Blackcurrant is known for its many vitamins, especially ascorbic acid, which is essential for immunity. But with heat treatment, vitamin C is destroyed, so many housewives use the method of preparing “cold jam”. Recipe for currants, grated with sugar, will allow you to get a tasty and healthy dessert. The preparation of jam is described in the article.
Features of the procedure
The main advantage of the recipe currants, grated with sugar, is the absence of heat treatment. But this is also its minus: due to non-compliance with the technology and storage conditions, such a product will quickly deteriorate. Therefore, it is important to follow simple recommendations:
- Berries must be sorted out, because rotten fruits will spoil all products. Currants need to be washed, remove the stalks.
- After washing, the fruits should be dried, because the water in the "cold jam" creates an environment in which pathogenic microorganisms can develop. This may adversely affect the safety of the product.
- Sugar is considered a preservative, so you should add it in the amount specified in the recipe. Increasing and decreasing rates is undesirable.
- Banks need to be sterilized. They must be closed hermetically, and for this, metal roofs rolled up with a key are used.
- The product is stored in the cold: in the cellar, pantry, refrigerator. The lower the temperature, the better this dessert is preserved.
Currants can be combined with other berries, for example, with raspberries. This blank will be useful for colds.
Can preparation
Before using a recipe for currants, grated with sugar, you should prepare jars. This stage is important, since the duration of dessert storage depends on it. Before sterilization, you need to:
- Inspect cans for chips or cracks, and then wash.
- Convenient to use containers with screw caps. Only they must fit tightly so that the product is preserved for a long period.
- Using classic covers, you need to make sure that there is no rust inside, but there is a high-quality rubber gasket.
- If detergents are used for washing, rinse must be done carefully until perfectly clean glass is obtained.
Sterilization of cans
According to some recipes of fresh currants, grated with sugar, sterilization of cans is required. To do this, fill the pan with water, put on the stove. Upstairs is a metal sieve or stand, grill. A can is installed on the sieve and left for 10-12 minutes.
How to rub a berry?
The recipe for grated with sugar without cooking is very simple. To prepare you will need:
- A blender, a pusher, a meat grinder - these devices chop the berries until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
- Freezer - a place to store the product.
- Casserole - if there is cooking.
- A fine sieve is used to grind berries to remove seeds.
Which caps to use?
It is advisable to freeze the product in food containers having a sealed lid. This will keep the taste and aroma. It is advisable to roll dessert in glass jars using different lids:
- Simple metal.
- With a twist.
Cooking
To preserve the benefits of berries, you should prepare for the winter currants, grated with sugar. The recipe is very simple. Depending on the storage location, the amount of the sweet component is selected. For example, if you use the cellar, you will need 1.75 kg, and when storing the product in the room, its quantity increases. Keep in mind that the amount of sugar affects storage.
To use the recipe of blackcurrant, grated with sugar, you need to prepare:
- Berry - 1 kg.
- Sugar - 1.75-2.2 kg.
Currants must be washed, remove the stalks, leaves. Then it is laid out on a towel, covered with it to remove moisture. Then the berries must be transferred to plastic or enameled dishes, and on top of everything is covered with sugar. Using a meat grinder or blender you need to mix everything. It is advisable to choose a wooden crush, because of the interaction with the metal, vitamin C resolution is observed.
Grated currants should be covered with a towel, and then left for several days to dissolve with sugar. If you mix dessert regularly, the process will accelerate, but you should not bring everything to fermentation. Ready jam is poured on the banks, retreating 3-5 cm from the edges. Sugar is poured upstairs (2 cm.). Capacities must be covered. The resulting dessert can be placed in the refrigerator, pantry, basement.
Another recipe
There is another recipe for currants, grated with sugar, for the winter. It is necessary to prepare the berries, transfer them to a deep bowl. Top you need to pour a layer of sugar. The mixture is crushed using a blender or pusher to obtain a puree composition. Dessert should be left to insist, which takes about 60-90 minutes.
Jam is poured into food containers with lockable lids. The product must be put in the freezer. You can put it in plastic cups. After freezing the liquid, the workpiece must be wrapped in cling film to protect it from the penetration of winter cold.
Less sweet jam
Currants in the amount of 1 kg will be required, and sugar - 0.3-0.5 kg. Wipe the berry, and then mix with sugar. Then it is laid out in containers, sprinkled with the rest of the sugar. The container must be closed and put into the freezer.
There the product will be stored for a long time even with a little sugar. If there is not enough space in the refrigerator, then you need to choose a recipe in which the dessert is stored in a cool room.
With raspberries
Raspberry preserves will be helpful. For this, 0.5 kg of currant and 1.3 kg of sugar are needed. And raspberries require 1 kg. Berries should be wiped through a sieve, alternating them with granulated sugar. Then the dessert is left in the refrigerator for 1.5-2 days. Then it is mixed and laid out in jars, closed and cleaned for the winter. Such jam will be useful for colds, as it strengthens the immune system, lowers the temperature. You just need to drink tea with him.
The benefits of black currant
The fruits of the plant are fragrant, sweet and sour. Berries are considered valuable to human health. Blackcurrant has the following beneficial properties:
- Strengthens the immune system, is used for anemia, vitamin deficiency.
- Restores memory.
- Protects against atherosclerosis.
- It has a disinfecting effect.
- Normalizes pressure.
- Cleanses blood vessels, strengthens the heart.
- Lowers cholesterol.
- Restores appetite.
- Removes radionuclides.
- Improves eyesight.
Red Ribes
There is a simple recipe for redcurrant, grated with sugar. The finished product is stored for a short time and in the cold. After opening the jar, you need to eat it for a short time.
A ripe, dry and clean berry is required. It must be crushed into gruel. The mass must be mixed with sugar, after which it must be infused until it dissolves. Then the product can be transferred to jars.
The benefits of red currants
Redcurrant is considered no less useful. Valuable properties include:
- Normalization of the digestive tract.
- The restoration of the hormonal system.
- Anti-inflammatory effect.
- Laxative effect.
- Elimination of itching, skin irritation (compresses).
- Lowering cholesterol.
- Strengthening blood vessels.
- The acceleration of metabolism.
- The restoration of immunity.
- Her juice has a diuretic effect.
Thus, a delicious and healthy jam is prepared from currants. Moreover, it is not subjected to heat treatment, so it is much more valuable than any other product.