Blueberry jam: quick recipes for the winter, cooking methods without boiling, with fruits and gelatin

Blueberry treat is a storehouse of antioxidants, pectins, vitamins and other beneficial substances. Forest sour berry regulates metabolism, increases visual acuity. This is a natural antiseptic that slows down the aging process and prevents the increase in blood sugar and the development of oncology. On its basis, the Bilberry Forte dietary supplement was even created. A couple of tablespoons of dessert helps to get rid of a bad mood, spleen within two to three minutes after the start of tea drinking.

Preparatory stage

Berries, especially slightly overripe, must be picked carefully so as not to crush. They should be processed on the same day, first sorting out and rinsing from litter. Unripe, with green sides, it is not worth tearing - they will worsen the taste of dessert. In order not to get your hands dirty, it is better to carry out all the work in thin rubber gloves. Consider a few more rules.

• The washing up. Rinse the harvested crop several times, pouring clean water into the basin.
• The form. To keep the berries intact during cooking, they must be covered with sugar, left for a while, then canned.
• Sterilization. Banks must be sterilized before rolling, so as not to spoil the workpiece. You can carry out the treatment with steam, boiling water, calcine the containers in the oven, microwave.
• Dishes. For cooking, it is better to use a copper or brass basin, a stainless steel pan. Store blueberry treats preferably in small glass jars under iron or plastic lids.
• Proportions. It is recommended to follow the dosages of ingredients indicated in the recipes so as not to spoil the taste of the dessert.

The most useful recipe

Features Dessert, prepared without heat treatment, maximally preserves the beneficial properties of forest gifts. Sterilize jars and lids in advance. Store such a treat in the refrigerator.

What to prepare:

• berries - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1.5 kg.

How to do

1. Sort ripe berries (you can take and slightly ripe).
2. Rinse two to three times.
3. Let water drip.
4. Mix in a bowl with sugar.
5. Grind in a blender.
6. Arrange the “raw” jam in sterilized jars, close with new nylon covers.

"Five Minute"

Features Dessert really needs to be cooked for only five minutes. This will save almost all the vitamins and minerals, spending a minimum of time on harvesting.

What to prepare:

• ripe berries - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1.2 kg.

How to do

1. Sterilize jars in the oven or microwave.
2. Wash the berries, pour in a colander, to glass the water.
3. Transfer to a thick-bottomed pan, cover with granulated sugar, put on fire. Boil without water.
4. Stir to dissolve the grains. Then add heat, boil.
5. Boil for exactly five minutes, remove from stove, cool.
6. Lay out on the banks, roll up.

Jelly treat

Features The recipe allows you to cook delicate and tasty jam with whole berries in just 25 minutes. Syrup will look and consistency reminiscent of viscous jelly.

What to prepare:

• blueberries - four glasses;
• water - two glasses;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg.

How to do

1. Rinse whole berries, dry them, throwing them in a colander.
2. Boil water in a saucepan, then dissolve sugar in it, wait for boiling again.
3. Introduce the berries into the syrup.
4. Simmer for 15 minutes, gently stirring with a spatula.
5. Pour the mass into sterilized glass jars, screw on the lids.
6. Leave to cool under a towel for a day, turning upside down.

Polyvariations

Combining wild berries and other fruits, you can get delicious, fragrant desserts. Especially sophisticated with dosages do not have to - the beginning for all recipes is the same. By default, in each variant, 1 kg of fresh blueberries is taken.

With lemon

What to prepare:

• sugar - 1.5 kg;
• lemon - one;
• peppermint - four branches.

How to do

1. Sort and rinse the berries, cover with sugar.
2. Remove the zest from the washed lemon with a grater, and squeeze the juice out of the pulp.
3. Put the juice and zest in the blueberry mass, put the pan on the fire.
4. Cook for 15 minutes after boiling.
5. Rinse and dry the sprigs of mint, break, throw into a pan, keep on the stove for another five minutes.
6. Pack jam on sterilized jars, preserve.

With orange

What to prepare:

• lemon - one;
• an orange - two;
• sugar - 0.9 kg;
• water - a third of a glass.

How to do

1. Rinse foods, dry, wipe citruses with a towel.
2. Scroll through the meat grinder. With oranges and lemon zest before scrolling do not need to be removed.
3. Stir in granulated sugar.
4. Pour water into the bottom of the pan, add a fruit and berry mixture.
5. Boil. Cook, stirring, for about 20 minutes.
6. Arrange in sterile jars with a volume of 250 ml, cork.
7. Turn over the container, insulate.

With currant

What to prepare:

• blackcurrant - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1.7 kg.

How to do

1. Sort, rinse and dry the blueberries and currants.
2. Grind the ingredients in turn with a blender.
3. Combine the berry puree with sugar, transfer to a pan.
4. Put on fire, wait for boiling.
5. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Pack on clean jars, close the lids.

With lingonberries

What to prepare:

• ripe lingonberries - 1 kg;
• water - 400 ml;
• granulated sugar - 1.2 kg.

How to do

1. Enumerate the berries, rinse, and blanch in boiling water for softness.
2. Scroll through a meat grinder, mix with water and sugar in a saucepan.
3. Cook after boiling over low heat until thickened, removing the foam.
4. Pack fragrant hot mass in sterilized jars, tighten.

With raspberries or strawberries

What to prepare:

• raspberries (or strawberries) - 500 g;
• sugar - 1.3 kg;
• water - 300 ml.

How to do

1. Go through the berries, remove the stalks from raspberries or strawberries, rinse and dry.
2. Cook syrup from water and sugar.
3. Carefully pour the ingredients into boiling syrup, after cutting the largest strawberries in half or in slices.
4. Cook for ten minutes, removing the foam, stirring occasionally.
5. Pour into sterile jars, preserve.

With apples

What to prepare:

• sweet-sour apples - 800 g;
• granulated sugar - 1.5 kg.

How to do

1. Mix the washed berries with sugar, leave for three hours, so that the juice stands out.
2. Put on fire, boil, boil for about ten minutes. Do not forget to mix.
3. Pour apples peeled from cores, seeds and peel, cut into slices.
4. Cook for another 20-25 minutes.
5. Distribute the mass into containers with a volume of 0.5 l, cork.

Culinary experiments

Experiment lovers will love the recipes below. In both cases, you can use both fresh and frozen berries.

With gelatin

Features Gelatin allows you to make a thick jam, the consistency of a jam. To do this, you do not have to boil the mass for a long time, the process will take only half an hour. If you add a little more water, the mass will look like jelly.

What to prepare:

• sugar - 750 g;
• gelatin - one teaspoon;
• water - 100 ml;
• berries - a full liter jar.

How to do

1. Pour the washed berries in a saucepan with sugar to let the juice flow.
2. Put on a small fire, cook for ten minutes, stirring constantly.
3. As it boils, keep it on fire for another ten minutes, removing the foam from the surface with a spoon.
4. Dilute gelatin with water, pour the mass into the jam. Cook for another ten minutes.
5. Arrange on sterilized jars, tighten. Turn over to cool.

In a slow cooker

Features In a multifunctional kitchen appliance, it is easy to make a dessert of frozen berries. And you can cook it both in summer and in winter. It is advisable to use the "Extinguishing" mode for cooking.

What to prepare:

• frozen berries - 1 kg;
• lemon juice - three tablespoons;
• sugar - 0.9 kg.

How to do

1. Put the berries in a bowl, cover with granulated sugar.
2. Leave for half an hour.
3. Pour lemon juice, mix, transfer to a multicooker bowl.
4. Set the "Extinguishing" mode to 45 minutes.
5. Pour the hot mass into 250 ml jars, roll up or close the lids.
6. Keep refrigerated.

You can prepare dessert in any way, choosing the option for your tastes and preferences. And it’s better to prepare two or three varieties of healthy treats, adding raspberries, lingonberries, apples or mint leaves to the composition. The main thing is to sterilize the dishes in advance, and then select the optimal temperature for storing the workpieces.

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