Tsar-berry: cooking jam from gooseberry at home

In Russia, gooseberry jam was considered elite. There was even a kind of check for culinary mastery: a real hostess had to be able to prepare jam from gooseberry, in each berry a small nutlet was hidden. Modern women are unlikely to be capable of such feats, but to cook a delicious jam from gooseberry according to our recipes is under the power of absolutely every mistress.

Classic jam from gooseberry - step by step recipe

Let's start with the classic version, which is considered one of the simplest recipes of jam from gooseberry. It does not require a high level of culinary skills and unusual ingredients. It's very simple, but incredibly tasty.

Necessary ingredients:

• gooseberries - 1 kg
• sugar - 1 kg
• water

Step-by-step instruction:

We'll wash the berries and clean them from the tails. It is most convenient to do this with conventional scissors.

Transfer the gooseberry into a deep pan and fill it with water so that it covers the berries completely.

On a slow fire, bring the mixture to a boil, do not forget to stir the berries from time to time with a wooden spoon.

As soon as the mixture boils, pour the sugar into a saucepan and mix thoroughly.

Again, bring to a boil, remove the foam and turn off the fire.

Ready jam is cooled and can be poured into jars. If you want to get a more delicate consistency of berries, you can grind it through a sieve.

Royal jam from gooseberry - step by step recipe

"King's" jam from gooseberry became due to its excellent taste, worthy of the highest praise, even from the king. This is a more complicated variant of berry preparation, but it is worth all the effort. After all, as a result, you will receive an incredibly tender, fragrant and delicious treat.

Necessary ingredients:

• gooseberries - 2 kg
• cherry leaves - 200 g
• granulated sugar - 2 kg
• vodka - 100 ml;
• vanilla - 1 tsp.
• citric acid - 2 tsp.
• water

Step-by-step instruction:

1. To begin with, my gooseberry and remove the tails. We cut each fruit and remove the seeds, squeezing them out. Fold the berries in a saucepan and pour very cold water. Water is pre-cooled in the refrigerator for 6-7 hours.
2. Cherry leaves are washed under running water, pour 1 liter of water and add citric acid. We put it on the fire and wait until the mixture boils. The broth should boil for 5 more minutes, after which it must be expressed.
3. We add sugar to the cherry broth, put it on the fire and cook until the sugar completely dissolves.
4. Add vodka, vanilla and mix well.
5. The berries of gooseberries are filled with the resulting mixture and let stand for half an hour.
6. We put jam from gooseberry on fire and bring to a boil. We cook for 10 minutes.
7. In the sterilized jars we pour more hot jam and immediately roll.

Raw jam from gooseberries with orange - step by step recipe

Incredibly fragrant and terrific tasty jam from gooseberry is obtained if you add oranges. Citrus fruits give an easy sourness, and the color of the delicacy becomes very beautiful - amber-emerald. But the main thing is that this jam does not require heat treatment, which saves time and effort.

Necessary ingredients:

• oranges - 2 pcs.
• sugar - 1.3 kg
• gooseberries - 1 kg

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Gooseberries are washed and cleaned from the tails. We cut and delete bones.
2. The same is done with oranges, cleaning them from the peel.
3. In a blender we crush citrus fruits and berries to a puree state.

   On a note! Grind the fruit and can be using a meat grinder. To do this, pass through it an orange and gooseberries 2-3 times.

4. Add sugar to the mixture.
5. We wait for the complete dissolution of the sugar, leaving the jam for several hours. Periodically stir.
6. Pour the jam into sterilized jars and cover with lids. We store in the refrigerator.

Jam from gooseberry "Emerald" - step-by-step video recipe

The main advantage of this variant of jam from gooseberry is its color. To make it really emerald, you need to use immature berries.