Which of us doesn't like jam? We are all used to grandmother spins. But few of us are familiar with Swedish Silt Jam. Today we will try to learn more about the technology of its preparation, from which berries and how to cook it better.
The Secret of Swedish Jam
Plus cooking technology is that vitamins in berries and their color are preserved.
Another advantage of Swedish silt jam over ours is that it can be prepared from both fresh and frozen berries. This allows you not to clutter up the apartment with banks and enjoy fresh sweet treats all year round. Silt is made from any berries. The difference is only in the amount of sugar, since the fruits in their taste are significantly different from each other.
Swedish jam silt. Preservation-Free Recipe
As already noted above, it can be prepared from both frozen and fresh berries. Therefore, you can take any fruits that are available to you. For 1 kg it will be necessary to prepare about 800 g of granulated sugar. Although it all depends on what kind of berries you have chosen and how acidic they are.
So, we begin to prepare Swedish jam silt. In any container that you have, pour the berries and put on fire. Neither sugar nor water need to be added. Berries are boiled in their own juice. Most importantly, do not turn on a strong fire. Everything should cook at a minimum. When you see the first bouillon on the surface, boil the berries for about 15 minutes. Only then can you add sugar. Importantly, do not forget to turn off the fire before that. Stir the sugar until it is completely dissolved. In this case, try to keep the berries whole.
Everything, the jam is ready. It can be laid out on the banks. You can store both in a warm and cold place.
Strawberry Silt
To make silt - Swedish strawberry jam - we need about half a kilogram of sugar. If the berry is sweet, less can be. The calculation is per 1 kg of strawberries.
Jam is prepared according to the standard scheme. But when you put the berries to boil, you must first knead them so that they let the juice. Otherwise, they can simply burn.
Before you put the berries on the stove, it must be prepared. Strawberries need to be cleaned of tails and sorted out. Then rinse well and place on a paper towel to make the glass water. Only after that we send to the pan.
If you are preparing silt for the winter, then banks and lids must first be sterilized.
When the jam is ready, pour it into the jars and tighten with a special key. If desired, you can add freshly squeezed lemon juice. Based on 1 kg of strawberries - one tablespoon of lemon juice. The texture of the Swedish jam Silt resembles jam, as it has a jelly-like texture.
Silt - Swedish gooseberry jam
Gooseberry silt is best prepared from fresh berries. Unlike others, gooseberries during freezing lose their taste, although it retains vitamins. The technology for preparing gooseberry silt is no different from the standard. If desired, currants of any color can be added to the berries. In this case, for one kilogram of berries we need the same kilogram of sugar.
Do not forget to clean gooseberries from pods and seeds. During the preparation of this Swedish jam, you can add grated mint. But only after you dissolve sugar in gooseberries.
Mint will give a hint of freshness, and the taste of silt will sparkle with new flavors.
This jam can be closed in jars, or you can eat immediately. In both cases, the taste of the dish will remain unchanged.
Orange silt
Swedish jam silt from oranges is prepared as easily and quickly as from berries. In addition to oranges, you can add lime or lemon. Only in this case, be prepared for the fact that sugar consumption will increase significantly.
To prepare it, we need 3 lemons, the same amount of oranges. For such an amount of citrus fruits we take one kilogram of sugar. If you want the silt to come out with spicy notes, add a stick of cinnamon and vanilla to it.
Oranges and lemons are peeled. It is also advisable to get all the bones from the fruit, otherwise the silt will turn out to be bitter. Cut the citrus fruits and squeeze the juice. We put on the fire for about 15 minutes. While the oranges and lemons are cooked in their own juice, they can put vanilla and cinnamon sticks on them. Before you add sugar, you will need to get spicy sticks.
At the next stage, dissolve sugar, mix well and pour into prepared jars. We twist them with a key, turn them over and put them in a warm place. After the banks have cooled, remove to the place where they will be further stored.
Raspberry Silt
Swedish raspberry jam silt is prepared using the same technology as strawberries or oranges. The only thing every housewife can experiment with is with the ingredients. They can be combined as you wish. By the way, it is not necessary to put as much sugar as indicated in the recipe. Some add 300 grams of sugar per kilogram of berries and are satisfied with the taste.
Here you can try to do this with raspberries. We wash the berry. Dry it well on a paper towel. You can leave it in a colander, let it drain.
Next, send a kilogram of raspberries to the pan. Spoon a little berry must be pressed so that they let the juice. And boil them in their own juice until they start to boil. After boiling another 15 minutes and turn it off. Add 300 grams of granulated sugar to the berry and stir until the grains are completely dissolved.
Believe me, the taste will be great, given that raspberries in themselves are not an acidic berry, then there is no need to put a lot of sugar in it. Further according to the standard: put the berries in jars, twist. And everything is ready.
It is healthy and tasty. Cilt Silt
When cooking silt from cherry, there are several nuances.
When preparing berries, it is necessary to squeeze out the seeds, but at the same time try to keep it intact. Cherry can produce a small amount of juice, which simply will not be enough to boil it in its own juice. In this case, during cooking, you will need to add a couple of tablespoons of water. A kilogram of cherries will require at least 700 grams of granulated sugar. Cook the cherry silt, after the berry has boiled, for at least half an hour. Once the sugar has melted, immediately pour the contents of the pan into jars.
By the way, one more advantage of the silt over our usual jam is that it can be poured and placed in the freezer. In fact, you will get a frozen berry, which will not only be tasty, but also retain all its beneficial properties. Many can say, they say, why boil a berry in this case, if it can simply be frozen. But the thing is that with cherry this number does not work. Whoever frozen it knows that after defrosting it is good to use it only for cooking compotes, since it loses its shape and only a sour taste remains.
Therefore, do not be afraid to experiment.
Silt of all berries
As you already understood, to prepare such a silt according to the usual technology only with the addition of various berries. The maximum that the hostess needs to know if she has ever prepared such jam at least once in her life is that when preparing Swedish jam, silt from all berries must be able to combine them correctly.
For example, you should not combine cherries with currants, as for the preparation of such a jam you will need a large amount of granulated sugar, otherwise you risk getting sour meat. As for citrus fruits, the combination of lime and lemon can also be, to put it mildly, a losing option.
And the rest is no limit to your imagination.
Reviews
Of course, we are accustomed to the standard recipes for making jam, and the silt of many can alert. But having prepared it at least once, you will no longer be able to abandon such technology. Firstly, it is much simpler than the one we are used to, and secondly, the berries retain their usual taste.
Although many Russian-speaking housewives who live in Sweden claim that the silt is no different from our usual one. But still it’s better to cook and try it once, and then draw conclusions.