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Homeland feijoa - the south of the African continent. For us, this berry, which resembles strawberries and kiwi in aroma and taste, is exotic. Tropical fruits are valued for their high content of iodine, vitamin C, sucrose, pectin, fiber and various organic acids.
In Russia, the berries appear on sale in the fall. Feijoa can be eaten fresh or prepared for the winter to provide your family with vitamins and save you from disease. About how feijoa, rubbed with sugar, is prepared, we will try not only to tell, but also to present pictures and videos to our readers.
How to choose and prepare a feijoa
Before you start cooking feijoa with sugar without heat treatment, you should know something.
First, the berries themselves are tricky. If you make mistakes, then harvesting their feijoa can ferment, and this does not improve the mood in any way. Therefore, pay due attention to the purity and quantity of granulated sugar.
Secondly, it is not so easy to find berries of the required quality. After all, we have already noted that fruits grow in the subtropics. In Russia, feijoa is grown in Sochi and in the vastness of Abkhazia. It is clear that this exotic is not sold in all regions of Russia.
So, you saw feijoa in the store and decided to purchase them for grinding with sugar in order to make a vitamin preparation for the winter. How not to be mistaken with the choice:
- Try to pay attention to small fruits, since large ones are less aromatic and tasty.
- The peel of a high-quality feijoa should be green on all sides, stains and dents are unacceptable.
Before grinding, the berries are sorted out, only whole, without blackness and damage, are left and washed thoroughly, changing the water several times. After pruning, compote or jam can be made from the rest of the fruits, since they are heat treated.
Feijoa grinding techniques
To grind feijoa with sugar, you first need to make mashed potatoes. Let's find out what tools can be used to do this:
- A regular grater is used when there is little feijoa. Grind the fruits on the side with large cells. It is clear that it is inconvenient to chop a large number of berries in this way. In addition, fingers could be injured.
- In a meat grinder, the transformation of berries into mashed potatoes is faster, and the mass is homogeneous. But there are some complications here. An electric meat grinder is not used for such purposes, since the tough skin of the feijoa clogs the meat grinder, and the knife does not cope with its task and loses its sharpness. The pulp with juice fills the inside of the meat grinder and has to be selected by hand. If you do not have an ordinary meat grinder, then you need to use a mesh with large holes and throw in the berries little by little.
The mass turns out to be heterogeneous, pieces of different sizes. - Feijoa is best ground in a blender. The berries, cut into pieces, are interrupted at the same time with sugar. With this preparation of the fruit, a homogeneous consistency is obtained. In addition, the mass is airy and tender.
It is up to you to decide which method of chopping feijoa to use, but we advise you to use a blender to make feijoa grated with sugar.
Cooking options for culinary delights
Most often, feijoa is prepared without any additives. And this is not surprising, because their taste and aroma are reminiscent of strawberries and pineapple. Although some gourmets prefer to cook mashed with sugar feijoa berries with various fruits, berries and spices.We will give some recipe options in the article.
Feijoa with sugar
Grated with sugar, feijoa is also called raw or cold jam. The point is that no heat treatment is required. It is not at all difficult to prepare it, and it will take a minimum of time.
Grind exotic fruits to a puree mass.
Add sugar. You can add the same amount of granulated sugar per 1 kg of fruit, or twice as much. It all depends on your taste preferences.
Leave for a few hours until the sugar dissolves. To speed up the process, mix the mass. Pour grindings into sterile jars and cover with lids.
If you are preparing a small amount of raw feijoa jam (not for long-term storage), then nylon lids can be used.
With walnuts
The original feijoa grated with sugar can be obtained by adding nuts. The most ideal option is walnuts.
So, we take:
- a kilogram of feijoa and granulated sugar;
- 200 or 400 grams of walnuts.
The feijoa preparation process is identical to the first recipe. Walnuts are chopped at the same time as the berries. Such an appetizing jam is served not only with tea, but also added to porridge.
With orange and walnuts
If you want to improve the taste and healthiness of cold jam, you can add oranges and walnuts to it. Mashed fruits are a great way to fight colds in winter, because they raise the immune system. Moreover, this blank is useful not only for adults, but also for children, regardless of age.
So, let's prepare:
- 1000 grams of green fruits;
- 1000 grams of granulated sugar;
- 200 grams of walnut kernels;
- one orange.
Cooking features
- We cut off the tails from the feijoa, but you do not need to remove the skin, because it contains a greater amount of nutrients.
- Boil water on the stove and pour it over the fruits, then cut it into pieces.
- Remove the peel from the washed orange, cut and select the seeds.
- Soak the nuts in hot water and keep for about 60 minutes. Then we will merge the water and wash out the nucleoli.
- Grind the ingredients until puree is formed, add granulated sugar and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon. We set aside the pan and wait for the sugar to dissolve.
- Now you can pack in jars. Store cold feijoa jam, grated with sugar, in the refrigerator.
With lemon and ginger
Such a preparation, rich in vitamins, is often called longevity jam. Apparently because it uses ginger root.
To make raw feijoa jam mashed with sugar according to the recipe, we need to stock up on:
- exotic fruits - 0.6 kg;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- granulated sugar - 0.6 kg;
- fresh ginger - 1 to 3 tablespoons.
We cook the feijoa as usual and grind it.
We wash the lemon thoroughly, it is better to use a brush to remove any dirt. Remove the zest with a grater, then peel it, divide it into slices, remove the white films. You can grind in a meat grinder or in a blender.
We mix all the ingredients, add sugar and wait for it to dissolve.
Grated feijoa with sugar is an excellent vitamin composition that will help to cope with colds. Although it is not worth waiting for the illness, you can take raw jam for prevention with the whole family.
With horseradish root and pear
An exotic fruit mashed with sugar is not only suitable for tea. You will probably be surprised, but meat can also be eaten with feijoa. Moreover, your guests will not be able to immediately guess what kind of sweet and sour sauce was prepared.
In our version, pears are used as an additional ingredient. But you can also add cranberries, lingonberries, cloudberries. It turns out awesomely delicious!
Sauce ingredients:
- 0.6 kg of tropical fruits;
- one pear;
- 100 grams of granulated sugar;
- 1 or 2 tablespoons of horseradish root.
The cooking process is exactly the same as in the previous recipes. All ingredients are ground in a meat grinder or ground in a blender, mixed with sugar. That's all.
Important note
As you can see, mashed feijoa has a minimal sugar content according to the recipe. And this is already some danger for storage. Therefore, you need to look into the refrigerator and check if fermentation is starting.
To prevent the top layer of raw jam from oxidizing, pour a thick layer of sugar on top before closing the jars, thereby creating a cork that does not allow oxygen to pass through.
Exotic product with honey:
Storage features
You have learned how exotic fruits are rubbed with granulated sugar. And now about how to properly save the workpiece. Although, to be honest, the grated berry is eaten instantly. For storage, use a refrigerator or cellar. In the warmth, it will disappear, it will ferment quickly.
Many are probably interested in how long raw jam can be stored. If you observe the temperature regime - + 5- + 8 degrees, then for three months.
Sometimes the green jam turns brown. You should not be intimidated by such changes. The fact is that fruits have a high content of iron and iodine, and when they come into contact with air, they are oxidized. Nutritional qualities do not change from this. Just when transferring the workpiece to the jars, fill them as much as possible. Then browning can be avoided.
Observing all the requirements, you will be able to treat your relatives with delicious, aromatic jam - feijoa, mashed with sugar.
