Five-minute blueberry jam: homemade recipes

Necessary products for jam

The classic recipe suggests that the housewife should take the following ingredients:

• black berries - 1 kilogram;
• granulated sugar - 2 kilograms;
• lemons - 2 small pieces.

The ratio of fruit component and sugar is the key to creating a truly delicious dessert. If you take few sweet crystals, the product will turn out sour and may ferment.

To make the delicacy tasty, sugar is taken twice as much as all other ingredients. Only this ratio guarantees that the product will be sweet and thick.

How to make blueberry jam with lemon

Black berries are covered with granulated sugar and left at room temperature overnight. In the morning, the lemon along with the peel is passed through a meat grinder. Both ingredients are mixed, put on fire, brought to a boil, and cooled. The heating and cooling procedure is carried out another 2-3 times.

After all the manipulations, the hot jam is poured into prepared containers and sealed with plastic lids doused with boiling water.

The jars are placed on a horizontal surface and covered with an old blanket. Only after complete cooling is the container removed to a permanent storage location.

Storage conditions for treats

Fruit delicacies are stored in the cellar or on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for no more than 9-10 months. After this period, vitamins and microelements begin to break down. The preparation will remain tasty, but not healthy. The product should not be allowed to freeze or remain in direct sunlight for a long time. Such weather conditions lead to spoilage of the dessert. The opened product should be consumed within 3-4 days.

Blueberry-raspberry jam is a healthy, aromatic, tasty preparation. Morning or evening tea with her will please all family members. You can also add a sweet dessert to milk porridges and ice cream. And homemade pancakes and pancakes with delicacies will take on a completely different taste.

This dark blue berry is not only beautiful and tasty, but also very healthy. Therefore, housewives value preparations made from it. In ancient times, blueberry jam was prepared with honey, but now granulated sugar is used for preservation.

Preparatory stage

Berries, especially slightly overripe ones, must be picked carefully so as not to crush them. They should be processed on the same day, first sorting them out and rinsing them of debris. Unripe ones with green sides should not be picked - they will worsen the taste of the dessert. To avoid getting your hands dirty, it is better to carry out all work wearing thin rubber gloves. Consider a few more rules.

• The washing up. The harvested crop must be washed several times, pouring clean water into a basin.
• Form. In order for the berries to remain intact during cooking, they need to be covered with sugar, left for a while, and only then canned.
• Sterilization. The jars must be sterilized before sealing so as not to spoil the preparations. You can treat with steam, boiling water, or ignite containers in the oven or microwave.
• Dishes. For cooking, it is better to use a copper or brass basin or a stainless steel pan. It is advisable to store blueberry delicacy in small glass jars under iron or plastic lids.
• Proportions. It is recommended to follow the dosages of ingredients indicated in the recipes so as not to spoil the taste of the dessert.

The most useful recipe

Peculiarities. Dessert prepared without heat treatment preserves the beneficial properties of forest products to the maximum extent possible. It is necessary to sterilize jars and lids in advance. Store this delicacy in the refrigerator.

• berries - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1.5 kg.

1. Sort through the ripe berries (you can also take slightly overripe ones).
2. Rinse two or three times.
3. Allow the water drops to drain.
4. Mix in a bowl with sugar.
5. Grind in a blender.
6. Place the “raw” jam in sterilized jars and close with new nylon lids.

Jam without cooking: recipe

It is believed that when food is cooked, most of the nutrients disappear. Unfortunately, this is true. To preserve the properties of the berries, prepare them for the winter without cooking.

To prepare, take two ingredients:

• sugar – 1.8 kg;
• berries (preferably overripe) – 1.2 kg.

The product is prepared in several stages:

1. The berries are carefully sorted, all debris is removed, otherwise the delicacy will quickly spoil. It is necessary to thoroughly rinse the blueberries under running water and pour them into a colander and leave for about 10 minutes.
2. Mix berries with granulated sugar.
3. Grind the mixture until mushy. You can use various technical devices - a mixer, blender or meat grinder.
4. Pour the resulting product into a pre-prepared container and seal.

The benefits of boiling that has not been subjected to heat treatment are obvious. Blueberries retain the vitamins and microelements included in the composition.

Important! It is not necessary to use only fresh berries when cooking. Make frozen blueberry jam using this recipe. The resulting jam does not need to be rolled into jars - close it with a nylon lid and store it in the refrigerator. Your favorite dessert, the benefits of which cannot be doubted, will always be at hand.

"Five Minute"

Peculiarities. The dessert really only needs to be cooked for five minutes. This will allow you to preserve almost all vitamins and minerals, spending a minimum of time on preparation.

• ripe berries - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1.2 kg.

1. Sterilize jars in the oven or microwave.
2. Wash the berries and place in a colander to drain.
3. Place in a thick-bottomed saucepan, cover with granulated sugar, and put on fire. Cook without water.
4. Stir to dissolve the grains. Then add heat and boil.
5. Boil for exactly five minutes, remove from heat, and cool.
6. Place into jars and roll up.

The famous five-minute

A quick recipe for those who always lack 24 hours in a day. Now excuses are not accepted, because here is a ready-made recipe for blueberry jam in a few minutes!

How much time - 25 minutes + 4 hours.

What is the calorie content - 190 calories.

How to cook:

1. Rinse the berries thoroughly, remove leaves, if any;
2. Pour them into a saucepan and cover with sugar;
3. Cover with a lid and let sit for at least four hours;
4. After this, place the container on the fire and bring the blueberries to a boil;
5. Cook for five minutes;
6. After this, pour it into pre-prepared jars;
7. Roll them up and put them in a warm place until they cool completely.

Tip: instead of sugar, you can add honey to the jam, but then you need to adjust everything to your taste.

"Jelly" treat

Peculiarities. The recipe allows you to prepare tender and tasty jam with whole berries in just 25 minutes. The syrup will have the appearance and consistency of viscous jelly.

• blueberries - four glasses;
• water - two glasses;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg.

1. Wash whole berries, dry them, and place in a colander.
2. Boil water in a saucepan, then dissolve sugar in it, wait until it boils again.
3. Add berries to syrup.
4. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring gently with a spatula.
5. Pour the mixture into sterilized glass jars and screw on the lids.
6. Leave to cool under a towel overnight, turning it upside down.

Recipe for blueberry jam with fructose

Fructose is a great alternative to sugar, which is great for diabetics. How to prepare a treat to preserve all the vitamins? Let's find out further.

On a note! To make the dessert thicker, cook the syrup with gelatin. The product should be pre-diluted in a small amount of water.

Compound:

• 600 g fructose;
• 1 kg wild blueberries;
• 2 glasses of water.

Process step by step:

1. We wash the berries and place them on a paper towel. Let it dry. Meanwhile, prepare the syrup.
2. Pour water into the bowl and add fructose. Bring the mixture to a boil. Stir occasionally. Complete dissolution of fructose indicates the readiness of the product.
3. Then add blueberries and cook the berries in syrup. When it boils, count down 7 minutes.
4. Remove the mixture from the heat, cool and pour into jars.

Polyvariations

By combining wild berries and other fruits, you can get delicious, aromatic desserts. You don’t have to be particularly tricky with dosages - all recipes start out the same. By default, each option uses 1 kg of fresh blueberries.

With lemon

• sugar - 1.5 kg;
• lemon - one;
• peppermint - four sprigs.

1. Sort and wash the berries, add sugar.
2. Remove the zest from the washed lemon with a grater and squeeze the juice from the pulp.
3. Add the juice and zest to the blueberry mixture and place the pan on the fire.
4. Cook for 15 minutes after boiling.
5. Wash and dry the mint sprigs, break them, throw them into the pan, and keep on the stove for another five minutes.
6. Pack the jam into sterilized jars and preserve.

With orange

• lemon - one;
• orange - two;
• sugar - 0.9 kg;
• water - a third of a glass.

1. Rinse the products, dry them, wipe the citrus fruits with a towel.
2. Scroll through a meat grinder. There is no need to remove the zest from oranges and lemons before twisting.
3. Stir granulated sugar into the mixture.
4. Pour water into the bottom of the pan and add the fruit and berry mixture.
5. Boil. Cook, stirring, for about 20 minutes.
6. Place into sterile 250 ml jars and seal.
7. Turn the container over and insulate it.

With currants

• black currant - 1 kg;
• sugar - 1.7 kg.

1. Sort, wash and dry blueberries and currants.
2. Grind the ingredients one by one with a blender.
3. Combine berry puree with sugar and place in a saucepan.
4. Place on fire and wait until it boils.
5. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Pack into clean jars and close with lids.

With lingonberries

• ripe lingonberries - 1 kg;
• water - 400 ml;
• granulated sugar - 1.2 kg.

1. Sort the berries, rinse, blanch in boiling water to soften.
2. Grind through a meat grinder, mix with water and sugar in a saucepan.
3. After boiling, cook over low heat until thickened, skimming off the foam.
4. Pack the aromatic hot mass into sterilized jars and screw.

With raspberries or strawberries

• raspberries (or strawberries) - 500 g;
• sugar - 1.3 kg;
• water - 300 ml.

1. Sort through the berries, remove the stems from raspberries or strawberries, rinse and dry.
2. Make syrup from water and sugar.
3. Carefully pour the ingredients into the boiling syrup, after cutting the largest strawberries in half or into slices.
4. Cook for ten minutes, skimming off the foam and stirring.
5. Pour into sterile jars and preserve.

With apples

• sweet and sour apples - 800 g;
• granulated sugar - 1.5 kg.

1. Mix the washed berries with sugar and leave for three hours to release the juice.
2. Place on the fire, boil, and simmer for ten minutes. Don't forget to stir.
3. Add cored, seeded and peeled apples, cut into slices.
4. Cook for another 20-25 minutes.
5. Distribute the mixture into 0.5 liter containers and seal.

General cooking principles

When you decide to make this jam, you must understand that blueberries are quite an expensive pleasure. And even if you are somewhere under the mountains and the berries were picked there, it will be expensive. You're probably wondering why. Everything is simple here - blueberries are small and quite difficult to pick, which is why the price is appropriate.

Remember that first of all you need to pay attention to the color of the berries. It should be as uniform as possible. Blueberries that are too light will indicate that they were picked too early and simply did not have time to ripen.

If there is a slight coating on the berries, as if made of wax, then it means that the berries grew correctly, were collected at the right time and were transported correctly. It is desirable that all fruits are the same size.

It is very important that the blueberries are dry, not runny, or even wet. If the berries are wet, then perhaps some of them have burst and this is bad. After all, this is a sign that all the berries have begun to deteriorate due to these bursting ones. Next, the process of fermentation and then rotting will begin.

Ask to touch and smell the berries. Squeeze a little to ensure the blueberries are not overripe. The berries should be elastic and not burst with the slightest squeeze. If they burst, it means they are overripe.

Blueberries usually have no aroma. But remember that most often products without a characteristic odor are artificially grown. To determine the origin of today's main ingredient, simply taste it. The berries should be tender and quite sweet.

Blueberry jam for the winter

Cooking time

40 minutes

calorie content per 100 grams

218 Kcal

The simplest classic jam, which contains only the most necessary ingredients. Lemon juice is needed to make the aroma of the berries even more pronounced.

How to cook:

1. Carefully pour the berries into a sieve or colander and rinse gently under a gentle stream of running water;

2. Pour into a saucepan, add sugar and stir;
3. Place the container with the contents in the refrigerator overnight;
4. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon and set it aside;
5. When time has passed, remove the saucepan and add citrus juice;
6. Mix and place all ingredients on the fire;
7. Bring the future jam to a boil over high heat;

8. After this, reduce the heat and cook the mixture for another twenty minutes;
9. If foam appears on the surface during cooking, it must be removed;
10. Pour the finished blueberry jam into jars and put away “under the fur coat”.

Tip: if desired or possible, lemon juice can be replaced with lime or orange juice.

Culinary experiments

Those who like to experiment will love the recipes below. In both cases, you can use both fresh and frozen berries.

With gelatin

Peculiarities. Gelatin allows you to prepare a thick jam with a jam-like consistency. To do this, you don’t have to boil the mass for a long time; the process will only take half an hour. If you add a little more water, the mass will resemble jelly in appearance.

• sugar - 750 g;
• gelatin - one teaspoon;
• water - 100 ml;
• berries - a full liter jar.

1. Pour sugar into the washed berries in a saucepan to release the juice.
2. Place on low heat and cook for ten minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Once it boils, keep it on the fire for another ten minutes, removing the foam from the surface with a spoon.
4. Dilute gelatin with water, pour the mixture into the jam. Cook for another ten minutes.
5. Place in sterilized jars and seal. Turn over until cool.

Thick blueberry jam without rolling

Thick blueberry jam made in a simple way.

We only need two ingredients:

• 1000 g blueberries;
• 1000 g sand.

Cooking process:

1. Transfer the berries to a saucepan, adding sugar. Set the heat to moderate, and after boiling, reduce the temperature.
2. Boil the mixture for 15-20 minutes. Stir and skim off the foam. Pour the jam into sterile containers and close with lids.