Black currant: jelly for the winter without cooking

An excellent way to prepare for the winter is blackcurrant jelly without cooking, the pieces of which melt in your mouth. Jams, jams, compotes are made from the most popular garden berries. To preserve all the richness of taste, amazing aroma and undoubted benefits, it is worth preparing it in a cold way, without boiling. No special ingredients or skills are required. It turns out a very thick, sweet and sour delicacy with a unique currant aroma. A few spoons of currant sweetness for homemade cakes with tea will cheer you up and remind you of the hot summer.

Useful properties of raw blackcurrant jelly

The product, made without boiling, retains all vitamins, including ascorbic acid, which breaks down during heat treatment. In Russia, they knew very well about the beneficial properties of currants and were actively used fresh, in cooking and for treatment. Recent studies by British scientists on the benefits of black currants have confirmed the age-old wisdom of the Russian people.

Jelly contains vitamins C, B, K, provitamin A, nicotinic, malic and citric acids, pectins, glucose and fructose, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium and phosphorus.

With regular use, it has a beneficial effect on the human body:

• being a strong antioxidant, it prevents the destruction of cellular structures;
• tannins normalize the digestive tract;
• folic acid is a natural antidepressant, improves tone;
• significantly stimulates the immune system, is a means of preventing acute respiratory infections and influenza, helps to transfer the disease more easily and recover faster;
• normalizes metabolism, promotes the removal of toxins, toxins, salts of heavy metals and radionuclides from the body;
• helps to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, reduces the risk of developing myocardial infarction and the formation of blood clots;
• increases the level of hemoglobin, cleanses the blood of harmful substances, including cholesterol;
• prevents the development of cancer cells, inflammation of any kind;
• is an excellent diaphoretic, relieves fever and strengthens the body.

Blackcurrant jelly recipes without cooking for the winter

Before you start cooking, you need to sort out the harvested or purchased black currants. Remove leaves, twigs, other rubbish. Moldy, dried, diseased berries must be thrown away, as well as unripe ones. If the recipe involves filtering the mass through a sieve, you can leave the tails of the berries. Otherwise, the green stalks must be removed.

Rinse jars thoroughly without soap. If the cans are dirty or have been in the shed for a long time, you can take baking soda. Sterilize in the oven or steam. Metal lids must be boiled. Dry the jars and lids so that no water remains.

Raw blackcurrant jelly with blender

The jelly according to this recipe is so thick that it can be eaten like marmalade. Children especially like it.

Required Ingredients:

• currants - 1.7 kg;
• sugar - 2.5 kg.

Cooking method:

1. Put the prepared berries in a deep metal or glass dish and beat thoroughly with an immersion blender. It is necessary to make sure that there are no whole berries left.
2. Add sugar and beat with a blender until sugar dissolves. No boiling is required.
3. If grains remain, then the mass should be left for 1-4 hours, stirring occasionally, at a temperature of 18-20^about.
4. Pour blackcurrant jelly into jars, seal tightly.

The master class "How to properly prepare blackcurrant jelly without cooking" can be viewed on the video provided:

Uncooked citrus blackcurrant jelly

An amazing dessert with citrus notes is obtained by combining currants with orange and lemon.

Required Ingredients:

• oranges and lemons - 2 kg;
• black currant - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 3.6 kg.

Cooking method:

1. Peel citrus fruits. You can take exactly those fruits whose taste you like, the proportions can also be arbitrary, you can take more oranges.
2. Pass the fruit through a juicer or squeeze out the juice thoroughly by hand.
3. Mash black currants in any way, and rub through a fine sieve. Or use a juicer.
4. Combine the berry and fruit mass with sugar - it should be 1.5-2 times more than the berry puree. Stir well until the sugar dissolves. This process usually takes 1 to 4 hours at room temperature without boiling.
5. Arrange the finished jelly in jars. For better preservation, it is recommended to pour a centimeter layer of sugar on top. Seal tightly with lids.

Can be served as an independent dessert. It goes well with any homemade cakes, pancakes, pancakes. Toast with a spoonful of such jelly with morning tea or coffee will give strength and vigor, as well as a good mood.

Blackcurrant and raspberry jelly without cooking

An uncomplicated recipe allows you to make an amazingly tasty raspberry-currant jelly with the aroma and refreshing sweet-sour taste of both berries.

Required Ingredients:

• black currant - 2.5 kg;
• ripe raspberries - 1.3 kg;
• granulated sugar - 2.8 kg.

Cooking method:

1. Mash the berries well with a crush or chop in any convenient way: with a blender, a meat grinder, a juicer.
2. Rub through a fine sieve to remove seeds and skin. This step is not required when using a juicer.
3. Pour sugar into the juice with pulp and mix thoroughly.
4. It is necessary to achieve complete dissolution of sugar, while cooking is not required. To do this, stir the mass regularly at a temperature of 18-20^about.
5. Pour into jars. You can pour a 1 cm layer of sugar on top to prevent the fermentation process. Seal with lids.

It goes well with any baked goods and for spreading cakes. And in the case of a cold, currant-raspberry jelly without cooking will be an excellent medicine for children and adults.

Calorie content of raw blackcurrant jelly

Blackcurrant is a low-calorie berry. It contains no more than 44-46 kcal. The sugar added in the manufacture of jelly significantly increases the calorie content of the final product. It contains 398 kcal, therefore, it is very easy to calculate the final energy value of raw jelly. With a ratio of berries to the amount of sugar 1: 1.5, the calorie content will be 643 kcal.

Terms and conditions of storage

Due to the high content of jelly-forming substances in black currants, the finished product is well stored in a cool place without access to sunlight. This can be a closet on a cool veranda, a subfloor, a closed place away from heating appliances. Storage periods:

1. At a temperature of 15 to 20^about - 6 months.
2. At a temperature from 4 to 10^about - 12 months.

Store opened jars only under the lid in the refrigerator for no more than 14 days.

Conclusion

Blackcurrant jelly without cooking is especially necessary in winter, during an exacerbation of colds and during spring vitamin deficiency. Its preparation requires a minimum of products that are available and easy to process. Combining black currant with other berries and fruits, you can get a raw jelly with a stunning palette of flavors. It is perfect for a festive table and as a daily stress reliever. Blackcurrant jelly perfectly replaces purchased sweets and marmalades, and is beneficial to the body.

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