This berry is not only very tasty, but also healthy. It contains vitamins C, P, minerals and organic acids. Jam made from grapes is a favorite treat for many people with a sweet tooth. You just have to work a little, and in winter you can surprise your family and friends with an unusually delicious dessert.
Features of preparing confiture
Every housewife knows many secrets on how to make such sweets tasty, beautiful, and have the perfect consistency. But there are a few tips that will definitely come in handy for novice cooks.
To make the delicacy enjoyable during the winter period, you must adhere to the following recommendations:
- Use only fully ripe berries.
- Jam is made either from one type of grape, or a combination of 2-3 varieties.
- Fruits can be mashed. During the cooking process, they will quickly acquire the required consistency. Then they should be covered with sugar for several hours (they should release juice). Another way: divide everything into two portions. One is crushed, covered with sugar and boiled for 10 minutes, and the second is added whole to the already boiled mass and boiled until tender.
- Drizzle a little jam onto a cold plate. If the drop does not flow on the surface, it is ready.
Preparing the grapes
Before cooking, the berries must be properly processed. It's not difficult at all. Wash under running water. Remove all soft, burst, spoiled fruits in which the fermentation process has already begun. Next, use your hands to separate the pulp from the skin and place them in two pans.
Advice! If the fruits are ripe, they can be separated quickly. You will have to tinker with unripe berries.
How to make grape jam?
There are many ways to prepare such a delicacy. And each is tasty and aromatic in its own way.
A simple step-by-step recipe for the winter
The secret to this dessert is citric acid or fresh lemon as a natural preservative. For a more piquant taste, you can add 2 tablespoons of cinnamon.
Required ingredients:
- 1 kg of grapes - 2 cups of granulated sugar;
- 1 dessert spoon of citric acid.
Cooking process:
- Rinse the berries and puree with a hand blender.
- Rub the resulting mass through a large sieve to remove the seeds.
- Bring the homogeneous puree to a boil, stirring frequently.
- After boiling, pour sugar, citric acid, and cinnamon into the pan. Simmer the jam over medium heat for about half an hour.
- If you want to get a very thick consistency, add gelatin. One package is stirred in hot water until the lumps disappear.
- The boiled mixture is removed from the stove and, if desired, rubbed again through a sieve (now fine). Pour in water and gelatin and mix.
- The finished product is poured into sterilized containers and closed with iron lids.
From Isabella grapes
For 1.5 kg of berries - 1 kg of sugar. If the fruits are sour, more sweet product will be used.
Cooking process:
- The pre-prepared grape pulp is brought to a boil.
- After 10 minutes the mass will become homogeneous.
- Grind the cooled mixture through a large sieve.
- The pulp is combined with the peel and placed on the stove again until the skins are completely softened.
- Now you can add sugar.
- After this, the jam is cooked for another 15-20 minutes until ready. Don't forget to stir it.
From raisin grapes
Required components:
- 1.5 kg raisins;
- glass of water;
- 300 g sugar.
Cooking process:
- Make syrup.
- Place the berries.
- Cook over low heat until done.
From white grapes
Required:
- kilogram of berries;
- 1.5 tbsp. water;
- 700 grams of sugar;
- 1 tsp. vanilla.
Preparation process: make syrup, add fruits and cook until tender.
Seedless
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of berries;
- 1 tbsp. water;
- 1 kg sugar.
Preparation process: mash the berries, boil in water, grind through a sieve, add the sweet product and cook until tender.
With bones
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of berries;
- 1 tbsp.Sahara;
- 1 tbsp. water.
Preparation process: prepare the grapes, add to the pre-made syrup, cook for about ten minutes.
Jam in a slow cooker
Required ingredients:
- white grapes (800 g) mixed with black (200 g);
- 300 g sugar;
- lemon acid.
Cooking process:
- Treat white berries with boiling water and cold water. Remove all seeds from dark ones. Pour into the slow cooker.
- Add sugar with citric acid.
- Mode – “Cooking”, duration – 2 hours.
Advice! The finished jam should be poured into sterilized jars and sealed with metal lids. This will allow you to store the treat for a long period.
With citric acid
Ingredients:
- kilogram of berries;
- 0.5 tsp. citric acid;
- one hundred grams of water;
- 0.5 kg sugar.
Cook similarly to previous recipes.
With mint
Ingredients:
- 0.5 kg of sweet grapes;
- 100 g water;
- a few fresh mint leaves.
Cooking process: put everything in a saucepan, cook until the required consistency. A few minutes before the end of cooking, add mint. This jam can be made either with seeds or ground to obtain a homogeneous mass.
Cinnamon
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of grapes;
- 500 g sugar;
- cinnamon stick.
Preparation process: the berries must be crushed and rubbed through a sieve. Cook until done. Before completing the process, remove the stick.
With apple
Required ingredients:
- grapes + sour apples (per kilogram);
- granulated sugar (400-600 g to taste);
- water (120 ml).
Cooking process:
- Prepare grapes for jam.
- Peel the washed apples and remove all the seeds along with the partitions.
- Cut into pieces.
- Place fruit in a saucepan, add water and cover with a lid.
- When all the ingredients boil, turn the heat down to low and cook for 30 minutes, covered, stirring occasionally. This time is enough for the apples to soften and change color. But the grapes will still remain firm.
- Pour in the sugar and continue to cook without a lid for another 20-25 minutes.
- Don't forget to stir the jam every 10 minutes.
- The finished jam is poured into sterilized containers.
Storing finished treats
Store this jam in a dark, cool place, hermetically sealed. Otherwise it will ferment.
