Cooking “five minutes” jam from blackberry

Imagine the perfect picture: a cold winter evening, snow falls outside the windows, and you, wrapped in a blanket, drink hot tea with jam. And indeed, one of the most beloved delicacies in the cold season is jam.It can be prepared from any fruit and berries to your taste.

For example, not quite traditional, but insanely tasty and useful is blackberry jam. In addition, it is easy and quick to cook.

On the methods of making jam "five minutes" of blackberry for the winter - in this article.

Blackberry is a bushy plant whose homeland is Eurasia and North America. This berry is also found on the territory of the CIS countries, usually in a wild-growing form.

Composition and useful properties of blackberry

Blackberries are by their nature a real fount of vitamins. So, in its composition it contains such vitamins as: A, C, E, P, K, PP, as well as B vitamins.

In addition, it contains a large number of trace elements useful for humans: iron, copper, fructose, sodium, calcium, nickel, fiber, and organic acids.

Doctors say that Blackberry can strengthen the immune system, speed up the metabolism and normalize certain functions of the body. For example, blackberry jam is not worse than raspberry helps with colds (due to its antipyretic properties). And also blackberry fruits have a good effect on the work of the nervous system, help in the treatment of diseases of the kidneys and the gastrointestinal tract. As for the contraindications to the use of this berry, there are practically none. However, berries can not be eaten for people suffering from allergies or idiosyncrasies.

There are several ways to make blackberry jam. So, you can cook a sweet treat, preserving the integrity of the berries or violating it. Consider both options.

The task of this recipe is to make jam so that the integrity of the berries is preserved. To make jam using this recipe you will need:

• 1 kilo of ripe blackberries;
• 1 kilogram of granulated sugar;
• some citric acid.

The first thing to do is rinse the berries thoroughly. But be careful, our goal is to preserve their integrity.

Then, in order to get rid of unnecessary liquid, put the blackberry on a paper napkin and let the moisture from the berries drain. After the blackberry dries, add sugar to it, cover with a towel and leave for a few hours. For greater reliability, the berries will be better left overnight.

After the time, you will notice that the berries gave the juice - in no case do not pour it, it will be useful to us. Blackberry juice must be poured into a saucepan, put it on fire and cover with a lid. You need to bring the liquid to a boil, and then boil for another 5-7 minutes.

The next step is to put the whole berries in the pan and bring to the boil again. After boiling, boil the jam for another 7-10 minutes (the mass should boil).

This recipe is suitable for those who do not care about preserving the integrity of blackberry berries. For the preparation will need the same ingredients: berries, sugar and citric acid (or lemon juice), which will act as a preservative.

So, first you need to rinse the blackberry under running water in a colander. Then in the berries you need to add sugar and mix the resulting mass thoroughly.

Now put this mass in a saucepan and put on the fire, let it boil. Then cook the mass for 5 minutes, and then add citric acid.

After that, boil the jam for about 10 minutes.

Regardless of the recipe you choose, after preparing the jam, it must be placed in pre-sterilized jars, and then rolled up with a lid. Turn the jars upside down, wrap a blanket and leave the jam to cool. After the banks have completely cooled, they can be moved to any convenient place (cellar, mezzanine, and so on).

It should be remembered that despite the large number of positive properties, blackberry jam is a fairly high-calorie dessert (the berry itself contains only 34 kilocalories per 100 grams, but here in 100 grams of sugar is almost 400 kcal). That is why from its use should refrain from people who are overweight or dieting.

Thus, in just a few minutes in your kitchen you can cook a tasty and healthy delicacy that will delight you and your family. Blackberry jam can be simply washed down with tea or used as a filling for pancakes or ice cream additive.

To learn how to make blackberry jam, without heat treatment, see the following video.