Strawberry jam is a remedy for colds
Strawberries are very useful for the body. Ate jam from strawberries - and enriched the body with vitamins C, E, Group B, etc. And also received trace elements (iron, manganese, calcium), organic acids and tannins. Strawberry jam has a beneficial effect on various organs and systems: blood, immune, digestive. Improves metabolism. In young children does not cause allergic reactions.
In order not to lose these wonderful abilities, you needchoose a recipe for jam from strawberries with little heat treatment, and even without it at all. They love this delicacy not only for useful properties. Strawberries are a warm memory of summer, sun and interestingly spent days. The dish is beautiful. It can be drunk with tea, spread on bread, eat with pancakes.
General requirements for the preparatory process
Strawberries are very fragile. Her preparation is carried out carefully so as not to disturb the structure. We release from sepals, if there is contamination, then we clean it. We put the colander in small portions and mine under a stream of running water. Do not touch with your hands - it will fade and lose shape.
Looking at berries, you need to sort them bysize. So they are more evenly sugared. How to cook strawberry jam? Pour the layers with sugar. Sugar to taste, the proposed optimal proportions of 1: 1.2-1.5. Wait 4-6 hours, the juice will appear. Recommended dishes - enameled or brass containers. In them, food does not burn. Long-term storage of strawberries in such dishes is not worth it.
Cooking formula
The recipe for strawberry jam, which does not lose vitamins and healing abilities from prolonged boiling:
take 3 cups of berries and 1 glass of sugar;
on low heat is brought to a boil, the foam is removed;
boils with stirring for 5 minutes;
is sealed in sterile cans.
Jam turns out not thick, very tender, with a rich unique flavor.
Jam from forest strawberries can be brewed inmultivark. The unit is packed in an equal number of miracle berry and sugar, water is poured into the amount of five times less. The "quenching" mode is set for half an hour. Suitable for those who do not have time to mess around with the removal of foam and other "delights."
Fruits are rubbed with sugar, which must be takenin 2 times more. Gradually on the stove to bring to dissolution, but do not boil. To cork in banks. It is better to store in a cold place made in this way jam from strawberries. The recipe is relevant because the berry completely retains its healing effect.
What you need to know about the secrets of cooking
How to prepare earth-jam jam so that the bitterness is not felt? In the basin put the raw peeled carrots, it is then taken out. Or add red currant in an amount 6 times smaller.
How much to cook jam from strawberries? Readiness is checked by drop of syrup - on a cold saucer it does not spread. The berries must be translucent. How much sugar is better to add to the strawberry jam? Put a little - will ferment; a lot - sugar. Grandmothers offer 3 cups of berries to take 1 cup. To prevent sugars, it is recommended to add a little citric acid.
