One of good ways is fruit and berries from the garden all the year round - to make of them jam. This sweet delicacy can be cooked from many fruits. Everyone the features, however in many respects will have a similar process of preparation.
Instruction
1. It is important correct to select fruit and berries. They have to be fresh, ripe, but not overripe, without spots and decay. If fruits already friable and just about begin to start to rot, and there is a wish to make of them jam well very much, it should be eaten at once - it doesn't suit for long-term storage.
2. Correctly to make jam, it is necessary to remember the golden rule: has to fall on each kilogram of fruit or berries as much sugar. In this case syrup will turn out the necessary density, in it fruits will keep the form, and jam will receive a nice and appetizing view. Also at observance of proportions it is better stored.
3. Instead of sugar it is possible to use honey, the ratio with fruit or berries at the same time will be the same. However, jam on honey is less popular for two reasons: honey is loved not by all, and still it is much more expensive. If neither that, nor another frightens you, you can safely experiment. There are also mixed recipes assuming both sugar, and honey.
4. We begin to cook jam from syrup preparation. Usually it becomes in superficial ware (basin or a wide pan). We fill the necessary amount of sugar, we pour water and we boil to full sugar remelting. Then we remove from fire, we add fruit or berries, again we put on fire, we bring to the boil on strong fire. We cook longer on slow again, skimming and slightly stirring up ware.
5. Make jam - means also in time to define its readiness. It shouldn't be neither undercooked, nor digested. Degree of readiness can be defined by a saucer: drip on it jam and if the drop doesn't blur, jam is ready. Also at observance of proportions of berry and fruit in ready jam don't emerge on a surface, and are evenly distributed on all depth.
6. At storage of jam it is necessary to avoid hot places, direct sunshine, however and it doesn't love frosts too. Average cool temperature will be just right.