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In search of interesting combinations, you should definitely pay attention to raspberry and red currant jam. It is a tasty treat, enriched with nutrients, which everyone will surely enjoy, and ideally complement a festive or everyday table. The key to making such a jam successfully lies in strict adherence to the recipe.
How to cook red currants with raspberries for jam
On the Internet, you can find many recipes where jam is prepared without cooking. This cooking option is not recommended for several reasons. Firstly, when cooking, the taste of raspberries and currants is better revealed. Secondly, a full-fledged heat treatment ensures that the berries are free of contamination or infections.
The selected fruits are washed under running water. You can soak them for a while to make sure there are no small insects, but then you need to drain the water and let the berries drain.
Red Currant Raspberry Jam Recipes
There are a lot of ways to prepare a treat. Thanks to this, you can select and view the recipe that best suits individual preferences and tastes.
Simple Assorted Red Currant and Raspberry Jam
This recipe is best for anyone making their own jam for the first time. The cooking process is simple, so the probability of errors is minimized.
Ingredients:
- raspberries - 2 kg;
- red currant - 0.5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 2.5 kg.
The number of fruits can be changed at your own discretion, but their total weight should not be less than sugar. Otherwise, the delicacy will turn out to be too sweet, and the taste of currants and raspberries will be poorly expressed.
Cooking steps:
- Raspberries are mixed with sugar.
- When the raspberries release their juice, place the container on the stove and bring to a boil.
- After boiling, cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove the container from the stove and allow to cool.
- Raspberries are put back on the fire, boiled for 5 minutes, removed and cooled.
- For the third time, red currants are added to the container.
- The mixture is brought to a boil, cooked for 10 minutes.
You can serve ready-made red currant jam along with pastries for tea. To preserve the delicacy for a long time, it is recommended to preserve it in sterile jars.
Live raspberry and red currant jam
Such a delicacy is a grated berry that is not heat treated. According to some culinary experts, this method allows you to preserve a maximum of nutrients. However, grated currants and raspberries are not jam in the literal sense.
The following components are required for cooking:
- red currants - 1.5 kg;
- raspberries - 2 kg;
- sugar - 1 kg;
- lemon - 2 pcs.
For live jam, you need to carefully grind the berries, you can grind them through a sieve. A more convenient option is to chop with a blender.
Cooking steps:
- Raspberries and red currants are whipped with a blender.
- Sugar is added to the resulting puree.
- The zest is removed from the peel, and the lemon is squeezed.
- Juice and zest are added to the berry mixture and mixed well.
Live jam is poured into a sterilized jar. The treat is recommended to be kept in the refrigerator.
Raspberry jam with red currant juice
The berries must be sorted out and rinsed thoroughly under running water. At the same time, it is important to ensure that the fruits are not crumpled and retain their shape.
Ingredients:
- red currants - 1.5 kg;
- sugar - 1.5 kg;
- raspberries - 700 g;
- citric acid - 1 teaspoon.
The red currant in this recipe is used only for juice. Place the berries in a saucepan, pour 300 ml of water and bring to a boil. Then the mixture is cooled, the currants are removed from the liquid and squeezed through cheesecloth. The remaining cake must be discarded.
Further preparation:
- Pour sugar into warm juice, mix well so that there are no lumps left.
- The mixture is boiled for 20 minutes so that the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Raspberries and citric acid are added to the liquid.
- The delicacy is boiled for 5 minutes, then removed from the heat.
The jam must be immediately poured into jars and closed. The finished preservation is left at room temperature until it cools down.
Red, black currant and raspberry jam
The combination of red and black currants enriches the taste of the jam. Moreover, the recipe for such a treat is no less simple than other cooking methods.
Ingredients:
- black currant - 1.5 kg;
- red currant - 700-800 g;
- raspberries - 800 g;
- sugar - 1.5 kg.
The berries are separated from the twigs and washed. It is recommended to cook in a container with thick walls to prevent burning.
Cooking steps:
- The berries are mixed in a saucepan with a little water.
- When the mixture boils, stir the currants, add sugar.
- Over low heat, the mixture is brought to a boil again.
- Jam is added to the container and boiled for 10-15 minutes.
The finished jam is placed in jars. Do not close immediately, it is best to keep the containers open so that the jam cools faster.
Raspberry jam with red currants and gooseberries
Gooseberries are a great addition to berry platter. With its help, you can enrich the taste of a delicacy, give it a unique color and aroma.
Ingredients:
- gooseberries - 400 g;
- raspberries - 1100 g;
- currants - 1300 g;
- sugar - 2800 g.
It is recommended to cook the delicacy in an enamel basin, it is easier to stir a thick mixture in it. In addition, excess liquid evaporates better on a wide surface. The ingredients are mixed only after preliminary cleaning from excess and thorough rinsing in water.
Cooking steps:
- The berries are placed in a basin, 600 g of sugar are poured, stirred.
- Pour out the rest of the sugar and leave for 10-12 hours.
- Place the container on medium heat and bring to a boil.
- The mixture is boiled for 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
The resulting treat is poured into jars and canned. Then they are recommended to be placed in a blanket for 8-10 hours, allowing them to cool completely.
Terms and conditions of storage
The best option for preserving the taste of the finished treat is preservation. If a lot of jam is prepared, it must be immediately poured into jars and closed. The container should be sterilized with boiling water or special antiseptic solutions used in the food industry. The cans can only be closed with lacquered lids, excluding the possibility of contact of the finished product with metal.
The preservation should be stored at a stable temperature regime, sudden temperature changes are unacceptable. It is forbidden to take jars out in the cold or store them in the freezer. This will lead to the fact that the jam will become sugared, and the raspberries and currants will lose their taste. It is recommended to exclude exposure to direct sunlight so that the contents do not heat up.
The shelf life reaches 2-3 years and longer if the container is properly preserved. Keep an open jar of jam in the refrigerator. The storage period does not exceed 2 months. It is advised to close the container not with metal or rubber lids, but with parchment paper tied around the neck.
Conclusion
Making jam from raspberries and red currants is not difficult if you follow the proportions and other subtleties of preparation indicated in the recipes. Particular attention should be paid to preparation, since the use of spoiled or damaged berries is not allowed. It is equally important to monitor the cooking process, stir the mixture in a timely manner and remove the resulting foam. Compliance with the described recommendations will allow you to get a tasty and healthy treat, which, thanks to conservation, will be available at any time of the year.
