Quick preparation of raspberries for the winter: easy and without cooking. Raspberry jam for the winter
In raspberry season, we try to make the most of nature. We eat fresh raspberries and top with raspberry jam. It is raspberry jam that is considered medicinal, able to fight colds and bring down the temperature. But in order for these healing properties to remain in the jam, it must be properly cooked. And in this article I wrote 4 of the best raspberry jam recipes. These are five-minute jam (the most popular), jam with gelatin (very thick), jam and jam without cooking.
I wrote the first recipe in great detail in order to protect against possible mistakes that lead to the appearance of mold, to the “explosion” of the cans. Carefully read all the secrets and tips, then your jam will be very tasty, bright and will be stored for a long time.
Sterilize the jars as you wish. Can over steam for 10 minutes or in the oven at 150 degrees for 15 minutes. Boil the lids for 5-7 minutes.
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This is the easiest and fastest way to make raspberry jam. It does not need to be boiled several times, it does not need to be cooked for a long time. It only takes 5 minutes to cook! During this time, the berries will not have time to turn into porridge, they will remain intact. Some vitamins will also remain, but not all. To preserve all the vitamins, the jam does not need to be boiled at all! But I will write about this in another recipe.
To keep the raspberries in the jam intact, choose dense, fragrant, dry, not overripe berries.
This jam will be quite thick. And for density it will be used ... Read the ingredients of the "secret" product that few people use. It is this product that will make raspberry jam of the desired consistency.
Ingredients:
- raspberries - 1 kg
- sugar - 1 kg
- lemon juice - 1 tsp
From this amount of ingredients, 1 liter of jam is obtained and 250 ml remains. If you cook a double rate, you get 2.5 liters.
Cooking method:
1. You need to cook jam in a clean saucepan, preferably stainless steel. First, the pan must be cleaned with soda, rinsed well with warm water and wiped dry with a clean, lint-free towel.
The ratio of berries and sugar is 1:1. Weigh the raspberries first and take the same amount of sugar.
2. There are always a lot of bugs in raspberries. To process the berry, it must be washed in a saline solution. Pour two tablespoons of salt into two liters of cold water. Gently pour the raspberries into a colander and rinse in this water. If there are a lot of raspberries, then you need to wash it in parts. When washing, it is very important to help yourself very gently with your hands so as not to crush the berry. Place washed raspberries in a colander in a bowl to drain excess water.
3. Next, fill a bowl with clean water and rinse the raspberries in it without removing them from the sieve. Lay the berries out on a paper towel in a single layer to dry. Cover the top with another towel and blot lightly. No need to squeeze the berries! Raspberries must be handled very carefully.
4. Pour the raspberries from the napkin into the pan. Sprinkle sugar on top. Leave the raspberries to stand for at least 4 hours. During this time, she will start up the juice and the sugar will partially settle to the bottom. If you are leaving the raspberries for a longer period, store them in the refrigerator.
Do not mix the berries with sugar, otherwise they will choke. If you are making a large batch of jam, you can sprinkle the raspberries with sugar in layers.
5. In order for the jam to stand for a long time, you need to sterilize the jars and other dishes that will come into contact with the jam well. Be sure to check for chips and cracks on the cans. At the bottom of the jar indicate the year of its issue. Take banks that are no more than 5 years old. Sterilize the jars in a convenient way (in the oven, steam, in the microwave). Also pour boiling water over a ladle with which you will pour jam.
6. When the jam stands in sugar, start cooking it. Put on medium heat and let it boil. After boiling, cook for 5 minutes on low heat. Be sure to remove the foam very carefully. If the foam is left, then the jam will be covered with mold and will not be stored for a long time.
Do not stir the raspberry jam with a spoon, otherwise you will crush the berries. Take the pan in your hands and shake it in a circular motion.
7. A minute before readiness, add lemon juice to the jam. It is taken in the ratio of 1 teaspoon per kilogram of berries. There is a lot of pectin in sour berries and fruits, which thickens well. There is little pectin in sweet raspberries. Therefore, lemon juice will help make the jam thicker without a long boil.
To check the readiness of the jam, put a drop of syrup on a saucer. The syrup should not spread, the drop will keep its shape.
8. Pour the finished jam into sterile jars. But don't roll it up right away! If you immediately roll up the lids of the jars, then the condensate will drip from the lid back into the jam. It is because of this that mold can form. Therefore, pour the jam into jars, without adding 1 cm to the brim, and let it stand for 15-20 minutes. The jam should cool down to about 50 degrees.
9. At this time, you can boil the lids for 5 minutes. Remove the hot lid from boiling water with a fork, blot it with a napkin and cover the jar (cover the jam that has already cooled). Roll up and turn the jar over to see if the lid fits well. Put the jar on the barrel and roll it over the table a couple of times. Now you can put the jam and let it cool.
10. Store raspberry jam in a dark place, preferably cool (cellar, basement, refrigerator). But you can store it simply in the pantry or on the table. Make jam according to this recipe, it's simple, tasty and beautiful. The color remains bright and saturated. Bon appetit!
Raspberry jam with gelatin.
This recipe is very different from the previous one. Here, the jam must be boiled in three approaches, and gelatin is added at the end of cooking. Thanks to this ingredient, the jam will be very thick, almost like jelly.
Ingredients:
- raspberries - 1 kg
- sugar - 800 gr.
- gelatin - 2 tbsp.
How to cook thick raspberry jam:
1. Raspberries need to be sorted out, all spoiled, unripe berries, garbage removed. You do not need to wash if the raspberries are from their site. If you bought a berry, rinse it in cold water and dry it.
2. Fill the raspberries with sugar. You do not need to stir with a spoon, you can shake the pan. Or sprinkle in layers. Cover the pan with a lid or towel and leave for 3-5 hours for the raspberries to release their juice.
3. When several hours have passed, you can cook jam. Place raspberries over medium heat and bring to a boil. While heating, occasionally run a wooden spatula along the bottom so that the sugar does not burn. As soon as the jam begins to boil, remove it from the stove.
Be sure to remove the resulting foam.
4. Let the jam cool completely and again put it on medium heat. After boiling, remove the pan from the hob. Once again, wait for the jam to cool. Now you can start sterilizing jars, lids, ladle.
5. For the third time, put the jam on to boil. Although in fact you do not boil it, but simply bring it to a boil, that is, wait for the first bubbles to appear. At the same time, dissolve 2 tablespoons of gelatin in 1/3 cup of warm water. When the jam starts to boil, pour the gelatin into it and stir.
6. Without turning off the heat, start pouring the jam into jars. Cover with lids and roll up.
To prevent the jar from bursting from hot, you can put a sterilized spoon in it or put the jar on a metal stand or on a knife.
7. Cover the jam with a towel or blanket and leave to cool completely. The finished jam will be thick and delicious. Cook with pleasure!
Raspberry jam.
This is a jam recipe in which you can not boil raspberries. Thanks to this move, the maximum amount of useful substances is preserved in the berry. The berries are not left whole, but are crushed with sugar.
Ingredients:
- raspberries - 1 kg
- sugar - 1 kg
How to make raspberry jam:
1. In order for such non-boiled jam to be well stored (and you need to store it in the refrigerator or cellar), the dishes in which you will cook it must be perfectly dry. Wash the pot or basin first, then pat dry with a towel. Raspberries themselves cannot be washed either. In this recipe, the absence of raw water on dishes and berries plays an important role.
Sort raspberries, remove spoiled or unripe berries. Place all berries in a bowl.
2. Using a potato masher, crush all the berries well until smooth. Sprinkle the raspberry puree with sugar and crush again with a crush.
3. The sugar is still not completely dissolved. Therefore, raspberry jam must be put on a small fire and constantly stirred to dissolve the sugar.
Very important! Don't bring the jam to a boil. It just needs to be heated to a hot state, but not boiled.
4. During cooking, foam will appear, which must be removed. All debris floats up in the foam, so it must be removed so that the jam is better stored. Jars and lids must be sterilized in advance. You can also close such a jam with a clean nylon lid.
5. When the raspberries become hot, but will not boil, the sugar will completely dissolve (it will not be felt at the bottom), the jam can be laid out in jars. Do not pour to the very top.
6. From above it will be necessary to make a sugar cork. That is, pour another 2-3 tablespoons of sugar on top of each jar. This sugar should completely cover the jam.
7. Close the jars with lids and leave at room temperature until completely cool. Then put it in the refrigerator or cellar. Be sure to store in a cool place. It turns out a healthy jam, which is nice to open in the winter.
Raspberry has a very strong diaphoretic effect (stronger than acetylsalicylic acid). Therefore, raspberry jam is used to sweat and thus bring down the temperature.
Raspberry jam without cooking.
You can simply freeze raspberries for the winter with a whole berry. And you can make raspberries with sugar, do not boil, but pour into jars and store in the refrigerator or freezer.
Ingredients:
- raspberries - 1 kg
- sugar - 1 kg
How to make raspberry jam without cooking:
1. Wash and dry the raspberries, laying them out in one layer on a paper towel. Pour the raspberries into a convenient container and cover with sugar. The ratio of sugar and berries is 1:1. Mix well with a spoon or spatula.
2. It is most convenient to grind raspberries with sugar using an immersion blender. If you want, you can work as a potato masher. But in this case there will not be such a homogeneous mass, pieces of raspberries will come across. When you grind with a blender, the sugar dissolves faster.
3. Leave the raspberry jam without cooking to stand for a while so that the sugar completely melts. Stir the mixture from time to time. The more you stir, the faster the sugar will dissolve.
4. Sterilize jars in any way. When the sugar is no longer at the bottom, you can pour the jam into jars. Close the jars with nylon lids or euro-lids and put in the refrigerator for storage.
This jam can also be stored in the freezer. In this case, you can fill it up not in jars, but in plastic containers.
Make jam according to these basic recipes. These recipes indicate the best ratio of sugar and berries, and use the most gentle cooking method or no cooking at all. I do not recommend cooking raspberry jam according to recipes where you need to put twice as much sugar as the berry itself. I also do not advise using recipes where you need to cook jam for a long time. Be healthy!
Fragrant, sweet raspberries are not only tasty, but also very tasty. It is rich in natural sugars, organic acids and vitamins. For example, 100 g of this wonderful berry contains 30% of the daily requirement of vitamin C. However, heat treatment, when trying to preserve raspberries for the winter, destroys this antioxidant and immunomodulator that the human body needs. When frozen, the berries lose their taste. But raspberries with sugar for the winter without cooking are an excellent alternative to traditional jam, combining great taste and health benefits.
How to prepare berries?
Raspberry fruits are quite tender - they quickly deteriorate and are easily destroyed by mechanical action. Therefore, it is advisable to deal with their processing on the day of collection or purchase. Otherwise, the berries become moldy, turn sour.
Another feature of raspberries is that they usually do not wash them, but only sort them out, and in a special way. To do this, the berries are carefully poured in small portions from one dish to another, while removing debris and spoiled fruits.
What sugar to choose?
Harvesting raspberries for the winter without cooking requires careful attention to the choice of sugar. It will take a lot of it so that the berries are stored for a long time. But without temperature treatment, the sweet ingredient will not be able to completely dissolve. In view of this, it is worth buying the finest possible granulated sugar or even preparing powdered sugar in a coffee grinder.
Crockery and storage rules
Small glass jars, for example, half a liter, are best suited for raspberry blanks. They must first be thoroughly washed, doused with boiling water and dried or sterilized in any way possible: over steam, in the oven or microwave.
To cover the jars where raspberries are stored for the winter without boiling, you must first with parchment paper, and then with glass or polyethylene lids, which have also been treated with boiling water.
Raspberries without cooking are stored exclusively in the cold: in dry cellars, pantries, on the balcony and, of course, in the refrigerator. And do not forget about this important rule.
cooking recipes
So, instead of making traditional raspberry jam, it is better to choose a recipe without boiling, although, to be honest, there are not so many of them. We bring to your attention the most popular.
Vitamin raspberry
Mash the berries a little in an enamel bowl, gradually adding sugar. Leave the mixture in the room for 2 hours so that the sugar can dissolve. It constantly needs to be stirred with a wooden spatula so that the consistency is uniform.
Arrange the raspberries in jars, put in the refrigerator.
For 1 kg of berries, 1 kg of sugar is required.
Raspberry with blackcurrant
- Raspberries - 1 kg;
- black currant - 0.5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 2 kg.
Pound raspberries with a wooden pestle, chop with a blender. Mix everything thoroughly with sugar.
If desired, you can add the zest of one or two lemons, so the product will be even more aromatic.
Divide the mixture into jars and store away.
Raspberries and strawberries pureed with sugar
Raspberries and strawberries are taken in equal parts, for example, 1 kilogram each. And there should be as much sugar as the berry mixture.
The berries peeled from the stalks must be mashed, but not to a homogeneous slurry. There should be small chunks left in the puree. Then granulated sugar is mixed in and the mass is sent to glass jars.
Raspberry "five minutes"
Grind 1 kg of berries with 1.5 kg of sugar. Heat over low heat until sugar dissolves. Do not bring to a boil.
Pour hot into jars, cover with lids. Let cool completely and put in the refrigerator.
Stuffing for pies and cakes
- Raspberries - 500 g;
- granulated sugar - 600 g;
- vodka - 3 tbsp. spoons.
Beat raspberries with sugar, mix in vodka, arrange in jars.
Application in cooking
Uncooked raspberries are used primarily for making sweet sandwiches. It is added to tea, eaten with pancakes, pancakes and ice cream. It is good for baking and desserts.
raspberry casserole
- Cottage cheese - 200 g;
- raspberries with sugar - 150 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- semolina - 40 g;
- almonds - 50 g;
- sour cream to taste.
Lubricate the baking dish with hot vegetable oil, put the raspberry-curd mixture into it. Bake at medium temperature for about 20 minutes. Cool down.
Serve the finished casserole with sour cream.
- Sour cream - 1 small jar;
- cottage cheese - 0.5 packs;
- raspberries with sugar - 1 cup;
- gelatin - 25 g.
Beat sour cream with a mixer with raspberry mass, add grated cottage cheese and beat again. Soak gelatin in 0.5 cups of boiled water. When it is completely dissolved, pour into the curd-berry mixture and mix well.
Carefully pour the mass into the mold, smooth with a spoon and place in the refrigerator for several hours.
Advice. To make the dessert really tasty, you should not choose low-fat dairy products. They are not suitable for this dish.
Application in traditional medicine
- a well-known antipyretic and diaphoretic. And what is good about raspberries for the winter without cooking? Almost everything that fresh berries are.
The therapeutic effect of raspberry fruits was revealed in the days of ancient Greece. Organic acids, pectins, tannins and many vitamins were found in the composition of the berry. For example, vitamin A. And it is known to improve vision, as well as strengthen nails and hair. Vitamin C is also plentiful. It not only protects against colds, but also removes excess fluid from the body, has a good effect on connective tissue. Thanks to this, the berry is useful for manifestations of cellulite and unpleasant varicose veins.
A mixture of raspberries and sugar is widely used for colds of the respiratory tract. It can be used as an auxiliary fixing agent for non-infectious diarrhea and after poisoning, as an antitoxic medicine.
When the temperature rises, a tablespoon of pureed raspberries should be added to a glass of warm water and drunk as often as possible. The same drink can be used to gargle a sore throat and mouth.
During the mass incidence of viral infections, raspberry delicacy should be eaten in the morning on an empty stomach. This delicious tradition will serve as a good prevention for colds and flu, charging you with a good mood for the whole day.
Cautions
Of course, do not forget that raspberries are a strong allergen, so eating them in large quantities is not recommended. In addition, a considerable amount of sugar can harm people with diabetes, metabolic disorders and who are overweight.
In conclusion, I would like to give advice to the hostesses, not to be afraid to make a choice in favor of raspberry blanks without cooking. They are perfectly stored for quite a long time, preserving the dizzying aroma and benefits of fresh berries. Try it and see for yourself.
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I think that in every house they try to stock up on raspberry jam for the winter. It helps with colds in winter and contains many useful substances.
Did you know that raspberries contain salicylic, citric, malic and tartaric acids. Therefore, it is used as an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic agent. As children, we often came damp and soaked through from a walk. Then mother changed us into dry clothes and gave us tea with raspberry jam. And then she made me wrap myself in a blanket and sweat a lot. And it often happened that the disease went away without ever starting.
Raspberries are a storehouse of vitamins. It contains vitamins of groups B, A, C, E. It also contains a lot of trace elements potassium, calcium, iron. Therefore, raspberry jam is a must-have. It doesn't happen much. Plus, it's easy to do. And as you will learn from this article. There are many ways to cook this wonderful preparation, we will analyze the most delicious of them:
- Raspberry Five Minute
- Raspberry jam with whole berries
- Raspberry jam with gelatin
- Raspberries with sugar without cooking
Before making jam, the berry must be sorted out from the leaves and bugs. Raspberries are often inhabited by various bugs and spiders. There is a little secret how to get rid of them. Mix 1 tablespoon of salt in 1 liter of water. We put the berries in a colander or sieve. Immerse the dishes in the saline solution for 5 minutes. And all our insects will be on the surface. After that, the raspberries should be washed thoroughly. Let lie down for 10 minutes in a colander to drain excess water.
Raspberry jam "five minutes" (thick)
One of the most popular recipes. Due to quick cooking, many useful substances are retained in the berries.
Ingredients and proportions:
- Raspberry 1.5 kg
- Sugar 1.5 kg
We take sugar and berries in equal proportions. Therefore, the number of kilograms can vary at your discretion.
Step-by-step recipe for cooking 5 minutes of raspberries:
1. The berry must be sorted out from leaves and bugs. After that, the raspberries should be thoroughly washed in salted water, as described above. Then rinse with plain water and drain in a colander. Let lie down for 10 minutes in a colander to drain excess water.
2. Now you need to choose the dishes in which we will cook our jam. The shape of the dishes should not be high and wide enough. The basin has such a shape, so it is considered the best option for making jam. The shape for the dishes was chosen. Now let's define its material. Cooking utensils made of copper, stainless steel and brass are best suited for making jam.
3. Pour all the raspberries into the basin. It must be crushed with a crush and covered with sugar. Gently mix our ingredients. We leave our yummy for a couple of hours so that the sugar dissolves.
4. And at this time we will sterilize the jars. There are many ways: over steam, in the oven, in the microwave, etc. I sterilize in the microwave. Banks must be clean. Pour about 1.5 cm of water and send it to the microwave for 3 minutes at a power of 800-900.
5. We put the container with the future jam on the smallest fire. Stir constantly and bring to a boil. When jam is cooked, foam forms on its surface. Remove it carefully with a spoon. If this is not done, the jam may soon deteriorate. Let's boil our jam for 5 minutes.
6. We carefully pack the jam in our sterilized jars and tightly close the lid. I use small jars for any jam. So as not to keep it for a long time when you open the jar. Now our banks must be turned over and allowed to cool.
Five-minute jam from whole raspberries
An amazing jam can be made from whole raspberries. This berry does not have a dense skin. Therefore, in order for the berries to remain intact, it must be boiled in syrup, which is obtained from raspberry juice and sugar when it stands.
Ingredients and proportions:
- Raspberry 1.5 kg
- Sugar 1.5 kg
Step-by-step procedure for making raspberry jam with whole berries:
1. We clean the berries from debris (leaves, bugs, larvae). Rinse them with water, put them in a colander.
2. Pour half of the granulated sugar into the bowl in which the jam will be cooked.
3. Next, all the raspberries are sent to the basin.
4. Cover our raspberries with the remaining sugar.
5. Let's leave everything in the container for 5-6 hours. Let the raspberries give juice. I usually do this at night. And in the morning I bring the work I started to the end.
6. In the morning I start sterilizing the jars, and then proceed to the jam itself.
7. We light the smallest fire and send the container to the stove. Mix very gently so as not to disturb the integrity of the berries.
8. We are waiting for the sugar to dissolve, we add a little fire. When the jam boils, cook for another 5 minutes. Do not forget to stir gently and remove the foam from the jam.
9. Pour the finished jam into jars. Close them carefully with a lid.
You can, by the way, use less sugar, for example, as in this video recipe:
Raspberry jam with whole berries (regular cooking)
Another very tasty recipe. The berries remain intact when cooked. From this it has more benefits and taste.
When you make jam from whole berries, do not take a lot of kilograms at once. 1.5-2 kilograms will be enough, otherwise the berries can crush each other.
Ingredients and proportions:
- Raspberry 1.5 kg
- Sugar 1.5 kg
We take products in a ratio of 1: 1
Step-by-step recipe for making raspberry jam:
1. In this recipe, it is better to take the best raspberries. That is, it should be clean, large, bought on the market from some grandmother or your own. Because in this recipe we will not wash it.
2. We will put sugar and berries in layers in the jam container until the products run out.
3. We need everything to infuse for 5-6 hours. We do everything again at night. We remove the dishes with the future jam in the refrigerator.
4. Raspberries will give juice overnight. We need to drain it and bring it to a boil. Leave it on low heat for 10 minutes.
5. In the meantime, we will sterilize our jars
6. We send raspberries, boil in juice for about 20 minutes. You do not need to mix the berries in this recipe. Therefore, we set the fire to the smallest.
7. Pour our jam into dry and hot jars. You can wrap it in something warm and let it cool completely. I use an old quilt. This is necessary in order to reduce the cooling time of the jam. Then it will turn out very beautiful and natural in color.
Raspberry jam with gelatin
This is a very interesting interpretation of raspberry jam. This recipe will appeal to lovers of jelly or jams. Due to the fact that it turns out thick, it can be used as a filling for pies.
Ingredients:
- Raspberry 1 kg
- Sugar 1.5 kg
- Water 300 ml
- Citric acid about 10 grams
- Gelatin 5 grams
Step-by-step recipe for making jam with gelatin:
1. In this recipe, let's start with gelatin. It must be diluted with warm water and allowed to swell. Instructions are always written on the package.
2. We sterilize our jars in any way convenient for you.
3. We select large and not crumpled berries. If the raspberries are clean, without dust, then you can not wash.
4. In a bowl, gently mix the berries and granulated sugar. Next, we fill our mass with water.
5. Send to the stove for half an hour. Cook on the smallest fire, stir so that the jam does not burn. To do this, use a plastic or wooden spoon. Raspberries can oxidize from metal.
6. We send gelatin and citric acid to the container. Cooking another 15 minutes.
7. We lay out the finished product in jars. Store in a dark cool place.
Raspberries with sugar without cooking
Cooking raspberries in this way allows you to save all the original vitamins and minerals that are in it. After all, in this recipe it is not subjected to heat treatment. But there is also a small minus in this method - there is more sugar than usual.
Ingredients and proportions:
- Raspberry 1.5 kg
- Sugar 3 kg
The amount of sugar used is 2 times more than raspberries.
Step by step cooking recipe:
1. Not only selected raspberries, but also crushed berries are suitable for this recipe. And so we clean the raspberries and turn them into porridge with the help of a wooden pusher.
2. Now add granulated sugar to the container. Mix everything very carefully. We need all the sugar to dissolve. Time is 20-24 hours. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon.
3. When the sugar is completely dispersed in the total mass of jam, you can do the jars.
4. We lay out the finished raspberry mass in dry hot jars, but not to the very top. We leave empty 1-1.5 cm and pour granulated sugar. Screw on the lid tightly. You can use thick paper and string in the old fashioned way. We store in the refrigerator.
In this topic, I talked about the methods and subtleties of making raspberry jam. Shared some secrets with you. I hope you find the “perfect” raspberry jam recipe for yourself too. And you will delight yourself and your loved ones with this healthy delicacy.
For every housewife, the word "jam" is associated with a long and tedious process. After all, some recipes involve up to twelve hours of cooking. And multiple, in several stages. After this long process, the product needs to be rolled up, which will also take a certain amount of time. How about making no-boil raspberry jam? Yes, it's real and incredibly delicious. In our article today, we will analyze in detail the process of its preparation, as well as talk about the beneficial properties of a wonderful berry.
Raspberries - sweet medicine
This wonderful berry contains a large set of useful trace elements and vitamins that help keep our body in good shape. Raspberries are one of the leading berries in terms of vitamin C content. Despite the fact that it is a quarter of water, its beneficial properties are amazing. Salicylic acid, which is found in raspberries, helps the body fight colds by acting as an antipyretic agent with an antibacterial effect.
Raspberries also have the ability to remove toxins from the body, preventing dehydration. But what if you want to stock up on this miracle berry for the winter, and even so that it does not lose its useful properties? This is easy to do. It is necessary to prepare raspberry jam without cooking. Minimum cost - maximum benefit. Why not just boil raspberries in the usual way and roll them into jars? As you know, during heat treatment, the valuable properties of berries disappear, and thanks to this recipe, you get healthy raspberry jam for the winter.
Contraindications
Like most berries, raspberries contain substances that can cause an allergic reaction. It is also worth monitoring the amount of berries eaten by people with diabetes, stomach ulcers and those suffering from kidney failure. Pregnant women should not lean on it, as it can provoke a food allergy in an unborn child. And of course, it is worth remembering: if the raspberries you have harvested for the winter will be used as a preventive medicine for respiratory infections, then do not forget to control the amount of jam consumed. Someone likes to eat it with spoons from a jar, others prefer to spread it on sandwiches, and some simply dilute it with water. Everyone will get the right portion of vitamins and nutrients. But if you like to dilute raspberry jam with water, then you should remember that it should not be boiling water, otherwise all the beneficial properties will be lost.
Choosing berries for jam
A lot depends on the choice of berries for jam, so you should approach this issue responsibly. Raspberries are very tender and do not tolerate washing. It is ideal to use a berry from your own garden, which does not need to be washed. But unfortunately, not everyone can boast of their own garden, so you have to buy berries in the market or in the supermarket. So, back to the question of how to choose the right berries in order to make raspberry jam without cooking.
First of all, you need to pay attention to the integrity of the berries - heavily wrinkled and crushed will not work. Also, they should not be overripe, as they can deteriorate during the cooking process. But slightly greenish will be just the way. Be sure to try the raspberries before buying, because the unfavorable growing conditions of the berry can affect its taste. You don’t want raspberry jam for the winter to be tasteless, do you? Raspberries, of course, are the main ingredient in jam, so it should not be allowed to be sour or, conversely, tasteless. Now you know how to choose the right berry, so you can move on to the recipe itself, from which you will learn how to make raspberry jam without cooking.
Ingredients
According to the classic recipe, sugar and raspberries are needed. But modern chefs love to experiment by adding completely unexpected products. The proportions of raspberry jam without cooking may vary. It all depends on how long you are going to keep it. If the jam is not prepared for the future, then it is necessary to take raspberries and sugar in equal amounts. It will be stored for no more than two months. And if you want the harvested raspberries to be stored for the winter longer, then you need to take one part of raspberries and two parts of sugar. Such jam will easily stand until winter and until the next season.
Preparation
Raspberries must be sorted out, separated from green branches, if any. After that, rinse under low pressure of water so as not to damage the berry. If the berry is from the garden, collected by you personally, then you can not wash it. Next, you need to dry it by spreading it on a table or board.
In order for fresh raspberry jam without cooking to get the right consistency, you need to use the right dishes. Enameled bowls and pans are not suitable for this, as there is a risk of oxidation. Stainless steel pans are great for this job, but plastic and silicone are not the best option. Finally, we come to the answer to the intriguing question: "How to make raspberry jam without boiling?"
We combine the ingredients
Raspberries need to be crushed. This can be done in two ways: grind the berries in a meat grinder or manually ceiling. Many at this stage may wonder: "Why not use a blender?" It will turn the berries into a homogeneous porridge, and this is not at all according to the recipe. The resulting mass is placed in a prepared pan, covered with sugar on top. Next, mix thoroughly until smooth. It is better to use a wooden or silicone spoon for this, this will reduce the risk of oxidation, which was written about above.
We leave for a while
Cover the resulting mass with a lid and leave in a dark place for three to four days. In order for raspberry jam without cooking not to be candied, it must be stirred regularly. You need to do this three times a day, always with a clean spoon. This procedure is done so that the sugar is completely dissolved and does not squeak on the teeth. The proposed option will take a lot of time, but the result will be perfect jam.
If you do not have time to wait so long, do not worry, there is another option. Place the pot with jam in a warm place for six hours, after this time, stir and taste. Sugar should be completely dissolved. But in the latter version, you should carefully consider the temperature, because the raspberry mass can ferment. Each of the proposed options is aimed at dissolving sugar in raspberries. If you know other ways, feel free to experiment.
Where to store jam?
Well, it seems that the most difficult thing is over when the question arises: "What to do next with jam?" There is only one correct answer to this question: "Store in glass jars." The modern world provides a wide choice of these containers: from miniature 100-gram jars to ten-liter bottles. What to choose, it's up to you, based on your needs. If you have a large family, then rolling jam into 0.25 ml jars will not be very advisable. But a liter or half-liter container will be just right. Metal cans and plastic bowls are not suitable for storage, they can ruin the taste of our treats.
We have chosen the necessary banks, but how will we close them? Ordinary seaming lids are not suitable for us, because we did not boil our jam. We need screw caps. Nylon are unsuitable, as the tightness will be broken. If these are vacuum vented lids, then they are suitable. This is a relatively new invention. But still it is better to use proven lids on twists.
Jars preparation
After the banks have been selected, we proceed to their sterilization. This is a necessary process for the destruction of microbes on the walls of the jar, which can later multiply in the jam. In addition to jars, lids must also be sterilized. How to do this, we will now consider. The easiest way is to pour boiling water over jars and lids, after which you can start rolling. You can steam them. For this procedure, even special sterilizers with a hole for cans are sold. We collect water in a saucepan, put it on fire, bring it to a boil, then put the lids in boiling water, install the sterilizer and put the jar on it. Leave in this position for a few minutes, then carefully remove and begin to roll up. Multicooker owners can sterilize jars and lids in their wonder contraption. By the way, some models have a special mode for this.
Seaming process
Sterilization of the jar and lid must be done before direct seaming, otherwise all efforts will be in vain. It is necessary to put our jam in the processed jar and tighten it with a sterile lid. It is worth remembering safety measures, because jars and lids are hot after processing.
After twisting, the jam is ready. Of course, you can roll up the banks in the usual way, using a special key. But this method is quite long and problematic, the covers often explode or come across defective ones. And besides, these are disposable lids, but twisting ones can be used repeatedly. Well, our raspberry jam without cooking is ready, the reviews of which from those who have tried it are extremely positive.
The shelf life of this jam
Jars with cooked jam should be stored in the refrigerator. This is what distinguishes boiled jam from what we prepared. It can be stored for about six months, subject to all the above conditions. Remember, at the beginning we talked about the proportions of sugar and berries? So, if you used a one-to-one ratio, then the jam will be stored for no more than three months, even if these conditions are met.
You can stick a sticker on jars of jam with the date of seaming and the name of the contents. The lid of the jar can be decorated with twine and a colored piece of fabric. Jam decorated in this way will please the eye and will be an excellent gift for loved ones.
A few secrets
And now we will reveal some secrets. The first is a cooked raspberry jam without boiling with vodka. After the sugar is completely dissolved, you need to add vodka at the rate of three tablespoons per kilogram of berries. Alcohol will act as a preservative and extend the shelf life of our jam for a couple of months, and even change the taste a little more. Do not be afraid, no one will get drunk from such jam. Another secret is to sprinkle the jam with sugar before screwing on the lid. The sugar will gradually dissolve, creating a sweet film that will keep out bacteria and microorganisms.
Now you know how to make delicious raspberry jam in a completely new way that preserves all the beneficial properties of this berry. You can eat it with spoons with a fresh bun, you can pour it with water and get a raspberry drink, or you can add it to pastries. Fresh raspberry jam without cooking is a unique delicacy that will protect you from diseases and give you a lot of pleasure.
Live raspberry jam without cooking for the winter
We are all looking forward to summer with its tasty and healthy gifts - vegetables, fruits and, of course, berries. Every housewife wants to cook more blanks so that there is enough for the whole winter, and I am no exception. It is important for me that country preparations are not only tasty, but also a maximum of vitamins is preserved. Therefore, most often I do not make ordinary jam from berries, but live. And our family especially likes this jam. And its recipe is very simple. The only thing is that it is best to use a technical assistant - a blender, it will be more difficult to manually achieve homogeneity of the jam.
Ingredients:
* 1.5 kg raspberries
* 0.5 kg of granulated sugar
How to make raspberry jam without cooking, for the winter:
I never wash raspberries collected at my own dacha, we don’t need extra moisture. I just sort it out and transfer it to a bowl. At this stage, we need 1 kg of berries.
Using a blender, turn the raspberries into a homogeneous mass. Then add granulated sugar, mix and work a little more with a blender. The sugar will dissolve at this time and you can try if there is enough sweetness.
Now he adds the remaining berries to the bowl, we won’t knead them anymore, but leave them whole. Gently stir the raspberries into the grated mass and the live jam is ready!
Since live jam is not amenable to heat treatment, it must be placed in a freezer for long-term storage. It is most convenient for me to store such jam in double disposable bags. Unlike plastic containers, they take up little space.
If live jam is eaten within 1-2 days, then it can be safely kept simply in the refrigerator. This jam tastes amazing! Especially when whole berries come across, such tenderness and freshness, just mmm ...
By the way, according to the same principle, you can cook live redcurrant jam. Unless the amount of granulated sugar needs to be increased to taste. Well, it turns out very tasty, be sure to try it!
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