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Raw jam is a dessert in which the fruits are not cooked, which means they retain most of their beneficial properties. Popular among housewives are red currant jam without cooking, which they store for the winter as a source of vitamins and as a remedy for colds.
Features of making red currant jam in a cold way
To prevent raw red currant jam from spoiling during storage, you must cook it correctly.
The first stage of preparation, which is also the most laborious, is the sorting and preparation of raw materials:
- Sort the berries, remove the stalks, remove debris, leaves, rotten fruits. If twigs or stalks get into the jam, it will quickly sour, even if stored correctly.
- Wash the berries thoroughly with tap water. Very dirty fruits are recommended to be placed in salted water for 1-2 minutes.
- Dry the washed berries by transferring them to a dry, clean kitchen towel.
Fresh red currant jam cooked without cooking is best stored in a small container with a volume of no more than 0.5 liters. Before using the cans, rinse with soda, sterilize in the oven or over steam, boil the lids for about 5 minutes.
Red currant jam recipes without cooking
Cold red currant jam is berries pureed with sugar. In the finished form, the dessert looks like a delicate puree, reminiscent of jelly. For cooking, you need only two ingredients: berries and granulated sugar, taken in a 1: 1.2 ratio.
In addition to the necessary ingredients, you need to have:
- enameled dishes or stainless steel containers;
- kitchen scales;
- wooden spatula;
- a tablespoon;
- blender or meat grinder;
- sieve;
- small cans and lids for them;
The jam is laid out in glassware, rolled up or covered with lids. Plastic containers are also suitable for storage.
Recipe for cold red currant jam for the winter
Ingredients:
- 6 cups granulated sugar;
- 5 glasses of berries.
Cooking procedure:
- Prepare raw materials: tear off the fruits from the branches, remove debris, rotten and damaged berries, rinse, dry.
- Pour the berries into a colander and pour over boiling water, then transfer to a container, where they will be whipped with an immersion blender.
- You can mince the fruit or crush it in a mortar.
- Rub the resulting mass through a sieve to separate the pulp from the cake and grains.
- Add granulated sugar, wait for it to dissolve (this will take about 2 hours). Stir the mixture several times during this time. The workpiece must be in a warm place.
- Prepare containers for jam. These can be glass jars or plastic containers.
- Transfer the grated berries to containers, roll up or close with screw caps. After a few days, the jam should thicken.
Another cooking method:
- Put the prepared fruits in a bowl.
- Pour in half of the sugar and stir, then add the other half of the sugar and stir.
- Bring down with a blender for ten minutes at intervals every minute for mixing.
- Pour boiling water over a bowl, set a sieve on it, pour the resulting mass into it and strain, helping with a spatula.
- Fill the jars to the top with jam, close the threaded lids or roll up with a seaming machine.
Raw red currant jam, grated with sugar
It is not necessary to put cold jam prepared in this way in the refrigerator; the pantry in the apartment is suitable for storage.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of fruit;
- 1.8-2 kg of granulated sugar;
Cooking procedure:
- Prepare the fruits: sort out, wash, dry.
- Put them in a dry enamel bowl or stainless steel or ceramic dish. Add 750 g sugar and mash with a wooden pestle. Grind until smooth.
- Pour in 750 g of sugar, rub thoroughly again.
- Cover the container with gauze and leave for 30 minutes.
- Sterilize small jars.
- Mix the prepared mass and put in jars. Fill containers not to the very top, leave about 2 cm.
- Pour the remaining granulated sugar on top. It will prevent the jam from souring without boiling, and it will last longer.
- Roll up the filled cans and store them in the closet.
Terms and conditions of storage
Redcurrant jam prepared for the winter without cooking should be put in the refrigerator or other suitable place. The warmer it is, the more sugar you need to put in.
It is recommended to put raw red currant jam prepared for the winter in glass jars and seal it tightly. This way it can be stored longer than under conventional lids.
If you put 1-2 tablespoons of sugar in the jars on top, the shelf life will increase.
The grated berries hermetically sealed in glass jars are stored in the refrigerator for 1 year, if there is at least 1.5 times more sugar than fruits. If the amount of berries and sugar is the same, the shelf life will not exceed 6 months.
Plastic containers are not designed for long-term storage of grated berries with sugar, even in a refrigerator.
It is recommended to keep the fruits mashed with a minimum amount of sugar in the freezer. To prepare such a dessert for 1 kg of berries, you will need to take 250 g of granulated sugar. After chopping the fruits with a blender, add sugar to them, then put them in small containers, close the lids and put them in the freezer.
Conclusion
Uncooked red currant jam has a number of advantages. First of all, it is a delicious dessert with a pleasant sourness. It is quickly and easily prepared and stored for a long time, subject to all the rules. From live red currant jam without cooking, you can make fruit drink or pie filling, add to compote, serve with pancakes and pancakes, spread on bread.
