Jams from berries such as cranberries, blueberries, mountain ash or sea-buckthorn are not found as often as apricot or cherry. Therefore, jam from these berries is considered an exquisite delicacy. In this article, we'll talk about blueberry jam. There are a few simple recipes of blueberry jam that you can use.
Classic recipe for blueberry jam
For the preparation of blueberry jam you will need the following ingredients: 1 kg of blueberries, 1.5 kg of sugar, 300 grams of water, 1/2 teaspoon of citric acid.
Before cooking blueberry jam, the berries should be washed, peeled and lowered into boiling water for 3 minutes. Sugar with water should be mixed, cooked from them syrup and strain it through gauze. Then, not letting the syrup cool, it is necessary to pour the berries of blueberries, put the syrup with the blueberries on the fire and boil. Cook the jam after 30 minutes, constantly removing the foam. At the very end, add citric acid. Hot jam pour on prepared glass jars and immediately roll up. Banks with jam inverted until completely cooled, then placed in a cool place.
The recipe for bilberry jam "Pyatiminutka"
Jam made from bilberry "Pyatiminutka" is prepared quickly and easily. For the preparation of jam will require: 1 kilogram of blueberries and 1.5 kilograms of sugar.
Rinse the berries with half the sugar and leave for 4-5 hours to let the berries juice. Blueberry juice should be drained, add the remaining sugar to it and boil the syrup. In boiling syrup pour blueberry and boil the whole mixture for 5 minutes. After that, the jam should be spread over the banks and rolled up.
Jam from blueberry is often rolled for the winter to prevent colds.