Cooking strawberry jam with mint
Everybody's favorite since childhood strawberry jam can start playing in a completely new way, for this you need to add only a few mint twigs.They will give it an exotic little island and light shades of chill, which are pleasantly combined with the sweetness of the berries.
The delicacy is very interesting and does not have a sharp mint smell. Such a dessert will be a great addition to any tea drinking.
Strawberry jam with mint and lemon
The main highlight of this recipe is lemon juice, which dilutes the sugary dessert with light but pleasant sourness. Menthol aroma will not be sharp, but will only add strawberry jam with new shades.
Necessary ingredients for cooking:
- strawberries - 1 kilogram;
- granulated sugar - 800 grams;
- 1 lemon;
- 5 peppermint twigs.
First you need to sort the berries and rinse them thoroughly under running water. Once they are dry, sprinkle them with sugar and leave for 2 hours. Pre-squeezed lemon juice pour in strawberries and add mint sprigs. All gently stir without damaging the berries.
Place the mass on a moderate fire and cook for at least 5 minutes, while not forgetting to remove the foam. Then remove the resulting jam from the heat and cover with a lid. It is necessary to let it stand for about 3 hours, after which it should be boiled again for another 10 minutes. Remove mint from dessert and spread it in containers.
Such jam can be safely stored for about a year at room temperature. This dessert has a wonderful taste with pleasant refreshing notes.
Recipe with mint and oranges
Such a useful and refreshing citrus dessert will be a great addition to warm tea in the winter cold.
Ingredients you need to make it:
- strawberries - 1 kilogram;
- 2 large oranges;
- granulated sugar - 1 kilogram;
- mint.
Pre-prepared berries are placed in a large bowl, sprinkled with sugar and cover with a towel for several hours, until the strawberries do not let the juice and dissolve the sugar granules. Mix the resulting mass and place on gas. Bring the strawberry gruel to a boil, then cook over moderate heat for about 3 minutes, removing the foam that appears. After cooking, the sweetness should be steeped for at least 4 hours. Then again bring the composition to a boil and, without reducing the heat, boil it for another 5 minutes.
Catch the strawberries and put them in a separate bowl. The remaining syrup is poured into 2 containers in the same proportion. Mix one part of the syrup with mint and cook for 5 minutes. After cooking, the broth should be infused for about 40 minutes, then you need to strain it and pour it to the berries.
It is time to go to the oranges. Fruits should be thoroughly washed, dried and chopped into cubes. It is necessary to remove the bones. Pour the orange pieces into the rest of the syrup and send to the fire. Boil 10 minutes, then pour the resulting compote to the strawberries. Place the whole fruit composition on the fire and cook for 8 minutes, stirring slightly. Delicious jam with mint and oranges is ready.
Jam with mint and basil
As they say, who does not risk - he does not drink champagne! If you decide to experiment with the taste of strawberry delicacy and dilute it with basil with mint, you will get a completely new and very unusual taste. Such a dessert will be an excellent treat for the whole family.
Components you need:
- strawberries - 1 kilogram;
- granulated sugar - 600 grams;
- lemon peel - 2 tsp;
- 4 basil sprigs;
- 6 sprigs of mint.
Thoroughly wash and completely dry the berries. Put them in a saucepan, cover with sugar and cover with gauze cloth. The composition should be steeped. If desired, it can be left overnight. Then combine it with lemon zest, basil and mint.
Place the mixture on the fire and slightly heat, then reduce the flame and continue cooking for about 5 minutes, not forgetting to follow the formation of foam. Remove for some time the resulting gruel from the stove until it cools, and again send to boil for 10 minutes.After the jam is fully prepared, it remains to extract all the greens from it and spread it out on the banks.
Cooking tricks
Cooking this beautiful strawberry dessert with mint is absolutely no difficulty. However, having familiarized with some important points, you can cook a truly high-quality and very fragrant delicacy.
For the preparation of strawberry jam with mint is best to use whole berries. It is not recommended to use immature or, conversely, overripe fruits, as well as crumpled, rotten and spoiled birds.
Strawberries should be picked on a warm and dry day. Berries that have been in the rain will be watery, which may adversely affect the taste of the delicacy, as well as its preservation.
In order to completely relieve the berry fruits from contamination and at the same time not to damage them, one should place the strawberries in a spacious pan filled with water and rinse well. This should be done very carefully. You can also use a shower to wash it.
Before preparing the berries for the winter, you must completely dry them. To do this, the fruit can be decomposed on a paper towel, which perfectly absorbs moisture.
It is recommended to remove sepals from strawberries after the berries have been washed and dried. Otherwise, the liquid inside will ruin the whole taste.
It is necessary to add mint exactly with twigs, as this simplifies the process of its extraction from jam. Chopped greens will be problematic to remove, and also it is unlikely to give the dessert a delicious appearance.
To improve the taste of the product will help lemon and orange. In addition, citrus will not allow him to sugary.
Banks in which strawberry jam will be stored must be sterilized and the lids heat treated.
The secret of cooking successful strawberry jam, see the following video.
