Over time, a change in reality occurs. Fashion and tastes are changing. Improving technology and culinary processes. In the modern world, all kinds of sweets and gourmet delicacies have become available. Traditional preserves are being replaced by new methods of canning. Gardeners grow new varieties of all kinds of crops. And preparations are prepared in a new way, giving preference to freezing and drying vegetables and fruits. But is it possible to completely abandon the traditional methods of fruit preparations and not treat the household with fragrant jam?
On cold winter evenings, a jar of strawberry or cherry jam as a reminder of summer abundance will be a wonderful treat. Prepare it in many ways. But the basic rule is that berries cannot be digested. Prolonged heat treatment leads to the destruction of nutrients.
Strawberries for the winter, cooked in accordance with all the rules, will be very useful. It will not lose its value during storage. Of the sweet blanks, perhaps the most delicious will be strawberry jam. Five minutes cooked from ripe, juicy berries will perfectly preserve not only their aroma and taste, but will not lose their valuable, useful substances during cooking.
What is the secret of this cooking method? Five minutes of strawberries - instant jam. Prepare it in several ways.
Freshly picked or bought at the market berries are sorted and cleaned. They are washed well and slightly dried. Strawberries for the winter will have a unique taste if ripe but not overripe berries are used to make the jam. They are placed in a container and filled with sugar. Six kilograms of sugar is needed per kilogram of strawberries. Berries are infused for six hours in a cool place or in the refrigerator. After that, five minutes from strawberries is cooked. To do this, put a bowl of berries on the fire and bring to a boil. After this, the jam is boiled for another five minutes and the resulting foam is removed. Five-minute strawberry is ready. Hot jam is packaged in pre-prepared, sterile jars and rolled up. Cools down a five-minute strawberry in banks, turned upside down. In winter, during a tea party, it is very pleasant to open a jar of such jam.
Five minutes of strawberries is also prepared in sugar syrup. To make it per kilogram of berries, you need 1.5 kilograms of sugar and 375 ml of water. Water and sugar are mixed in a container and brought to a boil. While the sugar syrup boils, prepare the berries. Ripe non-injured berries are sorted, corollas are removed. Well-washed strawberries are dried slightly and placed in boiling sugar syrup. It is boiled for five minutes. Hot jam is packaged in sterile jars and rolled up. The cooled jars are transferred to storage in a cool place.
Thick strawberry jam is cooked by boiling three times for five minutes. For this method, one kilogram of sugar will be required per kilogram of berries. Prepared berries are covered with sugar. After six hours, they secrete enough juice. A bowl of berries is put on fire, brought to a boil and boiled for 5 minutes. Five minutes from strawberries should cool. Then it is again brought to a boil and boiled for five minutes. Remove from heat and cool again. This process is repeated three times. After the last boiling, the prepared jam is laid out in sterile jars and rolled up. Sweet treat is done.