Watermelon honey is a fragrant, delicious jam made from watermelon juice for the winter. How to prepare watermelon honey nardek.

How to make watermelon honey jam for the winter. This process can be roughly divided into three stages.

At the first stage, I will tell you how to make watermelon juice.

Ripe and juicy watermelons need to be washed thoroughly, and then, holding the watermelon over a basin (so that the juice we need does not pour out in vain), cut into four parts.

Then, as if scraping, use a tablespoon to separate the watermelon pulp from the rind.

Chop the resulting red juicy mass, put it in a cotton napkin and, placing a load on top, squeeze out the watermelon juice.

The next step is how to make syrup from watermelon juice.

Everything here is more or less predictable - the juice needs to be boiled and thickened. This is done simply - with constant stirring, heat the juice and let it boil.

Without allowing it to cool, strain through cheesecloth folded in 3-4 layers.

Watermelon syrup is basically ready. If you want to prepare syrup, then you just need to boil it again and pour it into clean prepared dishes.

Well, we move on to the third stage and learn how to make watermelon honey.

We continue boiling the juice, first without turning up the heat on the burner, and then gradually reducing it to a minimum and stirring regularly. We do this to avoid burning.

Ideally, it is necessary to continue cooking until the volume of watermelon juice is approximately half the original volume. When cooking, as with any other jam, do not forget to remove the resulting foam.

You can tell that our fragrant watermelon honey nardek is ready by its thick consistency and caramel brown color.

In winter, such delicious watermelon jam can simply be added to tea, and also, using our preparation as a basis and showing culinary imagination, you can prepare many dishes and desserts that will delight your sweet tooth.