Lingonberries and carrots are an unusual combination of products; can you make jam from them? If the housewife doubts whether to cook a delicacy if the store shelves are littered with it, the answer is yes. The dish turns out aromatic, tasty and there is confidence that it contains no harmful substances.
Features of preparing lingonberry jam with carrots for the winter
Vegetables are not often used to prepare sweet dishes. Lingonberry is a berry that goes well with carrots.The taste of the dessert is unusual, and if a person has never tried anything like this before, he will not guess what the jam is made of.
Lingonberry jam, prepared according to the classic recipe, is distinguished by its tartness. In order to balance the taste, spices, dried fruits, various berries and vegetables are used. One of the best additional ingredients will be carrots.
Recipe Ingredients
You will need:
- lingonberries - 2.5 kg;
- carrots - 600 g;
- sugar - 1.5 kg.
Size affects the amount of vegetable needed in the recipe. It can be large, medium or small. The result should be 600 g.
How to select and prepare ingredients
Harvested or purchased lingonberries are cleaned of twigs, leaves, foreign objects, unripe and spoiled berries.
Before you start cooking, wash the lingonberries. As an additional cleaning, the berries are doused with boiling water.
Root vegetables can be of any variety. Vegetables are peeled and washed. Carrots are cut into slices of any shape or chopped using a grater.
The key to delicious jam is ripe berries and ripe root vegetables.
Rules for preparing containers
Preparing the container for making jam is standard. Take a pan, preferably made of metal. To stir, you will need a wooden stick or stainless steel spoon.
Since the jam is intended for long-term storage, the jars are sterilized. The procedure is carried out over hot steam. Tin lids are boiled in water. You can use regular or twist-on ones.
Cooking process
Represents step-by-step actions:
- Lingonberries are sprinkled with sugar.
- The container is placed on low heat. After the juice has appeared, the berries continue to simmer.
- The mixture is stirred periodically until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Once this has happened, you can throw in the root vegetables.
- At this stage, the heat increases as the jam should boil.
- From the moment the pimples appear, time is recorded. Cooking continues for another 25-35 minutes. It is important to ensure that the jam is not overcooked.
- The container with the sweet mass is not covered with a lid and is kept nearby to monitor the condition.
- At the end, the mass is poured into glass jars, which are sealed. Afterwards, the containers are turned upside down and wrapped in a blanket. After 1-2 days, the jars are transferred to the cellar for storage.
When cooking jam, it is important to skim off the foam. The mass is stirred periodically so that it does not burn and lumps do not form.
Further storage of treats
If the batch of jam is small, the jars are left in the refrigerator, of course, if there is extra space. Otherwise, the jars are taken to the cellar, pantry or basement for long-term storage.
The berry-vegetable mixture is suitable for consumption for 1-2 years.
Lingonberries do not spoil for many months, as they contain benzoic acid. If there is a jar of dark jam on the shelf and an unpleasant odor is felt when opening the jar, the jam is thrown away. Its use is strictly prohibited.
