The plant is very rich in vitamins and beneficial substances for the human body. How to preserve berries for winter? A suitable option is sea buckthorn jam. It cannot be stored fresh for a long time, since it ripens in late autumn, and becomes especially tasty when it is caught in frost. In warm room conditions, sea buckthorn quickly disappears and freezes on the branches. Therefore, housewives prepare healthy delicacies using a variety of recipes.
Subtleties of cooking
Home conditions are quite suitable for making jam yourself.
Even a beginner will not have any difficulties. First of all, you need to prepare the berries:
- You should not collect sea buckthorn in the middle of summer. Although it begins to turn yellow, the berry is not ripe and will be bitter. You should wait until the first frost, then its taste will improve.
- You should not independently change the calculated amount of sugar for a certain volume of sea buckthorn.
- Berries for jam are used whole, without damage or rotten spots.
- Cooking time is limited, no more than 20 minutes.
If you add zucchini to the berry, the volume will increase, but the taste will not change.
Cooking it yourself will help you understand the features and rules for cooking a healthy sea buckthorn dessert. Thus, over the years, housewives have developed recipes for themselves, with their own points that must be followed.
The benefits of sea buckthorn jam
It is difficult to overestimate the healing properties of berries; they are used to prevent colds and flu. The vitamins contained in sea buckthorn have a beneficial effect on the human body.
The berry contains:
- vitamins B, C, A, K, P, E;
- calcium;
- potassium;
- magnesium.
Thanks to this composition, sea buckthorn produces the following effects on the body:
- helps strengthen the cardiovascular system;
- normalizes blood pressure;
- reduces cholesterol;
- cleanses the intestines;
- strengthens the immune system;
- helps in the treatment of oral diseases;
- speeds up the healing process for colds and much more.
Use with caution for diseases:
- stomach;
- gallbladder;
- pancreas;
- duodenum.
Before use, you should consult your doctor. And if he allows you to eat jam, then it is preferable to remove the seeds.
For those who do not suffer from any of the listed diseases, it is worth knowing that most of the beneficial components are contained in the bone. Therefore, it is recommended not to throw them away, but to eat them.
Preparing sea buckthorn
Half the success depends on preparing the raw materials for jam. Experienced housewives give advice on how to properly pick berries and prepare them for cooking a healthy dessert.
The berries are harvested after the first frost, in September or October. The berries are removed from the branches very carefully, since juice leaks out as a result of damage to the outer shell. It contains a large number of useful components.
Collecting sea buckthorn takes a very long time, so housewives practice picking berries on twigs. For convenience, they are frozen, then the berries remain whole when harvested. You should protect your face from sharp thorns of the bush. They can seriously hurt.
In order not to damage the integrity of the berries, they remove them from the branches using scissors or a regular fork.
Before use, sea buckthorn is carefully sorted, leaves and other plant debris are removed. They sort through the berries themselves, removing spoiled and rotten specimens. Then it is washed and dried. Only then are they allowed to be processed.
Sea buckthorn jam recipes
Numerous options for preparing a healthy dessert amaze with tastes and unusual combinations. You shouldn’t give up cooking right away, you need to try it first and then draw conclusions.
You don’t have to run around much to make delicious jam. The most labor-intensive work is picking the berries. Even a culinary novice can handle all the other points in the recipe.
A simple recipe for the winter
In combination, this recipe is called classic. The healthy dessert is thick, tasty and retains most of the beneficial substances of the raw berries.It will require 1 kg of sea buckthorn and sugar.
The sorted and thoroughly washed berries are covered with sugar. Let it brew for several hours at room temperature. Then put on fire, stirring and crushing the berries, and boil for 10 minutes. The finished delicacy is transferred to prepared containers and stored in a cool place.
Five-minute recipe
The peculiarity of sea buckthorn jam is the presence of a large amount of acid. Therefore, even boiled for 5 minutes, it is stored for a long time, while retaining the maximum usefulness compared to long-term cooking in other recipes. You add more sugar than berries; for 2 kg of sea buckthorn you will need 2.3 kg of sugar and half a liter of water.
How to cook “Five Minute” correctly
You should boil sugar syrup, add washed and cleaned sea buckthorn berries to it. Leave for 2-3 hours at room temperature. After cooling completely, put it back on the heat and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. Place while hot, roll up the jars and put them away to cool completely in a place protected from sunlight. It is advisable to cover it with something warm, and after cooling, put it in the refrigerator or equipped storage.
With apples
To make this jam, you don’t have to do anything complicated. To prepare the delicacy you will need 1.5 kg of sugar, 0.5 cups of water, 1 kg of sea buckthorn and apples. The benefits of this type of jam are very high.
It is advised to purchase non-crumbly and non-sweet varieties of apples.
Grind the berries until pureed. Combine with sugar. Cut the apples into slices, add water and boil for 10 minutes. Then grind the apple mass using any available tool: a meat grinder or a blender.
Combine everything together and boil for a few minutes.Place the finished jam into sterilized jars, cool, and store.
Seedless
To make this version of a healthy dessert, you will have to work a little. The advantage of this recipe is that it can be used by people suffering from diseases of the stomach, pancreas and pancreatitis. In addition, the small amount of sugar used during cooking allows the jam to be consumed by those who suffer from diabetes and obesity.
For 1 part of berries take 0.5 parts of sugar. A puree is prepared from clean, dried berries. It is rubbed through a sieve or passed through a juicer. Mix the resulting mixture with granulated sugar and put on fire. Boil until the sugar dissolves, put the hot jam into jars and store in a cool place.
No cooking
Another way to preserve the beneficial substances of sea buckthorn. This method does not require cooking. It requires 800 g of berries and 1 kg of sugar. It's not difficult to prepare. The berries are sorted, washed and dried. Then put it in a container and cover it with sugar, grind it and let it stand until the granulated sugar dissolves. Then they grind it again and put it in jars. Store this jam in the refrigerator.
The prepared dessert is consumed fresh or used as a base for drinks.
In a slow cooker
For those who have a slow cooker, there is an excellent recipe that is easy to prepare and requires a minimum of effort. To prepare it, you will need 1.05 kg of berries, 1.3 kg of granulated sugar, 160 ml of water.
Place clean, sorted berries into the multicooker bowl. Fill with water and add sugar. Set the “Quenching” mode for 1 hour. Every 10-15 min. stir with a wooden or plastic spatula.After boiling, you need to skim off the foam. When the set cooking time has ended, turn off the device and leave it with the lid open until it cools completely. Place the cold dessert in prepared jars and refrigerate.
With walnuts
The unusual taste of the delicacy is obtained if walnuts are added to it. To prepare it you need: 1 kg of sea buckthorn, 150 g of nuts, 1.5 kg of granulated sugar and 0.5 liters of water.
First of all, sugar syrup is boiled, after boiling, chopped or crushed walnuts are added to it. After this, simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Then the berries prepared in advance are added to the resulting mass and cooked for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally and removing the foam. The finished delicacy is poured into jars and stored in a cool place.
With hawthorn
A very healthy dessert. You need 1 kg of sea buckthorn, 0.6 kg of hawthorn, 0.5 kg of sugar. Sea buckthorn is rubbed through a sieve, hawthorn is blanched for 1-2 minutes. Then grind it in a meat grinder or rub it through a sieve. Combine everything, add sugar and put on fire, bring to 70 ⁰C. Place in jars and sterilize:
- 0.5 l for 20 minutes;
- 1 l for 25-30 min.
The finished dessert is stored in basements or cellars.
With pumpkin
For this recipe you need to purchase 2.9 kg of pumpkin, 2.3 kg of sea buckthorn, 190 g of orange, 0.96 kg of sugar.
The washed berry is dried with a towel, and the juice is squeezed out of it. It should be about 1 liter. Next, the pumpkin is peeled, the product must be cut into cubes, the size of which is 1.5 * 1.5 cm. Wash the orange thoroughly and grate the zest, without touching the white veins.
Take a container for cooking with a thick bottom, pour sea buckthorn juice onto the bottom, bring to a boil, pour in sugar.Then zest and pumpkin are added to it. The readiness of the jam is determined by the appearance of the pumpkin; it becomes transparent. Then the dessert is put into jars, rolled up and placed on the lids. To consolidate the result and infuse, they are wrapped until completely cooled. Then they are put away for storage.
With zucchini and honey
Zucchini has a neutral taste, so adding it to the jam will increase the mass and have virtually no effect on the taste. You will need 2 kg of zucchini and sea buckthorn, 1.5 kg of honey. The dessert has a sweet taste and is very healthy. But since the delicacy is subjected to heat treatment, some of the beneficial substances disappear.
The zucchini is cut into cubes, the sea buckthorn is rubbed, removing the seeds, all the ingredients are combined and put on low heat. As it heats, stir to prevent the mixture from burning. Boil for 5 minutes, set aside and let cool, then repeat again. A total of 3 approaches are carried out. The last time the workpiece is boiled for 10 minutes, put into jars and rolled up. After cooling, put into the cellar.
Storage Features
The main condition for long-term storage is preparation according to all the rules, strict adherence to the recipe and proper sealing.
Sea buckthorn jam, placed in jars, should be stored in the same way as other types of dessert. Temperature and humidity levels are maintained in the storage facility. A special feature is that sea buckthorn, due to the high acid content in its composition, is stored for a long time. The longer the jam sits, the less useful substances remain in its composition.
Making jam is not an easy task if you take it seriously. It is necessary to strictly observe the proportions and sequence of actions. And a healthy, tasty treat will delight you on long winter evenings.
