3 best recipes for red currant jam Pyatiminutka for the winter
The canning process is laborious, so not every housewife wants to take it up. And the selection of various jams in stores is quite wide. Still, homemade twists are much tastier. Why not cook red currant jam for the winter called "Five Minute"? This recipe will require no more than half an hour of time, and the dessert turns out to be tasty, aromatic, bright.
Features of instant red currant jam for the winter
If the berry is not sour, then the same amount of sugar will be needed per kilogram of product. But if it is sour varieties, then one and a half times more.
Do not stir the berries with a wooden spoon, as the jam will turn into jam. The container with the berry mass must be shaken regularly. To do this, remove it from the fire for a couple of minutes, shake it gently and put it back on the fire. During cooking, two such procedures should be carried out.
How to choose and prepare ingredients?
Ripe berries should be chosen. They should have a beautiful, even red color and firm skin. Ripe currant branches are green. Too dry indicate that the berry is overripe. Such currants should be rubbed through a sieve, they cannot be closed whole berries - they will burst under the influence of high temperature.
Before preservation, red currants are washed and sorted. All leaves and twigs are removed.
Preparation of containers
The simplest option is to sterilize the cans in a saucepan. Water is poured into it up to half. When it boils, put the lids, put a sieve or wire rack on top of the pan. Put dry cans upside down.
A sterilizer can be used instead of a sieve. This device has small holes on which the container is placed. Banks in 1 liter hold for 8 minutes, in 2 - 10 minutes, and three-liter - 20. Finish sterilizing when the steam collects in large drops on the container.
After the cans are put to dry upside down on a dry cloth, the lids are removed there. They begin to preserve when the container is completely dry.
If you do not want to bother, the cans can be sterilized over the kettle. They put them on the nose, wait until the steam turns into drops.
Many housewives prefer to cook food in a multicooker. In it, they cook jam and sterilize containers. To do this, pour some water into the bowl and place the lids there. After the steam cooking nozzle is installed, the jars are placed upside down.Turn on the "Steam cooking" mode. After boiling water, the jars are sterilized in time as much as in the pan.
How to make red currant "Pyatiminutka" jam at home?
The jam is prepared quickly. To diversify its taste, add black currant, orange slices with peel or ginger.
The classic recipe "Five minutes"
To use the classic recipe, you should boil the berries, grated through a sieve. To make jam you will need:
- a kilogram of currants;
- kilogram of granulated sugar.
Clean berries are laid out in a metal container, sprinkled with sugar. Leave for 4 hours. So the berries will start juice. Then put on fire, cook for 5 minutes, regularly skimming off the foam.
Turn off the gas, cover the container with a lid and leave for 12 hours. Then bring to a boil, cook for 5 minutes. Placed in the jars while still hot.
If you decide to make jam in a slow cooker, then you need to pour the berry mass into a third of the bowl. So it will not "run away" when cooking. The foam must be removed constantly.
Option in syrup
To prepare according to this recipe you will need:
- a kilogram of berries;
- 1800 grams of sugar;
- litere of water.
Sugar is poured into a metal container and filled with water. This syrup should be boiled for 10 minutes over low heat. Pour currants while still hot. Leave to stand for 8 hours. After the syrup is drained, brought to a boil, boiled again.
Poured into a container with berries and put on fire, cook over slow heat for 30 minutes. The jam should be constantly stirred.
The finished product is hot laid out on prepared banks. They roll it up with metal lids, when it cools down, they put it in a closet or pantry.
With ginger
Jam "5-Minute" with ginger has a piquant taste. Some connoisseurs of spicy dishes add a little chili to it. But this is optional. This recipe includes:
- 700 grams of sugar;
- half a liter of water;
- 600 grams of red currant;
- 50 grams of ginger (root).
First, a thick syrup is made from water and granulated sugar. After boiling, add grated ginger root and currant. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
Storage terms and rules
The Pyatiminutka jam is put into a pantry, a special cabinet or a cellar. The shelf life is 12 months.
