We can add a little rock sugar when cooking jam. Adding a little rock sugar can increase the sweetness of jam and make it taste better. In addition, adding a little rock sugar when boiling jam can make the boiled jam more viscous. This is because pectin and fruit acid in fruit will form a gelatinous substance when they contact with sugar, which can increase the viscosity of jam. Therefore, a little rock sugar can be added when boiling jam.
What's the best pot for jam? Casserole or stainless steel pot.
If you cook jam, you'd better choose a pot with good acid resistance, such as casserole or stainless steel pot. Be careful not to use metal pots such as iron pot or aluminum pot, because if you use this metal pot to boil jam, these metal ions will react with fruit acid, which will make the color of jam black and may also produce substances harmful to human body.
Can you add honey when boiling jam? Yes, but it is not recommended.
It is ok to add honey when boiling jam, but it is not very recommended to add honey. Because although honey has extremely high nutritional value, many nutrients in it are not resistant to high temperature. If it is boiled together in jam, many nutrients in it will be destroyed in the process of boiling. And if honey is boiled at high temperature, its taste will become very sour, which will affect the taste of jam. If you want to increase the taste of jam, it is better to put rock sugar.
4 can homemade jam be eaten in the refrigerator for one year? No.
If your own jam is frozen in the refrigerator for a year, it is not recommended to continue eating it. Because you usually use fresh fruit when cooking jam, and you won't put preservatives and other ingredients when cooking, the shelf life of the jam will be relatively short, usually only about one month.
Even if the jam is frozen in the refrigerator, it may breed bacteria, and after a long period of storage, the nutrients in the jam have been lost, and the taste of the jam will not be very good, so it is not recommended to eat it again.