Housewives often do not have time to make jam in time; there may be various reasons. This is a lack of time, energy, ingredients, and often desire. But there are recipes that allow you to easily prepare jam from various frozen fresh berries at any time of the year. Moreover, it has the same taste qualities as those prepared from freshly picked fruits.
Is it possible to make jam from frozen berries?
This kind of jam is not only possible, but also necessary to make! This process will not cause any difficulty even for young, inexperienced housewives. The big advantage of this jam is that it is not tied specifically to a certain period - the berry season. Due to various circumstances, not everyone is able to, having collected or purchased enough berries, take the time to sterilize the jars and make jam.
Moreover, it is better to purchase berries precisely at the moment when the price for them is not too bad and is quite acceptable. Therefore, many simply freeze them for the winter, and then take them out at any time and cook the same tasty and aromatic jam as if from fresh fruits.
Preparing containers and ingredients
Before cooking, berries (strawberries, cherries, currants, raspberries and others) are defrosted. They are taken out of the freezer in the evening and left until the morning, it’s more convenient. But if you are too impatient or, due to circumstances, you need to quickly prepare the jam, then defrost the fruits by immersing the bag in warm water.
An effective technique would be to use the “Defrost” mode of the microwave oven. Before sealing the jam, jars are sterilized using high temperatures. This includes both steaming and frying in the oven or microwave.
How to make jam from frozen berries?
Adding spices such as cardamom or cinnamon will add zest and piquancy to the taste of the jam. But they are not the main ingredients.
The basic ingredients that you can’t do without are, of course, the berries themselves and sugar. It is possible to add both citrus and other fruits.
Cooking time usually takes from half an hour to an hour, depending on the type of berries, recipe and the thickness of the product that you want to achieve.
Raspberry recipe
This jam does not differ in taste or aroma properties from those made from seasonal, summer and autumn berries. But it has a big plus - at any time of the year, by opening the freezer and taking out frozen fruits, you can easily prepare rich, tasty, fresh jam.
Ingredients:
- frozen raspberries – 1 kilogram;
- sugar – 1.4 kilograms.
Preparation process: first, the raspberries are defrosted - taken out of the freezer in the evening and left until the morning at room temperature. Then sprinkle the berries with sugar and mix well, and then leave to infuse for another 1 hour. Then the basin with the workpiece is placed on the stove, turn on low heat and bring to a boil.
Now, for 20 minutes, while the jam is preparing, it is constantly stirred and the foam is removed. Moreover, the density is adjusted by extending the cooking time to 30 minutes or adding gelatin. Then the jam will turn out to be especially unusual and will surprise everyone who tries it.
From strawberries
Despite the fact that frozen strawberries are used, the jam is tasty and very aromatic. Adding lemon juice enhances the taste, brightens the color, and also extends shelf life. For preparation you will need the following ingredients:
- strawberries – 1 kilogram;
- sugar – 600 grams;
- half a medium sized lemon.
From wild berries
It’s convenient that such a frozen assortment can be easily purchased at any large store if you can’t pick wild berries yourself. After defrosting, they are processed in a meat grinder, using a blender or sieve. This delicacy takes 30-40 minutes to prepare. To do this, take 1 kilogram of wild berries and 1 kilogram of sugar.
From frozen cherries
As a result of preparation, according to this recipe, frozen cherry jam comes out aromatic, with a pleasant sweet taste and piquant sourness, without astringency.
It is consumed as an independent dessert, added to tea or used as a filling for baked goods.
For 1 kilogram of frozen cherries, take 1 kilogram of sugar, as well as 1/3 teaspoon each of cinnamon and vanilla. Interestingly, according to this recipe, jam is prepared both with whole cherries, with pits, and without them.
From currants
An excellent option for lovers of tasty, aromatic jam, which retains most of the vitamins and nutrients contained in fresh currant fruits. Cooking time is 40-50 minutes. Take 1 kilogram of frozen berries and 1 kilogram of sugar. If desired, add citrus fruits - zest and juice of oranges or lemons. According to the recipe, other berries are also added to obtain a rich flavor range.
Rules for storing workpieces
The jam is stored at temperatures up to +10 C degrees for up to 2 years. Cellars, basements or a refrigerator are suitable. Store in your home pantry at room temperature for no more than a year. When storing jam made from berries with seeds, the shelf life is 7-8 months.
