Time of cooking of strawberry jam directly depends on desirable density of a dessert, however there are time frames for which it isn't necessary ""take up"" as a result to receive really tasty product.
There are many recipes for strawberry jam, and on what of them to cook berries, each hostess solves for herself, relying on ripeness of fruits, desirable density of a product and its usefulness.
It is worth understanding that the longer jam cooks, the less useful substances in it remain, but the dessert turns out more dense and vice versa. Therefore when cooking it is necessary to be defined that to you it is more important in a ready-made product - density or usefulness.
How many on time to cook strawberry jam for the winter
If it is required to cook the most dense jam, then in this case it is necessary to take strawberry berries which well hold a form (overripe are no good), to place in a metal basin or any other wide ware, to fill up them with sugar and to allow to stand two-three hours. Later the specified time it is necessary to merge a part (no more than a half) of the emitted juice, and to put fruits on fire and to cook after boiling of 30-40 minutes, stirring basin contents each two-three minutes (that didn't burn). It is better to display a ready dessert on banks when it completely cools down. Huge plus of such jam is that it is long stored.
How many to cook strawberry five-minute jam
According to the recipe ""five-minute"" it is possible to make rather thin, but very useful jam. In order that the dessert turned out not too liquid, berries need previously to be mixed with granulated sugar and to allow to infuse hour (is longer not necessary), then completely to merge the emitted juice, and instead of it to pour in chokeberry juice (its quantity has to be equal to amount of the merged strawberry juice).
Further berries should be put on fire, to bring to the boil and to boil thoroughly five minutes, then to remove from fire. After full cooling of a dessert it needs to be put on fire again and to boil five minutes. Thus it is necessary to boil thoroughly jam three times. In total time of cooking has to take exactly 15 minutes.
The moment with replacement of strawberry juice on black-fruited can be passed, but then jam will turn out very thinnish, more reminding on berries in own juice.