quarry. Cook until fruit becomes soft, and the mass does not thicken. After that, remove the jam from the fire, cool it a bit and spread it over the jars.
Melon dishes are not limited to sweets. From this product can turn out a wonderful salad. Not many people know, melon can still be marinated.
Marinated melon.
Take 1 liter of water, 1 liter of vinegar (5%), 700 grams. sugar, a spoonful of salt, 8 spoonfuls of honey, cinnamon, 10pcs. cloves, sweet pepper. Mix all the ingredients and cook the marinade.
Cut the melon into 2 parts, remove the seeds, andCut the cuticle. Slice the cubes into cubes. Lay the pieces of melon on the cans and pour in pre-cooked chilled marinade. Roll banks and sterilize them for at least half an hour, and store them in a cool place.
Salad with melon, asparagus and jamon.
For this dish you will need:
- 60 gr. melons (pulp).
- Tablespoon of oil (olive).
- 100 gr. cognac.
- 60 gr. asparagus.
- 40 gr. butter.
- 40 gr. mushrooms (white).
- Ham hamon-40gr.
- Balsamic vinegar.
Remove asparagus tips and blanch it in waterwith the addition of a small amount of sugar and salt. Peel and mash the mushrooms, and then fry them in oil (olive). Cut the melon into cubes. Ham - striped, which then roll up rolls. In the frying pan pour the cognac and evaporate it into 1/3 piece, add this oil, wait for it to melt, and drip a bit of balsamic vinegar. On the plate lay the sauce, then the asparagus, melon and ham jamon.
The dish is ready.
