Step-by-step recipe for making jelly-like raspberry jam
Raspberry is a sweet and aromatic berry, so jam made from it is considered one of the most delicious types of dessert for the winter. The berries are harvested for the winter in different ways. Jelly-like raspberry jam is popular, the recipe for its preparation is simple, does not require special culinary skills. This blank can be used as a filling for baking.
Cooking features
To make jelly raspberry jam, you should follow the recommendations:
- The berry does not like water, so it is not recommended to wash it. You can sort out, remove the stalks. If the collection of raspberries was carried out after rain, it is recommended to rinse under a thin stream of water, but only so that the fruits do not absorb a lot of moisture. Immediately, the raspberries are laid out in a sieve to make the liquid glass.
- The jam is poured into jars in a chilled form, without adding 7 mm to the edge of the container.
To preserve the bright raspberry color, the finished dessert must be quickly cooled - the rolled jam should be dipped into ice water. Thanks to this method, the jelly dessert will preserve the raspberry flavor.
Ingredients for a raspberry jelly jam recipe
To make a dessert, you need the following products:
- 1 kg of raspberries;
- 1.2 kg of granulated sugar.
Specificity of product selection
In order for the jelly jam to turn out delicious, you should correctly pick the berry and prepare it. To make a jelly dessert, you need to take a dense, whole berry. Raspberries should be ripe, but not overripe. More suitable fruits of medium size, dark in color.
The best time to harvest is dry weather, as raspberries will become watery and unattractive after rain.
If the berry is damaged by larvae, it should be cleaned with a bug.
To do this, she goes into a colander, dipped in a solution of salt and water (1 tsp. Salt per 1 liter of water) for 15 minutes. All insects will leave the "raspberry house", the berry will only need to be rinsed. Processing starts immediately, as raspberries spoil quickly, even in the refrigerator.
Kitchenware
Previously, jam was cooked in copper basins, but copper dishes are not suitable for cooking desserts, since copper oxides can penetrate the delicacy. Raspberries are sour berries, and oxides are formed when sour fruits are cooked. So, the minimum volume of copper ions leads to the decomposition of ascorbic acid, which means that such a dish does not contain vitamins after cooking.
A basin made of aluminum is also not recommended for dessert, since the increased acidity of the delicacy has a detrimental effect on the oxide film that forms on the plane of the metal. Dessert with aluminum is not healthy.
Cooking a jelly dessert is necessary in a bowl with a wide bottom. A stainless steel or enameled pan is used. Banks are also being prepared. They are washed out, sterilized. The lids are boiled.
How to cook jelly raspberry jam?
To prepare a dessert, you need to follow the steps:
- The berry goes well, is laid out in a suitable enamel cauldron.
- Raspberries are covered with 2/3 of the sand and set aside for 2 hours. This time will be enough for the fruits to start juice.
- The pan is sent to a slow fire, brought to a boil, mixed so that all the sand is dissolved. Foam is removed from the liquid.
- When the mass boils, the jam needs to be cooked for 5 minutes. Then the pan is removed from the stove, the dish is completely cooled.
- The remaining sand is added to the mixture. Again, you need the jam to boil, then cook for 5 minutes.
- Next, quickly cool the pan by immersing it in cold water with ice.
- After cooling, the dessert is laid out in sterile jars, closed with lids.
Storage conditions and periods
Raspberry jam can be stored for about a year if the recipe and temperature conditions are followed. Storage in the refrigerator can last up to 2 years, at room temperature it is possible to store up to 3 years, but then the dessert loses its useful properties and quickly deteriorates.
It is worth remembering that the shelf life is influenced by the concentration of granulated sugar, metal lids, the conditions under which the dessert is preserved.
It is recommended to put the jam in a cool place, where the temperature is kept, then the delicacy will retain its excellent taste for a long time.
