17 simple recipes for making redcurrant jam for the winter

Summer is the time for preparations. Every housewife tries to make a tasty and healthy treat for her family. One of the most popular berries is currant. Nature generously endowed it with vitamins, acids and antioxidants, which are very beneficial for the human body. You can make delicious jams from this berry. We offer you simple recipes for redcurrant jam for the winter.

Features of making redcurrant jam

To make the jam tasty, you need to know how to properly prepare currants and what kind of container is best to cook them in.

How to select and prepare raw materials

Good, ripe currants should have a pleasant smell and sour taste. Choose whole and firm berries, because only from them can you make delicious confiture.

Having chosen the raw material, it must be properly prepared. The procedure involves:

1. Cleaning berries from twigs, insects and leaves.
2. Rinsing the raw materials in a colander or sieve under low pressure of water.
3. Laying clean currants on a sheet for quick drying.

Preparing containers

It is best to cook hot confiture in a wide metal basin. Choose a container with a large diameter - this will speed up the cooking and hardening of the jam.

If you have a basin with a diameter of up to 26 cm, it is more convenient to cook a maximum of 2 kg of currants at a time.

Store the finished product in pre-sterilized glass jars. Nylon or metal lids are suitable for capping. They also need to be sterilized - to do this, just boil them for a few minutes.

How to make redcurrant jam

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the most delicious and original recipes.

Classic recipe

To prepare the delicacy, pour 1 kg of currants into a colander and place in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Pour the steamed berries into a container, crush and add 1.5 kg of sugar, then pour in one and a half glasses of water. Stir until the mixture becomes homogeneous. Then put the jam on low heat and cook until thickened.

The quick five-minute method

Already from the name it is clear that jam according to this recipe should be made for no more than 5 minutes. Mix 500 g of currants and 200 g of sugar in a saucepan, simmer for 5 minutes over low heat. Roll the finished jam into jars.

The good thing about the 5-minute recipe is that you can immediately put the jam on the table and eat it with pancakes or ice cream.

Seedless

Pour 1 kg of currants with water and boil a little over high heat. Afterwards, grind the berries and pass through a sieve. Add 800 g of sugar to the resulting mass and boil for 10 minutes. Wait until it cools down and boil again. Repeat the procedure three times. After the last boiling, pour the jam into jars that have been previously prepared and sterilized for storing the product.

From juice with pectin

Another recipe for quickly making delicious seedless currant jam. Press a kilogram of berries. Mix the resulting juice with 700 g of sugar, stir and boil for five minutes. Add a teaspoon of pectin to it and simmer for a few more minutes.

No cooking

Pass 1 kg of red currants and 1.2 kg of sugar through a meat grinder. Leave to infuse for three hours. During this time, stir it several times. When the sugar has completely melted, bring the jam to a boil. Immediately after this, pour the jam into glass jars and close the lids.

With cherries

What could be better than spreading delicious jam on crispy toast? This recipe allows you to make a preparation with a unique summer taste. Crush 1.5 kg of currants a little with a masher and cook until well thickened. Throw in 1 kg of sugar, boil for a couple of minutes. Add 0.5 kg of peeled cherries and boil until tender.

With cherry

Cherry and currant jam takes a long time to prepare, but it turns out so tasty that you definitely won’t regret the time spent. The finished cooled jam resembles jelly in its structure. It has a slightly sour taste, making it an ideal pie filling.

Grind 0.5 kg of currants in a meat grinder, pour into a saucepan, add 150 ml of water and cook until thickened. Do the same with 1 kg of peeled cherries. Then pour 0.75 kg of sugar into the cherry puree and cook for 15 minutes. Combine two fruit purees in one pan and cook for 15 minutes.

With lemon

Place a kilogram of currants in a saucepan, add a kilogram of sugar, add the juice of 1 large lemon and leave for 3 hours. Then bring to a boil over low heat, simmer for 10-12 minutes and set aside for 9 hours. Then bring it to a boil again and you can pour it into jars.

With gooseberries

This jam has an amazing berry taste that everyone will definitely love.

Crush 3 kg of gooseberries and 1.5 kg of currants with a masher and grind through a sieve. Mix currant juice with 2 kg of sugar and bring to a boil. Add gooseberries and bring to a boil again. Boil for 20 minutes on low heat.

With blackberries

This jam has an original taste. Combine 1 kg of currants and blackberries in a saucepan, add lemon juice, a pinch of salt and 500 g of sugar. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.

With watermelon

This confiture has simply amazing taste and aroma. Make juice from 0.6 kg of currants, mix with 200 g of sugar. Grind 0.6 kg of watermelon pulp in a blender and boil for several minutes. Dissolve 25 g of starch in water and gradually pour into boiling confiture. Pour into jars as usual.

With blackberries and chili

Using this recipe you can prepare a very tasty sauce for meat.Mix separately 20 g of pectin and 200 g of sugar. Pass 2 kg of currants and blackberries through a press. Finely chop a couple of chili peppers. Add pepper, a mixture of pectin and sugar to the berry juice, and simmer for a couple of minutes. Add 1.4 kg of sugar to the mixture and cook until it is completely dissolved.

With figs

This currant jam is not only tasty, but also very healthy. Make sweet syrup. Grind 1.5 kg of currants with 7 juniper berries. Combine the syrup with berry puree and boil. Add 500 g chopped figs and cook for 20 minutes.

With agar-agar

Do you like marmalade? Then we suggest you prepare it yourself.

Description of preparation:

1. Pour a kilogram of currants into a deep container, add boiled water, cover and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
2. Then grind the berries. Mix the resulting juice with 500 g of sugar and cook for an hour, remembering to remove the film in time.
3. Add 2 teaspoons of agar-agar to the mixture, stir well and cook for a few minutes until it becomes thick.
4. Line a deep baking sheet with parchment paper and pour the jam into it.
5. When it has cooled to room temperature, place it in the refrigerator.
6. The frozen marmalade is ready for use.

Through a juicer

This delicious jam recipe is easy to make. Pass a kilogram of currants through a juicer. Pour 1.2 kg of sugar into the juice and stir until it dissolves. Pour the juice into jars and refrigerate for a day. After 24 hours it will turn into jelly. The product must be stored in the refrigerator.

In the bread machine

You can make delicious currant confiture in a regular bread maker. Pour 1 kg of berries into a deep container, crush with a masher and grind through a sieve. As a result, about 250 ml of juice will come out.Pour it into the bread maker and sprinkle it evenly with sugar. Set the program to “Jam” and turn on the device. It will do the rest on its own.

In a slow cooker

Place a kilogram of washed currants in a multicooker mold and fill with water. In the “Cooking” mode, simmer for several minutes so that the berries soften. Then drain the water, crush the currants with a masher and rub through a sieve to get rid of the skins and seeds. Pour pure juice into the multicooker, add 400 g of sugar and turn on “Stew”. After 10 minutes the jam is ready.

Further storage of jam

The preparations should be stored in a cool place where the sun does not reach. The ideal option would be a cellar or a cool pantry.

If you prepare the jam correctly and follow the storage conditions, it will last for 2-3 years.