How to cook jam from the physalis?

Most of us physalis are known as an ornamental plant, and only a few know about its edible qualities. The fact is that of the berries, hidden in Chinese lanterns, you can cook delicious dishes. Physalis is a very useful plant containing a huge amount of vitamins, which are good for our body.

Despite the fact that his benefits are proven, physalis is not a very frequent guest in the menu of Russians, because with his growing there are some problems. Distinguish decorative, vegetable and berry appearance of this plant. The first can not be eaten, the second is usually salted or marinated, and jam from the physalis is prepared from berry varieties.

In our climatic conditions, the vegetable variety grows best. It is rather unpretentious, early-ripening and high-yielding. Because of the bitterness, the physalis is considered not very tasty, so it can only be eaten in a processed form. Berries are salted and marinated, sometimes jam is made. We also cultivate berry varieties, but they are more finicky, so it can be very difficult to grow such a physalis in a summer residence. Jam made from it is very sweet and fragrant, and berries can be eaten even in fresh form.

Dishes from this plant will please not only an unusual and very pleasant taste, but also useful properties. Fizalis strawberry is best suited for the preparation of sweet and fragrant jam or candied fruit. The recipe is very simple to prepare and will not take long.

So, to prepare a jam from physalis you need 1 kg of berries, 0.5 liters of water and 1 kg of sugar. First you need to remove all the cups, and wash the berries in hot water to remove the sticky substance. It is recommended to try fruit for about two minutes. This will help get rid of the specific taste.

Jam from the physalis will turn out more beautiful if the berries remain intact. So that they do not splinter, you need to pierce them with a needle or toothpick. A syrup is prepared from water and sugar. Fruits are put in a saucepan and poured over with hot syrup. It is recommended to leave them for 10 hours for impregnation. Then the saucepan is put on a slow fire, and the jam is brought to a boil. Cook it for 5 minutes.

After this, the berries are insisted for another 8 hours. Already for the third time the jam from the physalis is cooked to the ready on a slow fire. All the time you need to gently stir it, so as not to crush the berries, and remove the foam. The jam is poured into sterile jars hot. Turned containers turn upside down and keep it until it cools down.

If you want to get candied fruit, then the prepared jam is boiled for another 10 minutes, and then filter through a colander to get rid of excess liquid. Berries themselves spread on a baking sheet and dried in the sun or in the oven. Prepared candied fruits can be sprinkled with powdered sugar and put in jars.

Decorative physalis is not used for food, but it is used in the interior. In winter, it will be a pleasant memory of the hot summer days. Its fruits can be used as decorations. To do this, on the leaves of the plant you need to glue the foil, and garnish itself to gild. It turns out a beautiful toy for a Christmas tree.