Currant is considered an unusually useful berry, thanks to the high content of vitamin C, B, R and K. And currant jam is not only terrificly tasty, but also enriches the body with essential substances all year round. Since currant jam, along with jam from raspberries , is added to tea, and used as fillings and decorations of dough products, every housewife needs to know how to cook currant jam.
There is a huge amount of a wide variety of recipes for cooking jam, both black and red currant. And in this material you will find a variety of ways to prepare this delicacy.
Classic recipe for jam from black currant
For the preparation of jam, you need: 1 kilogram of black currant, 1.5 kilograms of sugar, 1 glass of water.
Black currants should be sorted, remove crumpled and rotten berries and rinse thoroughly. Pure berries should be lowered into boiling water for 3 minutes, so that the currant becomes softer.
Sugar mixed with water in enamel ware, put on medium heat and boil for 10 minutes. In the boiling syrup, add the prepared currant berries and boil the entire mass for 10 minutes constantly removing the foam. After that, reduce the fire to the weakest and cook the jam for another 20 minutes constantly stirring. Hot jam spread on cans, turn and turn upside down until completely cooled.
Black currant jam "Pyatiminutka"
To prepare the jam "Pyatiminutka" from black currant, you need: 1 kilogram of black currant, 1.5 kilograms of sugar, 1.5 cups of water.
Berries of black currants should be sorted, separated from leaves and twigs and washed well.
Water and sugar should be cooked syrup, add black currant in it and boil the whole mass for 5 minutes, then remove from heat. Do not wait until the jam has cooled down, pour it over prepared sterile jars and immediately spin.
Recipe for jam from red currant
For the preparation of jam from red currant will need the following ingredients: 1 kilogram of red currant, 1.8 kilograms of sugar, 1 liter of water.
Red currant berries to sort, remove rotten and spoiled, rinse well.
Sugar mixed with water in enamel ware, put on fire and boil for 10 minutes. With hot syrup pour in the berries of red currant and leave for 8 hours. After this, drain the syrup, boil and cool. Chilled the syrup, pour the berries, put the whole mass on a slow fire and cook for 30 minutes, stirring with a spoon.
Hot jam of red currant can be spread over jars and tightened.
The recipe for jam from black currant without cooking
To prepare this jam for 1 kilogram of currant, you need 0.6 kilograms of sugar.
The currant should be washed, peeled and dried. At the bottom of the enamelware pour a little sugar, lay out the currant and fill it with the remaining sugar. Dishes with currants should be placed in a cold place for 12 hours, so that the currant let the juice. After that, the sweet currant juice must be drained, boiled and poured them berries. The resulting jam is spread over cans, sterilized for 20 minutes (for a liter jar), then tighten.
Jam jelly from currant
To prepare jam jelly, you need: 1 kilogram of black currant, 700 grams of sugar, 1 glass of water.
The currant should be washed, sorted, add water and put on medium fire. The berries should be heated to a temperature of no more than 70 degrees, then rub through a sieve. Add sugar to the resulting mass, put on fire and boil for 10 minutes. Jam should be poured over clean jars, top with paper and cool.