Red currant - the berry is not only very beautiful, elegant, but also tasty, healthy. Compotes and juices from it are truly a royal drink. Various sweets are also no less remarkable: marmalade, jam, jams, marshmallows. Let's talk about these desserts.
Jam in 5 minutes
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red currant jam - “Five Minute”. It is called so because it is prepared, indeed, very quickly. The process of preparing cans, processing and peeling berries takes much longer. Cans must be washed in advance, rinsed with a solution of soda, sterilized. Redcurrant jam (“five minutes”) has a varied recipe. They make it only from berries and sugar, as well as using other ingredients that improve the taste of goodies. Let us dwell on several options.
Recipe number 1
This redcurrant jam - “five minutes” - is prepared in this way: thoroughly rinse, sort, and pick berries from twigs. For 1 kilogram of them, 1.3 to 1.5 kg of sugar is required. Dilute it in one and a half glasses of water, boil. Pour the berries into a basin, pour the resulting syrup, wait for them to boil. Since we have red currant jam (“five minutes”), note the time. On a good fire, let the workpiece boil exactly the specified time. Then, without turning off the fire, pack the jam in jars and immediately twist.
Recipe number 2
“Five minutes” is being prepared in a slightly different way according to this recipe: washed and sorted berries are poured with sugar directly into the basin. They need to be allowed to stand for 6 hours to let more juice in. Then put the bowl on the fire, bring to a boil, cook intensively for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then pour in boiling jars and cover. As you can see, there is absolutely nothing complicated in the process! And the result is at least the first option, at least the second most amazing!
Currant and Vanilla
A rather unusual redcurrant jam is obtained by adding vanilla to it. And as an important ingredient, not simple sugar is taken, but gelling. This is a special type of sugar that includes pectin with citric acid. For 2 kg of currant, 1 kg of this product is required (concentration 2: 1). And 1-2 vanilla pods. You can get a delicious redcurrant jam in this way: pour the prepared berries with a small amount of water and let it boil. Then remove from heat, fold onto a sieve and wipe to make a mashed mass. Put it back in a bowl of water, break the vanilla pods and put it there, add sugar and put on fire. Let it boil for 5 minutes, remove the vanilla, spread the jam in jars and close.
Currant with zucchini
Original, delicious jam came to us from old French cuisine. It is prepared from zucchini and berries. The first component requires 2 kg, the second - 1. And sugar about 2.5-3 kg. Zucchini is cut into cubes, berries are added to them, sprinkled with sugar on top. After 6-10 hours, when there is already enough juice in the basin, it is put on fire. The jam should be brought to a boil, cook for 5-7 minutes, let cool. Put on gas again, for 5 minutes, cool again. And boil for the third time, cook for 10 minutes, pour into jars, close. Be sure that such an excellent jam will be a hit of your sweet homemade preparations!