How to cook jelly candies at home?

Marmalade and jelly sweets are popular not only for children, but also for adults. You can prepare them yourself from a simple set of products. The main thing is to follow the sequence. Jelly sweets at home are made with the help of agar-agar or gelatin. Such a treat can be made from natural berries or fruits.

What is added to such sweets?

To prepare jelly sweets at home, you can use any berries, fruits and even vegetables. Ideal carrots or pumpkin. When making a treat, you should consider the amount of pectin in berries and fruits. The more this component, the less gelatin is required. This also applies to granulated sugar. If the fruit is sweet, then add it less. The amount of sugar can be varied depending on your own preferences.

Jelly sweets at home can be prepared not only from a certain type of fruit, but also from a mixture. Delicacy can also be chocolate or milk. In such sweets are often added candied fruits, fruit puree or juice. If desired, the treat can be made in any shape, multi-layered and even covered with glaze. For the production of jelly sweets use silicone molds.

Sweets with pumpkin

The recipe for jelly candies, made at home, is quite simple. To prepare such a treat you need a few products. To make candy from a pumpkin, you need to have at your fingertips:

• 1 kg pulp pulp.
• 1 kg of regular sugar.
• About 4 glasses of water.

Preparation of products

So, how to make jelly candies at home? First you need to prepare a pumpkin. Vegetables should be cleaned and then cut into small cubes. Shredded pumpkin should be transferred to a pan, and then covered with 0.5 kg of granulated sugar. The vegetable should be left under sugar for 8 hours. During this period the pumpkin will let down the juice. The container should be placed on a weak fire. Its contents must be boiled. After this, the pumpkin should be left for several hours, so that it cools down.

From the remaining sugar and water it is necessary to prepare syrup. For this, the components are combined in a saucepan and placed on a fire. Half the water should boil away. Ready syrup should be cooled, and then add to the container with a pumpkin. The mixture must be brought to a boil and then removed from heat. Mass should be left for 10 hours.

The final stage

Prepare jelly sweets at home long enough. When the pumpkin cools, you need to drain the sugar syrup, and then boil it for 20 minutes, preferably on a small fire. Then the pieces of the vegetable should be refilled with liquid. The procedure is recommended to repeat until the syrup becomes thick enough. For the aroma, you can add a little orange essence to it. From the container, carefully remove the pumpkin pieces with a fork and dry them. It is recommended to store the ready delicacy in a glass container in the refrigerator.

Peach candies

To prepare a treat you will need:

• Sugar sand - 400 g.
• Peaches - 400 g.
• Lemon juice - approximately 1 spoon.
• Pectin liquid - 3 large spoons.

Cooking process

Peaches must be crushed in puree. Mass is worth to pass through a sieve. This will remove the peel. In a deep saucepan, mix the puree, 100 grams of sugar and lemon juice. The mixture must be brought to a boil and cook for 15 minutes on low heat. The liquid must be completely evaporated.

Then pectin and sugar residues should be added to the container. Mixing the mixture, under the pan it is necessary to increase the fire. Cook the delicacy 10 minutes. The mass should be thick enough. The mixture must be put in pre-prepared forms and cooled. Jelly sweets are ready. If one large form was used to prepare a treat, its contents should be cut into portions.