Autumn is the time for various preparations, including fruit and berry jams. Very tasty, easy-to-prepare jam from raisins grapes. Try making an original treat for your friends and family yourself.
Grapes are a unique raw material for making wine, juice, compote, vinegar, raisins. Berries have valuable taste, nutritional and medicinal qualities. They contain flavonoids, organic acid bioflavonoids, pectin, a wide range of vitamins and minerals. Cooking from it is a pleasure and will not be difficult.
For the above recipes, dark and light raisins are suitable.
Classic jam
For cooking, you will need the following components:
- grapes - 1.5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg;
- boiled water - 100 ml.
From the specified amount, you will get 5 cans of ordinary jam with a volume of 0.5 liters.
Step by step guide:
- Remove the berries from the brush, place in a sieve, rinse in water several times and set aside to glass the water.
- Boil water, pour boiling water over the berries, then again with cold water and transfer to a basin. This method removes the wax layer.
- Boil the syrup separately, add to the grapes.
- Put the basin with the workpiece on the stove, let the contents boil. Remove foam periodically.
- After boiling, reduce heat, cook for 15-20 minutes.
- Turn off the gas, leave the semi-finished product for 5-6 hours at room temperature.
- Then cook for 30-40 minutes on low heat, stir occasionally, remove the foam.
- Arrange hot jam in prepared jars, close with a lid.
Original raisin jam with walnuts
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of grapes;
- 500 grams of sugar;
- 200 grams of walnuts;
- 50 ml of water;
- 1 lemon.
The output will be 4 half-liter jars of jam.
- The step-by-step process of preparing a treat begins with the preparation of the berries.
- Remove the grapes from the bunch, place in a colander, rinse with water, set aside.
- Boil sugar syrup in an enamel bowl, turn off the heat.
- Put the grapes in a bowl, leave for 3 hours so that they are saturated with syrup.
- Put on the stove, bring to a boil, reduce heat, boil for a few minutes.
- Turn off the gas, leave the workpiece overnight.
- The next day, add walnuts (it is better to divide them into small pieces), squeeze out the lemon juice, put on the stove. After the mixture boils, reduce the gas to a minimum, cook for 15-20 minutes.
- Arrange the finished jam in pasteurized jars, roll up, put in a warm place until the jars are completely cooled.
Spicy grape jam
Structure:
- grapes - 1000 g;
- sugar - 0.5 kg;
- almonds - 0.1 kg;
- water - 50 ml;
- cinnamon - 1 dessert spoon (1 stick);
- juice of 1 lemon;
- cloves - optional.
Step by step:
- As with all cooking options, we start with the selection and preparation of berries. They should be separated from the branches, rinsed, dried and placed in a basin.
- In a separate container, boil the syrup from water, sugar and spices. After boiling syrup, reduce heat to low, simmer for 10 minutes.
- Strain the spicy syrup over the grapes, leave them to soak for 6-8 hours. Advice: this procedure is best done in the evening and left until morning.
- Put a bowl with a semi-finished product on the fire, add lemon juice, nuts, bring to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes, immediately put in prepared jars.
Homemade raisin jam with apples
The most common way to make jam, which requires the following ingredients:
- grapes (a mixture of dark and light varieties is possible) - 1.5 kg;
- apples of medium sweetness (rod, pepin saffron, gold filling) - 3 kg;
- boiled water - 800 ml.
From this proportion of ingredients, you get 6 jars of 0.5-0.6 liters.
Step by step:
- Select ripe fruits without spoilage and rot, rinse with water. Separate the berries from the twigs, peel the apples, cut into medium slices.
- Combine fruits in a bowl, add water, put on moderate heat.
- When the contents boil, add sugar, mix thoroughly, simmer for 5 minutes, remove from the stove.
- Wait 3-4 hours for the mixture to cool. Then set the heat to moderate, repeat this procedure 3-4 times over the course of two days.
- Put the finished product in pasteurized jars, cork with lids, put in the pantry.
Delicious and light jelly / jam is ready! Even the smallest members of your family will love it.
Storage conditions for jam
The finished product should be stored at a temperature not lower than 0 and not higher than 20 degrees.
Do not allow high humidity when storing cans that are closed with plastic lids. Otherwise, mold is likely to develop.
Calorie content, benefits
It is in a portion of 100 grams of fresh berries from 45 to 100 kcal, and depends on the grape variety. Nutritional value includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, acid, sugar and water in the proportion of 0, 7 - 6 - 17 - 0, 9 - 0, 5 - 15 - 80 g.
Grapes are used in medicine for anemia ampelotherapy. In addition, it has a beneficial effect on the heart, nervous system and immunity, thanks to the large amount of potassium in the berries.
Also, the grape peel is rich in tanning and essential oils, which will make it possible to use it as an anti-inflammatory, expectorant and laxative.
