How to make honeysuckle jam
Product proportions
Honeysuckle - 1 kilogram
Sugar - 1.5 kilograms
How to make honeysuckle jam in a saucepan
Sort out the honeysuckle (dense, not overripe berries are suitable for jam), remove plant debris, rinse in cold water and dry a little on paper towels. Pour the honeysuckle into a jam pot, add sugar, stir and leave for 10 hours. Honeysuckle juice is formed, which in the end will serve as a syrup for jam.
Put a saucepan with honeysuckle and sugar on a low heat, bring to a boil, stirring and skimming with a slotted spoon. Cook the jam for 20 minutes.
Pour the honeysuckle jam into the jars and roll up the lids. Cool the jars upside down by wrapping them in a blanket. Then put away for storage.
How to make honeysuckle jam in a slow cooker
Sort the berries, wash and dry, cover with sugar and leave for 8 hours at room temperature, gently stirring the berries with sugar once an hour. Then put the honeysuckle with sugar in a multicooker bowl and cook on the "Stew" mode for 1 hour. Pour the boiled honeysuckle jam into hot sterilized jars and close the lids.
How to make honeysuckle and strawberry jam
ProductsStrawberries - half a kilo
Honeysuckle - half a kilo
Sugar - 1.5 kilograms
How to make strawberry honeysuckle jam
Sort the strawberries and honeysuckle, remove the leaves, wash and dry. Grind the berries with a blender or meat grinder. Put the pureed berries in a saucepan, sprinkle with sugar, and leave for 20-24 hours.
Put the saucepan with berries on a quiet fire and cook, stirring and skimming, for 20 minutes. Pour the prepared honeysuckle and strawberry jam into hot sterilized jars, roll up, cool and store.
Fusofacts
- Before cooking the jam, check the taste of the honeysuckle: if the berries are very bitter, then the jam will also taste bitter despite the addition of a large amount of sugar.- Sweet varieties of honeysuckle for seedlings - Bakchar Giant, Kingfisher, Elizabeth.
- The honeysuckle harvesting season is early to mid June. Depending on the variety, it is necessary to cook the jam in a period from several days to 1.5 weeks.
- The benefits of honeysuckle jam are due to the vitamin C content and antibacterial effect. It is recommended to use it as a winter dessert in the prevention of colds.
