Recipes for making thick cherry jam with a bone five-minute
The pitted cherry jam, called five-minute, is a good alternative to any cherry jam. It has a unique taste. You can eat it just with a spoon. How pleasant it is to savor the amazing sweetness by spreading cherry syrup on your tongue. There are many recipes for this dessert. But most of them take a long time to cook. The dish according to this recipe was called a five-minute dish precisely because it cooks quickly.
Features of making cherry jam with a stone in a quick way for the winter
Making a five-minute jam from cherries with a stone is not difficult. Berries do not require lengthy preparation. It is the bone that contains specific substances that gives the taste of the jam its brightness. There are some nuances in the preparation of five-minute cherry jam.
You cannot store cherry jam with seeds for a long time. Five minutes need to be cooked as much as the family can eat in about six months. Dark cherries are selected for cooking. The syrup with berries is brought to a boil several times.
Raw material selection rules
For making cherry jam with a stone for five minutes, the following varieties are suitable:
- Vladimirskaya,
- Anthracite,
- Griot Rossoshansky,
- Chocolate girl,
- Zhukovskaya,
- Memory of Voronchikhina,
- Rossosh black,
- Consumer goods Black,
- Black Large,
- Morel Bryanskaya.
Ripe fruits without damage are selected. The berries should be even. Better if they are the same size. It is unacceptable to cook jam from even slightly spoiled fruits. Such a dessert will not be stored, mold will begin to spread on it and it will become dangerous to eat it.
Berries should be picked with stalks. The stalks protect cherries from fermentation processes that may occur in them.
Container preparation
Deliciously making quick cherry jam with seeds is half the battle. It needs to be preserved. The safety of the product largely depends on the preparation of the container. Banks are carefully examined. There should be no cracks or chips on them. The selected containers are washed in hot water with soda. After that, the jars need to be rinsed several times.
The covers should also be revised. They should be free of rust. Care must be taken to ensure that the rubber on the gaskets does not deteriorate. Signs of bad rubber are yellowish color and tacky to the touch. Such covers cannot be used.
Sterilization on a kettle is very convenient. An ordinary kettle is placed on the stove. When the water boils, the gas is reduced. Jars with a capacity of 0.5 to 1 liter are hung on the spout of the kettle. A half-liter can is kept on a hot steam for 5 minutes, a liter - 10.Hot jars are turned upside down and placed on a clean towel.
Cooking methods
Five-minute cherry jam can be made in a variety of ways. There is an old recipe that has already become a classic. But the housewives experiment with cherries every year and delight them with new and interesting ways of harvesting.
The classic recipe "Five minutes"
Prepare ingredients:
- cherry - 1 kg;
- sugar - 600 gr.
Sort the berries, remove the stalks and spoiled fruits. Rinse the cherries well and dry them on a paper towel. Put the dried berries in a saucepan or bowl. Pour sugar into it. Mix everything. Mix berries with sugar by gentle shaking. The cherries are left for 6 hours. During this period, sugar will draw juice from the berries.
After 6 hours, the berries are placed on a slow gas and, stirring, brought to a boil. Stir until there is enough juice so that the jam does not burn. In the course of the action, you need to remove the foam. It spoils the taste and reduces shelf life.
After boiling, 5-7 minutes are detected. After a short boil, the cherry jam is placed in prepared jars. They are filled to the brim and closed with lids. It is important that there is no free space between the lid and the edge of the jam. The voids contribute to the accumulation of bacteria and product spoilage.
After cooling down, the cherry jam with pits, boiled for 5 minutes, will thick with a rich taste. This is facilitated by the lack of water during cooking.
Option in syrup
5-minute cherry jam can be made in sugar syrup. The recipe for this delicacy is simple. Take 600 grams of sugar and fill it with a liter of water. The pot with the sugar mixture is placed on a weak gas and the contents are constantly stirred. Once all the sugar has melted, 600 grams of pitted cherries are placed in a saucepan.
The berries must be sorted out in advance, washed and dried. The syrup with berries is brought to a boil. Boil after boiling for 5 minutes. Hot jam is laid out in jars and immediately rolled up with lids.
Required products:
- water - 1 l;
- sugar - 600 gr.;
- ripe cherries - 1 kg.
A five-minute cherry jam with a bone prepared in syrup according to the recipe will be more liquid than one that is cooked without water. But the berries, cooked in sugar syrup, will be whole.
How and how much can you store a treat?
How exactly to make a five-minute cherry jam with seeds, each housewife decides for herself. The main thing is to remember that the bones secrete hydrocyanic acid, which is harmful to health. It is advisable to consume the product within six months. The maximum shelf life is 1 year. Best stored in a cool, dark place.
