Simple homemade blackcurrant jam

And our great-grandmothers and grandmothers tried to make preserves and jams from blackcurrants. I’ll tell you how to make delicious and simple homemade blackcurrant jam for the winter in my recipe. Or rather, I will describe and show in step-by-step photos two options for the sweet preparation. They are very similar, but the resulting jam is completely different.

Ingredients:

• black currant – 1 kg;
• sugar – 800 gr;
• water – 2 tbsp.

Making jam is a task that everyone, even novice cooks, can do. The main thing is to prepare the berries, sugar, cooking container, jars and lids. And don't forget to recharge yourself with a positive mood. 🙂 Remember that any preparation turns out much tastier when you cook it in high spirits.

How to make blackcurrant jam for the winter

The process of assembling blackcurrant berries is quite painstaking. The fact is that the berries are small, and the bushes are densely covered with foliage. When picking berries, a lot of debris, leaves and dry branches end up in the basket.Therefore, before starting the process of making jam, the berries should be carefully sorted, washed and dried with a kitchen towel.

Take a pan, fill it with berries and add granulated sugar. Add a little water and leave the berries for 2 hours - let them release their juice.

Stir the contents of the pan and place on the stove. Turn the heat to low and bring to a boil.

Boil the jam for 15 minutes and turn off the stove - let it sit for 2 hours.

Now turn on the stove again and bring the jam to a boil again.

At this stage, you can proceed in two ways - continue cooking for another 15 minutes and pour into sterile jars. In this case, homemade blackcurrant jam will contain whole berries.

Or, puree the contents of the pan with an immersion blender and continue cooking as in the first case - 15 minutes. Personally, I often puree jam with a blender, because my little miracle likes this consistency of jam better. 🙂

Clean washed jars sterilize in your usual way. Pour water into the pan and lower the lids for the jars.

Pour the jam into jars. First fill 1/3 of the jar, and then completely to the top. Immediately seal the jars with sterile lids and set aside. The jars should be cooled in the usual way.

Extraordinarily tasty and healthy homemade blackcurrant jam is ideal as a filling for pies, pancakes, it can be served with tea, and used in the preparation of creams and yoghurts. In addition, they are useful as a tasty medicine for colds, sore throats, coughs and other viral diseases. Carefully sealed jars are stored all winter.