Melon jam: 23 recipes for cooking

Jam is flowers, berries, fruits or vegetables boiled in sugar. The fruit is boiled, but most of its useful substances are preserved. One of the most delicious and useful options is melon dessert with a pleasant mild aroma and amazing taste. Cooking such jam is not difficult, and it is a great addition to tea. The delicacy is as appreciated as honey.

Composition and Calories

There are 38 kcal in 100 g of product. It contains 44.7 g of carbohydrates, 0.25 g of protein and 0.12 g of fat. Melon is famous not only for its aroma and delicate taste, but also for its rich chemical composition. It contains a variety of vitamins and minerals. The vitamin composition is represented by beta-carotene, vitamins A, B, C, P, E and PP. In addition, when consuming melon, the body receives polyunsaturated fatty, organic acids, fiber, pectin.

Other useful substances include minerals - silicon, sodium, iron, potassium. The body is saturated with minerals such as cobalt, chlorine, phosphorus, fluorine, copper, zinc, calcium, sulfur, magnesium, iodine. After heat treatment, some of these substances are destroyed, but the product is still useful. To preserve as much as possible the benefits of melon, its processing should be kept to a minimum.

What is useful for melon jam

With regular consumption, melon dessert has a beneficial effect on the body:

1. Restores normal blood pressure.
2. Increases immunity and improves metabolism.
3. Strengthens hair follicles, stops hair loss and accelerates hair growth.
4. Provides cleansing of the body from toxic substances.
5. Acts as a mild laxative and a powerful antiparasitic agent.
6. Normalizes the cardiovascular and digestive systems, a positive effect on intestinal peristalsis and digestion.
7. Helps restore healthy skin, get rid of rashes and make pigment spots less noticeable (extract from melon is added to medicines for dermatosis, psoriasis, allergic reactions and other skin problems).
8. Helps even out skin texture.
9. Improves health in chronic fatigue and depression, atherosclerosis, anemia.
10. Helps get rid of avitaminosis and irritation.
11. It has a diuretic effect, which is necessary in pathological processes in the kidneys, when the body accumulates a large amount of fluid.
12. Allows to prolong youthfulness.
13. It restores the healthy state of the mucous membranes in case of a runny nose.

The melon contains a large amount of sugar, which allows you to recharge energy and restore strength. When consuming this product it is possible to increase performance and improve mood due to the serotonin formed as a result of the synthesis of amino acids. The hormone of joy has a positive effect on overall health. Melon is also useful for poor eyesight.

Contraindications

Despite the great benefits of the product, there are contraindications. Limit the consumption of melon or completely exclude it from the diet necessary for the following diseases and conditions:

• Individual intolerance to the components;
• diabetes mellitus;
• Gastrointestinal ulcers;
• diarrhea;
• gastritis;
• breastfeeding.

It is useful to know what it is undesirable to combine fruits of melon culture with: the product negatively affects your health when combined with milk and alcohol. You should not eat melon in the morning, especially on an empty stomach.

Usage in folk medicine and cooking

For the treatment and prevention of melon is used both fresh and processed. The body benefit from candied fruits, marmalade, jam, jam, melon oil and honey. Their application in folk medicine:

• Purification of the body, removal of excess fluid;
• increase stamina, physical and mental abilities by restoring energy;
• eliminate problems associated with hematopoietic processes;
• General strengthening of the body;
• maintaining the normal functioning of the musculoskeletal system, immune and nervous systems;
• reduction of the negative effects of stress and depression;
• elimination of hyperexcitability;
• Providing a diuretic and choleretic effects.

The melon is most valuable when it is fresh. It is dried, dried, used for making juices and desserts. Melon gives a pleasant taste to baked goods, teas and yogurts. In cooking, this product can be used in any way.

How to choose a melon for jam

Any melon crop absorbs harmful substances in the air and soil. The ideal place to grow melons is a plot located away from large industries and polluted roads. Choosing a melon, you should consider such nuances:

1. If there are rotten areas on the rind, dents and any other deformations, it means that the fruit is spoiled, stale.
2. The aroma of ripe melons is pronounced and pleasant. When the smell is bad or absent at all, the fruit is unripe.
3. You should also focus on the tail of the melon crop, it should be dry.
4. After buying the fruit their quality is determined by the full seeds. They should not be brown and dry, these are signs of nitrates.
5. Fruits for jam should be dense and without dark spots, so that the pieces of melon do not turn into mush and hold their shape well.

Tips for making melon jam

Melon jam is a treat with an amazing taste and exquisite flavor. But in order for the dessert to be of high quality, you need to know how to prepare the fruit and boil them correctly:

1. First of all, the skin is removed from the washed melon, then the fruit is cut and the seeds are removed from the pulp.
2. The base for the jam is cut into pieces of a certain shape and placed in water brought to a boil, after a few minutes remove from the fire and lowered into cold water.
3. Then boil the sugar syrup and pour it over the cooled melon. The container is left for a few hours to infuse.
4. The contents of the container is boiled several times, but not for long. The jam is cooked in an aluminum pot. The mass is constantly stirred so that it does not stick.

You can cut the pulp with a shaped knife, then the melon will look beautiful in jars, or add other fruits such as bananas, lemon, oranges, apples, grapefruit, pears. Those who monitor the caloric content of their diet should keep in mind that the values of this indicator for melon jam change when other ingredients are added.

How to cook melon jam: recipes

There are many options for cooking melon treats, among them there are many recipes that allow you to preserve the maximum benefits in the fruit and do not violate the unique taste of melon, but only emphasize it.

Classic variant of cooking

The best basis for melon jam - the fruits of hard varieties. As a result, the integrity of both large and small pieces of pulp will be preserved, and the originally carved figures will not be spoiled. Moderately hard melon does not fall apart during the cooking process, so instead of jam you will not get jam.

The classic recipe requires the following ingredients:

• 1 kg of melon pulp;
• sugar - 600 g.

Cooking process:

1. Peeled from the skin, the melon is cut into cubes. Pieces should be of medium size.
2. Prepared pulp combine with sugar and leave for 1 hour to soak.
3. A container filled with sugar and melon, send on the stove. Boil the jam at minimum heat. The duration of cooking does not exceed 5 minutes.
4. The finished delicacy is removed from the stove and poured into pre-prepared jars and sealed.

To change the consistency of the jam, to make it more dense, it is recommended to introduce bananas in the preparation. You can introduce additional notes by adding lemon zest to your own taste.

Liquid dessert

Liquid dessert is a melon pulp in sugar syrup. After opening a jar of this jam, you can eat the pieces of melon, and leave the syrup to soak biscuits, pancakes or other delicacies. The syrup in the finished product is rich, soaked melon.

To get such a treat, you need to take the following ingredients:

• melon pulp and granulated sugar - 1 kg each;
• pure drinking water - 1 cup;
• cognac - 1 tbsp.

Preparation process:

1. The fruit is cut into several pieces and chopped. As a result, you should get pieces of equal size.
2. Preparations are sprinkled with the amount of alcohol specified in the recipe and covered with sugar.
3. For the pulp to soak well with the added ingredients, it should take at least 2 hours.
4. For the jam you will need sugar syrup. It is prepared while the fruit is infused. The resulting liquid is poured over the crushed pulp and leave it for another day.
5. When 24 hours have passed, put the aluminum container on low heat and keep on the stove for 20 minutes.
6. The finished jam is distributed in jars and closed.

Thick product

If someone does not like melon jam in liquid form, you can make it thick, using the recipe below. List of ingredients:

• The pulp of ripe fruits with a total weight of 2 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg;
• 2 lemons of medium size;
• ginger, 50 grams are enough;
• cinnamon - use depending on taste preferences.

Cooking process:

1. The ideal base for a thick treat - ripe sweet pulp.
2. Cubes of melon are combined with chopped ginger root and freshly squeezed lemon juice. To this mass add cinnamon, based on your own preferences.
3. The preparation is left in a container for 1 hour, so that the ingredients impart their flavor and aroma and soak well.
4. Sugar syrup is prepared on the basis of the specified amount of sugar and water taken in a volume of 1 liter.
5. The ingredients are poured with syrup, placed on the stove and kept at a minimum heat for 20 minutes. As soon as the mass begins to thicken, remove the container from the fire. If desired, you can add a little more cinnamon to the finished product.

Lemon melon jam

Lemon will give the melon base a pleasant sourness. This is a great recipe for those who do not like sugary desserts. The ingredients for its implementation are as follows:

• melon fruits, pulp - 1 kg;
• 2 lemons of medium size;
• sugar - 700 g.

Cooking process:

1. Melon pulp is cut into pieces of equal size. Lemons are also chopped.
2. Prepared fruits are poured into a bowl and put on a stove, where cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
3. The container is put aside so that the mass infused. This takes about 5 hours.
4. The fruits are boiled again, after the cooling of the finished product, it is distributed in jars.

A spicy dessert made with badjan, cinnamon, and cloves

Lovers of all things unusual will taste a transparent treat containing Indian spices. The spicy melon dessert is made with the following ingredients:

• granulated sugar and pulp of melon fruits, peeled from seeds - 0.5 kg each;
• cloves - 3 buds;
• badjanum - 2 stars;
• cinnamon - 1 stick.

Preparation process:

1. The pulp is crushed, giving cubes of the same size. Pour the billet into a saucepan or a deep aluminum bowl. In this bowl and will be cooked jam.
2. The melon is combined with granulated sugar, mixed thoroughly so that the sugar is evenly distributed and covers each piece.
3. Insist the pulp under a closed lid for 8-10 hours, stirring occasionally. Room temperature is recommended.
4. Tilting melon in a colander to drain the liquid. Juice should drain into a pan, he will need for cooking dessert. Usually 20-30 minutes is enough.
5. The melon juice is placed on the stove, waiting for it to boil, then boil, stirring, for 5-7 minutes. The heat should be medium.
6. Pour melon syrup and add spices specified in the recipe.
7. The mixture is put on the fire, stirring regularly so that the sugar and melon do not stick. After 5 minutes, the pot is removed from the fire. When its contents have cooled to room temperature, the procedure is repeated. For the second time, the mixture is also boiled for 5 minutes, and for the third time - 10 minutes.
8. Pre-sterilize jars, pour hot jam and roll up. Send for storage in a cool place, protected from moisture and direct sunlight.

Quick recipe

This recipe is called "five-minute". If you do not want to prepare complex desserts, you can choose a simplified version and get a delicious treat with minimal time.

Ingredients:

• melon pulp - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 2 kg;
• a little lemon juice.

The ratio of products 1:2, you can take any number of them, the main thing is not to break the proportions. The basis for the jam is cut into cubes, mixed with sugar and sprinkled with lemon juice. The jam is boiled a little and cooled, you can use it right away.

Melon dessert with lemon juice and vanilla

Simple, but at the same time interesting combination of products that merge into one, giving a unique flavor and aroma.

Ingredients:

• melon pulp - 850 g;
• granulated sugar - 950 gr;
• 200 ml of purified water;
• lemon juice - 2 tablespoons;
• a little vanillin - on the tip of a knife.

Preparation process:

1. From the fruit remove the skin, take out the core and free it from the pips.
2. The flesh is cut into pieces. The size of the cubes corresponds to individual preferences, the main thing is that they are equal in relation to each other.
3. The melon is poured with boiling water, after 5-7 minutes the water is drained and the pot is filled with cold liquid.
4. Proceed to the boiling of the sugar syrup. Pour the hot solution over the pulp and leave it to infuse for 5 hours.
5. Then put the melon in syrup on the fire and bring to a boil. Boil at the lowest heat for 7 minutes.
6. The flesh is infused again, but this time for 7 hours.
7. Bring melon pieces to boil, add lemon juice and vanilla.

The dessert is ready. Pour it and store it in sterilized jars.

Recipe with cognac

Alcohol gives a special taste to melon. Such a dessert resembles honey and likes a sweet tooth.

To prepare the treat take the following products:

• Melon pulp and sugar in equal quantities - 1 kg;
• cognac - 2 tablespoons;
• pure drinking water - 1 cup;
• citric acid - 0,5 tsp.

Preparation process:

1. Alcohol and granulated sugar are added to the diced pulp. The resulting mixture is left for 4 hours.
2. While the melon is soaking, prepare a syrup with the addition of citric acid.
3. The pulp is combined with ready syrup and infused for another day. Then boil for 30 minutes and distribute in small jars.

Banana melon dessert

Bananas allow you to thicken the jam, they go well with melon. Such a treat is nourishing and caloric, so it is not suitable for everyone.

The ingredients are as follows:

• sugar and melon fruits (pulp) - 1.5 kg each;
• bananas - 900 gr;
• 8 lime fruits;
• cognac - 40 ml.

Preparation process:

1. Sliced melon is filled with sugar and left for a day to saccharify.
2. After a day, squeeze the lime juice into a saucepan to the pulp. The pot is placed on fire for 30 minutes.
3. Then add slices of banana. The mixture continues to boil until it becomes thick in consistency, like mashed potatoes.
4. The jam is poured into jars and rolled up.

Recipe with cinnamon

This recipe is designed for those who like to add various spices and other additives to the jam. To implement it, prepare the following ingredients:

• melon pulp - 3 kg;
• sugar - 1 kg;
• 2 lemons;
• cinnamon to taste.

Preparation process:

1. Chopped into small but equal slices, melon is combined with citrus juice. The container with the pulp is left to infuse for 3 hours.
2. While the pulp soaks in sugar, boil the syrup.
3. Pour melon syrup and put on a small fire, bring to the desired consistency.

Melon and pear

The two main components go well together and complement each other. List of ingredients:

• melon and sugar - 900 g each;
• pear - 1 kg;
• grapefruit (essence) - 100 ml;
• pink pepper - 20 peas;
• half a liter of pure water.

Preparation process:

1. Diced pear is immersed in sugar syrup.
2. The fruit is boiled for 10 minutes, three such procedures are required. Each time waiting for complete cooling to room temperature.
3. To the boiled pear add melon pulp and pepper, essence. The jam is ready, it is distributed in jars.

Jam with watermelon and melon peels

When all possible options are tried, you can prepare an unusual dessert. The ingredients for it are as follows:

• Equal amount of watermelon and melon rinds;
• drinking water - 600 ml;
• granulated sugar - 400 g.

Preparation process:

1. Rinds are cut into cubes, pour with sugar. It takes about 12 hours to insist.
2. The mixture of crusts with granulated sugar is placed on the stove and boiled for a quarter of an hour.
3. The jam is placed in jars, sent for storage.

Jam with melon peels

It is not necessary to combine watermelon and melon peels. Melon peels and when used independently have a good taste in the composition of jam. The ingredients for such a treat are as follows list:

• Rinds of one melon;
• 800 grams of granulated sugar;
• Drinking water - 1 l.

The preparation process:

1. Rinds are crushed. The pieces should not be too large.
2. The main component is immersed in the syrup for 25 minutes, stirring the mass periodically.
3. Crusts are left to infuse, later boiled again, but for 10 minutes and distributed in jars.

Melon jam

Jams are loved by many people, because they give an interesting taste to pancakes, waffles and other food. They can be added to ice cream, which is especially important in the heat. Aromatic melon jam consists of the following components:

• pulp - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 850 gr;
• vermouth - 100 ml (you can use white wine, both semi-sweet and dry will do);
• lemon - 2 pcs.

Preparation process:

1. Washed melon is cut into two parts, remove the skin.
2. Take out the core with pips and carefully peel it.
3. Prepared pulp cut into cubes, poured into a pan with the other ingredients. Lemons are not used, only freshly squeezed juice is required.
4. The contents of the pot is boiled over low heat. Cooking time with periodic stirring is 1 hour.
5. Ready jam is distributed in jars, which were previously sterilized, and securely corked.

Jam with ginger root

To get a delicious treat with ginger, you need to prepare the following products:

• pulp - 1.9 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1,3 kg;
• ginger (root) - a small piece of 50 grams is enough;
• orange;
• vanilla and cinnamon powder - 2 and 4 g respectively.

The cooking process:

1. The main ingredients, such as melon, orange, ginger, cut into pieces, pour into a pot and add half of the sugar.
2. After 3 hours, when the ingredients have soaked in sugar, add its second part and drinking water.
3. The jam is cooked at minimum heat. Boil it until a thick consistency.

Recipe with apples

Melon is combined with many products, a new taste is formed when apples are added to the composition of the jam. Full list of ingredients:

• melon pulp - 1.4 kg;
• apples - 500 gr;
• granulated sugar - 550 gr;
• zest of one lemon.

Preparation process:

1. The pulp is crushed with a blender.
2. To the resulting pulp add sugar and send the pot to minimum heat.
3. After a while, put the zest and sliced apples in the pot.
4. The mass is boiled for 10-12 minutes and removed from the stove.

Store in sterilized jars.

Orange melon jam

Citrus fruits are not a bad addition to melon desserts. The composition of the treat:

• 1.5 kg of melon;
• 3 orange;
• 2 kg of sugar;
• purified water - 700 ml.

Preparation process:

1. Shredded pulp is mixed with sugar.
2. The main component of the jam is left for 4 hours to soak in sugar.
3. The contents of the pot is poured fresh sugar syrup. Within a day, the mass insist.
4. Shredded orange is added last, and proceed to boil until thick.

Dessert with grapefruit and melon pulp

Grapefruit is one of many fruits used in dishes along with melon. Ingredients for the dessert:

• one kilogram of melon;
• one grapefruit;
• 750 grams of granulated sugar.

Cooking process:

1. The melon slices are insisted in sugar for 10 hours.
2. Then the mass is boiled for about 15 minutes and infused again, but for 5 hours.
3. The next step is the addition of sliced grapefruit. The duration of cooking is about 30 minutes.

Store the delicacy in small jars.

Valuable product - melon honey

No additional ingredients are required, honey is brewed only on the basis of melon. The pulp is crushed with a blender. Next, work with the squeezed juice. A pan with liquid is put on minimum heat and removed from the fire when the product has thickened.

Cooking jam without sterilizing jars

The recipe is not so much complicated as it is long. It takes several days to implement it. Ingredients:

• The pulp of one melon;
• 800 grams of granulated sugar;
• 0.4 liters of pure water;
• a little citric acid.

Preparation process:

1. First the syrup is boiled. Then slices of melon are immersed in this syrup and boiled.
2. Three days this process is repeated. Each time the pulp insist on 13-14 hours.
3. At the last boil, pour citric acid, the component is taken by eye.

Recipe for a delicacy without added sugar

Sugar can be replaced by honey. Some people like it better, and for some it is vital.

Prepare the following components:

• one kilogram of melon pulp;
• half a kilogram of honey;
• one lemon;
• vanilla.

Preparation process:

1. The pulp is cut into any pieces, even randomly.
2. The melon is infused in honey for 7 hours.
3. The juice of a lemon is squeezed into a saucepan. The mixture is boiled for 10 minutes, then infused again for several hours.
4. Vanilla was added at the very end of the last boil, which lasted 20 minutes. The jam should be thick.

Recipe for multicooker

Even in the multicooker you can make delicious jam. And most importantly - this way allows you to simplify the process a little bit.

Ingredients:

• one kilogram of melon pulp;
• one orange;
• Sesame seeds - the amount depends on personal preference.

Cooking process:

1. Ingredients are mixed and boiled in the multicooker for an hour, be sure to stir.
2. Jars are filled with jam and sealed.

Recipe for the bread machine

Melon dessert can also be prepared in the bread machine. One possible option using the following ingredients:

• 1 kilogram of pulp;
• 1.5 kg of granulated sugar;
• Quittin - the contents of one sachet are enough;
• vanilla.

Cooking process:

1. Sugar is mixed to the pulp, left to infuse for 2 hours.
2. The mass is combined with quittin and cook for an hour.
3. The finished product is poured into jars after a complete cooling.

Rules of storage of jam

If the jam is made in large quantities and slowly eaten, it is better to prepare a thick dessert. The fact is that the consistency of the product depends on its shelf life. In liquid form, melon treats are stored worse.

It is recommended to create optimal storage conditions - +12-18°C. The most suitable place for placing jam is a place protected from direct sunlight and moisture - cellar, refrigerator. If you choose to jam tin containers, pre-treat them with petroleum jelly. By performing such a simple action, it is possible to prevent oxidation.

Interesting facts about melon

1. The plant is an annual.
2. The culture was first cultivated in Asia (southwestern regions) and Africa.
3. In America, the melon crop spread in the 15th-16th century thanks to the Spanish settlers.
4. It is known that the ancient Egyptians were engaged in its cultivation about 2 thousand years BC.
5. The most common varieties are Cantaloupe and Casaba, as well as Muscat melons and Persian melons.
6. It is one of the symbols of fertility and a happy, luxurious life. Melons used to be a scarce commodity, so the prices were high.
7. The process of ripening the fruit lasts for 3-4 months. The crop has a peculiarity: if you pick a melon unripe, it will not become sweet.
8. A quarter of melons consumed worldwide are imported from China. The volume of fruits supplied to the market is 8 million tons a year.
9. Fruits of different varieties differ in shape, size, taste and texture of flesh, and color of the rind.
10. The plant is characterized by the presence of two types of flowers - bipartite and stamen flowers.
11. 90% of the melon is water, the remaining 10% is vitamin and mineral content. Nevertheless, the fruits are nutritious, they provide the body with enough energy.
12. Thanks to the high content of fiber and alkali, it cleanses the intestines and removes harmful substances from the body.
13. The product has no calories, so it is included in the diet. Weight loss is the result of eliminating excess fluid and restoring the normal functioning of the digestive tract.
14. The largest fruit grown in the world is a melon weighing 2,000 kilos. The record was set by an Austrian farmer in 2009.
15. Potassium contained in melons normalizes blood pressure, regulates heartbeat and prevents attacks.
16. Yubari King melons have become the most expensive in the world. They are grown only in a small region of Japan. It is the juiciest and sweetest melon known today, with the tenderest flesh. It is sold at auctions, and can fetch $20,000.
17. Almost all parts of the melon, including the seeds, leaves and roots, are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
18. Roasted and dried melon seeds are a common snack in African and Indian cuisine.
19. Melon has rejuvenating properties. In the East they say: "Melon makes hair shiny, eyes young, lips fresh, desires strong, opportunities fulfilled, men desirable, and women beautiful.
20. The serpentine melon is grown in Central Asia. The fruits are juicy, with a sweetish taste, reminiscent of melon when ripe, while the young fruit looks more like a cucumber.
21. In the 19th century, the melon was considered an aristocratic extravagance. The French traveler Marquis de Custine, who visited Russia in 1839, marveled at the richness of the local greenhouses: "Russian nobles consider it a luxury to have pineapples, grapes, peaches, and melons at the table at all times."
22. The Cucumis microcarpus melon has a strawberry flavor. This variety is grown in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Fruits are used for canning, such as compotes.

Melon is tasty and fragrant, for which many people like it. Since the season is short, housewives harvest the fruit for the winter. Jam is a wonderful variant of dessert, in the cooking of which the useful substances are not completely destroyed. The benefits are partially preserved, so the proposed recipes are quite a successful option of making.

Melon and melon desserts have a positive effect on the human body, are used both for preventive purposes and for treatment. But you should not forget about the existing restrictions in diabetes mellitus and pathological processes in the organs of the digestive system.