Content
- 1 How to make cherry-strawberry jam
- 2 A simple recipe for strawberry and cherry jam with pits
- 3 How to make seedless cherry and strawberry jam
- 4 Cherry-strawberry jam with whole berries
- 5 Strawberry-cherry jam “Ruby delight”
- 6 Delicious cherry and strawberry jam with lemon juice
- 7 Storage rules
- 8 Conclusion
Strawberry and cherry jam contains a successful combination of flavors and aromas. Many housewives who practice preparing for the winter love to cook it. It is easy to prepare, like any other jam for the winter. You just need to choose the right ratio of ingredients and know some technological subtleties.
How to make cherry-strawberry jam
It is best to cook any jam in a copper basin. Here it can be kept longer to soak in syrup without compromising taste and quality. Pour the prepared berry mass into a bowl and cover with sugar. You can cook it in 2-3 hours when the juice appears. There are 2 main cooking methods:
- In one go. After boiling, cook for 5 minutes, pour into clean, sterile jars and immediately roll up. The natural aroma and taste of the berries is preserved, but the jam, as a rule, turns out watery.
- In several doses, with breaks of 8-10 hours.The first time the berries are just brought to a boil, the second time they are boiled for 10 minutes, the third time until they are completely cooked. The fruits retain their shape and color well and are soaked in sugar.
The perfect combination of flavors - cherry and strawberry together
You can use recipes that recommend making syrup. For this, it is best to take white, high-quality granulated sugar. It is combined with water in the required quantities. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil. In this case, foam most often forms, which must be removed with a slotted spoon or just a spoon. Carefully lower the berries into the finished syrup and, after infusing for 12 hours, heat until the first boiling bubbles form. Then remove from heat and cool. Two or three such procedures are needed.
Basic cooking rules:
- the heat should be moderate or low; during cooking over high heat, the berries will shrink;
- stir continuously;
- use only a wooden spoon;
- do not forget to periodically remove the foam, otherwise the jam can easily spoil during storage;
- during the boiling process, remove the jam from the heat every 5-7 minutes, so the berries will better absorb the syrup and will not wrinkle;
- To make the jam thicken faster, you need to add a little lemon juice and apple jelly to it during cooking;
- the finished jam must be cooled, and under no circumstances should it be covered with a lid; it is better to use gauze or clean paper;
- Place the cooled mass into jars, evenly distributing the syrup and berries.
Diabetics and anyone whose consumption of sugar is not recommended by doctors can also make delicious jam. Instead of sugar, you can add sugar substitutes. For example, saccharin, which is easily excreted from the body.It is many times sweeter than its counterpart, so its quantity must be carefully measured. Saccharin should be added at the end of cooking. Xylitol can also be used, but the use of this sweetener is limited. It is necessary to strictly follow the doctor's recommendations.
Removing pits from cherries is very easy if you have a special device in the kitchen.
A simple recipe for strawberry and cherry jam with pits
Rinse the berries carefully so as not to crush them, especially strawberries. Remove stems and other debris.
Ingredients:
- assorted berries – 1 kg;
- granulated sugar – 1 kg.
Add sugar, and when the berry mass releases juice, put it on low heat. Cook for no more than half an hour.
Jam made from cherries and strawberries can be prepared with or without pits
How to make seedless cherry and strawberry jam
Remove pits from washed, sorted cherries. This process is labor-intensive, so you can use various devices. Every housewife, as a rule, has various culinary tools in her kitchen arsenal to help cope with this task.
Ingredients:
- cherry – 0.5 kg;
- strawberries – 1 kg;
- sugar – 1.2-1.3 kg.
After drying, cut medium or large strawberries into two or four parts. Mix them with prepared cherries and sugar. Leave it like this for 6-7 hours. Then boil for at least half an hour.
It is best to cook jam in a copper basin or enamel pan
Cherry-strawberry jam with whole berries
Whole berries look good in any jam.They retain their original taste, color and even aroma. In winter, it will be especially pleasant to receive them as a dessert for tea or as a filling in sweet pastries. In this recipe, it is better to take medium or small strawberries; they should be moderately ripe, and in no case crushed or overripe.
Ingredients:
- strawberries – 1 kg;
- cherries (pitted) – 1 kg;
- sugar – 2.0 kg.
Sprinkle the berries individually with sugar and leave for an hour. Cook the strawberries over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, and the cherries a little more - 5 minutes. Then combine both parts and leave to infuse together. Place the cooled mass back on the fire and simmer lightly for a few minutes.
Whole berries look very appetizing in the finished jam
Strawberry-cherry jam “Ruby delight”
Cherry and strawberry jam always stands out among similar preparations with its juicy, rich color, pleasing to the eye with a bright reminder of summer and the sun.
Ingredients:
- strawberries – 1 kg;
- cherry – 1 kg;
- sugar – 1.2 kg;
- acid (citric) – 2 pinches.
Combine strawberries and pitted cherries in one container and puree in a blender. You can do this lightly so that larger pieces remain, or grind thoroughly until it becomes a liquid, homogeneous paste.
To make the jam bright and rich in color, add citric acid, a glass of sugar and boil for 7 minutes. Then add a glass of sugar again and put on fire for the same time. Do this until the amount of sugar allotted in the recipe is gone.
Delicious cherry and strawberry jam with lemon juice
Lemon juice will give the jam an interesting flavor note and prevent sugaring
To ensure that winter preparations are not only tasty, but also help strengthen the body with vitamins, they try to prepare them with the most gentle temperature treatment possible. You can add additional ingredients to help enhance the flavor of the jam and at the same time saturate it with useful substances.
This ingredient is lemon juice. In addition to the above-mentioned advantages, this product is an excellent preservative that helps preserve the fresh taste and quality of jam throughout the winter. It prevents the sugaring process, and jam with this additive will remain as fresh until next summer.
Ingredients:
- berries – 1 kg;
- sugar - 1.5 kg;
- lemon (juice) - 0.5 pcs.
Cover the berries with sugar and leave overnight. In the morning, bring to a boil and cook for 20-30 minutes. Just before the end, add lemon juice. Bring everything together again to a boil and turn it off, cool in jars.
It is best to place jars of jam for the winter on convenient shelves somewhere in the pantry or basement
Storage rules
It is best to store jam in a dry, cool place such as a basement or cellar. But if the product contains quite a lot of sugar and is cooked according to all technological standards, an ordinary apartment, pantry or any other convenient corner can become such a place.
If the jam does become sugary during storage, you can try to correct it. Pour the contents of the jars into a copper basin or enamel pan. Add three tablespoons of water for each liter of jam and bring to a boil over low heat. Boil for 5 minutes and turn off. Place into jars, cool and seal with lids.
If mold has formed inside the jars over time, this may indicate that the storage area is too damp.Therefore, the boiled jam is then kept in another, drier place. When cold weather sets in, they try to use it first.
Fermented or acidified jam must be removed from the jars, sugar added at the rate of 0.2 kg per 1 kg of jam and digested. In this case, the whole mass will foam very much. Cooking should be stopped immediately. Remove the foam immediately without delay.
Conclusion
Making strawberry and cherry jam is quite simple. You can come up with something of your own, special, by experimenting a little with the proposed recipes.
