Pine cone jam - 8 step-by-step homemade recipes

The result of a spring walk in the forest can be a delicious jam from the gifts of the forest, namely pine cones, which can delight you with its aroma and extraordinary taste all year round. If you want to replenish your pantries with non-standard sweets and surprise your guests in the future, it's time to find out how to do it.

How to make pine cone jam at home?

Jam based on pine cones is a unique and environmentally friendly product with a unique aroma, exquisite taste and pronounced healing properties. Such jam will quickly restore strength, increase immunity, and replenish the body with valuable trace elements.

Cooking time: 60 min.

Cooking time: 11 hours

Servings: 12

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  For jam we select young green cones, which should be soft, sticky, and easily pierced with a fingernail. We wash the selected cones thoroughly under running water and remove the tails. In the case when there are more cones than necessary, then we divide them into several parts.
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  Put clean cones in a separate container and cover with granulated sugar.
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  Fill the pot with water and cook until all the granulated sugar is dissolved. After the cones have boiled, gradually reduce the heat and cook for another 15 minutes.
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  During the cooking process, the green color of the buds changes to olive. Remove the jam from the heat and leave the jam to saturate with sugar syrup for at least 10 hours. After this time, bring the jam over medium heat to a boil, after which we leave the cone jam for about 60-90 minutes to cook, not forgetting to remove the foam from the surface.
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  At this point, the buds change from olive to dark brown and are much softer.
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  Pour the finished jam into sterilized jars and roll up with sterilized lids. After that, we cover all the jars with a blanket and leave them alone for 24 hours. Banks should not be turned over.
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  We must store jars of cone jam in a cool place without access to sunlight.

Enjoy your meal!

Homemade pine cone jam with pine nuts

Pine cones, together with pine nuts, are a storehouse of vitamins that are available to everyone. At the same time, the oil released from the nuts will dilute the dense texture of the jam, and the golden grains will give the jam an even more appetizing look.

 Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 120 min.

Ingredients:

• Pine cones - 1000 gr.
• Pine nut - 500 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 1000 gr.
• Water - 500 ml.

Cooking process:

1. We thoroughly wash the cones collected in early spring in cold water. After that, pour the washed pine cones with water and cook for 30 minutes over low heat.
2. After this short time, add sugar and cook over low heat for about 90 minutes, constantly removing the formed foam from the surface of the water.
3. The jam already thickens noticeably, the sugar syrup becomes more stringy with each subsequent minute.
4. At this time, fry the whole peeled pine nuts in a pan without adding oil, this will make the taste of the jam brighter and richer.Fry the nuts until they acquire a golden, pleasant hue.
5. And at the end of the preparation of our jam, pour the golden nuts into the pan, mix well and bring the contents to a boil. Pour the delicious hot jam into sterilized jars and cover with prepared lids. Such jam can be stored for a long time in a cool place, if, of course, you manage to abstain.

Bon Appetit!

Aromatic pine cone jam with lemon

And here citrus fruits could not stand aside and also made their tasty contribution to the creation of this jam. Their delicate acidity is intertwined with the aroma of a pine dessert. If you close your eyes, you can find yourself in a summer forest at any time.

Cooking time: 90 min.

Cooking time: 14 hours

Ingredients:

• Pine cones - 1000 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 1500 gr.
• Lemon - 1 pc.
• Water - 2.5 liters.

Cooking process:

1. We sort out all the cones as carefully as possible and rinse them in cold water. You can also hold them for a short time in a basin of water to remove all the dirt. After the washed pine cones, fill with water and cook for 2.5-3 hours over low heat, from time to time removing foam from the surface of the water.
2. After this time, we extract the cones from the pine syrup. The fruits of the cones may be needed for further use as a decoration or for any other need, so it is better to leave some of them.
3. And add granulated sugar to a saucepan with hot syrup and cook until the sugar crystals thicken and completely dissolve for 80 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. At this time, squeeze the juice out of a part of the lemon and pour it into a saucepan 10 minutes before turning off the syrup, after which it is necessary to mix well so that all the components are evenly distributed over the volume.
5. If desired, the cones can be returned back to the pan and cook for another five minutes. Pour the finished jam into sterilized hot jars and roll up with sterilized lids. After that, cover the blanks with a blanket and leave alone for 12 hours. After this time, the ready-made jam can be served immediately for breakfast or left in a cool place for storage.

We wish you a pleasant tea party!

Thick jam of green pine cones with honey

Obviously, honey jam is a double benefit. But here it is necessary to add that each type of honey has different taste qualities, and this gives additional creative freedom for the conservation of pine cones and the creation of unique taste bouquets, which will certainly be suitable for experimenters.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 120 min.

Ingredients:

• Pine cones - 1000 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 500 gr.
• Honey - 100 gr.
• Water - 100 ml.

Cooking process:

1. We sort out all forest cones collected in the spring as carefully as possible, getting rid of all the garbage.
2. And only then we rinse in cold water and leave them to soak in a basin of water throughout the day, changing the water every five hours. During this time, all the dirt will leave the cones, and they will become softer.
3. After this time, we change the water again and send the cones to boil over low heat. Initially, we bring them to a boil and drain the water, replacing it with clean water, which we subsequently bring to a boil again and continue to cook for 30 minutes.
4. When these stages are passed, we take out all the cones from the pan, which we will add at the end of cooking. And add granulated sugar and honey to the syrup cleared of cones, thoroughly mixing the contents. In addition, do not forget to remove the foam from the surface of the syrup.
5. As soon as the syrup becomes viscous, thick and similar in consistency to honey, transfer the previously used cones to it in a saucepan. Cook for another 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
6. During the preparation of the jam, we must have time to prepare the jars by sterilizing them. Pour hot jam into jars and roll up. Turn the jars of jam with the lids down and leave in this position overnight.Then we leave them for storage in a dark and cool place.

Enjoy your meal!

Delicious pine cone jam with lemon for the winter

Add a little lemon juice and your taste buds will be impressed by the pine treat.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Ingredients:

• Pine cones - 100 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 1000 gr.
• Lemon - 1 pc.
• Water - 1.5 liters.

Cooking process:

1. We wash and dry the pine cones well, leaving no excess moisture.
2. After that, fill it with granulated sugar and send it to cook over low heat for about a couple of hours.
3. During this time, cut the lemon into thin slices along with the peel.
4. Then we send the chopped lemon to the cones boiling over low heat. Mix all the contents well and cook for 30 minutes.
5. We give the jam a little time to cool down and only then pour it into sterilized jars, in which it can be stored for two years. Provided that you put them in a dark and cool place without access to sunlight.

We wish you a pleasant tea party!

Delicious and healthy pine cone jam with ginger

Pine cone jam with ginger is quite unusual and at the same time incredibly healthy product that resembles honey. Any winter does not scare you with such a medicine, because the high content of vitamins in the composition will quickly raise immunity and help to cope with any infections.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Ingredients:

• Pine cones - 500 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 1000 gr.
• Ground ginger - 1 tsp
• Water - 1.5 liters.

Cooking process:

1. We wash the cones well beforehand.
2. Then we fill the already clean pine cones with cold water, it should be transparent, if any debris rises to the surface, it will be easier to remove.
3. We send the cones to boil over low heat for 30 minutes after the contents boil. After this time, we leave the contents of the pan alone, giving a little time to cool. Also during this time, the cones will be able to infuse, give their aroma. Then we remove most of the cones from the pan.
4. The next step is to add granulated sugar, it is he who helps thicken the aromatic liquid. We also put the saucepan with added sugar on low heat, initially it is necessary to bring to a boil and cook for five minutes.
5. Then add ground ginger and mix the contents thoroughly.
6. The readiness of the jam can be very easily determined by placing a spoonful of the contents on a flat bowl. If it is in no hurry to spread, then the jam can be poured into sterilized jars.

Bon Appetit!

How to cook pine cone jam with walnuts?

The rich color and aroma of toasted walnut pieces will instantly add an original sound to the classic pine cone jam.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 100 min.

Ingredients:

• Pine cones - 800 gr.
• Walnut - 450 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 700 gr.
• Water - 500 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Before boiling the jam, pine cones must be carefully sorted out, all branches with stalks must be removed and rinsed in cold water.
2. We send the peeled cones to boil over low heat for 1.5 hours, be sure to remove the foam from the surface of the jam.
3. Walnuts also require special attention. Initially, we rinse them, and then we send them to dry in an oven preheated to 140 degrees for 10 minutes.
4. Grind the browned walnut kernels with a knife, chopping them as finely as possible. After 1.5 hours, add chopped walnuts to the jam and continue to cook for five minutes, stirring constantly.
5. We remove the finished jam from the heat and pour it into sterilized jars, covering them with pre-boiled lids.

Enjoy your meal!

How to prepare pine cone jam with citric acid for the winter?

Fragrant jam with soft buds resembles dense marmalade, which is not so easy to find on store shelves, but you can easily make it yourself.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 360 min.

Ingredients:

• Pine cones - 200 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 500 gr.
• Cardamom - 3 pcs.
• Citric acid - 2 gr.
• Star anise - 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. We wash soft young cones in cold water and soak for a couple of hours.
2. At this time, we will start preparing the sugar syrup. Add granulated sugar to the measured 300 grams of water and bring to a boil, stirring thoroughly.
3. Transfer the soaked cones to sugar syrup and cook for several hours over low heat.
4. 10-15 minutes before the end of the jam, add the cardamom grain along with the star anise star and cook without stirring for 10 minutes. And only at the very end we add a little citric acid, at this stage it is necessary to mix all the contents well.
5. Give the finished jam a little time to cool and then pour it into sterilized jars designed for seaming. For high-quality storage of jam, it is better to choose dark and cool places where the sun's rays do not reach.

Enjoy your meal!