Blueberries are an irreplaceable source of vitamins necessary for healthy vision. Unfortunately, any berries tend to spoil quickly, so blueberry jam can be an ideal preparation for the winter.
Classic blueberry jam
The advantage of this jam is its quick cooking - it takes exactly 5 minutes to cook. True, the whole process will take a little more time, since the berries must first be washed and sorted out.
Required Ingredients:
- 1 kg of blueberries;
- 700 g sugar.
Preparation:
Before you start making blueberry jam, the berries should be thoroughly washed, sorted out and dried. Put the prepared blueberries in a deep container and cover with granulated sugar. In this form, the berries must be left for several hours so that they start up the juice. Transfer the present berries to a saucepan and cook over low heat until boiling, plus exactly 5 minutes. Pour the finished blueberry delicacy into sterilized jars and close the lids.
Blueberry jam with rum
This jam is intended exclusively for adults, as it contains alcohol.
Required Ingredients:
- 1 kg of blueberries;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of rum;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of water;
- 300 g of sugar.
Preparation:
For this recipe, only ripe and juicy berries should be used, otherwise the jam will turn out to be tasteless. Wash fresh blueberries, sort out and dry with a paper towel. Pour the processed berries into a saucepan, add a little water, then lightly press down on the blueberries so that they let the juice out.
Place the pot over low heat and cook the berries until they are soft, stirring constantly. Then add sugar to the pan - you need to do this in small portions so as not to interrupt the boiling process. Cook the blueberry mass for another 5-7 minutes, then pour the rum into it and immediately remove the pan from the heat. Pour hot jam into jars and roll up. Turn the cans upside down and wrap them in a warm blanket.
Blueberry jam without cooking
If you don't want to stand at the stove for a long time and spend time rolling, then you can make blueberry jam that does not require heat treatment.
Required Ingredients:
- 1 kg of blueberries;
- 800 g of sugar.
Preparation:
Wash berries, dry and sort. In this case, only fresh and ripe fruits should be selected, avoiding the ingress of spoiled berries, as they can significantly reduce the shelf life of the jam. We pass the prepared berries through a meat grinder. It is not recommended to use a blender for these purposes, as it will turn the blueberries into a homogeneous mass, which is not suitable for this recipe.
Put the blueberries twisted through a meat grinder in a bowl and cover with granulated sugar. This recipe uses only 800 g of sugar to make the jam taste natural, but you can add more if you want to make the dessert sweeter. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, place them in sterilized jars and close them with lids, which should be boiled beforehand.
