Aronia jam: recipes through a meat grinder

Few people doubt the usefulness of chokeberry or chokeberry, but preparations from it are not as popular as from other fruits and berries. The whole problem is in some astringency of its fruits, and also in the fact that they contain little juice. But that is why chokeberry through a meat grinder will be the best solution for those who still doubt whether to cook anything from this berry or not. After all, a pureed berry reveals its taste and beneficial properties much easier, and getting rid of astringency is also not a problem.

In the article you can find a variety of recipes for jam from chokeberry berries, passed through a meat grinder.

Secrets of making blackberry jam through a meat grinder

For the manufacture of jam, only ripe chokeberry berries are used. Moreover, it is better if they were collected after the first frost – the taste of jam in this case will be an order of magnitude higher.

Collected or purchased fruits must be sorted out, removing spoiled and especially small ones. After all, only large fruits will make the most delicious and healthy jam. All tails and leaves are also removed from the fruits, and then they must be washed under running water.

If the main problem in chokeberry is its astringency, then this is easy to deal with. Sorted, freed from ponytails and washed berries must be blanched. This can be done in two ways:

• pour boiling water over them and, having covered with a lid, hold in this state for several minutes;
• immerse in boiling water for a couple of minutes and then drain the water through a colander.

But some even like the well-known astringency of the chokeberry, so blanching the berries should be done only at will.

Many are not happy with the dry texture of the fruits of chokeberry – this is where passing them through a meat grinder can help. Since in this way it turns out to extract as much juice as possible from the fruit. And the addition of various contrasting fruits and berries to chokeberry will enrich the taste of jam from it.

The amount of sugar added to chokeberry jam depends on the specific recipe. But you should not save much on it, since sugar will help soften and reveal all the taste possibilities of this berry.

The classic recipe for chokeberry through a meat grinder

This jam recipe can be made in less than an hour and requires a minimum of ingredients:

• 2 kg of chokeberry;
• 1 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Washed berries are first blanched in boiling water, and then passed through a meat grinder.
2. Add sugar and mix thoroughly.
3. Place a container of jam on a slow fire, heat until boiling and cook for 5 minutes.

   

4. Lay out in clean glass jars, cover with lids and sterilize in boiling water for 15 minutes (half-liter jars).
5. After sterilization, jam jars are immediately screwed with boiled metal lids.

Chokeberry through a meat grinder with apples

According to this recipe, the jam turns out to be almost classic, in it you can feel both the delicate consistency of jam and individual pieces of fruit.

You need:

• 1,5 kg of chokeberry;
• 1,5 kg of juicy sour apples, such as Antonovka;
• 2,3 kg of granulated sugar;
• 1 tsp cinnamon.

Preparation:

1. Blackberries prepared in a standard way are divided into 2 halves. One half is set aside, and the other is passed through a meat grinder.

   

2. Apples are also washed, their core with seeds and peel are removed if it is too thick.
3. Divide apples into 2 equal parts: one part is also passed through a meat grinder, and the other is cut into small cubes or slices.
4. Combine fruits and berries passed through a meat grinder with sugar in one saucepan and place on fire.
5. The remaining parts of apples and chokeberries are also added there, everything is thoroughly mixed and heated to a boil.
6. Boil for 6-8 minutes and set aside to cool for several hours.
7. Then again bring to a boil, boil for about 10 minutes and hot packaged in sterile jars.

Preparations for the winter: chokeberry through a meat grinder without heat treatment

This blank can be fully considered a natural medicine – after all, it retains absolutely all the useful substances that save you from the following ailments:

• high blood pressure;
• failures in the endocrine system;
• fatigue, insomnia and headaches;
• a weakened immune system;
• colds.

For its preparation you will need:

• 500 g of chokeberry berries, already ground through a meat grinder;
• 500 d Sahara.

The manufacturing process is incredibly simple.

1. Berries are first blanched in boiling water.
2. Then grind through a meat grinder.
3. Mix with sugar and leave to completely dissolve the sugar in a warm place for 12 hours.
4. Then the resulting jam is laid out in glass jars scalded with boiling water and twisted with sterile lids.
5. Store such a workpiece exclusively in the refrigerator.

Chokeberry through a meat grinder: jam with citric acid

For this recipe you will need:

• 1 kg blackberry;
• 1200 grams of sugar;
• 2 lemons or 1 tsp. citric acid;
• 200 g of water.

Preparation:

1. Chokeberry and pitted lemon are passed through a meat grinder and combined with half the sugar prescribed by the recipe.
2. The remaining half of the sugar is dissolved in water, the syrup is brought to a boil.
3. If citric acid is used, then it is added to the syrup at the time of boiling.
4. Grated fruit and berry mass is added to the sugar syrup, boiled over low heat for about 20 minutes.
5. When hot, the jam is distributed over sterile dishes and rolled up for the winter.

A delicious recipe for jam through a meat grinder from chokeberry and orange

According to this recipe, you can cook delicious black ashberry jam with a very rich composition, which can be the pride of the hostess.

Prepare:

• 1 kg blackberry;
• 500 g of oranges;
• 300 g lemons;
• 2 kg of granulated sugar;
• 200 g of shelled walnuts;

Preparation:

1. Aronia berries, prepared in a standard way, and nuts are scrolled through a meat grinder.
2. Oranges and lemons are scalded with boiling water, cut into several pieces and all seeds are removed from the pulp.
3. Then citrus fruits are also scrolled through a meat grinder, and together with the peel.
4. Combine all the crushed components in one large container, add sugar, mix thoroughly and put on fire.
5. On a small fire, bring the mixture to a boil, cook for 7-10 minutes and lay it out in a boiling state in sterile containers.
6. Tightly twist and, turning the neck down, wrap until cool.

From this amount of ingredients, about 3,5 liters of finished jam is obtained.

Plum and chokeberry jam through a meat grinder

Using the same technology, jam is prepared from the following components:

• 1,7 kg of chokeberry berries;
• 1,3 kg plums;
• 1 large lemon;
• 2,5 kg of granulated sugar.

“Cherry” blackberry jam through a meat grinder

When adding cherry leaves to blackberry jam, there will be a feeling that the workpiece is made from natural cherries.

You need:

• 1 kg blackberry;
• 100 cherry leaves;
• 500 ml of water;
• 1 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Cherry leaves are boiled in water for about 10 minutes. The broth is filtered.
2. The chokeberry is passed through a meat grinder, sugar and a decoction of the leaves are added, boiled for about 5 minutes.
3. Set aside for a couple of hours, boil again and cook for about 20 minutes.
4. Set aside again, boil for the third time and, having spread the jam in jars, tightly twist.

Rules for storing chokeberry jam through a meat grinder

If there are no special instructions in the recipe, then blackberry jam can be stored in a cool place without light. But if possible, it is better to use the cellar.

Conclusion

Chokeberry through a meat grinder may well replace cherry jam and other berry jams. And its unique healing properties will help to cope with many ailments.