The five best recipes for healthy raspberry jam

Preparation of ingredients

All raspberry jam recipes require roughly the same preparation of ingredients:

1. Go through the berries. This is the very first rule. And it doesn't matter what size they are - you can use both large berries and small ones. The main thing is that they are all intact, and there are no traces of mechanical damage, stains or other manifestations of disease on them.
2. You need to collect raspberries only in dry weather, and lay them out in small boxes. You should not put berries in more than two or three layers, because there is a risk that they will crush each other with their weight and let the juice out.
3. Although they say that you can not wash raspberries, it is better to play it safe and do it. This is especially true for berries that were bought in a store, and not collected with their own hands.
4. Tearing off the sepals is not recommended until the time when the berries have already been sorted out and washed, otherwise the juice may come out ahead of time.
5. Since raspberries are often infected with the larvae of the raspberry bug, it is worthwhile to carry out an additional procedure that will protect your berries. To do this, place the berries in cold water with salt for 15 minutes (20 g of salt per 1 liter of water). Then carefully remove the larvae themselves, and once again thoroughly wash the raspberries by placing them in a colander.

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Step by step recipes

Many are interested in the question of how to cook raspberry jam correctly. It is in this section that we will present you with five basic homemade jam recipes that you can easily use in your own kitchen. So, let's take a closer look at the recipe for making each type of jam.

"Five minutes"

This method, as you might guess from its name, differs in the speed of preparation. You will need 1 kg of berries and sugar.

Now, as for how to make Pyatiminutka jam:

1. Go through and rinse the berries, and then place them in a suitable container and cover with sugar on top. Leave them like this for about 4-5 hours.
2. When the juice comes out, pour it into a saucepan and boil for 10 minutes.
3. Add the berries themselves to this syrup and boil.
4. When the brew comes to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, stirring gently for 5 minutes.
5. Turn off the heat and pour the resulting mixture into the jars.

From whole berries

This jam is quite simple to prepare, and you do not need to carry out any additional manipulations with the berries. To make this dessert, you will need 1 kg of berries and 1 kg of sugar.

Now let's start describing the process:

1. Sort out the raspberries, get rid of all spoiled and damaged berries, rinse if desired.
2. Put raspberries and sugar in a wide basin in several layers. First, put a layer of berries, on top - a layer of sugar. Repeat this one or two more times.
3. Cover the basin with gauze and leave overnight so that the berries release enough juice.
4. Boil the syrup, add the berries to it and bring to a boil.
5. When the mixture boils, boil it for about 5-7 minutes.
6. Pour the cooked dessert into jars and roll up.

With gelatin

Jam lovers will like this dessert, as it turns out to be quite thick.

You can not only use this jam with tea, but also use it as a filling for a variety of pies, since its consistency allows you to do this.

For cooking, you will need the following ingredients:

• 1 kg of raspberries;
• 1.5 kg of sugar;
• 300 ml of water;
• 10 g citric acid;
• 5 g of gelatin.

The cooking process is as follows:

1. Prepare the gelatin according to the instructions on the bag.
2. Sort out the berries and rinse them if necessary.
3. Mix the berries and sugar in a convenient container, and then pour the resulting mass with water.
4. Put this mixture on low heat and cook for half an hour. Remember to stir your dessert constantly with a spoon so it doesn't burn. Use only wooden cutlery, as a metal spoon can oxidize your berries.
5. Now add the remaining ingredients - gelatin and citric acid. Cook for another 15 minutes.
6. Remove from heat, pour into pre-sterilized jars and roll up.

In a multicooker

Raspberry jam in a slow cooker is prepared very quickly and effortlessly. You will need 1 kg of raspberries and the same amount of sugar.

Now let's look at the order of actions:

1. Sort the berries, rinse and dry.
2. Place the raspberries in a multicooker bowl and cover with sugar. To mix the food, turn on the "Stew" mode and leave them for an hour.
3. After an hour, the jam will be completely ready, so you just need to pour it into jars and put it in a dark place.

Without cooking

Yes, you can make jam without boiling, and that's not an oxymoron. If you don't like fiddling with saucepans, this method is perfect for you. You will need 1.5 kg of raspberries and 3 kg of sugar.

Now let's look at the order of actions:

1. For this dessert, you can take not only whole berries, but also broken ones.
2. Turn the berries into gruel.
3. Add sugar to the raspberry pulp and mix well. To completely dissolve the sugar, leave the mass for about a day.
4. Arrange the dessert in the jars, leaving 1-1.5 cm of space on top, which should be covered with granulated sugar.
5. Tighten the jars with lids and refrigerate.

Choose any of the suggested recipes and enjoy the wonderful taste of raspberry jam.