Royal, Emerald and other gooseberry jam

Sweet tooth will surely like emerald jam from gooseberries. It is also called royal because of the bright green color. The taste of the workpiece is sweet and sour with a rich aroma, in the mouth the jam just melts without a trace. It doesn’t take much time to cook (no more than an hour), the finished product will come in handy for any tea party, especially on winter evenings.

Popular gooseberry jam recipes

No other ingredients can be added to the gooseberry; it itself has an interesting multifaceted taste. Citrus and nuts go well with berries. The ingredients are selected at your discretion. If at home there is a kitchen appliances such as a multicooker, a bread machine, appliances are perfect for preparing a workpiece.

Jam "Royal"

The classic way to prepare a workpiece includes the simplest composition of ingredients. You can eat a treat as soon as it cools.

Ingredients:

• gooseberry berries - 1 kg;
• 2 glasses of water;
• 1 tsp citric acid;
• cherry leaves -9-10 pcs.;
• 1.5 kg of granulated sugar.

How to cook:

After collecting the berries are sorted out: they select immature, sick, damaged and throw them away. The remaining berries are poured into a basin and poured to the top with water, washed for 2-5 minutes, again poured with water and left for 5-6 hours.

After soaking, the berries are removed from the water, dried a little on paper towels, until the gooseberry surface becomes dry.

In a saucepan, melt the sugar, poured with water, and bring the resulting liquid to a boil. Sent in a mixture of acid, leaves and berries. Cook for 5 minutes. Then the leaves are removed and the jam is cooled to room temperature.

The cooled treat is again set on fire and brought to a boil. Continue to boil until thickened for 15-20 minutes. Then the heating is stopped and the finished product is packaged in sterilized jars.

Jars are stored in a cool place at a temperature not exceeding 17-18 degrees. Shelf life - at least 1 year.

With orange and lemon

Use in the preparation of citruses gives the jam a refreshing acidity and a pleasant aroma. It is not necessary to add lemon and orange, you can choose one thing.

Structure:

• 1 kg of gooseberries;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar;
• 2 oranges;
• 1 lemon.

How to cook:

Oranges and lemon are washed and, without cutting the skin, twisted in a meat grinder or chopped in a blender. Mashed fruit should form.

Gooseberries are washed, ponytails are cut and passed through a meat grinder. The resulting mass is mixed with citruses and granulated sugar is added.

The mixture is allowed to heat for 10-15 minutes, after boiling it is held for another 10 minutes. Then the heating is stopped, and the jam is poured into a clean, dry container.

Gooseberry jam in a slow cooker

In a slow cooker, preparing a treat is simple - no need to worry that the jam will burn or overflow. If the multicooker has a jam cooking mode, then it is cooked on it; in other cases, the “stewing” mode is selected.

Ingredients:

• gooseberry -1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg;
• 2 glasses of water;
• 10-12 cherry leaves;
• citric acid - 1 tsp;
• ½ tsp vanilla.

How to cook:

After washing, the berries are soaked in cold water for at least 5 hours.

Water is poured into the multicooker bowl, sugar and vanilla, acid are mixed in and the leaves are lowered. Close the lid and turn on the heat.

When the syrup boils, remove the cherry leaves, transfer the berries to the liquid, mix again and cook for 15-20 minutes with the lid closed.

Without letting the liquids cool, the jam is packaged in a clean container and, after cooling, they are put into the refrigerator.

Gooseberry jam in a bread maker

In a bread machine, the product is obtained with a more saturated taste, since the lid does not open, and all the aroma remains inside the jam. It takes no more than half an hour to cook.

Structure:

• gooseberry berries - 1-1.5 kg;
• vanilla sugar - tsp;
• granulated sugar - 4 cups;
• ½ tsp citric acid;
• 50 ml of vodka.

How to cook:

To begin with, the berries are washed and twisted on a blender, periodically adding sugar and acid. It should be a liquid berry mass.

The mass is transferred to a bread machine, turn on the device and close the lid. Cooking is continued for 10-15 minutes.

5 minutes before the end, vodka is poured into the mixture and mixed.

The finished product should turn out with a thick consistency so that it can be easily spread on bread or rolls. Bones after twisting are practically not felt. If there is a desire to completely get rid of the grains, then after twisting on a blender, the mass is wiped through a fine sieve. It will hold the bones.

Gooseberry Jam "Emerald" Walnuts

A royal treat, it turns out if you add a little more walnuts to the jam. Nuts are well suited to the berry taste, complement and strengthen it.

Structure:

• 2 kg of gooseberries;
• 1.5 kg of granulated sugar;
• 400 g of walnuts;
• a glass of honey.

How to cook:

Washed berries are covered with sugar and squeezed a little so that juice begins to stand out from them. Leave the mixture overnight.

The walnuts are crushed a little and fried in a pan until a golden hue. Then pour them into berries and fill the contents with honey.

Put the mixture on a slow fire and cook for 10-15 minutes. Hot jam is poured into jars and allowed to cool at room temperature.

In addition to taste, jam looks very impressive. It can be served on the festive table or at the daily tea dinner.

Gooseberry Jam “Five Minute”

The fastest cooking method allows you to cook a treat in minutes. The recipe is very convenient, it is clear and simple, the jam always turns out delicious.

Structure:

• 1 kg of gooseberries;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 1 tsp citric acid.
• 1 cup of water.

How to cook:

In washed berries, you need to make small punctures with a needle or a toothpick so that juice can come out of them.

Melt the sugar in a saucepan, add water and cook the mixture until thickened.

Gooseberries are immersed in the syrup and mixed. Then bring the contents to a boil. The heat is turned off and the berries are quickly removed. When the syrup cools, the procedure is performed 2 more times.

The cooked treat is packed in sterilized jars and put away in a dark place.

Cooking Tips

In order for the workpiece to work out well, you need to adhere to the following recommendations when cooking:

1. The berry should be ripe and slightly soft to the touch.
2. When cooking syrup, you need to carefully monitor the sugar, do not let it burn.
3. Jars with a capacity of 0.5-1 liter are well suited for packaging. They do not take up space in the refrigerator, and the contents do not stagnate for a long time.
4. Before pouring jam, jars need to be sterilized. Sterilization is carried out over steam or the containers are calcined in an oven at a temperature of at least 80 degrees.

Royal gooseberry jam will be appreciated by all households and guests.It will become a favorite dessert for tea drinking, and its annual preparation will eventually become a family tradition.