How to make rose jam

Rose jam has a certain nourishing effect on the body. It has a warming effect, especially for girls. Eating some of it appropriately has a certain beauty and skin care effect. It also has a certain effect in relieving dysmenorrhea and preventing irregular menstruation. The method of making rose jam is also relatively simple. Prepare an appropriate amount of roses, then prepare salt, alum and other auxiliary materials to make it. After about ten days of pickling, it can be eaten.

How to make rose jam

Raw material formula: 10 kg fresh roses, 8 kg salt, 100 g alum, 2.5 kg plum brine. Preparation method : 1. Raw material selection: Choose rose petals with bright flowers and normal color as raw materials.

2. Pickling: first pour the petals, alum and 70% of the salt and plum brine into a container, stir evenly, and pickle for 1 day. Then take out the petals and drain them. Pour the remaining 30% of the salt and plum brine into the jar together with the petals and marinate for 10 days. If you want to make sweet sauce, the ingredients should be 10 kg of fresh roses and 24 kg of white sugar. To make it, gently rub the prepared rose petals. First, take 12% of the white sugar and put it into the jar, mix well, marinate for 3 days, and then continue to add white sugar to marinate. Stir it once a day thereafter, and it will be ready after about half a month when it has a strong aroma.

Cooking Tips

1. Making rose jam is different from making jam. Generally, rose jam only needs to be pickled and not cooked. Because rose jam is made for its aroma, the aroma will evaporate after cooking. Moreover, rose jam contains a lot of sugar. Generally, jam contains 1/10-1/5 of sugar, while rose jam contains 1-3 times the sugar. The high amount of sugar is also the reason why it is not easy to spoil, so there is no need to boil and sterilize; 2. However, because I was overly concerned about the pesticide issue, I washed the petals, which led to the following series of unique practices. And it turns out that this is fine; 3. It can be seen that the proportion of rose petals is very high, so you can still add more sugar. Anyway, the essence of rose jam is basically syrup with rose aroma;