Preserves & Honeys

Preserve is a type of sweet or canned fruit made by boiling various fruits with sugar. Preserve which is indispensable for breakfast, can be consumed in every other meal. It can also be used for making desserts and pastries. Preserve is made from many different fruits. Jam types according to their ingredients; can be counted as strawberry, cherry, quince, blackberry, raspberry, rose, and fig jam. The calorie value of jam varies according to the material from which it is made. If we examine strawberry jam, there are approximately 215 calories in 100 grams of strawberry jam and approximately 15 calories in 1 dessert spoon (5 g) of strawberry jam. It contains the most carbohydrates in terms of nutritional value. Therefore, for those who pay attention to weight control, care should be taken to consume it in a balanced and controlled manner.

How to make strawberry preserve?

Strawberry Preserve, for its preparation, it is cleaned using the most ripe strawberries and washed thoroughly. Approximately 2 kg (4 glasses of sugar per 1 kg of strawberries) are added to the cleaned strawberries and kept waiting. It is started to boil over medium heat. It is boiled for 45 minutes and lemon juice is added to prevent it from sugaring towards the end of the boiling phase. After the preserve is ready, it should be placed in a hot jar and should not be exposed to air for long-term storage. Strawberry preserve is consumed with pleasure after it cools down. There are tips for making preserve, some tricks to know and apply to make delicious preserves. Glass marbles are thrown into the preserve pot, which is boiled so that the jam does not hold the bottom while the jam is being made. At the boiling stage, lemon juice is added to prevent the preserve from sugaring. Some butter can be put in the pot to prevent it from rising, and the jam should be mixed with a wooden spoon to prevent it from rising. Less sugar should be added to sweet fruits and more sugar should be added to sour fruits. Fruits should be selected from the ripest. After the preserve is ready, it should be placed in a hot jar and should not be exposed to air for long-term storage.

Cherry Preserve, for its preparation, is cleaned using the ripest cherries and washed thoroughly. Add enough sugar to cover all the cherries whose seeds are removed and wait. Since cherry is a little juicy fruit, the amount of water may be less, so 1 water glass should be added. It is started to boil over medium heat. It is boiled for 2 hours and lemon juice is added to prevent it from sugaring towards the end of the boiling phase. After the preserve is ready, it should be placed in a hot jar and should not be exposed to air for long-term storage. After the preserve has cooled, it is consumed with pleasure.

Turkish Honey, is a very useful food that is formed by the chemical change of nectar, which is swallowed by bees from flowers and fruit buds, in the organs called honey stomach by the invertase enzyme and placed in the honeycomb cells in the hive.The difference in the color, sugar balance and taste of honey is entirely due to the collected nectar. It gives the scent of honey, the aromatic essential oils in the flowers, which is also the oil that provides the fragrance of the flowers.