Sea buckthorn is a real storehouse of nutrients: it contains almost all the vitamins of group B, as well as C, E, K and others. It is rich in acids, flavonoids, trace elements. About how to cook sea buckthorn jam, we will tell in our article. This useful preparation will support the immunity of your family in the cold season, and will also be an excellent basis for cooking fruit drinks; fragrant berry can also be used as a filling for pies.
How to cook sea buckthorn jam
For 1 kilogram of berries you will need:
- one and a half kilograms of granulated sugar;
- 800 ml of clean filtered water.
Wash the berry, throw it in a colander and dry it. From the specified amount of water and sugar, boil the syrup and let it boil for 10-15 minutes. Then it must be filtered through several layers of fabric or gauze. Pour the liquid to the berry, mix and let stand for a couple of hours, you can also leave it overnight. After this, drain the syrup and boil it again for about 10 minutes, put the berry in it and cook the jam until tender. It can be defined like this: with a teaspoon, scoop up a little of the contents of the pan, put on a plate - if it spreads, then the jam is not ready, if not, then it can be removed from the stove. After that, pack the can on the jar and put in a dark place to be stored until winter.
Sea buckthorn jam : recipe with apples
A very tasty and extremely fragrant preparation will turn out if you combine berries and fruits in one recipe. Take:
- 1 kilogram of sea buckthorn;
- 1 kilogram of sweet apples;
- one and a half kilograms of granulated sugar.
Rinse the berry, sort it if necessary and chop it with a blender or meat grinder. Add sugar to the mass and mix well. Wash the apples, put in a pan with water and boil for a quarter of an hour. After peeling the fruit, remove the seeds and cut into quarters, then also grind in a blender until smooth. Combine it with sea buckthorn, mix and put the pan on the fire - cook until it boils, and after it - for a couple of minutes. Done. Arrange in banks and send for storage until the winter colds.
How to cook sea buckthorn jam: another simple recipe
This time we propose making a blank for the winter from seedless berries. You will need:
- 1 kilogram of fresh sea buckthorn;
- one and a half kilos of granulated sugar.
Wash and sort the berry, put it in a small saucepan. You need to put it in a water bath and cook sea buckthorn until it becomes very soft. After a bit, cool the berry and wipe it through a fine sieve or squeeze through cheesecloth. Pour the indicated amount of sugar into the resulting slurry, put on fire and bring to readiness. The seedless sea buckthorn jam will resemble jelly (when cooled) in its consistency, and it will taste like fresh berries. Pack the workpiece in jars, cork with lids and store in a cool place, or you can in the refrigerator.
How to cook sea buckthorn and walnuts
This unusual recipe will be to the taste of absolutely everyone, and if you are tired of the usual workpieces and you want something more refined, take:
- kilogram of sea buckthorn;
- 200 g peeled walnuts;
- 2 glasses of plain water;
- one and a half kilograms of granulated sugar.
Wash and dry the berries. Peel and chop the walnuts in a blender, but not crumbs, you should get small pieces. If there is no blender, then just chop them with a knife. Prepare the sugar syrup from the indicated amount of ingredients, let it boil a little, and then put the nuts in the pan. Cook them for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, then remove from the stove and cool slightly. Now the time has come for sea buckthorn - put the berries in a pan, which again needs to be put on the fire, let it boil, and then reduce the gas to a minimum and cook for half an hour. Done - cool and put in jars. Now you know how to cook sea buckthorn jam - classic and with various additives. This preparation diversifies your homemade canned food for the winter and will be useful for the whole family in the cold season.