Plum Pastila

Plum pastila is another option for winter preparations. This dessert will undoubtedly please both adults and children. It is tasty, aromatic and contains exclusively natural ingredients: plums, honey, pears, cinnamon, proteins, ginger, etc. It can be used both as an independent dish and as an additive to sauces and desserts.

Tips for making plum marshmallows at home

For the preparation of plum marshmallows, you can take any kind of plum. The main thing is that they are ripe and sweet. Those that are a little overripe will also do. They need to be washed thoroughly and left for a few minutes, allowing the water to drain.

Further, using a sharp knife, it is necessary to remove the bone from each fruit. Then turn the plums into puree using a meat grinder or blender. The rest of the work takes place with him.

Sugar and other ingredients are added to the plum marshmallow as desired. But there is no need to use gelatin and other gelling agents at all. During the drying process, the plum puree will thicken anyway.

The oven is usually used for drying. But there are recipes for making dessert in a multicooker and an electric dryer for fruits and vegetables. If there is neither one nor the other on the farm, you can simply take out the plum puree in the sun.

The classic recipe for homemade plum marshmallow with sugar

The plum dish contains:

• 700 g plum fruit;
• 70 g granulated sugar.

As mentioned above, first you need to remove the bones from the plums.

Then put them in the oven and bake for about a third of an hour at a temperature of +200 ° C. Grind the softened plum fruits until puree. Add sugar. Put the container on a small fire, heat until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved. It is important to ensure that the mass does not boil.

The prepared baking sheet must be covered with a sheet of parchment. Pour the plum puree on it and smooth so that the layer is no more than 1 cm thick. Place in the oven to dry for up to 10 hours. The temperature in this case should not exceed +75 ° C. Do not close the door completely. If the oven is equipped with a convector, the cooking time can be reduced to 6 hours.

Leave the finished plum marshmallow to infuse for another 90 minutes.

Sugar-free plum marshmallow

To prepare a plum dessert with sourness, you will need 6 kg of fruit. They must be washed and pitted. The output leaves about 5 kg of raw fruit. Grind it with a blender or meat grinder.

The second option is preferable because it is difficult for a blender to process the rind.

The resulting plum mass must be laid out on a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil. The layer thickness should be no more than 5 mm. Place in an oven preheated to +100 ° C for about 5 hours. The door must be left slightly ajar.

Cut the finished dish into strips and roll up.

Cooking plum marshmallow with honey

The composition of honey-plum marshmallow includes:

• 7 kg of sweet plums;
• 1.5 kg of honey.

As in the previous recipe, the fruits must be washed, peeled and minced. Then mix with honey using a blender. Pour the finished puree into baking sheets. Dry for about 30 hours at + 55 ° C.

From this amount of ingredients, a little more than 3 kg of marshmallow is obtained.

Tklapi - recipe for Georgian plum marshmallow

Plum marshmallow cooked in Georgian style is quite popular in the country where it comes from. There it is used not only as an independent product, but also as additives to other dishes, for example, kharcho soup.

So, according to the recipe, you need to take 3-4 kg of plums and 3-4 tbsp. l. granulated sugar. Pour washed and peeled fruits with water and put on a small fire. Cook for about half an hour. Then cool and rub through a colander with large holes. Do not pour out the remaining plum broth.

Mix mashed potatoes with sugar and put on the stove again. Boil, cook for 5 minutes. Put on a wooden board, previously moistened with water, or a baking sheet lined with baking paper. The layer should be no more than 2 mm thick.

Put containers with future marshmallow in the sun until completely dry. After a couple of days, gently turn over and put in the sun again. The whole process takes up to 7 days.

How to make plum marshmallow in a slow cooker

The composition of the pastille:

• 1 kg of fruit;
• 250 g sugar.

Wash and peel the plums. Transfer to a multicooker bowl, cover with granulated sugar. After the juice appears, set the stewing mode for 30 minutes. Turn the resulting mass into mashed potatoes using a blender. You can also rub it through a sieve.

Transfer the plum puree to the slow cooker again. Select the simmering mode and cook for 5 hours. Pour the mass into a flat container, previously covered with foil. After cooling down, put in the refrigerator overnight.

Plum paste in an electric dryer

Plum marshmallows are the easiest to prepare in a dryer. First, make mashed potatoes from raw or cooked plums. Mix it with sugar or honey. Place on parchment-lined, oiled pallets. The layer of puree should be thin. This will speed up the drying process.

Cook the marshmallow at a temperature of + 65 ... + 70 ° C. Cooking time from 12 to 15 hours.

How to make plum marshmallow in the oven

To prepare marshmallow in the oven, you will need the following products:

• 1 kg of plums;
• 250 g granulated sugar (can be replaced with honey);
• lemon peel.

Cover the washed and pitted fruits with sugar. Leave until juice appears. If desired, you can add zest or juice squeezed from 1 lemon. Put plums on fire. Cook until tender. Use a blender to mash the mixture. Put again on low heat for about 3 hours.

As soon as the plum puree begins to thicken, transfer to a baking sheet. Place in an oven heated to +110 ° C for 5 hours.

Plum marshmallow recipe in the microwave

Even inexperienced housewives can do dessert in a microwave oven. First, pitted plums just need to be heated at the highest power for 10 minutes. Grind them with a sieve, blender or meat grinder. Add sugar or honey if necessary.

Put the plum puree in the microwave. Turn on full force for half an hour. After this time, make the power less than half. Wait until the mass has decreased by 2/3.Transfer it to a prepared dish and let cool.

Plum marshmallow with egg whites

To prepare delicacies according to this recipe, you need to take:

• 1 kg of fruit;
• 2 squirrels;
• 200 g of sugar.

The cooking process is pretty simple. First, the plums must be baked in the oven until soft (one third of an hour) and chopped until puree. Beat until firm foam is obtained. Connect both masses. Put on a baking sheet covered with foil in a layer 3-4 cm high. Place in the oven, preheated to +60 ° C, for 5 hours.

Decorate the finished marshmallow with powdered sugar or coconut.

Plum combined with other fruits and berries

Pastila, in which, in addition to plums, apples, pears, various spices and nuts are added, acquires a completely different taste and aroma. There are many such combinations.

Plum and apple marshmallow

The composition of the marshmallow includes:

• plums - 300 g;
• apples - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 200 g.

The cooking process, as in other cases, begins with baking the fruit. Plums should be folded in halves, and apples should be folded in slices (remove the core and skin first). Bake in the oven at +150 ° C until soft.

Cover the fruit with sugar and grind with a blender until smooth. Place on a baking sheet in a layer of 8 mm. Place in the oven for 8 hours (temperature + 70 ° C).

Plum and apple paste with cinnamon

The composition of the dish:

• 1 kg of apples;
• 1 kg of plums;
• 100 g sugar;
• 1 tsp cinnamon;
• 1 tbsp. l. sunflower oil;
• 100 ml of water.

Pour peeled fruits with water and place on the stove. Cook over low heat for a quarter of an hour, not forgetting to stir. Let cool slightly, add sugar and cinnamon. Mash with a blender.

Pour the plum mixture onto a greased baking sheet (layer 5-7 mm). Send to oven at +100 ° C for 4 hours. You can dry the marshmallow in the sun. But then the process will take much longer (about 3 days).

Plum marshmallow recipe with pears and cardamom

This is an unusual recipe that will surely appeal to all spice lovers. To prepare dessert you need to prepare:

• 0.5 kg of plums and pears;
• 1 star anise star;
• 0.5 tsp cardamom.

Mix peeled and cut into small pieces fruits with spices. Put on low heat for a quarter of an hour. Then take out the star anise and make mashed potatoes. Pour it on a baking sheet in a layer up to 7 mm. Dry in the oven for 6 hours. The temperature in this case should not exceed +100 ° C.

Plum jam with nuts

This is the easiest recipe. You will need the actual jam and any amount of walnuts. Put the jam on a baking sheet in a thin layer. Dry in a slightly open oven (+ 50… + 75 ° C) for 6 hours.

Grind the nuts in a coffee grinder. Sprinkle them on hot marshmallows. Cover the top with parchment paper and walk with a rolling pin. Let the dessert cool.

Plum marshmallow with ginger and lemon

The pastille prepared in this way will appeal to those who love the thrill. To prepare it, you need to take:

• plums - 2 kg;
• lemons - 6 pcs.;
• ginger - 250-300 g;
• honey - 3-4 tbsp. l.

Grate the ginger on a fine grater. Remove seeds from lemon and plums. Mix all ingredients thoroughly with a blender. Put the resulting puree on trays in a thin layer. Set the temperature in the dryer to +45 ° C. Leave the marshmallow for a day.

What else can you combine plums with when making marshmallows?

Most often, fruits and nuts are added to the dish. In addition to the usual apples and lemons, you can take currants, mountain ash, raspberries, bananas, melons and kiwi. There is no limit to imagination here.

How to tell if a plum marshmallow is ready

It's pretty easy to figure out if a treat is ready. It is enough to touch it with your finger. If the plum layer does not stick, the cooking process is complete. Otherwise, it must be sent back to dry.

Calorie content and benefits of plum marshmallow

Plum candy is a dietary product. It is a great substitute for high-calorie sweets for those trying to lose weight. The calorie content of 100 g of the delicacy is 271 kcal. It contains 1.2 g of protein, 1 g of fat and 65 g of carbohydrates.

In addition, plum marshmallows contain many vitamins, organic acids, minerals and trace elements. It helps to lower blood pressure, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, and helps to cope with feelings of anxiety and depression. And these are not all of her advantages:

• improves memory;
• strengthens the nervous system;
• has a beneficial effect on vision;
• strengthens the immune system;
• improves bone health.

Also, pastila normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract.

Plum marshmallow application

As mentioned above, marshmallow is often used as an additive to various dishes. If it's sweet, then it's desserts. If it is sour, then it will be sauces for meat.

The homemade delicacy is also used for making soups. One of them is beef. The pastila is added 10 minutes before the end of cooking, along with all the spices.

Also, the dessert can be added to chicken salads. It will be either an independent ingredient or as part of a dressing (sour cream with chopped marshmallow).

How to store plum marshmallow properly

You can store a dish in 3 ways:

• in glass jars closed with nylon lids;
• in parchment paper;
• in plastic wrap.

Plum marshmallow should not be stored in the refrigerator because it will have a white coating on it. Plus it will become sticky. It is better to choose another cool and dark place. The shelf life is up to 2 months.

Conclusion

Plum pastila is a popular, tasty and healthy dessert. It can be consumed alone or as part of other meals. There are many cooking options. Everyone can choose what they like.

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