Delicious strawberry jam

Perhaps the most popular and favorite harvest for the winter is strawberry jam. This sweet, adored by all children dessert literally melts in the mouth, and tiny bones of berries temptingly crunch on the teeth, which gives the process of eating even more interest. This delicacy can be served in a pure form for tea drinking, and also used as a filling for a mass of dishes and baking - pancakes, pancakes, pies and cakes, pies and puff. We will share the best recipes for strawberry jam.

Classic recipe for hostesses

For sure there will not be a single person who would remain indifferent to these fragrant berries. In particular, such a dessert becomes relevant in the winter. However, in order not to spoil the delicacy, you should know how to properly cook jam from strawberries. Therefore, we will present the simplest and delicious recipe for this unpretentious dish.

Ingredients:

• strawberry - 1 kg
• citric acid - 2 g
• sugar - 1,1 kg

Cooking method:

1. The primary task is to collect ripe berries. This must be done in dry weather. After that, the strawberries will need to be sorted, leaving only ripe fruits, without damage and rot.
2. Rinse the berries thoroughly in cold water. To do this, you can use a colander or a strainer, in which you need to dip the strawberry several times without damaging it with your hands.
3. Then, cut the sepals and pour it into the container.
4. Add the sugar and leave the contents for 9-12 hours, so that the berries let the juice.

5. This recipe of strawberry jam suggests pasteurization of fruits, so they need to be mixed and add to the syrup citric acid. To do this, dissolve the powder in 1 tbsp. l. water.
6. Place the container on a small fire and gently mix the mixture until the sugar completely dissolves.

7. Then increase the heat and boil the contents of the pan for 1 minute.
8. After that, reduce the intensity of the hotplate and cook the syrup for another 4 minutes, gradually stirring the jam.
9. The resulting mixture should be strongly foamed.

10. When the foam disappears, the mixture should become transparent, and the berries remain whole and appetizing.

11. Pour the cooked jam into a dry jar, which has already been sterilized.
12. Proceed to blockage of conservation.
13. Sweet, fragrant and delicacy jam is ready!

How to cook delicious strawberry jam - an unusual recipe

If you want to move away from stereotypes and make an extraordinary dessert, you can safely experiment, because jam from these berries to spoil is very difficult. To the taste of strawberries are combined with a variety of fruits and berries, but it is worth selecting the ingredients by color. For example, black fruits - currants, blueberries, blackberries - will make a dessert of a very unappetizing brown-brown color. Therefore, to make strawberry jam is best with such components:

• rhubarb and citrus fruits;
• pears and cinnamon;
• mint, a little tarragon or basil;
• peaches;
• cherry and almonds;
• rosemary and white plum;
• red grapes.

So, consider one of the best ways to properly cook strawberry jam.

Ingredients:

• Strawberries - 500 g
• cherry - 500 g
• sugar - 500 g

Cooking method:

1. Pick up berries about the same size, so that the dessert was not only delicious, but also beautiful.
2. Rinse and peel the cherries, then cover with sugar and leave for 2 hours.
3. Prepare a strawberry - wash the fruits and separate the tails.
4. Put the cherry on a slow fire and boil for 30 minutes.
5. Then add the strawberries and cook for another 10 minutes, gently stirring the contents.
6. Remove from the plate and leave in the room until completely cooled.
7. Then again boil the syrup and simmer on the stove for 10 minutes.
8. Pour into sterilized jars and seal them.
9. Sweet and fragrant dainty is ready!