How to make black gooseberry jam - recipe for imperial jam

Most berries and fruits lose a lot of vitamins when combined with sugar and subsequent heat treatment, but this does not apply to black gooseberries. And if you replace sugar with honey, then this can even be considered a vitamin bomb.

Recipe for imperial black gooseberry jam

• 1 kg gooseberries;
• 1 kg sugar;
• 0.5 l. water;
• A sprig of lemon balm (mint) and a few cherry or black currant leaves.

Be patient, because it’s not enough to pick berries from a thorny bush, you also need to arm yourself with nail scissors and carefully trim the tails and “spouts”. It would be a good idea to pierce each berry with a toothpick so that they do not burst during cooking.

Now make the syrup. Pour water with sugar into the pan and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. When the syrup begins to thicken, add mint and currant leaves to flavor it. This is not necessary, but it makes the taste more interesting.

Pour gooseberries into the hot syrup, cover the pan with a lid and turn off the heat.Let the berries brew for 2-3 hours, then remove the leaves and put the pan back on the heat.

As soon as the jam boils, mark 5-7 minutes, after which you can consider the jam to be ready.

Place it in sterile jars with lids and cover with a thick blanket.

Such jam can easily stand in a kitchen cabinet for 12 months and wait in the wings. In a cool place, black gooseberry jam can last for 2-3 years. Of course, the longer the jam sits, the less vitamins remain in it, but this does not affect the taste in any way.

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