Currant jam recipe
Proportions
7 cups berries, 3 cups sugar, 5 cups water
What currants are suitable for jam
Blackcurrant jam is one of the most useful, contains a lot of vitamin C, carotene, calcium, iron. Black wins in favor. And in red or white currants there is more natural pectin, so this jam keeps the consistency better even with a minimum amount of sugar.
Simple recipe
1. Sterilize the jars with boiling water, thoroughly pouring over each from the inside.
2. Pour water into a saucepan / bowl, add sugar and dissolve it completely.
3. While the syrup is boiling, sort out the currants, wash, if necessary, cut off the tails, then dry or simply shake in a colander over the sink.
4. Pour the currants into the syrup and cook for 5 minutes after the first bubbles appear.
5. When boiling the jam, remove the foam and stir gently so that the berries do not fall apart.
6. Pour hot currant jam into sterilized jars straight from the pan / basin with a ladle, placing a plate under the jar.
Five-minute recipe suggests a slightly different method of cooking: the berries are covered with sugar, after a few hours they let the juice in and heat up for 5 minutes, then cool down at air temperature for 4-5 hours. Then the procedure is repeated a couple of times. This method is more gentle on berry vitamins, but it takes much more time.
How to cook correctly
How much jam will it makeFrom 1 kilogram of currants, 1.5-1.7 liters of jam are obtained.
Method without cooking
Twist the currants with a meat grinder with sugar in a ratio of 1: 1.5, store only in the refrigerator. Cooking is preferable when you need to store a lot and without a refrigerator.
Which way of cooking currant jam is better
The easiest way to make currant jam is the best one. It was the five-minute cooking that our grandmothers subjected the berries to before being laid out in jars. Just make sure that the jars and lids are clean and steamed, do not make a big fire or leave the stove for a long time - and your personal dessert is ready for winter evenings.
Which pot to cook
Either enameled or made of stainless steel, since currants are sour berries and can corrode soft metals, ruining the pan and the dessert itself.
The correct proportions of berries and sugar
- Liquid jam: 7 glasses of berries, 3 glasses of sugar, 5 glasses of water. If we count in kilograms, for each kilogram of berries, 1 kilogram of sugar and 1.5 glasses of water;
- So that there is a spoon: 3 glasses of sugar, 2 glasses of water, 7 glasses of currants. According to this recipe, the currants should give their juice, for this you need to cover it with sugar and wait a few hours. Or rub / chop the berries and cook with constant stirring.
What is the combination of currants in jam
Like any jam, currant will perfectly complement any citrus fruit (with a moderate amount of sour species), gooseberries and raspberries.
Currant jam season - from late June to early August. By the end of the season, blackcurrant in stores becomes cheap, so it is at this time that it is recommended to start harvesting it.
