How to cook currant jam with oranges
Products
for 1 liter of jam
Fresh or frozen berries of red or black currant - 2 kilograms
Oranges - 3 large
Sugar - 3 kilograms
Citric acid - 5 grams
Rum - 1 tablespoon (optional)
Preparing products for cooking jam
1. Sort out the currants, remove the crumpled and spoiled berries, wash and put in a colander, shaking from time to time.
2. When the currant berries are dry, pour them into a saucepan for making jam, sprinkle with citric acid and cover with sugar.
3. Wash oranges, cut the peel to taste (it is useful for cooking jam from orange peels) and white films, cut into slices and remove seeds.
4. Finely chop the oranges, if you use oranges without a peel, and if with a peel - then scroll through a meat grinder.
Making jam
How to cook jam and currants with oranges in a saucepan1. Put a saucepan with currants on the fire, bring to a boil.
2. Turn off the heat and rub the mixture through a sieve.
3. Put the oranges in a saucepan to the currant mixture, bring to a boil with constant stirring, then add rum.
4. Boil the jam for 3 minutes over the quietest heat that allows it to boil; remove the foam when cooking.
How to cook currant jam with oranges in a slow cooker
1. Put the currants in a multicooker container, set the multicooker to the "Baking" mode, cook for 1 minute.
2. Pass the currants through a sieve or grind with a blender.
3. Put the currants back into the slow cooker, add the oranges, chopped or rolled through a meat grinder, pour in the rum and cook after boiling for 10 minutes.
Harvesting currant jam with oranges for the winter
1. Pour blackcurrant jam with oranges into sterilized jars.
2. Screw the jars with sterilized lids.
3. Turn the jars upside down, wrap them in a blanket or a fur coat, cool in this state to room temperature and store.
