Summer and the beginning of autumn - a golden time for homemade workpieces. Just have time to roll up fruits and vegetables: compotes, preserves, pickles, etc.
The sweetness of summer in jars: cherry jam
The debate about which jam is the most delicious can be infinite. It all depends on personal tastes and preferences. And, of course, the ability to weld it. For example, cherry. It is prepared with or without bones. Ripe, very strong, without specks and berries defects are selected. They are cleared of stones and filled with sugar in the pelvis to let the juice go. After which they should be left for a couple of hours in a cool place. Then drain the juice, add water and sugar - one and a half kg for each kg of cherries. Boil the syrup, pour into the berries and put on fire. When deciding which jam is the most delicious, you don’t have to choose the bones. Then just fall asleep in the same proportions and cook. Stir often, make a small fire. Remove the foam. If the jam is too thick, add water. Let the product boil a little, then turn it off, leave it for a while. After 5-7 hours, you can put it on gas again. Boil until fully cooked, then pour into specially prepared, sterilized jars and roll up.
Gooseberry King - Gooseberry
In the contest, which jam is the most delicious, gooseberries can fully participate. True, in order for it to turn out to be of high quality, you need to know some tricks. Firstly, the berries are large, solid, but slightly greenish (immature). They need to be washed, cleaned of the stalks, and then put the bowl with berries in a cold place: a cellar, a refrigerator or even on ice. Leave for 6 hours. Prepare the syrup: one and a half kilograms of sugar for three quarters of a glass of water per 1 kg of berries. Better to cook in a copper basin, then your workpiece will not burn. Pour chilled gooseberries in a syrup and simmer over low heat. Do not forget about the foam!
Quince - a "sunny apple"
For those who argue about which jam is the most delicious, you can offer the perfect solution: from quince. This amazingly fragrant amber-sunny fruit is remarkable both in compotes, as well as in jams and marmalades. The options are: grate the fruit, pour sugar (1: 1,5), let the juice run, and on fire. Cook until ready. Or: wash the fruits, peel, cut into slices. Boil the peel separately (add water), with this decoction (strained), pour the prepared quince. Let it boil several times. Then reduce the heat and cook until the slices become soft and transparent. The jam is so tender, pleasant that it is difficult to break away from it, believe me! And it looks beautiful, a real gift of summer!
Ah, a strawberry!
For someone, the most delicious is strawberry jam. Be sure to sort the berries, clean from twigs, garbage, cups. If they are juicy, just fill with sugar (half the desired rate), put in a cool place for 5 hours. When there is enough juice, put on fire. Let the berries boil, then over low heat, cook in 1 or 2 selections. Calculation of sugar and fruits - 1: 1. You can cook the most delicious jam in a slightly different way. For each kg of sugar (and hence berries), half a glass of water is taken. First, syrup is made, then strawberry is poured with it, and then everything is as described above.
By the way, strawberry jam is cooked in about the same way, very healthy, with a wonderful summer smell and amazing taste. Enjoy the gifts of summer with all your heart!