Dandelion jam

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make dandelion jam? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. First, dandelion flowers must be collected correctly. This should be done in dry, sunny weather, in the middle of the day.

2. STEP 2

   

   Pick only fully opened, yellow, fluffy flowers.

3. STEP 3

   

   But these half-closed ones will not work. It's all about the amount of pollen. In an open dandelion it is ripe, but in a closed one it is either overripe, or vice versa - not ripe.

4. STEP 4

   

   The indicated amount of ingredients is enough to prepare one jar with a volume of 650 g. This time I prepared double the amount per liter of water.

5. STEP 5

   

   There are several options for making dandelion jam. Dandelion stems contain milky juice that is bitter. To get rid of this bitterness, most recipes call for soaking the dandelions for 24 hours. I offer you an option without soaking. We will only use flower petals without stems or sepals. To do this, use scissors to cut off the yellow part of the dandelion.

6. STEP 6

   

   This is what the cut petals of 200 dandelions look like. To preserve maximum pollen and, accordingly, the healing properties of dandelion, we will not even rinse our future jam. Therefore, you need to collect flowers in a clean place (ideally outside the city, away from highways). Immediately pour water over the cut dandelion petals and place on the fire.

7. STEP 7

   

   After boiling, add a very important ingredient - citric acid. It will fix the beautiful yellow color of the jam and prevent the sugar from crystallizing.

8. STEP 8

   

   You need to boil the dandelions for 30 minutes, but most importantly, over low heat. Then turn off the heat and let the broth brew for an hour. Already at this stage you will feel a very pleasant aroma of honey.

9. STEP 9

   

   Strain the broth through a double layer of gauze and squeeze the flowers well. Add sugar and return the jam to the heat. First, you need to constantly stir the dandelion jam with a spoon so that the sugar does not burn to the bottom of the pan. When it is completely dissolved, you don’t have to stir the jam anymore. Cook it for about 30 minutes more. The longer the jam cooks, the thicker it will be.

10. STEP 10

    

    Rinse the jars in running water with soda, and place them wet in a cold oven upside down. Turn on the oven at 150°C and sterilize after reaching the temperature for jars with a volume of 0.5 l - 10 minutes, 1 l - 15 minutes. Wash the lids and boil. Pour the prepared dandelion jam at home hot into jars and close with lids. After cooling, the dandelion jam will thicken, the foam will settle and it will look like bee honey. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

28.07.2023

4.7

I really love experimenting with unusual jams. It’s so interesting to try new flavors) The recipe for dandelion jam has been in my bookmarks since last summer, I was specially waiting for April to try it. My daughter and I walked around the yard and the neighboring forest plantation, collected dandelions, and chose those that were fully open. We got about 150 pieces. At home I still rejected some. I calculated the amount of sugar needed for my number of flowers and started preparing the decoction. There's nothing complicated about it. Instead of citric acid, I added a couple of lemon slices. After straining, I removed the petals with lemon and added sugar. The syrup cooked on its own, the main thing was to remove it from the heat in time. Boiled until it became a thick syrup or liquid honey. The dandelion jam turned out transparent and yellow. I still don’t understand what it tastes like) It’s sweet, it smells like flowers, it tastes good, you can smell the lemon. I didn’t feel the taste of honey, it was more like rose jam, only with a different aroma) In general, you need to try this to decide) I’ll take note of the recipe and make it again.

Irisha

28.07.2023

5

I’ve heard about jam from rose petals, but it turns out you can also make jam from dandelions) I wonder what it tastes like, can you compare it with something? it probably smells like flowers

Christmas tree

28.07.2023

4.8

I also have a similar recipe

Faith faith

28.07.2023

4.8

I don’t even know how to describe the taste... honey, floral, since it contains lemon, slightly sour. Mom saw the jars and thought that I bought honey, no, I didn’t guess

Valentina

28.07.2023

4.8

Thank you girls for the recipe! I heard a lot and even dreamed of cooking and now.... . The time has come, I collected dandelion flowers, fortunately there were heaps of them in the garden this year. And she began to prepare the magic jam. It tasted exactly as described - similar to honey. Only I got a light one and it quickly became sugary in the refrigerator. Is this how it should be??? It tastes very good! My daughter is allergic to honey, and this is like a sun vitamin

Faith

28.07.2023

4.7

A very good recipe for dandelion jam! Thanks a lot!