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Repis is a wild "ancestor" of modern cultivated varieties of black currant. This plant successfully adapts to unfavorable climatic factors and the vagaries of the weather, therefore it successfully survives in most of the territory of Russia. Sometimes it is planted on personal plots. Gardeners appreciate rewriting for its unpretentiousness and consistently high yield. Fresh berries are very sour, but the preparations for the winter from them are tasty and healthy. You can, for example, make jam, compote, liqueur, marmalade. But the most popular option is, of course, cape jam.
How to make cinnamon jam
Wild or forest black currant is highly valued in folk medicine due to its high content of vitamins (especially C), macro- and microelements. Therefore, cinnamon jam is not only a pleasant aroma and an original sweet and sour taste, but also a significant health benefit and immunity. Also, the berries contain a lot of pectin, the consistency of the finished product turns out to be thick, reminiscent of jelly.
Repis is a berry that is not familiar to everyone
Five-Minute Jam from Recipe
Such jam from the census is sometimes called "live". Berries of wild black currant and sugar for it are taken in equal proportions. You will also need water - a glass for every kilogram of census.
To cook a five-minute wild currant jam, you need to proceed as follows:
- Sort it out, getting rid of plant debris, rinse in cool running water, pouring it into a colander in small portions.
- Pour water into a basin, saucepan, other suitable container, add sugar. Bring to a boil over low heat, cook for another 3-5 minutes, until all the sugar crystals dissolve.
- Pour the recipe into the resulting sugar syrup. Stir gently, as if "drowning" the wild currant in the liquid.
- Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium. Stir constantly, remove the foam. 5 minutes after boiling, remove the container with jam from the stove.
- Pour it into pre-prepared (washed and sterilized) jars. Close with lids (they also need to be kept in boiling water for several minutes).
- Turn containers upside down, wrap. Allow to cool completely. Transfer to storage. Not only a refrigerator is suitable, but also a pantry, a cellar, a basement, a glazed loggia.
Whole berry jam
Compared to the previous recipe, half as much water is required here - 0.5 cups per 1 kg of recipe. The berries and sugar themselves are taken in the same proportion. The preliminary preparation of wild currants before cooking is no different from the one described above.
It is not difficult to cook such forest currant jam, but it is a rather lengthy process:
- Prepare sugar syrup using the same technology as for the five-minute jam.
- Pour in a glass of cape, let the syrup with berries boil. Simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring continuously to remove the froth.
- Pour another glass of wild currants into the container, repeat the steps described above. Continue this cooking "five minutes". The number of "series" should correspond to the number of glasses of berries that went into the container.
- After boiling the last portion of the census, remove the jam from the heat, pour into sterilized jars, close the lids.
Despite the fact that the jam is made from whole berries, at the end of the process a very thick syrup is obtained with individual point "intersperses" of wild currants. Integrity in it is preserved only by 1-2 portions of the census sent to the container last. Others in the cooking process turn almost into porridge.
Meat-minced berry jam
The ratio of cakes and sugar in this recipe is the same - 1: 1. No water required at all. The prepared jam according to this recipe resembles jam. This is very convenient if you plan to use it as a filling for baking.
Recipe jam for the winter is prepared according to the recipe:
- Scroll clean and dried wild currants through a meat grinder, cover with sugar, mix gently.
- Put the container on low heat. As soon as enough fluid comes out, increase it to medium.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low again. Cook, stirring continuously, for 45 minutes.
- Remove the container from the stove, cool the jam from the census right in it. It is best to let it sit at room temperature overnight with a clean towel on top.
- Arrange in prepared jars, close with lids, immediately remove to a place of permanent storage.Important! The jars in which such jam from the census is laid out must be dry.
How to cook without boiling
For such a jam, only sugar and water are required in equal proportions. Its preparation takes a minimum of time:
- Wash the berries, prepare the jars.
- In a food processor or with a blender, grind the cakes to a homogeneous gruel. This takes 2-3 minutes.
- Take the resulting puree in small (about 0.5 l) portions, add an equal volume (0.5 kg) of sugar to it. Continue grinding at the slowest speed until it is completely dissolved. Estimated time is 5-7 minutes.
- Pour the finished jam into dry jars, sprinkle on top with a layer of sugar about 0.5 cm thick.
Important! Such "raw" wild currant jam is stored only in the refrigerator. The jars are closed with screw or plastic lids.
Conclusion
Recipe jam, unlike fresh berries, is very tasty. Even after heat treatment, wild currants retain most of their vitamins and other health benefits. You can cook jam according to several different recipes, but in any case, the technology is extremely simple. Such an original dessert from wild currants is within the power of even novice cooks.
