In the middle of summer when the nature indulges us juicy and useful berries and fruit, it is a high time to stock for the winter. Not only it is very pleasant, but also it is useful to open a jar of fragrant blackcurrant jam in the winter cold evening. Currant is a rich source of vitamin C which is so necessary with the onset of cold weather. Besides, berries are rich with minerals and contain a large number of sugar and acids. 100 g of currant jam contain 284 kcal.
Instruction
1. For a start currant needs to be prepared. Berries clean off from sepals and fruit stems. Wash thoroughly and dry up.
2. That berries weren't wrinkled and absorbed in themselves a sugar syrup, they need to be processed boiled water within 5 min., or in the steam juicer 2-3 minutes.
3. After water flew down, currant needs to be shifted in the enameled ware.
4. Further there are two ways of preparation of currant jam. The first way consists in the following. For a start to prepare a sugar syrup (the amount of ingredients is calculated on 1 kg of berries).
5. 300 g of water pour out in a pan, add 1.2 kg of sugar. Stir and put on slow fire.
6. Foam which needs to be removed will gather for the surfaces of syrup during preparation.
7. Readiness of syrup can be checked by test capture. The drop of syrup is placed on a saucer, when cooling the drop shouldn't spread.
8. Currant is filled in with syrup and left to maintain within 3-4 hours.
9. Then on slow fire mix is cooked, before formation of a skin in the center of capacity.
10. Packaging of jam has to take place until mix cooled down. Banks hermetically pack and cool at the room temperature.
11. For preparation of jam on the second way it is necessary to take 1 kg of sugar on 1 kg of berries. Previously prepared berries pass via the meat grinder (diameter of openings about 2 mm).
12. Currant is mixed with sugar and placed on slow fire. During cooking currant it is necessary to stir slowly constantly.
13. Jam can be considered ready when sugar was completely dissolved.
14. In a hot state jam is packaged in banks and stoppered. A pleasant tea drinking with tasty and useful blackcurrant jam!