If you are looking for a strange yet delicious type of jam, don’t rush past this article! Because right now, TasteVN will go to the kitchen and immediately make 2 super delicious sweet melon jam recipes to enrich your snacks, so let’s take note right away!
1. Melon Jam
Preparation
15 minutes
Processing
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Melon Jam For 4 people
Melon 500 gr Lime juice 1/2 fruit White sugar 80 gr Filtered water 100 ml
How to Make Cantaloupe Jam
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Prepare and Blend the Cantaloupe
Wash the cantaloupe you bought with water to remove dirt, cut off both ends of the cantaloupe and peel the skin.
Place the cantaloupe on a cutting board, cut it in half horizontally, then use a spoon to scoop out the seeds. Continue to cut the cantaloupe into thick slices.
Add 500g of cantaloupe and 100ml of water into a blender and blend until smooth.
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Cook the Cantaloupe Jam
Next, place a pot on the stove, add the blended cantaloupe, add 80g of white sugar, squeeze the juice from 1/2 lemon and add it, then bring to a boil.
When the mixture in the pot starts boiling and foaming, use a spoon to skim off the foam, then reduce the heat and cook until the mixture thickens, then turn off the heat.
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Final Product
Finally, you put the jam into a glass jar and wait until it cools down to be able to use it immediately. With just a few simple steps, you have the melon jam ready.
The jam has a light sweetness and a hint of the aroma of melon lingering. With this jam, you can enjoy it with bread or yogurt, and it tastes great!
2. Aromatic Melon Jam
Preparation
10 minutes
Processing
40 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Aromatic Melon Jam Serves 4
Melon 1 kg Pineapple 1 fruit (dứa) White sugar 300 gr Water 10 ml
How to choose fresh and delicious pineapple
- To buy fresh and delicious pineapple, you should choose fruits with a uniformly yellow skin or with a few green spots; these are ripe pineapples, and their taste will be sweet and delicious. The more uniformly yellow the skin, the sweeter the flesh of the pineapple will be.
- You should select pineapples that are round and plump, as these will have more flesh and less core. When holding the pineapple, it should feel heavy; a gentle squeeze should reveal that the pineapple is neither too hard nor too soft, and smelling near the crown will give off a characteristic sweet aroma.
- You should avoid purchasing pineapples with green skin, as these are unripe and will taste sour. Also, do not buy pineapples that have a reddish-yellow color, as these have been harvested for a long time, resulting in poor taste and fewer nutrients.
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How to make fragrant cantaloupe jam
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Prepare and cook the cantaloupe
After purchasing the cantaloupe, wash it clean with water, cut the fruit in half lengthwise, and use a spoon to scrape out the inner flesh. Place the cantaloupe on a cutting board, peel off the skin, and cut it into small cubes.
Next, place a pan on the stove, add 1kg of diced cantaloupe to the pan and stir-fry until the cantaloupe is slightly cooked, dissolve 300gr of granulated sugar and add it in, keep the heat low and stir until it thickens.
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Prepare and blend the pineapple
Wash 1 pineapple with clean water, use a knife to peel the skin and remove the eyes, then cut it into thin slices. After that, place the pineapple into a blender, add 10ml of water and blend until smooth.
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Cooking the pineapple jam
Add the blended pineapple into the pan, place it on the stove, turn the heat low, and stir until the pineapple thickens.
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Making melon pineapple jam
Finally, add the pineapple jam and the cooked melon into a bowl, use a spoon to mix well to achieve a uniform mixture, which is the melon pineapple jam.
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Final product
Now you have delicious melon pineapple jam. The jam has a sweet and sour taste of melon and pineapple. You can store it in a jar to enjoy with bread or use it for baking!
How to choose sweet and delicious melons
- To buy melons that are sweet and delicious according to your preference, first, you need to observe which melons have many lines on the skin. When ripe, the lines on the melon will be clearly visible, gray or light yellow in color and densely packed.
- You should choose melons that have many round shapes at the stem. The more round shapes there are, the more they spread, meaning the melon has absorbed enough sunlight, the flesh will expand, resulting in a sweeter and tastier flavor.
- Ripe melons will have a very distinctive mild fragrance. You should choose melons that, when placed near the nose, can be smelled, as these will have thin skins, thick flesh, and will be juicy.
- You should not buy melons that have sparse lines as these are either unripe or ripening unevenly. Also, avoid melons that do not have elasticity when squeezed, as these have been harvested for a long time or have withered.
How to preserve melon jam for a long time
- When the melon jam is finished, put it in a glass jar with a lid and store it in the refrigerator refrigerator, using it within about 7 – 14 days.
- If you want to keep it longer, around 1 month, place it in the freezer, and when you want to use it, take out a sufficient amount and microwave it for about 10 – 15 seconds to be ready to use.
Thus, TasteVN has shared in detail with you 2 quick and easy ways to make melon jam! Wishing you success in making it!
