Jam is a traditional dessert of the Eastern Slavic and Transcaucasian peoples. It is prepared by cooking various ingredients, be it fruits, berries, less often vegetables, pine cones , rose petals, etc. When cooking, jam has a non-uniform consistency, consisting of syrup and pieces of fruit from which it is prepared. And in the case of berries, try to protect the fruit in its entirety so that the berry retains its natural taste and aroma. Unfortunately not all berries can allow themselves to process it, but the preparation of jam from strawberries with whole berries is quite realistic. Strawberry jam is very popular, especially in children, and its absorption makes it possible to enjoy pleasant taste and maintain immunity, especially in winter.
Strawberry berries keep the shape well when cooking, but it is still necessary to follow some rules to get the desired result.
Collect berries for jam is necessary in dry weather, overripe fruit is discarded, cooked jam is desirable on the same day. When cooking jam it is best not to interfere with the spoon, but to shake the dishes in which it is cooked, and of course follow the recipe recommendations.
How to cook a delicious strawberry jam with whole berries, we'll tell you today.
Strawberry jam with whole berries - recipe
Ingredients:
- Strawberry - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg;
- lemon juice - 15 g.
Preparation
Berries strawberries several times washed in cold water, dried, tear sepals and put in a bowl, which will be cooked jam. Each layer is generously poured with sugar and leave the strawberries for eight to ten hours. During this time, she let the juice and soaked with sugar. Now put on the stove, heat it to a boil, periodically shaking the dishes with strawberries, and remove from heat. It is not advisable to interfere with strawberries, so as not to damage the integrity of the berries.
We cover the dishes with jam with a towel and set aside for a day.
The next day, repeat the procedure. In this way, we heat the strawberries five times. The sixth time we give strawberries to cook for twenty minutes, add lemon juice, let it cool down for twenty minutes and pour into sterilized, still warm jars. We cork with boiled lids, turn it over, wrap it with a blanket until it cools down.
Jam from a whole strawberry "Pyatiminutka"
Ingredients:
- Strawberry - 2 kg;
- granulated sugar - 3 kg;
- water - 500 ml.
Preparation
After washing well in large amounts of water, we remove the strawberries from the sepals and throw them into a boiling syrup, prepared from water and sugar in an enamel saucepan, let it boil again, boil for five minutes, remove from heat, cover with a lid and wrap it tightly with a blanket. Already cooled jam is poured into cooked, sterilized cans and covered with capron (plastic) covers or wrapped with paper.
Strawberries in jam, cooked according to this recipe, does not lose its useful properties and keeps a fresh taste. Keep the jam better in a cool dark place.