Preparing jam from victoria

Preparing jam from victoria

Many housewives prepare sweet jams from various berries and fruits for themselves and their families. As ingredients for such desserts, you can take a wide variety of fruits. This article will show you how to make a delicious treat from Victoria.

    Recipes

    Today there are a considerable number of recipes for making strawberry jam for the winter:

    • classic strawberry jam in a slow cooker;
    • jam with gelatin;
    • thick confiture;
    • strawberry jam with agar-agar in a slow cooker;
    • strawberry jam "five minutes";
    • strawberry jam with whole fruits.

    In a slow cooker

    To make such a classic dessert, you need to thoroughly rinse garden strawberries. After that, it is placed in a blender and crushed. The resulting berry mass is poured into a slow cooker. Sugar (700 grams) is added to the slow cooker to the strawberry mixture. Then turn on the “quenching” option on the apparatus and leave it for 30 minutes. After that, the mass is taken out and served to the table.

    with gelatin

    To prepare such a jam, thoroughly washed fresh berries are crushed to a puree state. Then the resulting mixture is poured into a separate container. You have to weld a lot in it. At the same time, during the cooking process, sugar and 1 sachet of gelatin are added to the dishes. The mass with all the ingredients is thoroughly mixed. All liquids are brought to a boil. Boil the berry sweet mixture should be no more than 3 minutes. After this, the jam should thicken considerably. Wait until it cools down a bit, this will make it even thicker. The resulting dessert is poured into sterilized jars and tightly rolled up.

    Thick confiture

    • Ripe strawberries are washed and cleaned of tails.Then the prepared berry is laid out in a blender and a homogeneous puree is made from it. The resulting sweet mass is poured into a separate container.
    • Then a special pectin additive is added to it. The liquid is thoroughly mixed and put on fire to boil. Throughout this process, the mixture should be stirred periodically.
    • After the liquid with strawberries has boiled, add granulated sugar to it. Then cook still for 10 minutes. Do not forget to prepare jars for future jam.
    • Still hot strawberry jam is poured into sterilized containers.

    They should be tightly rolled up also with pre-treated lids.

    With agar-agar in a slow cooker

    • Strawberries are cleaned of tails, after which they are washed. Prepared fresh berries are poured into a separate bowl and boiled. During the cooking process, sugar must be added to such a sweet mass (1 kilogram of sugar per 1.5 kilograms of strawberries).
    • Be sure to add agar-agar (3 teaspoons). In this case, this ingredient acts as a thickener for jam. Then you need to pour a little warm water (50 milliliters) into the pan.
    • After boiling, it is recommended to add a little butter (20-30 grams) to the liquid. This is necessary in order to reduce the formation of foam during cooking. Ready strawberry jam is poured into pre-sterilized containers and rolled up tightly.

    Jam "five minutes"

    To prepare such a jam, you need to thoroughly rinse the berries and dry them on a paper towel. Prepared ripe berries are placed in a deep saucepan. In it, the fruits are kneaded with a spoon until a homogeneous puree. At the same time, pour water (0.5 cups) into a separate container and add gelatin to it. Leave it like that for 20 minutes. During this time, the ingredient should swell.

    The finished solution with gelatin is poured into a saucepan with strawberry mass. Mix it all well and put on fire. Wait for the liquid to boil. Then reduce the fire to the minimum value. Gradually add granulated sugar to the sweet mixture. In this case, mix the mass periodically. Pour a little citric acid there (0.5 teaspoon). After boiling, leave the jam on the stove for another 10 minutes. Divide the boiled syrup into sterilized jars and close them with lids. Carefully turn the dessert containers upside down.

    For storage, they are cleaned in places with a low temperature.

    With whole fruits

    Wash ripe berries and remove stems. Divide all fruits into 2 separate parts. Sprinkle the first with sugar (150 grams of granulated sugar per 250 grams of berries. In this form, the strawberries are left to infuse for 2 hours. At the same time, take the second part and grind it in a blender. Combine the resulting homogeneous puree in one bowl with whole berries in sugar.

    The mass must be rid of excess liquid. To do this, it is simply passed through a colander. Then pour it into a container and send it to the fire to cook. During the cooking process, gradually transfer the prepared whole strawberries there. At the same time, the dishes for the future strawberry jam should be processed. In clean containers, whole finished fruits are carefully laid out. Then strawberry boiling juice is gradually poured there. All this is rolled up and sent for storage in a cool place.

    Benefit

    Strawberry sweet jams have a lot of useful characteristics for the human body. Indeed, in the composition of such a product in large quantities there is beta-carotene, pectins and various vitamins necessary for the normal development of a person (B, C, H).

    Strawberry jams "Victoria" are also rich in various minerals (calcium, iron, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, iodine). In addition, these products are effective prophylactic against gout. They also boast anti-inflammatory properties. Often they are used to lower eye pressure.

    Strawberry jams are able to remove many harmful substances from the human body. So, they help to remove salt deposits from bone tissues.

    Many argue that this product also has anti-cancer properties, as it significantly slows down the growth and development of cancer cells in the human body.

    Harm

    But strawberry jam can bring a certain harm to a person. So, this dessert should not be eaten by those people who are prone to allergies. After all, strawberries can easily cause them.

    It is also not recommended to eat such a berry in large quantities for young children. After all, this category of people is most prone to allergic reactions to this product.

    You will learn more about how to make strawberry jam in the following video.

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