Strawberry jam "Five minutes"

In addition to the fact that strawberry is a real storehouse of vitamins (A, C, E), potassium, magnesium, calcium and sodium, it is also a powerful aphrodisiac . So it is not by chance that this berry is so often played in romantic scenes in the cinema. However, for the winter I want to save just a complex of vitamins. You can do it in two ways: shock freezing is an excellent option for those who have a large freezer, and the rest can make strawberry jam "Pyatiminutka." It is called so, since the minimum amount of time is being prepared, which, of course, is the main advantage of the recipe. With less heat, you can save more vitamins and trace elements.

A few secrets

Before telling how to properly cook strawberry jam "Pyatiminutka", discuss some points.

  1. When choosing a strawberry, we try to survey the berries meticulously. We do not take crumpled, spoiled, but also ideal, similar to plastic models, we leave berries on the counter. For jam we choose a medium-sized strawberry, ripe - maroon or red.
  2. Sugar is used only domestic. It is not known why, but with sugar, worked out abroad, sunsets sometimes spoil. So we stock up the Russian product, you can also use Belarusian, Ukrainian or Moldovan sugar.
  3. Prepare the dishes. Optimum - jars of 250-300 ml per family of 2-3 people and capacity of 500-750 g for large families. Glass containers are soaked in warm water with soda (2 tablespoons of soda per bucket of water) for about an hour, then well with my own, using a hard cloth. We rinse out the jars under running water, let the moisture drain, then sterilize. To do this, we hold each jar above the saucepan, in which water is boiling, for at least 1 minute.
  4. Covers can be used any - at least curling, even rolling, though plastic. Just remember: the longest stored jam. Swirling should be eaten for 2-3 months, and closed with plastic lids should be stored in the refrigerator. Over this jam necessarily fill a thin layer of melted butter , so that the sunset does not deteriorate.

Basic recipe

First, let's talk about how to cook strawberry jam "Pyatiminutka" in the easiest way.

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Preparation

To roll up strawberry jam "Pyatiminutka" for the winter, we prepare in stages, the recipe is not very complicated. Berries should be washed well (it can be soaked for a quarter of an hour, then hold under running water), blend with a blender or a cricket. Berry puree is placed in a deep enameled basin. From water and sugar, we cook syrup - it will be thick and rich, so we prevent sugar from burning. In the puree pour in boiling syrup and cook on low heat until boiling. After that, stirring, stirring the jam for 5 minutes, pour in the squeezed juice of one and a half lemons, wait another fifteen minutes, put the prepared jam into jars and close.

Berry to the berry

You can cook jam otherwise. Many believe that strawberry jam should be with whole berries, and "Five-Minute" too.

Ingredients:

Preparation

In this version, everything is simple. The strawberry is good for washing, we put it in a basin for cooking jam and fall asleep with sugar. We are waiting for at least night, and better - a day, putting the basin in a cool place and covering it with gauze. Carefully mix - Strawberry let the juice, which is mixed with sugar. We put on the stove and begin to cook at minimum heat, we follow, so as not to burn. Once all the sugar has dissolved and the syrup begins to boil, boil for about 3 minutes, remove and let the pellet cool. Repeat the procedure 2 more times, add the washed mint to the third brew. We remove the branches, put the hot jam into jars and roll them. As you can see, cook a delicious strawberry jam "Pyatiminutka" quite simply. With the development of modern technology, you can prepare a strawberry jam "Pyatiminutka" in a multivark. To do this, carefully read the instructions to the specific model.