As a rule, the white currant harvest is used to prepare berry and fruit compotes. Currant fruits go well with many ingredients: red or black currants, cherries, raspberries, gooseberries and citrus fruits. The recipe for white currant jam for the winter “Five Minutes” will allow you to enjoy a delicious and healthy vitamin treat on cold days.
Features of quick preparation of white currant jam
The technology for quickly preparing jam from white fruits is not very different from the classic recipe.The advantage of the fast method is that due to the short heat treatment, such a workpiece retains the largest amount of valuable substances and vitamins.
Since white currants are already full of pectin (the component responsible for thickness), the preparation does not require the addition of gelatin or other gelling product.
To fill the preparation with new flavors, currants can be combined with other fruits.
Required Products
To prepare a 3.5 liter vitamin delicacy you will need 1 kilogram of white currants and the same amount of granulated sugar. In addition, you will need approximately 200 milliliters of water to prepare the sweet syrup. To diversify the taste of the winter delicacy, you can use other additives and spices to taste: red or black currants, citrus fruits, vanilla sugar, cherries, gooseberries, raspberries, cinnamon.
How to prepare the ingredients?
Based on personal preferences, the delicacy is prepared with whole berries or freshly squeezed juice. The seeds will give the product a bitter note, which can be covered with a large amount of sugar. To ensure that the main component looks good in the sweet treat and does not lose the integrity of its shape, the berries are first doused with boiling water. If you are preparing a treat without seeds or skin, you will first need to squeeze out the juice using a juicer or rub the boiled berries through a sieve.
Preparing containers
Containers for preservation are prepared in three stages: first of all, the jars are thoroughly washed with soda solution, and then they are sterilized in any convenient way. The containers are placed in a preheated oven, heated in a microwave oven, a double boiler, or heated in a water bath.Sterilization time is ten minutes. At the end, the filled containers are pasteurized in a pan of boiling water.
The process of making “5-minute” jam for the winter
First of all, you need to prepare the main ingredient: the currants are sorted, thoroughly washed, dried and the stems are removed. Next, you will need to prepare a sweet syrup: add sugar to the water and wait until the liquid boils and all the grains are completely dissolved.
After this, the prepared berries are added to the syrup and the mixture is allowed to boil. Periodically, the currants need to be stirred and skimmed off. Next, the workpiece is allowed to cool and heated again until it boils. The delicacy is simmered for five minutes and poured hot into sterile containers and rolled up. The containers are stored indoors under a blanket for a day and then removed for further storage.
How and for how long can you store it?
The sweet treat made from white berries is stored together with other preserves: in a cool and dark place (cellar, basement or pantry). If the containers were prepared according to all the rules and went through the pasteurization process, the workpiece will not deteriorate for several years.
Raw jam that has not undergone heat treatment is stored exclusively in the refrigerator.
