Redcurrant jam for the winter

Red currant jam is an indispensable treat for a long and cold winter. To make thick and very tasty jam at home, you don’t need any special skills or a lot of time. This dessert is prepared simply and quickly, and there are a lot of options for preparing it. So even in this collection you can find your own couple of recipes that will become your favorites.

Thick red currant jam with cooking for the winter

The uniqueness of this recipe is that after cooking the dessert turns out to be like syrup, but at the same time thick. And the red currant berries remain intact. Opening and consuming such jam in winter is a pleasure. Be sure to prepare it.

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   How to make redcurrant jam for the winter using a simple recipe? It is good to sort out the collected berries and remove branches and leaves. If you are afraid of insects, then it is better to soak red currants in salt water for a while. Afterwards, simply rinse the berries again with plain water.
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   Pour the berries into a container to determine its volume. After this, we also determine how much sugar needs to be taken. Since the ratio of the main ingredients in this recipe is 1 to 1, we measure out one half-liter jar of sugar.
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   Pour red currant berries into a saucepan and fill with water. We try to cook over low heat so that the berries remain intact. As soon as it boils, pour one third of the sugar into the pan. Gently stir the contents of the pan with a spoon and continue cooking until the sugar is completely dissolved.
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   After the mixture boils again, add half of the remaining granulated sugar. Stir and wait again until it boils. Pour in the rest of the sugar and cook again for another five minutes after boiling.
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   Distribute the finished hot jam into a sterilized container and seal with a lid. The treat is ready.

Enjoy!

Five minutes for the winter from red currants

In addition to the high content of vitamin C, red currants contain a sufficient amount of pectin. This advantage allows you to make thick jam from these berries without any special additives. And according to the five-minute recipe, we will do it in a few simple and quick steps. So let's get started.

Ingredients:

• Granulated sugar – 1 kg.
• Peeled currants – 1 kg.
• Water – 200 ml.

Cooking process:

1. We carefully sort out the red currant berries and clear them of debris. Transfer it to a thick-walled container for making jam.You should not use enamel dishes, as this will cause the granulated sugar to burn.

2. Fill the red currants with cold water and put on fire. When the water boils, start adding sugar. To do this, add it slowly, stirring gently. It is important not to crush the berries. After adding sugar, you will get a pink syrup.

3. Bring the berry mass to a boil again. After this, reduce the heat to medium speed. You will see foam form and bubbles begin to form and burst on the surface of the jam. The foam, of course, must be removed. It is better to do this with a wooden spoon or slotted spoon.

4. Let the jam simmer in this manner for 5 minutes. Pour the prepared currant jam into pre-sterilized jars and seal for the winter.

Bon appetit!

A simple recipe for redcurrant jam without cooking

The main principle for making redcurrant jam without cooking is clean, whole berries and sterilized containers. Therefore, be responsible in selecting berries and processing them. As a result, you will get a healthy dessert for the winter, which will retain most of the beneficial properties of red currants.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 2 kg.
• Sugar – 2.5 kg.
• Acetylsalicylic acid – 1 tablet.

Cooking process:

1. Thoroughly wash and remove debris from the red currant berries. We immediately remove spoiled and damaged fruits. Blend at low speed with an immersion blender. You can use a regular meat grinder. The main thing is not to turn the berries into a grated, seedless mass.

2. Take the resulting slurry and wipe it with a metal sieve.

3. Now add sugar to the currant mass. Mix our composition thoroughly.Now you need to place the currants in a warm place and stir until the mass turns into a thick, gelatin-like puree with seeds.

4. After this, take a tablet of acetylsalicylic acid and grind it into powder. Pour into our jam. Mix well and leave for a couple of hours so that the tablet dissolves thoroughly.

5. During this time, we sterilize the jars and prepare the lids. They need to be washed and filled with boiling water. Keep in hot water for about 10 minutes.

6. Place our product in clean and dry jars and close with lids. Store in a cool place.

Thick redcurrant jam-jelly for the winter

Despite the fact that red currant jam is always not liquid and is easy to boil to a thick state, some prefer a very thick consistency in such a dessert. To do this, you need to resort to a special thickener - gelatin. Let's take a look at these options for making jam.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 3 kg.
• Granulated sugar – 3.5 kg.
• Edible gelatin – 30 g.
• Vanillin – 4 g.

Cooking process:

1. Let's prepare red currants. We sort it out and wash it under running water in a colander.

2. Beat the berries in a blender. In this recipe, the berry seeds will be superfluous. Therefore, rub additional berries through a sieve.

3. Pour all the sugar into the currant pulp.

4. After this, put the berries on medium heat and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring the mass regularly. In the process, add vanillin there. By the way, it can be replaced with vanilla sugar (10 grams) or natural vanilla pods (3 pods).

5. After the specified time has elapsed, remove from heat and let cool.

6.When the jam temperature reaches 60 degrees, dilute our thickener with 200 ml of water. After the gelatin has completely swollen, place it in a water bath. Dissolve to 45 degrees, then it will become liquid.

7. Pour the resulting gelatin into the jam. Mix and pour into prepared, sterile jars. Close the lids for the winter.

Bon appetit!

Delicious red and black currant jam

An assortment of red and black currants turns out to be both healthy and tasty. The peculiar sweetness of the black berry is offset by the sourness of the red one. The taste and color of the jam are original, so you should prepare it for variety.

Ingredients:

• Water – 1.5 cups.
• Blackcurrant – 2 cups.
• Red currants – 3 cups.
• Lemon – ½ pc.
• Sugar - at the rate of 1.5 cups per glass of currant juice.

Cooking process:

1. Carefully sort out the black and red currant berries. Remove all tails and branches. Small scissors will help you. Rinse with running water and dry on a napkin.

2. Place the currants into a large saucepan and use a blender to puree them. Then pour in the juice and zest of the lemon, water, and stir.

3. Place the pan on medium heat. After the berries boil, boil for about 10 minutes. Turn off the fire.

4. After the contents of the pan have cooled, rub it through a sieve. Add sugar according to the amount of juice obtained and let it cook again.

5. Bring the mixture to a boil over low heat and cook for 5 minutes. The jam is ready.

6. Pour the cooled jam into sterilized jars and screw on with sterile lids. Store in a cool place. Serve with tea and baked goods.

Bon appetit!

How to make red currant jam with orange?

This jam can become a kind of cure for colds in cold weather. The vitamin combination of red currants and oranges will leave no chance for illness. It will be nice to try this jam with a mug of hot tea with your family.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 3 kg
• Sugar – 2.5 kg
• Oranges – 2 pcs.
• Water – 400 ml

Cooking process:

1. First, let's prepare the syrup. To do this, pour water into a large enamel bowl.

2. Pour granulated sugar into the water according to the recipe and put it on fire.

3. After the sugar has completely dissolved, add red currants. The berries must first be sorted, cut off excess branches and leaves, washed and dried.

4. Bring the contents of the pan to a boil.

5. Wash the oranges thoroughly with water and a brush. Together with the peel, cut into small pieces and grind with a meat grinder or blender.

6. Add the orange puree to the pan after the currants in the syrup boil. We set the fire to the minimum position.

7. Boil for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.

8. Pour the finished red currant jam with oranges into sterilized jars and roll up the lids.

9. After they have stood covered with a warm blanket for several hours, we place them in a special place for storing preserves.

Step-by-step recipe for making redcurrant jam with apples

For this recipe, use a sweet variety of apples. It is the sweet apples that will set off the sour taste of red currants. However, if you only have sour varieties on hand, simply increase the amount of sugar.Otherwise, follow the step-by-step recipe for making simple and delicious jam.

Ingredients:

• Sweet apples – 400 gr.
• Red currants – 600 gr.
• Sugar – 600 gr.

Cooking process:

1. We clean the red currants from leaves, twigs, and debris. Rinse under running water and allow excess moisture to drain.

2. After this, first grind the berries with a blender, and then pass them through a sieve. Thus. Separate the juice and pulp of the berries from the unnecessary pulp.

3. Peel and wash sweet apples. Then use a blender to turn them into puree.

4. Place the red currants and applesauce into a large saucepan and place on the fire. Add sugar. Cook for 10 minutes to half an hour. Cooking time depends on your needs. If you want a thick jelly, cook until the last minute. If you want thinner jam, then 10 minutes will be enough.

5. Meanwhile, wash and sterilize jars with lids. Roll up the jam immediately after turning off the heat, hot.

6. Turn the jam upside down and cover it with a blanket overnight. Afterwards we put it in the basement for storage.

Enjoy your meal!

Redcurrant and gooseberry jam

Red currant jam with gooseberries is convenient to prepare for several reasons. Firstly, these berries ripen at approximately the same time. Secondly, red currants and gooseberries (especially green ones) contain large amounts of pectin. It is thanks to him that you will get a delicious jelly-like treat without any special additives. In principle, which gooseberries to take is up to you to choose. The main thing is that all the berries are fresh.

Ingredients:

• Red gooseberries – 1 kg.
• Red currants – 1 kg.
• Sugar – 1.5 kg.

Cooking process:

1. Peel the gooseberries from the stems and wash them.Pour them into a bowl.

2. Using a masher, lightly knead them.

3. We clean the red currants from debris and branches and rinse them. Then we pass it through a sieve. We leave only the juice and throw away the skins and seeds.

4. Add sugar to currant juice and put on fire. Bring to a boil to make syrup.

5. After this, add gooseberries to the syrup. Stirring, bring to a boil and cook for about 20 minutes.

6. If foam forms on the surface, remove it with a spoon.

7. After time, remove the jam and pour into sterile jars and roll up or screw on the lids for the winter. Store in a cool, dark place.

Bon appetit!

A simple recipe for redcurrant and raspberry jam

The combination of sweet fragrant raspberries and sour red currants is hard not to call ideal. It’s delicious, healthy, and beautiful here. And if you want to argue, then first prepare redcurrant and raspberry jam according to our recipe. The ingredients in the recipe are for 900 grams of finished jam.

Ingredients:

• Red currants – 300 gr.
• Fresh raspberries – 200 gr.
• Sugar – 500 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Pour freshly picked raspberries into a wide bowl. We sort it out of debris and fill it with lightly salted cold water. This method is effective in getting rid of unnecessary insects that will immediately float to the surface of the water. We drain this water and rinse the berries with clean water. Drain the liquid using a colander.

2. Using a masher or wooden pestle, grind the raspberries with half the granulated sugar in a separate container.

3. Let's deal with currants. We sort out the red berries from the garbage and cut off the tails. Afterwards, rinse the berries and place them in a colander to drain excess water.

4.By analogy with raspberries, grind red currants with the second half of sugar.

5. Mix raspberries with red currants in a saucepan and put on fire.

6. Bring the future jam to a boil, stirring constantly. We remove the foam.

7. After this, cook our dessert for about 10 minutes, remembering to stir.

8. While hot, pour the jam into prepared jars and close with lids. Cover with a blanket or towel and let the jam in the jars cool upside down. Then we send the raspberry-currant delicacy to be stored until winter.

Bon appetit everyone!

Delicious jam made from red currant juice

As is clear from the title, we will prepare this jam directly from red currant juice. There will be no whole, unbruised berries here. The result is thick currant jam, in which a spoon will stand up safely. Such a treat is a pleasure to open and serve. Adjust the amount of berries and sweet sand yourself to the amount of jam you need. The main principle is one to one.

Ingredients:

• Red currant juice – 1 glass.
• Sugar – 1 glass.

Cooking process:

1. We thoroughly sort out the red currants and wash the berries under running water. Let the excess liquid drain in a colander. Pass through a meat grinder into a bowl.

2. Strain the juice from the resulting mass using a sieve or gauze. Part of it is dry with seeds, discard. The juice itself is obtained with pulp.

3. Mix the squeezed juice with sugar in a 1:1 ratio. Place in a saucepan on the stove and bring to a boil over low heat. A foam will form - skim it off with a wooden spoon.

4. After boiling, cook our dessert for a couple of minutes. Under no circumstances allow the jam to burn or overcook.

5.Pour the prepared jam into jars and cover with nylon lids under parchment paper. We put it in the refrigerator.