Learning how to make strawberry jam

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Fragrant and tasty strawberries have only one drawback - they are plucked, they do not keep fresh for a long time. Maximum - a couple of days in a cool place. And then only a few hours in the heat. Therefore, in order to be able to enjoy this gift of nature even after the "strawberry" season, many ways have been invented. Fresh berries are frozen, canned, even dried or made into delicious tinctures.

Familiar from childhood and beloved by many, the delicacy is jam. Not everyone knows how to cook strawberry jam correctly. Often you may encounter the fact that this delicate product turns out to be either too thick or watery, and even worse, if the berries boil soft and turn into unaesthetic rags. To avoid such problems, in many families good recipes for sweet preservation are inherited from grandmothers and mothers. But now a lot of tips on how to make strawberry jam can be found on the Internet.

When preparing this sweet, you need to find out the following main points:

- how much sugar to use;

- how much to cook jam;

- how many sets to do-boiling.

First of all, you need to choose the right berries. They should be ripe and fragrant, but not overripe, too soft or bruised. All strawberries must be sorted out, spoiled ones removed, all stems and sepals removed, thoroughly washed from sand and dirt. By the way, not all housewives remove sepals - there is an opinion that they are also useful, because they contain additional trace elements and vitamins.

Here are some pretty good recipes for making strawberry jam. In each case, the final product will vary, but it will turn out delicious.

Jam from "as if fresh" strawberries

For every kilogram of strawberries, 0.4 kg of sugar is taken.

Prepare the berries as above, put them in a pot with high sides and cover with sugar. Place in the refrigerator for 6 hours. Get it,

put on a small fire. Boil and boil for 5 minutes. The jam will turn out thin, but fragrant and not overcooked. Pour into pre-washed, dried, sterilized jars, cover with prepared tin lids. Seal, turn the jars over, wrap them up and let them cool.

Recipe for small, non-meaty strawberries

Prepare berries before making strawberry jam, set aside. Boil the syrup over medium heat, stirring all the time with a wooden slotted spoon (take 1.5 kg of sugar for 1 glass of water). After boiling, boil for 5 minutes and set aside. If you notice impurities, it is better to strain. While the syrup is hot, strawberries are poured into it and left for 6-8 hours. Thenthe jam is boiled twice and cooled down. After boiling a third time, leave boiling for 5 minutes. The product is considered ready if a drop of syrup has thickened so as not to spread on a plate. Next - arrange in sterilized jars and roll up with tin lids.

Microwave Strawberry Jam

There is also an option how to cook strawberry jam for those who like to cook in the microwave.

This is for small quantities of preservation. For 0.5 kg of berries, measure out 0.45 - 0.5 kg of sugar. Strawberries in a special bowl under the lid are placed in a microwave oven at a power of 800 for 4 minutes, so that the juice starts up. Take out, add sugar and stir. And again in the microwave for 13 minutes. place, but without a lid. It is necessary to periodically take out the dishes and mix the jam, make sure that it does not run away and does not burn. Take it out and put it hot in sterilized jars, roll it up.

In winter, open a jar and enjoy the taste of a hot summer.