Recipes for dogwood jam. How to cook dogwood jam in a slow cooker?

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Many people like the fragrant and tonic taste of dogwood. Compotes and fruit drinks are prepared from berries. In addition, jams and jams are made from them.

Given that the process of preparing a delicious homemade dessert in itself is a lot of trouble, arm yourself with our tips and cook an unusually tasty and he althy dogwood jam in a slow cooker.

Useful properties of berries

The dogwood contains pectins, essential oils, phytoncides, tannins and nitrogenous substances. Vitamin PP and ascorbic acid (vitamin C) are present. There is glucose, organic acids such as malic and nicotinic. Regular consumption of dogwood allows you to restore the balance of acids and alkalis in the body, and also normalizes metabolism. It is useful for those who suffer from kidney diseases and hypertension, it perfectly strengthens and makes the walls of capillaries and blood vessels elastic.

Benefits of using a multicooker

• Reduce time spent in the kitchen.
• You can cook different dishes (from soups and cereals to jams and pastries).
• Preserves more vitamins than conventional cooking methods.
• Preservation of the natural taste and aroma of products. For example, dogwood jam in a slow cooker turns out to be sour, but the liquid component gels easily.
• You can cook homemade dessert even in summer, because when the multicooker is running, the air temperature in the kitchen does not rise.

The only drawback is that you can’t cook a lot of jam at once - the capacity of the multicooker is limited. The output is only a few cans, but this is quite enough for the average family. True, you can cook several servings of jam in a row and make a solid supply for the winter.

Tricks of making jam in a slow cooker

1. Sugar should be diluted with water before placing food in the bowl. The inner coating of the container is quite sensitive, and the crystals can easily damage it when the product is stirred.
2. Remove the safety valve immediately to evaporate as much moisture as possible. So the consistency of the jam will turn out to be almost perfect.
3. Capacity should not be loaded more than 30%. Preparing jam is characterized by a copious release of foam, which may flow from the appliance.
4. Planning to make dogwood jam in a slow cooker? Purchase a plastic or silicone ladle in advance, with which you will collect dessert for packaging in jars - this is howbowl cover will remain intact.

Preparing fruits for processing

For jam, choose ripe fruits with a fairly dense skin. Before buying, try the berries: their taste should be tart, but sweet enough. The recipe for dogwood jam involves the use of bright red, that is, ripe fruits. The raw material is placed in a deep bowl and filled with water. Damaged, unripe, dried berries, leaves that need to be collected and removed float to the surface.

Then you need to prepare a baking sheet or a large cutting board, which you need to cover with a kitchen towel or paper. Dogwood is poured out in an even layer and left for 1-2 days. The berries "reach" the desired condition: their color becomes dark, and the structure becomes softer. The raw materials are ready for further processing, which means that dogwood jam in a slow cooker will turn out great.

Delicious crushed fruit dessert

Once the berries have become softer and more pliable, it will be much easier to separate the stone. It is enough to take a sieve and carefully wipe the dogwood. Solids and bones are left behind, and the mass is ready for boiling.

Before cooking dogwood jam in a slow cooker, put fruit puree and sugar in a bowl, add a glass of water (or pour pre-cooked syrup). The amount of sugar per 1 kg of dogwood ranges from 600 g (for those who like sour jam) to 1.2 kg (for those with a sweet tooth). For cooking, set the mode "Stew" or "Cooking soup" for 30 minutes. In some multicookers, there are even special functions, such as "Multi-cook" or "Dessert". They are also convenient to use in the preparation of sweet treats. In parallel, in the oven, it is necessary to sterilize the jars in which the finished jam will be stored.

Recipe dogwood jam with pits

Preparation of berries can be reduced to a regular wash, however, you need to leave them in water for several hours (this will prevent the skin from bursting during cooking).

Prepare the syrup from water and sugar (1 kg glass). Add it to the bowl along with the berries. Choose the proportion depending on taste preferences. Set the function "Jam" or "Extinguishing" for 50-60 minutes. Then switch to the "Heating" mode for 30 minutes, after which use the "Boiling" mode for 15 minutes. This recipe for dogwood jam with stones will be appreciated by those who like the structure of a dessert with whole fruits soaked in syrup. For many, this option is reminiscent of preparing a classic homemade treat. With long cooking, the liquid phase of the product turns into jelly.

Original recipes for dogwood jam in a slow cooker

1. Recipe with dry wine. For 1 kg, take 1.2 kg of sugar, 0.5 liters of dry wine (can be replaced with a semi-dry drink). The ingredients are put into the capacity of the multicooker, turn on the "Extinguishing" mode. Cooking dogwood jam in a slow cooker is a simple task. It takes 20 minutes for the fruits to “give up” the juice, the sugar to dissolve, and the product to reach the desired consistency. wash beforehand andsterilize the jars in which we spread the jam. Close the lids hermetically.
2. Recipe for dogwood jam with apples. Remove pits from dogwood berries (600 g), peel apples (500 g) from skins and seeds, cut into pieces. Boil syrup from 500 ml of water and 1200 g of sugar. Put the dogwood in the multicooker bowl, pour in the syrup. By setting the "Extinguishing" mode, cook the jam for 60 minutes. Pour into prepared jars, close with lids.

In fairness, it should be noted that, unlike other berries and fruits, dogwood jam is cooked quickly and without using a slow cooker. We wash 800 g of fruits, remove spoiled and dried fruits. Bones can be removed from large berries. From 1000 g of sugar and 400 ml of water we cook syrup, add berries to it. After 3 hours, you need to put the jam on the fire and boil for 17-20 minutes, carefully removing the resulting foam. The product can be poured into jars and sealed with lids.