Gooseberry — not especially whimsical, but very popular garden culture. Its berries are tasty also in itself. From a gooseberry it is possible to weld several magnificent grades of jam. One of them deservedly received the name "Royal". This jam truly adequately royal table as not only very tasty, but also looks beautifully. Preparation it demands some patience, but the result is worth it.
It is required to you
- gooseberry;
- cherry leaves;
- walnut;
- sugar;
- water;
- fridge;
- ware for cooking;
- sharp knife or scalpel;
- banks and covers;
- the machine for rolling.
Instruction
1. Calculate quantity of products. On 5 glasses of selected berries of a gooseberry 2 handfuls of cherry leaves, 3 glasses of water and 7 glasses of granulated sugar are necessary and also it is a little walnuts. Peel nuts and crush. From total number of cherry leaves lay off ten, they will be necessary a bit later.
2. Prepare berries. For such jam it is necessary to select large and strong which on will be crumpled if to puncture them. Wash up a gooseberry. Destem. Having made on each berry a longitudinal cut a sharp knife, pull out from it seeds and insert walnut pieces.
3. Make broth of cherry leaves. Pour into the enameled pan 3 glasses water and lower purely washed up cherry leaves there. Put a pan on average fire and bring water to the boil then at once remove broth. Broth has to be green color. Let's it cool down to room temperature and put a pan in the fridge for the night.
4. Prepare syrup. On 2 glasses of broth take 7 glasses of sugar, mix and bring to the boil. Pour the prepared berries of a gooseberry into the boiling syrup and boil thoroughly within 12 minutes. Lower some more cherry leaves in syrup and you cook a minutes more 2-3.
5. Sterilize banks and covers. Before filling in there jam, drench banks with boiled water. Fill in jam hot and at once roll up banks.