Sloe - small sour plums with green juicy pulp and black-blue skin with a waxy bloom. The thorn fruit has an astringent, tart taste, and therefore the jam from it turns out to be exquisite.
It is necessary
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- For 5 liters of jam:
- - 2.5 kg of blackthorn;
- - 1.5 liters of water;
- - 3 kg of sugar.
Instructions
Step 1
Select whole ripe fruits for jam. Rinse the sloe in cold running water, discard it in a colander so that the glass water and the fruits dry a little. It is very difficult to separate the stone from the thorn, so the jam is cooked either from the fruit with the stone, or it is removed from the scalded plums. If you prefer the first option, then prick each fruit with a toothpick or needle for a better sugar syrup soak. In the second case, fill the plum with water and boil it until soft, stirring occasionally. Then drain the water and remove the bones.
Step 2
Prepare sugar syrup of 50% concentration - 2 kg of sugar is required for 1 liter of water. Add sugar to water and bring to a boil. Cook over low heat until sugar is completely dissolved, stirring constantly. Sloe tastes sour than garden plums, so it requires more sugar to make jam - about 1.3 kg per 1 kg of fruit.
Step 3
Transfer prepared thorns to an enamel pot and cover with hot sugar syrup. Boil the thorn jam 30-40 minutes after boiling, skimming off the foam and stirring occasionally, and then leave for 5-8 hours at room temperature. Prepare a syrup of 70% concentration from the remaining sugar - dilute about 1 kg of sugar in 0.5 liters of water and bring to a boil.
Step 4
Pour the jam syrup into another saucepan, pour 1/3 of the 70% sugar syrup into it and boil for 10 minutes. Pour this concentrated syrup over the thorns. Cook thorn jam in this way in 3 doses, adding syrup each time at the beginning of cooking.
Step 5
Prepare jars and lids. Wash them in a soda solution, rinse thoroughly. Sterilize the jars over steam for 5 minutes, boil the metal lids for about 3 minutes, and then dry. Pour hot thorn jam into jars, roll up the lids hermetically, turn upside down and refrigerate.
