Many people like the aromatic and tonic taste of dogwood. Compotes and fruit drinks are made from berries. In addition, jam and jams are made from them.
Considering that the process of preparing a delicious homemade dessert is a lot of trouble in itself, arm yourself with our tips and cook unusually tasty and healthy cornel jam in a slow cooker.
Useful properties of berries
Dogwood contains pectins, essential oils, volatile, tannic and nitrogenous substances. Vitamin PP and ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) are present. There are glucose, organic acids such as malic and nicotinic. Regular consumption of dogwood allows you to restore the balance of acids and alkalis in the body, and also normalizes metabolism. It is useful for those who suffer from kidney diseases and hypertension, perfectly strengthens and elasticizes the walls of capillaries and blood vessels.
Benefits of Using a Multicooker
- Reduce time spent in the kitchen.
- You can cook a variety of dishes (from soups and cereals to jam and pastries).
- Preserving more vitamins than when cooked in the usual way.
- Preservation of the natural taste and aroma of products. For example, cornel jam in a slow cooker turns sour, but the liquid component is easily gelled.
- You can even make homemade desserts even in the summer, because when the multicooker is working, the air temperature in the kitchen does not increase.
The only drawback is that you can’t cook a lot of jam at once - the capacity of the multicooker is limited. The output is only a few cans, but this is enough for the average family. True, you can cook several consecutive servings of jam in a row and make a substantial supply for the winter.
Cooking Tricks in a Multicooker
- Sugar should be diluted with water before putting food in a bowl. The inner coating of the container is quite sensitive, and crystals can easily damage it when the product is mixed.
- Remove the safety valve immediately to evaporate as much moisture as possible. So the consistency of the jam will be almost perfect.
- Capacity should not be loaded more than 30%. Cooking jams is characterized by abundant release of foam, which can leak from the device.
- Are you planning to cook cornel jam in a slow cooker? In advance, get a plastic or silicone soup ladle, which you will collect dessert for packaging in cans - so the cover of the bowl will remain intact.
Preparing fruits for processing
For jam, choose ripe fruits with a fairly dense skin. Before buying, try the berries: their taste should be tart, but sweet enough. Dogwood jam recipe involves the use of bright red, that is, ripe fruits. The raw materials are put in a deep bowl and poured with water. Damaged, unripe, dried berries, leaves that need to be collected and removed surface up to the surface.
Then you need to prepare a baking sheet or a large chopping board, which must be covered with a kitchen towel or paper. Dogwood is poured with an even layer and left for 1-2 days. Berries “reach” the desired condition: their color becomes dark, and the structure becomes softer. The raw materials are ready for further processing, which means that cornel jam in the slow cooker will turn out to be excellent.
Delicious chopped fruit dessert
After the berries have become softer and more pliable, it will be much easier to separate the bone. It is enough to take a sieve and thoroughly rub the dogwood. The solids and bones are behind, and the mass is ready for boiling.
Before you cook cornel jam in a slow cooker, put fruit puree and sugar in a bowl, add a glass of water (or pour pre-cooked syrup). The amount of sugar per 1 kg of dogwood ranges from 600 g (for those who like jam with sourness) to 1.2 kg (for sweetened). For cooking, set the mode "Stew" or "Cooking soup" for 30 minutes. Some multi-cookers even have special features, such as Multi-Cook or Dessert. They are also convenient to use in the preparation of sweet treats. In parallel, in the oven, sterilize the jars in which the finished jam will be stored.
Dogwood jam with bones recipe
The preparation of berries can be reduced to a normal sink, however, you need to leave them in the water for several hours (this will prevent the skin from bursting during heat treatment).
Prepare a syrup from water and sugar in advance (1 kg glass). Add it to the bowl with the berries. Choose a proportion depending on your taste preferences. Set the function "Jam" or "Stew" for 50-60 minutes. Then for 30 minutes switch to the “Preheat” mode, then use “Boiling” for 15 minutes. This cornelian jelly recipe with pits will be appreciated by those who like the structure of the dessert with whole fruits soaked in syrup. For many, this option is reminiscent of cooking a classic homemade treat. During prolonged cooking, the liquid phase of the product turns into jelly.
Original recipes for cornel jam in a slow cooker
- Dry wine recipe. For 1 kg, take 1.2 kg of sugar, 0.5 l of dry wine (can be replaced with a semi-dry drink). The ingredients are added to the capacity of the multicooker, turn on the "Extinguishing" mode. Cook dogwood jam in a slow cooker - the task is simple. Enough 20 minutes for the fruit to “give” the juice, the sugar dissolved, and the product reached the desired consistency. Wash in advance and sterilize the jars in which we spread the jam. We close the lids tightly.
- Dogwood jam recipe with apples. Remove the seeds from the cornel berries (600 g), peel the apples (500 g) from the skin and seeds, cut into pieces. Boil syrup from 500 ml of water and 1200 g of sugar. In the bowl of the multicooker put cornel, pour the syrup. After setting the "Extinguishing" mode, cook the jam for 60 minutes. Pour into prepared jars, close the lids.
In fairness, it should be noted that, unlike other berries and fruits, cornel jam is prepared quickly and without using a slow cooker. We wash 800 g of fruits, remove spoiled and dried fruits. Bones can be removed from large berries. From 1000 g of sugar and 400 ml of water, boil the syrup, add berries to it. After 3 hours, you need to put the jam on the fire and boil for 17-20 minutes, carefully removing the resulting foam. The product can be poured into cans and sealed with lids.