How to prepare delicious rowanberry jam for the winter

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Rabberry jam - a simple and he althy preparation for the winter. Any housewife can make it, especially since the berry is quite cheap, or you can pick it yourself from trees that grow in the forest or in summer cottages. They bear fruit well, and from each bush you will get about one small bucket of fresh berries. Of these, we will cook jam - how exactly, read further in our article.

Rowan jam - a classic recipe

The only drawback of the berry is that it is extremely sour, so you need to collect it after the first frost, then it will take much less sugar to harvest. And for cooking you will need:

• kg of mountain ash;
• 300ml pure filtered water;
• a kilogram of granulated sugar.

To get rid of possible bitterness, wash the berry, and then soak it for a day in plain water. Sort and blanch in boiling water for 10 minutes. Drainliquid, put the berries in a bowl or saucepan for cooking. From the indicated amount of water and sugar, boil the syrup, strain, pour into the mountain ash and boil for a quarter of an hour. Then the rowan jam should be infused for half a day, and only after that you can bring it to readiness. Checking it is easy - scoop up some liquid, pour it onto a flat plate and see - if it spreads, cook a little more, if not - you can remove it from the stove and put it in jars.

Rowberry jam: recipe with apples

For half a kilo of berries you will need:

• 1 or a little more than a kilogram of granulated sugar;
• half a kilo of sweet apples;
• 400 ml of pure drinking water.

Wash the berries, if desired, soak for a day to remove the bitterness, and then boil them in boiling water for 10 minutes. Peel apples, cut into slices or cubes, as you prefer. Blanch them in hot water for a couple of minutes. Boil sugar syrup from the amount of ingredients indicated in the recipe, let it boil a little, and then dip the berries and apples into it at the same time. Cook rowan jam for 8-10 minutes, then let stand for 10-12 hours, and boil again for no more than a quarter of an hour. Done - arrange in sterilized jars, roll up the lids and store in a cool and dark place.

Red Rowan Jam: Recipe with Honey

This preparation is not only very tasty, but also extremely he althy. In winter, you can dilute a spoonful of jam in a warmwater and drink - a dose of vitamins and nutrients contained in the berry and honey will support your immunity and prevent you from catching a cold. Prepare:

• half a kilo of honey;
• 2 cups plain filtered water;
• a kilogram of frozen red rowan.

Put the berries in cold water and let them thaw. Combine honey with water and boil, then put the mountain ash into the solution and cook until tender. You do not need to boil again, this jam is made in one step. This is how you can easily and quickly stock up on delicious homemade preparations for the winter - compotes or fruit drinks made from mountain ash will be an excellent alternative to juices from bags. Like any other jam, rowanberry can be used to stuff pies or buns.