Perhaps the most delicious jam that you canstock up for the winter - currant. Aromatic and dense, it is perfect for cooking morsels and jelly, as well as for filling pies, "Viennese" cookies or simply be a great addition to tea. On how to brew jam from the currant, read in our article. We will offer you not only a classic way of cooking it, but also quick options, which will be very useful for the hostess - in 20 minutes you will be able to make this useful winter dessert. But let's start in order ...
How to cook currant jam: a recipe from our grandmothers
For 1 kilogram of berries you will need:
- one and a half kilos of sugar or slightly less if the currant is sweet enough;
- half a glass of clean filtered water.
For the preparation of jam berries need a goodrinse, peel, dry on a towel. From the specified amount of ingredients, prepare the sugar syrup, bring it to a boil, and then strain through several layers of gauze. Put again on the fire, then in the boiling syrup pour the berry. Bring to readiness in one step. How to check that the jam was cooked? Take a teaspoon of liquid from the pan, pour it on a saucer and see if it spreads, then it's not ready, but if not, you can safely remove the dishes from the fire. Now you know how to cook currant jam on a classic recipe. Be sure to make this preparation for the winter - the content of vitamin C in the berry is greater than in the lemon - it will support your immunity in the cold season and will not give a cold.
Jam from currants "minute"
Of course, for cooking, you will need a little more time than one minute - but you can still make it much faster than harvesting based on the previous recipe. Take:
- 1 kilo of black currant;
- 1-1.5 kg of granulated sugar.
Wash berries and scald with boiling water.From sugar cook a syrup (a glass of water for the specified amount of sand), put the currant in it and bring it to a boil. That's all - ready-made jam can be put in cans and sent for safekeeping.
Jam from a currant "5-minute"
Consistency of such a preparation will be very similar to jelly, and for cooking you will need:
- kilogram of berries;
- half a kilo of sugar;
- half a glass of clean filtered water.
Wash the ripe black currants, sort andblanch (boil) in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Prepare a syrup from water and sugar, bring it to a boil, and then lower the berries into the pan. Bring to a boil again and cook for 5 minutes. No more time needed. Taking into account the preliminary preparation of currants (of course, if such jam is not made from a bucket of berries), the whole process from beginning to end will take no more than 20 minutes. And now you have to decide how to make jam from currants, and cook it for the winter. By the way, if during the cold season you dissolve a spoonful of fragrant food in a glass of warm water, add honey and drink it, then you will not be afraid of any colds. Delicious fruit drink will be to the liking of both adults and children.
