Recipes for making gooseberry jam with lemon

Preparation of winter canned food is a traditional occupation of hostesses in different countries of the world.The main task of each housewife is to create not only tasty preparations for all family members, but also useful ones, which will make it possible to reduce material costs in the winter period for the purchase of fresh vegetables and vitamin complexes. Eating fortified foods in the winter will help strengthen the immune system, restore the body after long-term illnesses and become an obstacle to the development of a large number of diseases.

The recipe of raw jam with gooseberries and lemon is a fragrant and tasty delicacy, which contains a huge amount of useful and nutritious elements. The availability of components and ease of preparation will allow this dish to be prepared not only by experienced housewives, but also by novice cooks.

The vitamin composition of homemade preparation consists of a large amount of vitamins and minerals that are stored in the product even with a short heat treatment.

The therapeutic effect of gooseberry jam with lemon has on the body of people of different ages due to serotonin, manganese, iron, magnesium, chromium, iodine, fluorine, calcium and potassium. Among the main nutrients it is necessary to distinguish vitamins of group P, C, B, A. An integral part of the product are fructose, sucrose, glucose, pectin, fiber, organic acids and tannin.

Dietitians recommend eating gooseberry and lemon jam not only for adults of all ages, but also for children after eight months of life. The components of the aromatic dessert have a choleretic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive, anti-sclerotic effect.

Advantages:

• immunity strengthening;
• stabilization of hormonal levels during menopause and critical days;
• normalization of the central nervous system;
• reducing the amount of subcutaneous fat;
• normalization of the heart, circulatory system and kidneys;
• prevention of heart attack and stroke;
• activation of the regeneration of the skin;
• sugar regulation;
• increased blood hemoglobin levels and a decrease in glucose;
• removal of excess fluid and salts from the body;
• strengthening the muscles of the heart and other vital organs.

Doctors recommend to use this jam in the following diseases:

• arthritis;
• diseases of the digestive system;
• diseases of the nervous system, liver and kidneys;
• diabetes;
• irregular excretion of feces;
• high blood pressure;
• radiation sickness;
• endocrine disruption

Special attention to this product should be given to parents of children. Nutritional product will have a beneficial effect on metabolic processes, help prevent the appearance of fat deposits, reduce the number of diseases of the skin and mucous membranes, reduce the number of colds and viral diseases, restore the children's body after physical and psychological stress.

As with any product, jam has contraindications:

• individual intolerance to the components;
• allergic reaction to lemon or gooseberry;
• diseases of the digestive system and intestinal ulcers;
• kidney and bladder disease.

Therefore, it is necessary to introduce it into the diet for children up to one year in small portions after the time specified by pediatricians to prevent the development of allergic rashes. Nutritionists do not recommend the simultaneous reception of gooseberry jam with plums and dairy products.

Before starting the preparation of a useful and vitamin composition it is necessary to choose the right products. The main subtleties of the choice of components for obtaining high-quality workpiece:

• lemon must be juicy, ripe and without mechanical damage;
• Gooseberry must be taken fresh, without rotten spots and mold.

Stages of step-by-step jam preparation:

• remove damaged and low-quality gooseberry fruits, cut off the twigs from the berries;
• wash components with cold running water;
• dry all the ingredients of the jam;
• remove seeds from the fruit of the gooseberry;
• cut lemons into small slices, if necessary, remove the bones;
• scroll gooseberries and lemons in a meat grinder or grind in a blender;
• add sugar and leave for at least 12 hours;
• after the sugar has completely dissolved, put the resulting composition into clean cans, close the lids and refrigerate or another cold room.

In the case of an increase in the amount of granulated sugar in the jam, it is allowed to be stored not in the refrigerator, but in a cold closet.

Gooseberry jam with lemon is a versatile product with a huge number of useful properties. On cold winter evenings, a sweet delicacy can become a fragrant and tasty addition to tea, and adding water will turn jam into vitamin compote.

Experienced housewives know many other uses for cold jam. In cooking, this product is used as a filling for cakes and biscuits, and adding to it the gelatin, you can get the original jelly dessert. Cooked sauce for fish or meat from sour jam will be a highlight on the holiday table and will be able to surprise even the most fastidious guests. To create original dishes, it is not necessary to purchase expensive products grown in distant countries, imagination and creative thinking will help to create masterpieces from simple ingredients.

See how to make gooseberry jam with lemon in the video below.