Classic blueberry jam - step by step recipe
All the charm of this recipe is that it is cooked for only 5 minutes. True, it will take a lot longer to prepare and sort out the berries, but the taste of this delicacy is worth it.
Necessary ingredients:
- blueberries - 1 kg
- sugar - 700 gr.
Step-by-step instruction:
- The first stage is the longest. Before you start cooking, you need to rinse, dry, and peel all the berries.
- At the next stage, the prepared blueberries are placed in a basin and covered with sugar. In this form, they must be left for four hours so that they can start the juice.
- After 4 hours put the pellet on fire, bring to a boil and cook for exactly five minutes.
- We pour out on dry jars and roll them up.
Blueberry jam with rum - step by step recipe
We bring to your attention the blueberry jam recipe for adults. Why for adults? Because alcohol will be added to the jam. True, in very modest quantities, but still it is present. Be sure to try to make at least one jar of this jam and you will not regret it.
Necessary ingredients:
- blueberries - 1 kg
- rum - 2 tbsp. l.
- sugar - 300 gr.
- water - 2 tbsp. l.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Fresh berries, dried and sorted.
Important! For this recipe it is necessary to use exclusively ripe and juicy berries, otherwise the taste of the jam will be spoiled.
- Pour the blueberries into the pan, add water and a little suppress the berries, so they let the juice.
- Turn on the minimum fire and cook the blueberries to a soft state, stirring constantly.
- Once the berries become soft, you can add a little sugar. To sleep it should be small portions, so as not to interrupt the process of boiling.
- When all the sugar is in the saucepan, cook the jam for another 5-7 minutes and add the rum, immediately remove it from the fire.
- Directly boiling, blueberry jam is poured into cans and rolled up. Then the jars should be put upside down and covered with something warm.
Blueberry jam without cooking - step by step recipe
The previous two recipes are very quick to prepare, but everyone has such moments that there is simply no desire to stand at the stove and mess with the sunset. Using this recipe, you can prepare blueberry jam in minutes and without heat treatment. In addition, such a treat can be eaten even by the nursing mother. True, only in very small portions.
Necessary ingredients:
- blueberries - 1 kg
- sugar - 800 gr.
Step-by-step instruction:
- It should immediately be mentioned that if you want, you can take more sugar. Maximum per kilogram of blueberries is taken 2 kilograms of sugar. This recipe uses only 800 grams, because we want to get a natural taste of jam.
- Wash and pick berries. Very carefully select the best and ripe. Avoid getting spoiled berries, as they can shorten the storage time of jam.
- The selected blueberries must be crushed. Get out for this purpose a long-forgotten meat grinder. Blender is certainly a very convenient device, but it will turn blueberries into a homogeneous puree, but we do not need it.
- We twist the blueberry through a meat grinder into a bowl and cover it with sugar. Thoroughly mix. The jam itself is almost ready.
- Now attention! To make blueberry jam in this kind of natural form, stored as long as possible, it should be placed only in sterilized jars and covered with lids, which before that you need to boil. The easiest way to sterilize cans is to hold them over the steam of a boiling kettle for a few minutes.