How to cook sea buckthorn jam
Products for cooking sea buckthorn jam
Sea buckthorn berries - 1 kilogram
Sugar - 2 cups
How to cook sea buckthorn jam
Peel the sea buckthorn, rinse and pour over with boiling water. Rub the berries through a sieve, put the sea buckthorn puree in a saucepan and put on a low heat. Gradually add sugar, dissolve sugar in sea buckthorn and cook, stirring occasionally, until the consistency of liquid sour cream (about 30 minutes).
Pour sea buckthorn jam into hot sterilized jars, close with lids, cool and store.
Sea buckthorn jam in a slow cooker
Pour boiling water over the peeled and washed sea buckthorn, rub through a sieve and put in a multicooker bowl. Cover with sugar, cook on the "Quenching" mode for 1 hour.
Sea buckthorn jam in a bread maker
Put the grated sea buckthorn and sugar into the bread maker, mix, set the bread machine to the "Jam" mode and cook for 1.5 hours.
Sea buckthorn jam and kitchen gadgets
- A gelling supplement based on pectin or gelatin will help to reduce the cooking time of sea buckthorn jam and preserve at least some of the vitamins. This ingredient allows you to reduce the amount of sugar build-up and helps to preserve the natural orange color of the jam, which becomes darker with prolonged cooking.- There is so much vitamin C in sea buckthorn that even taking into account the destruction when heated, it remains enough in the finished jam. Sea buckthorn jam contains vitamin P, which restores capillary elasticity and reduces blood clotting, as well as vitamin K, which is necessary for metabolic processes and normal kidney function. Sea buckthorn jam contains potassium, which is necessary for the stable functioning of the heart, kidneys and circulatory system, as well as magnesium, without which the free passage of nerve impulses and active muscle contraction are impossible.
- Sea buckthorn jam, due to the content of pectin and fiber, lowers cholesterol levels, helps to cleanse the restoration of intestinal microflora.
In case of gastrointestinal diseases, it is recommended to replace fresh sea buckthorn with sea buckthorn jam.
- The calorie content of sea buckthorn jam is about 260 kcal / 100 grams.