7 recipes for delicious red currant jam with oranges for the winter
Making delicious red currant jam with oranges is easy. The result is a blank with an original taste and pleasant aroma. In addition, it contains a sufficient amount of vitamins and minerals. Dessert can be used to prevent flu and colds. And the bright color of the dish will delight the eye in winter, when everything around is white and white.
Features of cooking currant jam with orange for the winter
Housewives have already learned the little tricks that will help you prepare a delicious fruit and berry treat. Moreover, for a long time, the blank will be suitable for use. A few tips:
- Dessert is cooked in an enamel bowl with thick walls.
- While the product is on fire, it is constantly stirred so that it does not burn.
- The foam appearing on top is completely removed.
- The prepared jam is poured into prepared containers and covered with lids doused with boiling water. If you do not sterilize them, the shelf life will be reduced.
- The sealed containers are turned over with the lid down, wrapped in a thick cloth or blanket and left so until the product cools completely.
Only after all the above manipulations can the dessert be sent for storage.
The specifics of the choice of berries and citrus fruits
Ripe berries and fruits are used to prepare the dessert. They should be free of dents or signs of decay.
All ingredients are thoroughly washed, dried on a clean towel, and if necessary, remove the peel and bones.
How to prepare containers?
Special attention is paid to the preparation of containers. For blanks, take liter and half-liter glass jars. They are washed and pasteurized in the oven.
How to make currant jam with oranges at home?
The ingredients also require preparation. Red currants are located on twigs. The berries are removed from them, the leaves are removed. The fruits are rinsed with cold running water and put in a colander to make the liquid glass. Then they are ground with a meat grinder or blender. The mass is laid out in a sieve, pushed through it with a spoon or crush. The skins and seeds remain in the sieve. Thrifty housewives make jelly or compote from them.
For the preparation of jam, a jelly-like mass without solid particles is used.
Peel off the oranges, remove the zest, seeds. The pulp is passed through a meat grinder.
Classic recipe
To prepare a classic dessert, they store:
- red currants - 1 kg;
- black currant - 1 kg;
- oranges - a pound;
- granulated sugar - 3 kg.
Berries and citrus fruits are chopped, mixed in a pan with a non-stick coating, sugar is added, boiled for 40-50 minutes.
With banana
Real gourmets will love the delicious assorted banana jam. Its consistency will be like jam. Bananas should be ripe, yellow. Instances that have turned brown will not work.
To prepare a treat, you will need the ingredients that any woman has in the refrigerator:
- fresh bananas - 400 g;
- red currant - 1 kg;
- oranges - 500 g;
- white sugar - 2.5 kg.
Berries and citrus fruits are covered with sugar and boiled for half an hour. Chopped fruit is added, cooking continues for 20 minutes. The workpiece is left in the refrigerator for a week so that the dish is infused. Then it is served on the table.
With raspberries
The combination of sweet raspberry, orange sourness and currant flavor gives an amazing effect. The hostess needs:
- red currant - 1 kg;
- raspberries - 500 g;
- white sugar - 1.5 kg;
- oranges - 3 pcs.
Take a pound of sugar and sprinkle it with raspberries for 10-12 hours. Then the mass is brought to a boil, currants and citrus fruits are added. Heat treatment time - half an hour.
With lemon
A few citrus fruits are sometimes added to the jam. Take:
- red currant - 1 kg;
- lemons - 500 g;
- oranges - 500 g;
- granulated sugar - 2 kg.
Chopped citrus fruits are covered with sugar, allowed to stand for 2 hours. Put the mass on fire, add currants, cook for 45 minutes.
Raw jam
All vitamins are preserved in a delicacy made of healthy products without cooking. But the blank has a significant drawback - it is not stored for more than 2 months. For dessert you need:
- red currant - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 2 kg;
- oranges - 1 kg.
Chopped berries and fruits are placed in a tall enamel bowl without chips, sugar is added. Mix everything thoroughly, let stand for 3-4 hours. After dissolving the sugar crystals, the mass is laid out in jars.
White currant
White currants make the same delicious treat. To prepare it you will need:
- berries - 1 kg;
- oranges - 500 g;
- granulated sugar - 2 kg.
White currants are prepared in the same way as red ones. The mass is mixed with sugar and fruit, boiled for 40 minutes.
Red currant
Here is the original recipe for thick jam. It will require:
- red currant - 1 kg;
- oranges - 1 kg;
- pitted raisins - 500 g;
- granulated sugar - 2.5 kg.
Berries and fruits are chopped in a convenient way, combined in a saucepan with a thick bottom. Add sugar, bring to a boil. The fire is turned off, the product is left to stand for 2-3 hours. This procedure is carried out 3-4 times.
How to store jam?
A basement, a specially equipped shed or refrigerator (but not a freezer) is suitable for storing the workpiece. There the jam can be left for 1.5-2 years.
The main thing is to avoid excessive cooling of the product.
Also, make sure that the jars are not exposed to direct sunlight. The delicacy is served on the table as a separate dish for tea, pancakes or pancakes. Used as a filling in pies and cheesecakes, added to other desserts.
