Gooseberries contain many vitamins, organic acids, micro- and macroelements, which the human body lacks in winter. Therefore, all housewives should have the secrets of making delicious, beautiful and aromatic gooseberry jam, with uncooked, whole berries. This delicacy is universal in use and is suitable for both simple home consumption and as a spectacular dessert at holidays.
How to choose and prepare the main ingredient
Gooseberries are carefully sorted, immediately discarding rotten, spoiled or completely green berries, as well as plant debris (leaves, twigs, dried fruits). For recipes that require preserving the shape of the berries in the finished product, choose dense, slightly unripe fruits. Afterwards, their stalks are cut off and washed well, and the jars are pre-sterilized.
Whole gooseberry jam recipes
Tasty, beautiful, aromatic gooseberry jam looks even more impressive if the berries remain intact in the finished product. To do this, you need to strictly follow the cooking recipe, use dense, elastic, not overripe fruits and be sure to pierce the berries with a needle or toothpick.
Classic version
If a housewife wants to easily prepare beautiful, tasty gooseberry jam, then, first of all, you should pay attention to the classic recipe.
Ingredients:
- gooseberry fruits – 1 kilogram;
- sugar – 1 kilogram;
- water – 100 milliliters.
Preparation:
- The berries are sorted and washed.
- To keep the berries intact, they are pierced in several places (up to the middle) with a thick needle or an ordinary toothpick.
- Gooseberries are poured into a saucepan, water is added and put on high heat.
- After boiling, add sugar, stir, reduce heat and cook for 15-20 minutes.
- Then remove the jam from the heat and let it brew for several hours.
- At the final stage, the jam is brought to a boil again and simmered over low heat for about half an hour.
- Now the finished jam is poured into sterilized jars and closed with lids.
With cloves
Spices will add piquancy to the taste of the jam, enhance the aroma and make it a truly exquisite delicacy. It is especially pleasant to enjoy this jam on cold winter evenings, washed down with hot tea. To do this you need:
- gooseberries – 1.5 kilograms;
- cloves – 2-3 buds;
- sugar – 1 kilogram;
- fennel – 1/2 teaspoon;
- vanilla – 1/3 teaspoon;
- water – 200 milliliters.
Recipe without cooking with oranges
This jam preserves all the beneficial substances and vitamins, and it acquires an original, rich, unforgettable taste and aroma. It is consumed fresh, for tea, or used as a spectacular dessert on the holiday table, as well as a filling for pancakes, cheesecakes and other pastries.
The berries are passed through a meat grinder, covered with sand and allowed to stand. Then put on the fire and stir until the sugar dissolves, but do not bring to a boil. Take these simple ingredients:
- gooseberries (purple or green) – 1 kilogram;
- oranges – 3 pieces;
- sugar – 1.2 kilograms.
Gooseberries in applesauce
This hearty, nutritious, tasty jam is reminiscent of familiar baby food. To prepare it, the berries are pierced with a toothpick and placed in jars until they are narrowed (to the shoulders). The apples are cut, boiled and ground through a sieve. Sugar is added to the resulting puree, put on fire and heated to a boil. Afterwards, the jars of berries are filled with hot puree and pasteurized for 15-30 minutes (depending on the volume of the container), at a temperature of +90 C degrees.
For preparation you will need:
- gooseberries – 1 kilogram;
- apples – 500 grams;
- sugar – 500 grams.
"Five Minute"
For such a quick but tasty option for making jam, take unripe gooseberries and the juice of other berries.
It is important to maintain the correct proportion of sugar and fruit so that the product does not swell during storage.
First, prepare berry syrup with sugar, and then add gooseberries and cook for 5 minutes. Afterwards, the jam is poured hot into jars. This preparation is stored only in cool places; some housewives simply freeze it in containers. The following ingredients are needed:
- gooseberry fruits – 1 kilogram;
- sugar – 1 kilogram;
- berry juice – 200 milliliters.
Emerald jam with whole berries
For the recipe, high-quality, dense and slightly unripe fruits are used. In this case, the jam acquires a rich, green, emerald color, and the berries remain intact. Thanks to its exquisite taste, exceptional aroma and spectacular appearance, it is also called “royal”.
All the tails of the berries are cut off and pierced to the middle with a toothpick. First, sugar syrup is prepared, and the fruits are boiled in it in three batches. For preparation take:
- gooseberry fruits – 1 kilogram;
- sugar – 1 kilogram;
- water – 500 milliliters.
How to properly store winter preparations
Gooseberry jam that has undergone minimal heat treatment is stored only in dark, cool places. Home refrigerators and winter-free cellars and basements are suitable. The temperature during storage of such preparations should not exceed +10...+12 C degrees, the shelf life in this case is from 6 to 12 months.
Jam that has undergone prolonged heat treatment and rolled into sterilized jars can be stored in the home pantry. Then the blanks do not lose their quality for 1-2 years.
