The cranberry is extremely useful berry, it contains huge amount of vitamins, mineral substances and organic acids. Due to the unique structure these berries promote decrease in cholesterol, preventing thereby developing of a stroke. The benefit to an organism is brought not only by the fresh, but also thermally processed berries therefore the best way to stock up for the winter with this remarkable product is to make cranberry jam.
Classical cranberry jam
It is quite simple to make cranberry jam according to the classical recipe. Such dessert turns out sweet and fragrant therefore even those who don't love sour berries will be able to enjoy it.
Necessary ingredients:
- 4 glasses of a cranberry;
- 1 glass of sugar;
- 1 glass of water.
Preparation:
We wash a cranberry, we clean from garbage and we throw out the crumpled and spoiled berries, otherwise taste of jam it will be hopeless it is spoiled. We fill the enameled pan with water, we pour out sugar and we put to cook on average fire. When liquid begins to boil, we reduce fire and we pour out a cranberry in a pan. We cook delicacy of 10 minutes, periodically stirring slowly and scumming. In the course of cooking of berry have to burst. We pack a tasty and useful cranberry dessert in in advance prepared container and we roll up.
Cranberry jam with ginger
The combination of a cranberry and ginger is the real vitamin cocktail which will become irreplaceable cold and flu medicine during the winter period. Besides, such jam has unusual taste which even choosy gourmets will be able to appreciate.
Necessary ingredients:
- 1 kg of a cranberry;
- 1 kg of sugar;
- ½ glasses of lemon juice;
- 1 glass of water;
- 1 tablespoon of ginger;
- 2 h spoon of cinnamon;
- ¼ h spoon of ground cloves.
Preparation:
Carefully we wash out a cranberry under flowing water and we touch, deleting branches and tails. We peel a root of ginger and we grate with a small nozzle. We pour out the prepared berries in the enameled pan, we fill up with granulated sugar, we add water and lemon juice then carefully we mix all ingredients.
We place a pan on average fire and we bring weight to the boil then we cook 10-15 more minutes that the cranberry burst. We add grated ginger, a ground cinnamon and a carnation to jam, carefully we mix and we prepare until weight doesn't thicken. We spill ready cranberry and ginger jam on banks and we close covers.
Cranberry and orange jam
It is possible to add other berries and fruit to cranberry jam – it will impact to delicacy more pleasant flavor and saturated aroma. For example, very tasty jam turns out from a cranberry and orange. A citrus perfectly supplements and shades sour taste of a cranberry, creating thereby very harmonious tandem.
Necessary ingredients:
- 1 kg of a cranberry;
- 5 oranges;
- 500 g of sugar;
- 2 glasses of water.
Preparation:
We wash a cranberry and we touch. We peel oranges and we crush by means of the blender to homogeneous mass. We fill a pan with water, we part in it the stated amount of sugar and we put on fire. When syrup begins to boil, we pour out in it a cranberry and we cook until berries don't burst. Then we add oranges and we cook everything together until thick. We display ready fragrant delicacy on clean and dry banks then we close covers and we remove on storage to the dark place.