Black currant jam, the best recipes. Jam from black and red currants, how to cook at home

Black currant jam with raspberries - step by step recipe

Jam from currant with raspberries can be addedcooking in different ways. The main difference will be in the proportion of proportions: if you add most of the raspberries, then the jam will turn out to be more sweet with a pronounced crimson taste. If it is put less currants, then the latter will break the taste of raspberries. If the berries are sweet, then you can not use sugar in this recipe, which will have a positive effect on its caloric value.

Necessary ingredients:

• 
  currant - 1 kg


• 
  raspberry - 2-2,5 kg


• 
  sugar - 2.5 kg


• 
  lemon acid

Step-by-step instruction:

1. 
   Berries of currants need to be sorted, cut off their tails and thoroughly washed under running water. Raspberry should not be washed, otherwise it will lose its integrity.


2. 
   Raspberries should be placed in a container and covered with half of sugar. Leave to juice from it began to stand out.


3. 
   Pour out the currant from above and sprinkle with the rest of the sugar.


4. 
   Put the mixture on a stove and boil. To wait while the currant will give juice it is not necessary, it will allow to keep berries whole, and raspberry will be boiled and will give to a jam the necessary consistence. Cook for 10 minutes.


5. 
   Expand on the banks. It is allowed not to roll jam, it will be enough nylon cap, because it is well stored, even at room temperature.

Blackberry currant jam with apples - step by step recipe

This combination is quite interesting andunusual. Ready-made apple-currant jam can be used as a filling for pies, and for biscuits and cakes, which, no doubt, will be successful with gourmets. This is explained by the special consistency obtained by the brewing of berries, and by an unusual combination of taste. A variety of apples should be chosen based on their preferences: harder or soft, sweet or sour-sweet. According to this recipe, you can cook jam and frozen currant.

Necessary ingredients:

• 
  currant - 2 kg


• 
  apples -2.5 kg


• 
  sugar - 2 kg


• 
  water - 300-800 gr.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. 
   Boil sugar in water over low heat, making a thick transparent syrup.


2. 
   Boil it currant, previously washed and peeled from the tails.


3. 
   To make jam, it is necessary, while berries do not break. Do not forget to remove the formed foam.


4. 
   Prepare apples: cut the peel, take out the seeds, cut into slices. Fall asleep in the mass of apples.


5. 
   Cook until thick.

There is a slightly different procedure for cookingjam from the currant according to this recipe, it is even possible to call it a five-minute fast for the speed of production. You need to grind the berries with sugar in a blender. Mix the mixture for 4-6 minutes and add the pieces of apples, after which it will take about 10 minutes of heat treatment.

Red currant jam with bananas - step by step recipe

This unusual recipe is sure to please small sweeties, because the use of currants in it will complement the delicious bananas.

Necessary ingredients:

• 
  Redcurrant juice - 1L.


• 
  sugar - 600 gr.


• 
  bananas - 4 pcs.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. 
   From the red currant squeeze out the juice. The most convenient way to do this is through a juicer. For lack of such a berry can be scalded with boiling water and leave for 5 minutes. Then put them in gauze and squeeze out the juice.


2. 
   Bananas mash with a fork or blender to a puree state.


3. 
   Mix all the ingredients and cook over low heat until boiling. After that boil the mixture for another 40 minutes.


4. 
   Ready jam pour on jars, close the lids and turn upside down.

Black currant jam with nuts - step by step recipe

Jam and currant jams can be supplementedany components: fruits, berries, nuts. As for the latter, it is best to take a normal walnut, as well as almonds or cashews. It is these varieties that ideally reveal their useful qualities in currant jam.

Necessary ingredients:

• 
  currant - 2.5 kg


• 
  sugar - 2-2.5 kg


• 
  nuts - 450 gr.


• 
  water - 500-700 gr.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. 
   Water with sugar boil and boil until the latter dissolves. The syrup should go out thick.


2. 
   Currant in syrup and boil for 4-6 minutes. Leave it overnight.


3. 
   In the morning, cook the jam for 6 minutes and then set aside again for 3-6 hours.


4. 
   Nuts fry in a frying pan, finely chopped.


5. 
   Add the nuts to the mass and boil the last time for 5 minutes.


6. 
   Dilute the dessert to the banks or immediately enjoy a cup of tea.

Jelly from red currant - step by step recipe

Jam from red currants for the winter usuallyare prepared according to several recipes. The classical variant involves the preparation of berries in syrup in several stages. This jam can also be called a "five-minute" of red currant. But the most popular is jelly from this berry, as it turns out beautiful, thick, transparent and unusually tasty. According to our recipe, you can cook jam and frozen currant without preliminary defrosting. In this case, water is not needed, since thawed berries will be allowed to juice.

Necessary ingredients:

• 
  red currant - 2.5 kg


• 
  sugar - 2 kg


• 
  water - 100 gr.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. 
   The berries must be prepared: wash, dry, remove the twigs.


2. 
   Pour the red currant with cold water. Keep on low heat for a few minutes.


3. 
   When berries heat up and begin to burst, they can besuppress with a spoon or nap. So, they will give more juice and the cooking time will decrease, due to which the most part of vitamins will remain in the finished jelly. The total time of longing should not be more than 7 minutes.


4. 
   Throw the mass over a sieve and strain it. Proceeding from the desired result, it is allowed to wipe the mass to obtain a larger volume and density. If there is a desire to make a more transparent jelly, then do not advise. In addition, the first method of jelly can get bones, which not everyone will like. It is better just to stir the berries with a spoon without crushing. So only juice will come out of them.


5. 
   Fill the liquid with sugar and boil it. If desired, at this stage, you can add a few mint leaves for flavor.


6. 
   The jelly is considered to be ready, when the spoon is left with a groove. This means that it has acquired the required consistency.

Honey-nut jam from red currant - step-by-step recipe

Caloric content of currant jam because ofthe use of large amounts of sugar is high enough. To reduce calorie, sugar or a part of it can be replaced with honey. In this recipe, walnuts were also added to honey, which were given a savory flavor.

Necessary ingredients:

• 
  red currant - 2 kg


• 
  apples -1 kg


• 
  sugar -1 kg


• 
  honey - 2 kg


• 
  walnuts -300-400 gr.

Necessary ingredients:

1. 
   Berries are cleaned and washed, poured with water and soaked on low heat until softened.
   
   
   On a note! Components can be changed and made assorted black and red berries, then the jam will come out even more saturated and fragrant.
   
   


2. 
   Cooked berries need to be recycled by removing cake.


3. 
   Sugar and honey boil with water.


4. 
   Apples to wash, remove superfluous (seeds, a peel) and to cut thin slices.


5. 
   Add the nuts and apples in syrup and cook until boiling.


6. 
   Berry puree added immediately after boiling.


7. 
   Cook 1 hour. It is necessary to stir the mixture to avoid burning.


8. 
   Expand on the banks and cork.