Redcurrant jam for the winter

Redcurrant jam is a very tasty and simple preparation for the winter. You can make homemade jam in a variety of ways. The most popular is red currant jam, which can be an independent delicacy, an ingredient in sweet sandwiches, and an excellent addition to ice cream and any other desserts. It will be appropriate in any sweet dish and will definitely delight you with its amazing taste.

Recipe for thick seedless redcurrant jam

Using this recipe, you can prepare thick, rich currant jam with the pleasant sour taste of this wonderful berry. Redcurrant jam is the best way to eat this tasty and healthy berry every day. In this recipe we use sugar in a 1:1 ratio to berry puree. Cook with short cooking time.

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   How to make redcurrant jam for the winter? Separate the berries from the branches, rinse well with running water and grind with a submersible blender. Grind the berry mass on a thick sieve to remove seeds and peels and measure its volume. The amount of berries indicated in the recipe yields 1.5–1.6 liters of juice.
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   Now let's start making jam. This jam should be cooked in small portions. Pour part of the juice (half or 1/3) into the pan for making jam, add part of the sugar and place on low heat. Stir the juice with a wooden spoon until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then pour in the next part of the juice, add sugar and mix. Cook the jam over low heat for 20 minutes.
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   During the cooking process, constantly remove the foam from the surface, otherwise the jam will “run away”.
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   Pour the finished jam hot into sterile jars and close with lids. You can roll the jam, or you can seal it with plastic lids. Transfer the cooled currant jam to a cool place for storage.

Enjoy your tea!

Five-minute redcurrant jam

The recipe for making currant jam for the winter using the “five-minute” method allows you to preserve as much as possible all the taste and vitamins in it, therefore it is the most useful method. Although it takes a little longer to prepare than five minutes, the recipe is still quick and easy.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 1 kg.
• Sugar – 1 kg.

Cooking process:

1. Sort the currant berries, removing twigs, leaves and small debris. Place them in a deep bowl and fill with warm water to better remove small debris, then rinse them in a colander under running water.

2. Dry the washed berries in any way.

3.Pour the prepared currants into a saucepan for making jam, add the required amount of sugar and mix with your hand, trying to crush the berries.

4. Place the pan on low heat and cook the berry mixture for 5 minutes, stirring it constantly with a wooden spoon.

5. Thoroughly grind the hot mass into a thick sieve to separate the peel and seeds, from which you can then prepare a fruit drink or compote.

6. Pour the berry puree into the same pan.

7. Cook the jam over low heat for no more than 5 minutes, stirring it constantly and skimming off the foam from the surface.

8. Pour the hot jam into pre-sterilized jars and seal with sterile lids.

9. Cover the jars with a warm blanket and, after completely cooling, transfer to storage.

Enjoy your tea!

A simple recipe for redcurrant jam without cooking

Using this recipe, you can prepare currant jam for future use without heat treatment. For good storage of this dessert, the ratio of berries and sugar is 1:1. It can only be stored in the refrigerator. Red currants do not cause allergies, so this jam can also be given to small children. Raw currant jam goes well with cottage cheese dishes.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 1.5 kg.
• Sugar – 1.5 kg.

Cooking process:

1. For this jam, choose well-ripened and high-quality berries. Prepare them carefully: remove twigs and debris, rinse and be sure to dry.

2. Grind the prepared berries using a blender or food processor.

3. Pour the resulting berry puree into a deep bowl.

4. Pour the calculated amount of sugar into it and stir the mixture with a wooden spoon until the sugar is completely dissolved.

5.Cover the dishes with a towel and leave for 4 hours at home temperature. During this time, the jam should acquire a uniform texture.

6. After this time, pour the jam into dry sterile jars and seal tightly. Place the jars in the refrigerator for storage.

Eat for your health!

Thick redcurrant jam with gelatin

This recipe asks you to add gelatin to the currant jam. Thanks to this, your dessert will be quite thick and the cooking time will be short, which will allow you to preserve all the beneficial properties of this berry in the preparation.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 2 kg.
• Sugar – 1.5 kg.
• Gelatin – 25 g.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare red currants thoroughly for making jam.

2. To do this, separate them from the branches, rinse several times with water and dry with a kitchen towel.

3. Grind the prepared berries using a food processor or grind them into a meat grinder.

4. Pour the resulting berry puree into a saucepan for making jam.

5. In a separate bowl, mix the amount of sugar indicated in the recipe with gelatin.

6. Pour the resulting mixture into the berry puree and mix well.

7. Cover the dishes with a napkin and leave for 2-3 hours, preferably in a cool place.

8. After this time, mix the puree well again and let it stand for another 3 hours.

9. Then place the bowl with the berries on low heat and bring the berry mass to a boil, but do not cook. If the sugar has not completely dissolved, repeat this step again.

10. Pour the prepared jam hot into sterile jars, roll up the lids and store in a cool place.

Eat to your health and happy preparations!

Delicious red and black currant jam

Jam made from these two varieties of currants has long occupied an honorable place among winter preparations. These berries complement each other perfectly and create a unique taste. You can choose the proportions of berries according to your taste.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 1 kg.
• Black currant – 250 g.
• Sugar – 800 g.
• Water – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. First prepare the berries, separate them from the tassels, rinse and dry.

2. In a saucepan for making jam, cook syrup from the required amount of water and sugar.

3. Place red and black currants into the prepared hot syrup, mix everything well and bring the berry mass to a boil over low heat. Turn off the fire.

4. Leave the pan with berries in syrup overnight so that the currants are well saturated with sugar syrup.

5. The next morning, cook the jam over low heat for half an hour and pour it into sterile jars.

6. Roll up the jars with boiled lids, cover with a warm blanket and leave until completely cooled.

7. Store this preparation in a cool place.

Eat for your health!

Redcurrant and apple jam

This is a recipe for lovers of unusual winter preparations. The combination of red currants and apples will give your dessert a dense consistency, a balanced sweet and sour taste and a beautiful color, unlike brown apple jam. We take frozen currants, since the ripening time of these fruits is different. We will prepare this jam from fruit and berry puree in several steps.

Ingredients:

• Apples – 1.5 kg.
• Red currants – 300 g.
• Water – ½ tbsp.
• Sugar – from 700 g (to taste).

Cooking process:

1. Wash the apples, remove the cores and seeds and cut into medium slices.

2.Place the prepared berries in a bowl for making jam and add half a glass of water to them. If your apples are not very juicy, add more water.

3. Without separating the berries from the tassels, rinse the red currants with cold water (frozen berries do not need to be thawed) and place them with the apples.

4. Place the dishes on low heat and cook everything for 20 minutes so that the apples are well boiled. Stir the mixture periodically with a wooden spoon.

5. Then grind the apples and currants in portions into a thick sieve to remove the peel and seeds of the currants.

6. Place the resulting thick fruit puree into the same bowl and add the required amount of sugar to it. The sugar will immediately make the jam thick and viscous.

7. Cook the jam over low heat for no more than 15 minutes, otherwise it will turn brown. When cooking the jam, stir constantly so that it does not burn.

8. Place the hot jam into sterile jars and seal tightly.

9. Store this jam in a cool, dark place, however, you can simply store it in your apartment.

Bon appetit and happy cooking!

Step-by-step recipe for jam from redcurrant juice

This is a recipe for making currant jam for those who don’t like seeds in dessert. Currant juice can be prepared either hot or using a juicer. It is advisable to add pectin to this jam, because we throw away the peel and seeds.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 2 kg.
• Sugar – 1.5 kg.
• Pectin – 2 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Carefully sort out the red currant berries, removing tassels and small debris.

2. Then we rinse them with cold water and place them in a colander to remove excess liquid.

3. Using a juicer, prepare currant juice.From this amount of currants you will get 1 liter of juice. The remaining cake can be used to prepare fruit drink or compote.

4. Pour the juice into a container for making jam, add the required amount of sugar to it and stir.

5. Cook the jam over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring regularly and skimming off the foam.

6. Then pour pectin into the jam, mix and cook for a few more minutes.

7. Pour the prepared jam into sterile jars and seal hermetically.

8. Transfer the cooled jam to a cool, dark place for storage.

Eat to your health and happy preparations!

How to make redcurrant jam in a slow cooker?

In this recipe you are invited to prepare currant jam using a slow cooker. It produces jam with a special subtle taste and delicate texture.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 1.5 kg.
• Sugar – 1.5 kg.
• Water – 200 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Separate the currant berries from the branches, place in a colander and rinse with running water.

2. Place clean berries in the bowl of the device and pour the required amount of water into them.

3. Set the “Cooking” program on the multicooker and cook the berries for 5 minutes without closing the lid.

4. When the berries begin to crack, drain the water through a sieve and grind the berries well with a spoon to remove the peel and seeds as much as possible.

5. Pour the resulting berry puree back into the bowl.

6. Add sugar to the puree and stir until it is completely dissolved.

7. Turn on the “Extinguishing” program. Cook the jam on this program for 10 minutes with the lid open.

8. Place the hot jam into sterile jars and roll up.

9. Store this jam in a cool, dark place.

Enjoy your tea!

A simple recipe for redcurrant and raspberry jam

You are given a recipe for making currant jam with raspberries. These berries go very well in taste, and raspberries do not change the thickness of the dessert, since currants themselves contain a lot of pectin. And one more thing: first cook the currants, and then grind them on a sieve, because pectin is contained precisely in the peel of the berries.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 2 tbsp.
• Raspberries – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Without separating the berries from the bunches, rinse and dry the currants well.

2. Place it in a bowl for making jam.

3. Do not wash the raspberries, but only remove the stems. Overripe raspberries are better suited for this jam, since the integrity of the berries does not matter.

4. Transfer the raspberries to the currants and add the required amount of sugar to the berries.

5. Using a wooden spoon, mix the berries with sugar, slightly crushing the currants.

6. Leave the berries for one hour so that they give enough of their juice.

7. Then place the bowl with the berries over high heat and bring to a boil, skimming the foam from the surface at this time.

8. Cook the berries for 7–10 minutes from the start of boiling.

9. Then quickly grind the berry mass into a sieve (it’s convenient to do this in portions) and immediately place it in dry sterile jars. There is no need to re-cook this jam.

10. Seal the jars tightly with lids, possibly plastic ones.

11. Currant and raspberry jam will become thick in no earlier than a month.

12. You can store it in the refrigerator or in a regular pantry.

Enjoy your tea!