Strawberry has remarkable medicinal properties. It contains sugar, vitamins C and groups B, folic acid, carotene, cellulose, pectins, cobalt, iron, calcium, phosphorus, manganese, lemon, apple and salicylic acids. Has the general improving impact on an organism. If to make from it jam, it will be possible to enjoy this magnificent useful delicacy not only in the summer, but also in the winter.
It is required to you
- 3 kg of strawberry;
- 2 kg of sugar;
- juice of one lemon;
- desi piece.
Instruction
1. Sterilize banks. Wash out them in warm soap water, properly rinse, dry up. Then put on a baking tray and send to the warmed oven for 5-7 minutes. In advance put a small clean saucer as further it is useful to you for testing of readiness of jam in the freezer.
2. Peel berries from tails, wash out and slightly dry. Cast away strawberry on a colander and wait until water flows down.
3. After that shift it in a big nonmetallic bowl, sprinkle lemon juice, fill up with sugar and accurately mix. Leave to stand in the warm place 3-4 hours that berries gave juice.
4. After time shift them in a big pan and put on slow fire. Constantly stir slowly, but you don't bring jam to the boil until all sugar completely isn't dissolved.
5. For check dip a spoon into weight, take out and look at its reverse side, the sugar remains shouldn't be visible there.
6. After boiling increase fire, put the timer for 5 minutes. After time at once remove a pan from fire. Put one tea spoon of jam on the saucer cooled in the freezer and let's it cool down completely.
7. In a few minutes accurately shift edge of jam a toothpick. If its surface became covered by a wrinkled film, it means it is ready if it isn't present, then again bring strawberry weight to the boil and you cook 2-3 more minutes.
8. In order that foam was dissolved, put a small piece of a desi on a jam surface or just accurately remove it by means of a skimmer.
9. After that cool jam within 20-30 minutes, accurately mix that berries were evenly distributed and pour it in the sterilized banks. From above at once put on a circle of wax paper and close covers.