As autumn approaches, it’s time to prepare for the winter. Among the sweets, the most popular is berry and fruit jam. But if you want to diversify your usual twists, you can make currant jam in a frying pan.
Features of preparing fried currant jam for the winter
Fried jam is an unusual and delicious dessert that you can surprise your loved ones with. The peculiarity of this recipe is that the berries are caramelized during heat treatment with sugar and do not become soft. The dessert contains whole berries.
Large berries are suitable for this dish. The larger the fruits, the tastier the preparation will be. You will also need a large frying pan to accommodate a lot of currants.
Required Ingredients
For the canning recipe you will need the following ingredients:
- black currant;
- granulated sugar.
To make fried currant jam with sugar, you only need two ingredients. Regular recipes also use water, but this one can be done without it.
Selection and preparation of berries
For this recipe it is better to use large and sweet berries. Before frying, the currants are sorted to discard damaged berries, twigs and leaves. Fill it with cold water so that the debris floats to the surface. Then it is thoroughly washed under running water several times. After this, the currants need to be dried and laid out on a towel to allow the water to dry.
How to properly prepare containers for the start of the process
To fry the dessert you will need a large frying pan. It is best if it is cast iron with high edges so that the jam does not splatter during frying.
Rinse and heat the pan before use. Checking whether the surface is hot enough is very simple. To do this, drop a few drops of water on it. In a well-heated frying pan, the water will immediately evaporate.
It is not recommended to place the berries on cold soil; they will boil over and the preserved food will not taste good.
How to make fried currant jam at home
How to prepare fried currant jam step by step:
- Place the berries in the pan in small portions, stirring them occasionally.
- No more than 3 cups of berries can be placed in a large container at a time.
- If you add too many fruits, they will lose their integrity and become overcooked.
- The container is shaken regularly and the fruits are stirred.
- When a sufficient amount of juice has been released from the currants, add sugar.
- For every 3 cups of berries you will need 1 cup of sugar.
- Continue to fry the jam over high heat, stirring it constantly, no need to cover with a lid.
- It is better to stir with a wooden spatula so that the berries remain intact after heat treatment.
- After about 6-8 minutes, the sugar should completely melt; when this happens, the dessert will be ready.
- Another 5 minutes are needed for the dessert to boil strongly so that the pectin begins to release from the currants.
- It is poured into jars immediately before it cools down.
Before storing the jars, they are thoroughly washed with soap and sterilized in the usual way. Then the finished jam is put into jars and sealed. When they have cooled to room temperature, the workpieces can be taken to the cellar.
How and for how long can such jam be stored?
Fried dessert is stored in the same way as regular dessert. For storage use a cool and well-ventilated room. This could be a cellar, basement, storage room or unglazed balcony. Also, jars of dessert are stored on the lower shelves of the refrigerator.
The shelf life is up to 2 years if the jars have been sterilized. If the jars have not been sterilized, it is advisable to eat the currant jam as quickly as possible.
