Grapes are a thermophilic plant, so its most delicious, dessert varieties can be successfully grown only in the southern regions of Russia. However, with the skillful selection of the most hardy, winter-hardy hybrid varieties and good care, you can get good yields even in the middle lane. Fresh grapes are delicious and healthy. Gardeners make juice or good homemade wine from it. But you can still make great grape jam, which will bring real pleasure to everyone who tries it.
To make the jam, you will need a light grape variety with rather small seedless berries (for example, "Kishmish"), sugar and water. For 1 kilogram of berries, depending on your taste, you need from 0.7 to 1 kilogram of granulated sugar and about 1 glass (200 milliliters) of cold water.
Wash the selected bunches of ripe grapes thoroughly, dry, separate the berries from the brushes and put in an enamel bowl. Then add granulated sugar (0, 7 kilograms, if you like not very sweet jam, 1 kilogram - if you prefer sweet), gently shake the basin so that the sugar mixes with the berries, and leave until the next day.
When the grapes give juice, put the basin on low heat, add water, bring to a boil. The first boil should take about 10 minutes. Skim off the foam periodically. Then turn off the heat and let the jam cool. After about 6 hours, bring it to a boil again, let it simmer for the same 10 minutes, removing the foam. After another 6 hours, bring to a boil again and cook, removing the foam, until the liquid takes on the consistency you need, because someone likes thick jam, and someone loves more liquid. Remove the sample.
If you want the jam to taste more sour, you can squeeze lemon juice or add some citric acid powder. If you prefer a spicier taste, you can add a clove bud or a pinch of ground cinnamon. Tastes, as they say.
The finished jam should be amber-golden in color, resembling honey in appearance. Pour it hot into sterilized glass jars and roll it up with metal lids scalded with boiling water. You can close cans and plastic lids. This jam will serve as a decoration for your table, it can be used both as a separate delicacy and as an additive to pancakes, pancakes, oatmeal.
