The strawberry season is coming to an end, and those who have not yet taken care of the reserves of various delicacies from this stunning berries for the winter, we recommend hurrying up. After all, very soon she will cease to please us with her abundance.
The simplest thing you can prepare from strawberries is a delicious flavored jam. It is about him that we will talk further in our recipes and will offer several options for preparing such a treat.
How to cook a strawberry jam "Pyatiminutka" - a recipe with whole berries
Ingredients:
- fresh strawberries - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 0,8-1 kg;
- lemon juice - 35 ml.
Preparation
For the preparation of jam under this recipe, we choose only whole, ripe, but at the same time elastic fresh berries. They must first be thoroughly washed, and then rid of sepals and put in an enamel vessel. Choosing a container for cooking jam, pay special attention to its volume. It should be at least twice, and ideally three times more than the estimated total volume of strawberries and sugar. Further, after filling the prepared berries with sugar, leave them for several hours to separate the juice.
Now we place the container with the workpiece on the plate and heat the mass to a boil on low intensity fire. After that, raise the heat to the maximum and cook the jam with strong boiling and boiling for five minutes.
If such a jam you do not intend to store for a long time, it's enough to let it cool down, and after that pour into a jar and put it in the refrigerator.
When preparing the delicacies for the winter, we pour it until hot, according to previously prepared sterilized jars, is sealed with sterile metal lids and turned over under the blanket until it cools completely.
Delicious strawberry jam without brewing berries
Ingredients:
- Strawberry - 2 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg;
- water 125 ml.
Preparation
Especially delicious is strawberry jam, if you cook it by making syrup , without resorting to cooking the berries themselves. Next, we will tell you in detail how to implement such an idea.
The initial stage is completely different from the preparatory actions described in the previous recipe. Ripe, elastic, preferably medium-sized berries washed thoroughly under running cold water, let drain, cleanse of sepals and put in a suitable container.
In a separate saucepan or scoop, cook sugar syrup. To do this, mix the necessary amount of water and granulated sugar, place the container on a moderate fire and warm it, stirring, to a boil. Boil the syrup for seven minutes, without stopping to stir, then pour out to the strawberry and let it cool down completely, covering the container with a lid. After that we strain the berries through a sieve, set aside, and the syrup is heated again to a boil and cook for five to seven minutes. We repeat the procedure two more times, after which we pour out the delicacy in advance prepared sterile glass containers, cap them with covers and wrap them with a warm blanket until it cools down completely.
How to cook a thick strawberry jam in a multivariate?
Ingredients:
- Strawberry - 0.6 kg;
- granulated sugar - 0,6 kg;
- lemon juice - 20 ml.
Preparation
If you have a multivarka, you can make strawberry jam in it. The only drawback of the method is that at a time, a small portion of the delicacy is obtained.
So, we wash, we sort, clean berries, and then we put them in the capacity of multi-device, pouring sugar. Set up the device for the "Soup" mode, cover it with a lid, without closing the valve, and set the timer for fifty minutes. After three minutes from the beginning of the process, open the lid of the multivarquet and mix the strawberry mass. Next, prepare the jam in the selected mode before the signal. Then add lemon juice and extend the program for another five minutes.