Homemade blackberry jam recipes for the winter
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Preparation of ingredients
There are many ways to make blackberry jam. If the household prefers a seedless roll, the hostess needs to dip the fruit in hot water for five minutes. To keep the fruits intact, it is not recommended to rinse before boiling. During the cooking process, it is best to stir the mass with a wooden spoon.
The berries will definitely remain intact if the cooked mass is not interfered with at all. In this case, it is recommended to shake the container by hand. If you add citrus zest at the beginning of the preparation of the dessert, the finished delicacy will be especially fragrant. Cooking jam in a slow cooker is not recommended. Sometimes they use blueberries, which are prepared according to the principle described above.
Video "Blackberry Jam"
This video will show you how to make blackberry jam without cooking.
Simple recipes
To make jam according to the simplest recipe, sugar and berries are enough. This will create a thick mass that will definitely have a positive effect on the body. The ingredients should be measured in 1 kilogram.
Cooking steps:
- Sort out the blackberries, remove the crushed and spoiled berries.
- Transfer the rest to a colander and gently rinse under a fine pressure of water.
- If there are stalks on the berries, they must be carefully removed during the washing process.
- Boil until tender and place in jars.
"Five minutes"
Blackberry jam "Pyatiminutka" is so called because it is prepared many times faster than other recipes. The following products are prepared for him: 900 g of berries, 900 g of sugar, 3 g of citric acid.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Rinse the blackberry, let dry.
- Put the berries in layers in a wide bowl, sprinkle each layer with sugar.
- Leave on for 6 hours.
- Put on fire and boil.
- After 5 minutes, add citric acid.
- Boil for 1 minute and turn off the heat.
- Pour the prepared jam into jars under plastic lids.
Without cooking
Even the most real natural multivitamin is prepared at home. This is a jam consisting of currants and blackberries. It should be noted that the shelf life of such a delicacy is limited to six months.
Ingredient List:
- 1 kg of currants;
- 1 kg of blackberries;
- 3 kg of granulated sugar;
- big lemon.
Wash and dry berries and citrus fruits well. Pass the currants and blackberries through a meat grinder, chop and lemon with zest. Combine the mass in a deep container, cover with sugar. Leave for 5 hours, stirring occasionally. Pour into clean jars and refrigerate.
With apples
For blackberry jam for the winter, 300 ml of water, 1 kg of blackberries, 1 kg of sour apples, 1.5 kg of granulated sugar, 1 tbsp. l. butter, 100 g of liqueur and a pinch of cardamom.
The cooking process is as follows:
- Rinse apples, cut into 4 pieces, peel, cut into thin slices.
- Place in a container, add water and cook for 10 minutes until the apples are tender.
- Squeeze out lemon juice, pour over boiled apples.
- Place the blackberries, cook for 10 minutes, stirring and removing the foam.
- Pour liqueur and sprinkle with cardamom, cook for 3-4 minutes, chill.
- Pour into clean containers and close with plastic lids.
With raspberries
Raspberries and blackberries are the perfect combination to benefit the body. It is especially important in winter and at the height of colds.
To prepare a fragrant delicacy, you will need 500 g of raspberries and blackberries, 900 g of sugar.
Cooking process:
- Sort out, wash and dry the berries, remove the stalks.
- Pour the berries into different containers.
- Pour in the same amount of granulated sugar.
- Stir gently, leave for 10 hours in a cool place.
- As the juice appears, pour it into the same container.
- After 10 hours, warm up the juice, stir.
- Add raspberries and blackberries.
- Bring to a boil and leave to cook for 5–6 minutes, remove the foam that appears.
- Turn off the heat and cool the mass completely.
- Put the container on the fire again and boil for 5 minutes.
- Packaged in sterilized jars.
With elderberry
Blackberry jam with elderberry turns out to be tasty and healthy. You need to stock up on 400 g of blackberries, 400 g of plums, 200 g of raspberries, 200 g of elderberry, 1.2 kg of granulated sugar, 5 cloves and 0.5 cups of lemon juice.
Cooking instructions:
- Wash the elder, raspberries and blackberries, place in one saucepan.
- Remove the seeds from the plums, cut, add to other components.
- Throw in the cloves, pour water over them so that they cover the fruit by a few centimeters.
- Boil over medium heat.
- Boil the mixture for 15 minutes.
- Soften the fruit with a fork, pour the resulting puree into cheesecloth, tie and place in a sieve.
- Put a metal pan down and leave overnight to extract the juice.
- Pour the resulting juice into a saucepan.
- Add granulated sugar to the juice and boil until it dissolves.
- Increase heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Pour into jars and store in the refrigerator.
It should be added that blackberry jam, which undergoes minimal heat treatment, must be kept in the refrigerator. Viscous and thick jams, which have been cooked for a long time, are sealed and stored at room temperature.