Properties and features of making cornel jam

Cornel is a red sweet-and-sour berry that has gained fame for its unusual taste and healing properties. Kizil grows in the southern countries, from where fame came to us. In this article we will look at how to prepare a dessert for the winter at home from this berry and what is the use of these blanks.

Since ancient times, dogwood is known for its healing properties. It contains many vitamins and minerals, for example, there are vitamins C, E and PP, as well as magnesium, iron, sulfur, glucose, fructose, rutin, phytoncides and various amino acids.

Dogwood fruits and preparations from it have on the body a number of beneficial effects.

• Vitaminising - enrichment of the body with essential vitamins and the prevention of seasonal avitaminosis.
• Fortifying - strengthening of blood vessels, capillaries, veins and arteries. Prevention of vascular diseases, including stroke, heart attack and varicose veins. Cornel fruits help strengthen memory and improve concentration, as well as prevent dementia.
• Antidepressant - increase the body's vitality, positive energy and prevention of seasonal depression and chronic fatigue.
• Normalizing digestion - rendering enveloping effect, protection of mucous membranes, healing of various injuries and restoration of the chair.
• Anti-flu - has anti-inflammatory effects, lowers fever, kills pathogenic bacteria.

Despite the wide range of beneficial properties of cornel and good reviews about it, in particular cases it can harm the body and therefore there are contraindications. Dogwood fruits and various delicacies from it should be limited to people with the following ailments:

• gastritis;
• chronic constipation;
• increased acidity of the stomach;
• low blood pressure;
• insomnia;
• kidney disease;
• individual intolerance.

For the preparation of jam use fruit with stones or peeled, in the form of pieces and gruel. No matter in what form you will have the fruits, it is important to follow the rules and know some nuances when preparing the berries. Then jam will turn out tasty and nutritious.

• Berries finish ripening in the fall, in early October.
• Harvesting should begin before the frosts begin. Frozen berries lose some beneficial properties.
• Berries must be ripe, not rotten and not overripe. The degree of ripening indicates the softness of the fruit.
• It is necessary to carefully sort out the fruits and remove overripe, tarnished and unripe.
• It is advisable to start cooking jam immediately after harvesting. So the berries will not lose vitamins and beneficial trace elements.
• After harvesting, rinse the berries with cool water and peel.

There are many different recipes for making jam. Someone cooks it using uncleaned berries of dogwood, others use them as mashed potatoes, and still others like to add interesting ingredients. Consider the popular ways of preparation, so that everyone can choose the one that they like best.

This recipe is considered one of the easiest. And no wonder, since they use whole cornel and pitted berries. So, do not waste time on their extraction. There are secrets by which the berries retain their original appearance.

Ingredients you need:

• berries - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1.5 kg;
• water - 0.5 l.

Let's start cooking.

1. Wash berries beforehand and peel off.
2. Now you need to make a syrup.
3. To do this, pour the sugar into boiling water and stir until dissolved.
4. After the syrup thickens a little, remove it from the stove and pour over the berries. Leave the berries in the syrup for 12 hours.
5. Then put the jam back on the stove and start cooking, gradually bringing the mass to a boil.
6. After 10 minutes, remove the pan from the stove and let the jam cool, stirring occasionally.
7. Pour into pre-sterilized glass jars.

It's no secret that the multicooker can perform the same functions as the cooker. For many housewives, it even replaces the oven. And this is not surprising, because it is easier to use, and the food cooked in it is healthier. Since the jam should be steamed, the berries will not lose any of their beneficial properties.

Ingredients you need:

• berries - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1.5 kg;
• water - 0.5 cups.

Preparation of cornel jam in a slow cooker.

1. Pre-wash the berries, peel and gently remove the bones.
2. Wash the fruits again under water and transfer them to the slow cooker.
3. Pour with sugar, stir and leave for a while, until the berries give their juice.
4. Then add water, turn on extinguishing mode. Cooking time will take about an hour.
5. Leave the jam on the table to cool it a little and pour it into the jars.

The dessert prepared according to this recipe is equally tasty, juicy and healthy. It is complicated only by the fact that from the berries it will be necessary to pull out the bones. You need to prepare, as this process, although not too complicated, but rather long.

Ingredients:

• berries - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1 kg;
• water - 30 ml.

Let's start cooking jam:

1. Pre-wash the berries and peel, and also carefully re-select them, leave only the good ones.
2. Take out the bones from the berries using the bottom of the glass, namely: press them on the fruit.
3. Mix berries with sugar, mix thoroughly and leave for 5 hours until fruits give juice.
4. As time comes, add water and put the jam on the stove. When the mixture boils, cook for about five minutes.
5. Put the jam in a cool place for 10-12 hours.
6. After the allotted time, resume the process of cooking jam and bring it to a boil. Then continue cooking for 5–7 minutes.
7. Leave in a cool, dry place for 12 hours, stirring occasionally.
8. Pour the finished jam on the banks.

Kizil comes from the Caucasus, so it’s not surprising that Caucasians make the most delicious and real jam. It was from them that the recipes that we know went. But now we will consider one of the very first Caucasian recipes of cornel jam.

What do you need:

• berries - 2 kg;
• sugar - 2.5 kg;
• water 2.5 liters;
• soda - 12 g

Algorithm of preparation:

1. Carefully wash and reassemble the fruits of the dogwood.
2. Dissolve soda in 2 liters of water and fill the berries.
3. After 2 hours, pour out the soda solution and rinse the berries with running water.
4. In a container of water (about 500 ml) pour the berries and cook on low heat.
5. After 10 minutes, add sugar and continue to cook for 5-7 minutes after boiling.
6. Leave the jam for a day and then distribute in jars.

This recipe will be useful for people with diabetes and those who lead a healthy lifestyle and diets. The only downside to this recipe is its shelf life and storage method. Store this dessert should be in tightly closed cans in the refrigerator.

For cooking will need:

• berries - 300 g;
• water - 100 ml;
• fructose - 10 g

How to cook:

1. We choose ripe and good berries, wash them well.
2. Fructose diluted with water and mixed with berries.
3. Put the future jam on the fire, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
4. Put the jam in a cool, clean place and wait for it to cool.
5. After it cools down, continue to cook for about 5–10 minutes.
6. Remove the pan from the stove, let the finished product cool down a little and pour it into the cans.

If you like a combination of different products or just want something unusual, then you will like this jam.

Ingredients:

• berries - 1 kg;
• apples - 1.5 kg;
• sugar - 1.5 kg;
• water - 0.5 l.

Cooking like this:

1. We remove from the fruit stones.
2. We clean the skin from the apples, extract the seeds, and regime into pieces.
3. First, prepare the syrup for apple jam. To do this, 1 kg of sugar mixed with 1.25 cups of water.
4. Cook apples in boiling sugar syrup until cooked, until jam thickens.
5. Next, proceed to the preparation of syrup for dogwood. To do this, dissolve 400 grams of sugar in 500 ml of water and cook to a slightly thick state.
6. Berries are immersed in syrup and cook for 10 minutes.
7. We place the jam of apples and dogwood in one pot and cook until thick, gradually stirring.
8. After cooking, let the jam cool slightly and pour over the jars.

The recipe will be interesting to lovers of natural products and honey. For the preparation of jam, you should use high-quality natural honey. But we must remember that honey is included in the group of strong allergens. Before eating such a dessert, you need to make sure that you are not allergic to it.

For cooking will need 1 kg of berries and honey. Prepare the jam as follows.

1. Divide the berries in two. The first part of the pitted and mash. Rinse the second part and leave it entirely.
2. In a bowl, combine the two parts and cook over low heat, gradually stirring and bringing to a boil.
3. Melt the honey in a water bath.
4. Gradually start pouring honey into the berries, stirring the mass.
5. Remove the container from the heat and cool the jam.
6. After cooling completely, put the jam back on the stove and cook for five minutes.
7. Mix the jam thoroughly and pour into the jars.

A good wine contains a lot of nutrients and a positive effect on the body, if you know the measure. By adding wine when making jam, you give it a completely new taste and aroma. Such a dessert will not leave anyone indifferent. Let's see how to cook it.

For such a dessert you need to take:

• berries - 600 g;
• sugar - 600 g;
• wine - 1 glass.

Cooking in the following steps.

1. Wash the dogwood and blanch in boiled water for a minute.
2. Prepare wine and sugar syrup. To do this, heat the wine on a slow fire and pour sugar into it, gradually stirring it. Wait until complete dissolution.
3. Pour the berries into the syrup and cook for seven minutes.
4. Let the jam cool and heat it two more times, with breaks.
5. For the third time, make jam until thick and after pouring it into the jars.

This recipe differs from others in its simplicity and short cooking time. To prepare the "five minutes" it takes, oddly enough, just 5 minutes. Proceeding from such a quick cooking process, the jam will be stored less and only in the refrigerator.

Ingredients for the "five minutes":

• cornel - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1 kg;
• water - 0.1 l.

Cooking:

1. wash berries, peel the skin;
2. we spread the fruits into a separate container, add sugar, mix and pour water;
3. put on the hob, bring the mixture to a boil and boil for 7 minutes;
4. We pour the finished jam into jars and put it in the fridge.

Armenian housewives, in turn, offer to try your recipe. The Armenian recipe for jam from dogwood is simple and method of preparation. According to their recipe, the berries are first soaked in syrup, then boiled once. Let's look at the recipe in more detail.

Ingredients for dessert in Armenian:

• berries - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1.5 kg;
• water - 0.2 l.

Cooking contains several items.

1. We touch the berries and wash them thoroughly.
2. To prepare the syrup, add sugar to the water and cook until thick.
3. Pour berries with syrup and leave to infuse for 5-7 hours.
4. After a specified time, return the jam to the stove and resume cooking until the berries are soft. Watch the jam while cooking and continue to stir it carefully and gently.
5. As soon as the mixture thickens, remove it from the stove and pour it over the cans. Do it quickly.

This method can be called original and interesting, because there is no water in it. The berries will boil in their own juice, due to which the taste will be many times more saturated. For making jam without using water, we need only ripe berries and sugar in the same proportions.

1. Sort out the berries, rinse and peel. After poke a toothpick, so the juice will flow faster.
2. Separate about 200 grams of berries and pull out the bones.
3. Add sugar to whole berries and let them run the juice.
4. After a while, add the seedless berries to them and mix.
5. Put the ingredients to cook on the stove, stirring occasionally. Cooking time from the moment of boiling should be five minutes.
6. Take the mixture to a cool place and let it brew for 6 hours. During this time, the berries will have time to put the juice.
7. Put the container with the jam on the fire and resume the cooking process until the jam thickens.
8. Spread the jam over the jars.

See the recipe for delicious dogwood jam in the video below.