Homemade marmalade with ginger and lemon - sweet sourness sweets
Homemade marmalade is much tastier, more interesting than the purchased one, even if it is made from apples or jam. And imagine how delicious marmalade made with ginger and lemon will be! Slightly tart, with a wonderful spicy aroma and a pleasant sourness of lemon.
As part of this step-by-step recipe with photos, at least the ingredients are all natural: fresh ginger root, lemon or lime, sugar (it is better to take brown, it will give marmalade not only sweetness, but also a beautiful golden color), and agar-agar is used as a thickener .The preparation is so simple that even if you are preparing homemade sweets for the first time, do not worry about the result - you will succeed!
Ingredients:
- water - 500 ml. +100 ml;
- agar-agar - 1 tsp. with a small hill;
- ginger root - 0.5 tbsp. l in crushed form;
- brown sugar - 200 - 250 g (to taste);
- lemon - 1 small or 0.5 lemon and 2 limes.
How to make homemade marmalade
Peel the ginger peel. Cut the peel from the lemon, cut the pulp into segments. Pour limes with boiling water, cut into small pieces together with the peel.
Pour half a liter of water into the pan. Pour brown sugar and put on a stove over high heat. Stirring, boil for several minutes, dissolving sugar.
Add chopped ginger (finely chop the root or three through a grater), limes, lemon. Cook for 10-12 minutes, stirring.
We filter the fragrant broth through a sieve, we need only liquid, throw out the rest.
In a separate bowl, soak the agar-agar. Pour into a powder of 100 ml. hot water, dissolve and leave for five minutes. The consistency of the solution will turn out as a very thick syrup.
Pour agar-agar into ginger-lemon syrup, stir. Cook from the beginning of boiling for two to three minutes, the fire is weaker than average.
Remove from heat, cool a little. Then pour the contents of the pan into a mold (it can be covered with cling film) and leave to solidify at room temperature.
We take out the finished marmalade from the mold, cut into pieces or cut the figures with cookie cutters. In principle, marmalade is ready for use, but if you need a more dense consistency, it is recommended to leave it on the wire rack for a day after cutting and let it dry.
Roll marmalade cubes in white or brown sugar. We transfer to a plate or in a food container, if intended for storage. Bon Appetit!