Blackcurrant jam with orange for the winter

Blackcurrant jam with orange is very easy to prepare, while it has a wonderful taste and aroma. Black currant is rightfully considered one of the most "convenient" berries for thick jams - with a minimum amount of sugar and short heat treatment, you can get a wonderful dessert for the winter. Citrus brings new interesting notes and attractive aroma to the classic currant jam.

How to cook blackcurrant jam with orange for the winter

It is difficult to say that jam is the most useful product that will help get rid of all sorts of ailments and improve health. However, such a sweet dessert is definitely healthier than plain sugar for tea. In order to cook jam for the winter and preserve as many minerals and vitamins as possible, you need to know some rules for preparing food and conducting heat treatment.

1. Currant fruits for jam are harvested no earlier than 1 week after ripening on the bush. The fruits are cleaned from twigs and sepals immediately before cooking - after their separation, the berries quickly lose their valuable properties.
2. If orange pulp is used for jam, all seeds must be removed from it - despite all the health benefits, they will add a bitter taste to the dessert.
3. The shorter the heat treatment of the ingredients, the more nutrients they will retain. Typically, the cooking time for a dessert is about 15-20 minutes. You should not try to shorten this interval by increasing the heating power of the mass. This will lead to the fact that it burns to the bottom of the pan, and the dessert itself will acquire an unpleasant taste and smell.

It is recommended to cook blackcurrant and orange jam in an enamel bowl or a stainless steel saucepan. Cookware made of copper and aluminum is not suitable for these purposes: during cooking in a copper basin, most of the vitamin C contained in the products is lost, and during cooking in an aluminum pan, metal particles can get into the mass under the influence of the acid contained in fruits and berries. A wooden spatula is used to mix the orange-currant mass.

Blackcurrant orange jam recipes

Dessert can be made in different ways, add additional ingredients that will improve the taste of the finished product, give it an unforgettable aroma. Below are the most interesting recipes for winter seaming treats.

Simple Blackcurrant Jam with Orange

It is proposed to prepare a very tasty aromatic delicacy using a simple technology. For 1 kg of black currant you will need:

• 0.5 kg of sugar;
• 1 orange.

Cooking steps:

1. Quick and high-quality cleansing of the sepals from the berries is rubbing through a fine mesh sieve. To make them easier to clean, it is recommended to pre-boil the fruits for 7 minutes. over low heat.
2. The zest, removed from the citrus with a fine grater, and sugar are added to the mass rubbed through a sieve.
3. The mixture is put on a powerful fire, brought to a boil, then the power is reduced to a minimum and cooked for 20 minutes. During cooking, remove the foam, the mixture is mixed repeatedly.
4. The finished product is placed in jars and rolled up.

Blackcurrant jam with orange and banana

An unusual and interesting flavor combination of banana, citrus and currant berries. Having tried such a jam once, you will want to make it every year for the winter. To prepare dessert you need:

• currants - 1 kg;
• banana - 2 pcs.;
• orange - 2 pcs.;
• sugar - 1.5 kg.

Cooking steps:

1. Fruits and berries are washed. Bananas are peeled, berries - from twigs and sepals, you can peel off citrus, but some housewives leave it - this way the jam turns out to be more aromatic.
2. Fruits and berries are passed through a meat grinder, sugar is added and set on fire.
3. Bring the mass to a boil over low heat, but do not boil it.
4. The hot dessert is distributed among the jars, rolled up.

Blackcurrant jam with orange and cinnamon

Spicy jam will warm you with warmth in winter cold and will be an excellent dessert for tea drinking. To prepare it, you need to take:

• currants - 1 kg;
• orange - 2 pcs.;
• sugar - 1.5 kg;
• cinnamon - 0.5 tbsp;
• cloves - 2 pcs.;
• nutmeg - 2 pinches.

Cooking steps:

1. The citrus is washed well, the zest is removed. For the above amount of ingredients, you will need 1.5 tbsp. orange peel.
2. Blender grind washed and peeled berries, sprinkled with 0.5 kg of sugar. Peeled orange slices without bones are added to them. The remaining sugar is mixed into the mixture and wait for its complete dissolution.
3. Bring the berry-fruit mixture to a boil over medium heat and turn off the heat.
4. After the mixture has cooled, it is brought to a boil again, spices and orange zest are added and boiled for 5 minutes.
5. The finished hot dessert is poured into jars, rolled up and cooled upside down under a blanket.

Blackcurrant, orange and lemon jam

Fans of desserts with sourness will love the combination of citrus and black currant.

The resulting jam is perfectly stored due to the high content of citric acid. Ingredients:

• currants - 1 kg;
• orange - 1 pc.;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• sugar - 1.5 kg.

Cooking steps:

1. Pure black currants are loaded into a blender, sugar is added and chopped.
2. Citrus fruits are peeled and finely chopped, removing all seeds.
3. The prepared ingredients are mixed in a saucepan and cooked over low heat for 15 minutes.
4. Jars are filled with dessert, paper circles are placed on top and covered with nylon lids.

Blackcurrant jam with orange and raspberry

Sweet raspberries go well with orange sourness and unusual currant flavor. To prepare it you will need:

• black currant - 0.5 kg;
• raspberries - 2 kg;
• sugar - 2.5 kg;
• orange - 2 pcs.

Cooking steps

1. In order for the raspberries to give juice, its fruits are sprinkled with sugar in the evening and left overnight.
2. The next day, you can start making jam - the raspberries that gave juice are heated on the stove for 5 minutes, cooled and boiled again for 5 minutes.
3. Washed and peeled currant fruits and citrus pieces are added to the boiling raspberry mass. The heat treatment time for the entire mixture is 10 minutes.
4. The finished fragrant delicacy is distributed in jars, rolled up and placed under a blanket until it cools. There is no need to turn the containers.

Terms and conditions of storage

Jam that has undergone heat treatment and poured into clean, properly sterilized, jars, suitable for use from six months or more. Moreover, long-term storage is possible in any dark place with an air temperature of no higher than +20⁰C. Therefore, you can keep the workpieces in the closet or basement. In a refrigerator, it is recommended to store the product covered with nylon lids, while it is removed to the lower shelf.

Conclusion

Blackcurrant jam with orange is an excellent dessert that will become an integral part of tea drinking on cold winter days. It will warm you up and cheer up every lover of homemade sweets.

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