A simple step-by-step recipe for "Pyatiminutka" blueberry jam for the winter
This amazing and healthy product helps to improve visual functions, normalize digestion, prevent viral diseases, strengthen nerves and the cardiovascular system.
Making five-minute blueberry jam will not seem too complicated. You just need to choose a recipe, purchase ingredients and strictly follow the recommendations.
Features of making blueberry jam
Dessert is prepared in different ways. Other types of berries, herbs, honey, citruses are added at will. Many more housewives make preparations in jelly form or with the safety of whole fruits.
The main advantage is that there are no seeds inside the berry and it is easy to clean it, because you do not need to remove even small twigs.
Most of the recipes are based on using only sugar besides the berry itself. But some authors advise adding a little water, lemon juice, or acid. To begin with, prepare a sweet syrup, and later pour the berry over them. It is important to use enamelled pans as they will not oxidize.
How to choose the right blueberries for jam
In order for a tasty preparation to be stored for a long time, you need to select only ripe and undamaged berries. They are prepared as follows:
- All material is sorted out, non-conforming to the requirements is discarded.
- Leaves, stalks and other debris are removed from berries that have passed the test.
- Blueberries are washed under running water, then soaked for a short time.
- The berries are dried and poured into a saucepan.
Fresh blueberries are purchased from the markets. Before buying, it is better to ask where it was collected. The undoubted advantage will be the ecologically clean berry growing area. The frozen product can be obtained at any time of the year in stores.
A simple recipe "Five minutes" for the winter
It is common knowledge that blueberries have a beneficial effect on low vision. "Five minutes" is not cooked for long, and therefore the delicacy is obtained with whole berries. Consequently, all vitamins do not lose their properties.
This jam is considered tastier than the traditional one; everyone can cook it. Pure berries are sprinkled with sugar and set aside for a while. After 4 hours, when a sufficient amount of juice appears, the saucepan is put on a low heat and brought to a boil. Then it is cooked for only 5 minutes. The foam is, of course, removed.
Hot jam is poured into sterilized jars, tightened with lids and sent to be stored in a cool, dark place.
Blueberry Five-Minute Jelly
A step-by-step recipe for this awesome blank looks like this:
- Prepare the necessary ingredients, namely 3 kg of fresh blueberries and 2.5 kg of granulated sugar.
- Put the berries in an enamel container, sprinkle with 1.25 kg of sugar on top. Do not interfere. Let stand for 3 hours.
- Move the pot to the stove. Turn on low fire.
- After the blueberries have settled, add the rest of the granulated sugar, remembering to stir gently with a wooden spoon.
- Once it boils, cook for no more than 5 minutes. Then sprinkle with gelatin, mix well.
- Bring the jam to a boil again and immediately move the saucepan away from the heat.
- Pour the product into jars.
Blueberry "Five Minute" with lemon flavor
It often happens to acquire berries that are too sweet due to obvious overripe. If you use this material, the jam will turn out to be very sugary. Experienced housewives, to get rid of excess sweetness, reduce the amount of sugar and add lemon juice or lemon zest.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of blueberries;
- 800 g granulated sugar;
- 1 large lemon;
- 100 ml of water.
Water and sugar are combined in an enamel saucepan. The syrup is cooked over medium heat until boiling.
The lemon zest is rubbed, and all the juice is squeezed out of it.
Blueberries are pre-prepared. After all the manipulations, it is loaded into the syrup, brought to a boil.
Without stopping stirring, lemon zest is added. Continue cooking the contents of the pot for another 5 minutes. Then squeezed lemon juice is poured into it, the jam is thoroughly stirred and removed from the stove.
The finished delicacy is poured into prepared containers or immediately after cooling is served for tea.
"Five minutes" without boiling berries - frozen in glasses
You will need the following ingredients:
- 1 kg of blueberries.
- 500-700 g of sugar.
The berries are pre-sorted, peeled, washed and dried. Then they are laid out in a bowl and chopped with a blender until puree.
Sugar is added to the container with blueberries, the contents are thoroughly mixed.
Plastic glasses are taken, the resulting delicious mixture of berries and sugar is placed in them. From above, they are covered with lids and sent to freeze in the refrigerator.
If the product is frozen and thawed many times, then in the end not only useful substances will be lost, but also great taste.
Also, instead of glasses, some housewives use special containers for making ice cubes.
All the recipes suggested above will not seem difficult to anyone. After all, blueberries are considered a self-sufficient berry with many useful trace elements, which is best cooked for no more than 5 minutes. Therefore, it is recommended not to hesitate, but rather to acquire a fresh harvest of blueberries and prepare delicious jam according to the recipe you like best. You can be sure one hundred percent that everyone will like the delicacy.
