How to make cherry jam
Recipes of jam from cherries a great variety,because who does not love this tasty, juicy berry? In the summer you can enjoy the full fruits of nature, and in the winter it will be pleasant to enjoy a cherry jam with aromatic tea. Cherry is not just a delicious berry, but also very useful. A properly prepared jam replenishes your body with the missing vitamins. For cooking are almost all varieties, it is important that the berries were juicy and ripe - this affects the taste and aesthetic appearance of the delicacy. Dessert of cherry will decorate the table, will please the household and guests on a cold winter day.
Such a jam does not have a pronounced taste oraroma, because often it can be added slices of ginger, lemon, almonds and even pits from apricots. For originality, the syrup can be cooked on wine instead of water.
- White cherry jam with stones
- Sweet cherry jam
Prescription number 1. White cherry jam with stones
Ingredients:
- cherry - 1 kg
- lemon - 1 pc
- sugar - 1 kg
- vanilla - 1/3 tsp.
- water 350 ml
Cooking method:
- We rinse the ripe berries, rinse them well and dry them;
- we dilute sugar in water and, stirring constantly, bring to a boil;
- fill the berries with the resulting syrup. Let's brew for 3 hours;
- put on a weak fire and bring to a boil, do not forget to stir. Readiness can be determined by the color of berries. When they become translucent, the jam is ready;
- squeeze out the juice from the lemon, pour into a saucepan and pour out the vanilla;
- boil another 5 minutes, remove from the fire and pour on the banks.
Dessert can be given a special shade by addinghim nuts. Any will be at your discretion (cashew, almonds, peanuts, walnuts, etc.). Cherry from a sweet cherry with a walnut is especially pleasant to taste and piquant. The ingredients remain the same, only at the initial stage we fall asleep in the prepared cherry 200 g of crushed nuts and pour the syrup. Then continue the preparation for the stages described above.
It is important to choose the right dishes forcooking. It depends on how long your jam can be stored, and how much it will retain its useful properties. For cooking, a stainless steel pan with a volume of 3 to 7 liters is best. Do not use too much capacity, since the berries will turn out to be too soft because they are choked by their own weight. To obtain a beautiful color, stir only with a wooden spoon or spatula, and collect the foam with a spoon made of "stainless steel". Banks for the future jam should be perfectly clean, scalded with boiling water and completely dried, with a capacity of up to 2 liters.
Recipe number 2. Sweet cherry jam
Ingredients:
- cherry 1 kg
- sugar 1,1 kg
- water - 1 t
- lemon juice - 30 g
Cooking method:
- prepare the berries as described above, and gently separate the bones, trying not to damage the fruit;
- boil water with sugar until completely dissolved on low heat;
- pour the cherries into the resulting syrup, bring to a boil and immediately remove. Leave to stand for a day;
- drain the liquid, cook it, periodically removing the foam and stirring. After that we leave for another 48 hours;
- then again boil the syrup, pour into it berries with lemon juice, boil and pour into cans.
This recipe is not very simple, but the resulting cherry jam is so delicious that it will more than compensate for your time and diligence. And family and friends will be surprised by your culinary abilities.
To keep jars with cherry jam follows indry place. For long-term storage, a temperature of +7 - -12 degrees is desirable. A cellar is ideal if there is one. The temperature below 7 degrees leads to sugar, and above 12 leads to the fact that the delicacy sour. The desired shelf life is not more than 2 years, but the correct jam can be stored for longer. And yet you should not stock up for years ahead, it's better to boil fresh fragrant jam again next summer.
