Summer is the perfect time for picking berries and making jam. Cherry jam is one of the most delicious homemade products. It can be cooked with or without seeds. Still, it is better to remove the seeds, as inedible parts of the fruit, especially if you are going to feed small children with jam. The most difficult thing in this process is to clear the seeds from the berries. Removing them without a special device is a tedious and painstaking job.
It is necessary
-
- 1 kg of cherries;
- 250 g of water;
- 1.5 kg of sugar;
- 1 tsp citric acid.
Instructions
Step 1
Rinse the berry thoroughly. It is better to pre-soak it in cold water for 15-20 minutes, and then rinse it in plenty of running water.
Step 2
Remove all pits from the cherries using a punching machine. There are mechanical and electrical devices for removing from the fruit. If you do not have such a device, use an ordinary hairpin or the blunt end of a metal nib. But removing the seeds manually will take longer and lead to loss of juice.
Step 3
Sprinkle the berries with granulated sugar in an enamel bowl and leave for at least 3-4 hours. You can pour the cherry with ready-made chilled syrup, cooked from water and sugar.
Step 4
Transfer the candied cherries to a bowl or saucepan and place over low heat. Cook for 15 minutes, removing from heat 2-3 times to infuse the jam. Do not forget to remove the resulting foam. With a high boil, bring to full readiness.
Step 5
Add citric acid 5 minutes before the end of cooking. So that the berries are completely saturated with sugar syrup, soak the jam at room temperature for another 6-8 hours after cooking, before starting to pack them in cans.
Step 6
After the allotted time, pour the cooled jam into hot sterilized jars, seal it tightly with boiled lids. Flip upside down.
Step 7
Cherry jam can be poured into jars and hot. To do this, separate the fruits from the jam through a colander, pour them into jars, boil the syrup. Then pour the cherry syrup over the fruits in the jars. The jam can be sealed.
