Red currants contain many vitamins, so housewives often make various delicacies from them for the winter. One of these preparations is red currants ground with sugar for the winter, and the recipe for preparing it without cooking is quite simple and does not require culinary skills. The dessert stores well and contains all the vitamins found in fresh fruit.
Features of preparing red currants pureed with sugar
To prevent berries ground with granulated sugar from spoiling during the winter, you should follow a number of rules.
- The product must be sorted thoroughly - all spoiled, unripe currants are thrown away, the stalks are removed. This is an important process; failure to comply with it can lead to rapid souring of the dessert, even if the storage rules are followed.
- The berries are washed under running water. After washing, the fruit is dried and laid out on a towel.
To obtain a tasty treat, it is important to maintain proportions.
Specifics of product selection
Large-fruited currant varieties are suitable for jam. Then the healthy product will have the optimal consistency, preparing the dessert will be simple and the taste will be pronounced.
Currants selected for winter jam are used freshly picked. When picking your own berries, it is recommended to do this in clear weather, when the dew has completely disappeared from the bushes.
How to properly prepare the container?
For this type of recipe, it is better to use 0.5 and 1 liter jars. Before use, the container is washed with soda and then sterilized using any convenient method.
You can use the oven, sterilizing containers for 30 minutes, or using steam over a saucepan or kettle for 25 minutes.
Seaming lids also need to be sterilized; boiling for 5 minutes is enough.
How to candied red currants for the winter?
We offer you several recipes to choose from.
Classic recipe
The following ingredients will be required:
- 1 kg currants;
- 1.2 kg granulated sugar.
How to do:
- The berries are prepared, sorted, washed, and dried.
- The fruits are poured in portions into the meat grinder container and gradually crushed.If you need to get a tender mass, the puree is pureed using a sieve. It is recommended to choose a plastic sieve, since the metal oxidizes. To grind, you need to take a wooden spatula or masher.
- Mix the puree with granulated sugar and set aside for 3 hours until it dissolves. The container with the mixture must be covered with gauze, this is necessary so that insects do not penetrate into the dessert. From time to time, fresh berries covered with granulated sugar are stirred.
- After the time has passed, the gauze is removed and the resulting foam is removed.
- The dessert is distributed into containers and closed.
If the dessert is stored in the refrigerator, you can put on plastic lids.
For storage in the freezer
The dish includes:
- 1 kg currants;
- 0.25 gr. granulated sugar.
How to cook:
- The prepared fruits are crushed using a blender with the gradual addition of sugar.
- The finished dessert is placed in a dry, sterilized container, closed with lids and put into the freezer.
It is better to take small containers, since re-freezing a thawed product is unacceptable.
In a blender
Required ingredients:
- red currants – 1 kg;
- sugar – 1-1.5 kg.
The berries are sorted, filled with water, and must be changed 3-4 times. The water should drain. Then take a blender and gradually crush all the fruits, adding sugar. Having received currant puree, you need to taste it, maybe there is not enough sugar.
The finished dessert is placed in a dry container and rolled up.
In the form of jelly
To prepare the dessert you will need:
- ripe berries – 1 kg;
- granulated sugar – 2 kg.
The fruit is inspected for the presence of green, unripe, spoiled berries. Afterwards they need to be poured into a colander and placed in water.It is better to use a basin for this process.
The fruits are washed well, after which you need to wait for the water to drain. Dry currants are taken for dessert.
Then the berry is crushed. After the juice is extracted from the currants, it must be wiped using a sieve. The juice is mixed with sugar. The mixture is left for 2 hours, covered with a towel. Then the mixture is mixed and packaged into containers. You need to put the dessert in a cool place to thicken.
For diabetics
To make dessert for people with diabetes, use a sugar substitute - fructose. It is sweeter compared to granulated sugar, so the proportion will be 0.65 grams per 1 liter of water.
The fruits are sorted and washed. After the syrup is prepared, water and fructose are mixed. The granules should completely dissolve.
Next, the fruits are ground. The grated berries are added to the syrup and cooked for 7 minutes. The fire should be slow. Then the dessert is distributed into jars.
Further storage
The ground berries can be stored either in the refrigerator or in a cool place where the temperature should be no more than 18 degrees.
