Blackcurrant: jelly for the winter without cooking

An excellent way to prepare for the winter is blackcurrant jelly without cooking, the pieces of which melt in your mouth. Jams, jams, compotes are prepared from the most popular garden berry. To preserve all the richness of taste, amazing aroma and undoubted benefits, it is worth preparing it in a cold way, without boiling. Special ingredients and skills are not required. It turns out a very thick, sweet and sour delicacy with a unique currant aroma. A few spoonfuls of currant sweets for homemade cakes with tea will cheer you up and remind you of a hot summer.

Useful properties of raw blackcurrant jelly

A product made without cooking retains all vitamins, including ascorbic acid, which is destroyed during heat treatment. In Our Country, they were well aware of the beneficial properties of currants and were actively used fresh, in cooking and for treatment. Recent studies by British scientists on the benefits of blackcurrant have confirmed the age-old wisdom of the people.

Jelly contains vitamins C, B, K, provitamin A, nicotinic, malic and citric acids, pectins, glucose and fructose, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium and phosphorus.

With regular use, it has a beneficial effect on the human body:

• being a strong antioxidant, prevents the destruction of cellular structures;
• tannins normalize the work of the digestive tract;
• folic acid is a natural antidepressant, improves tone;
• significantly stimulates the immune system, is a means of preventing acute respiratory infections and influenza, helps to endure the disease more easily and recover faster;
• normalizes metabolism, promotes the removal of toxins, toxins, salts of heavy metals and radionuclides from the body;
• helps strengthen the walls of blood vessels, reduces the risk of developing myocardial infarction and the formation of blood clots;
• increases the level of hemoglobin, cleanses the blood of harmful substances, including cholesterol;
• prevents the development of cancer cells, inflammation of any kind;
• is an excellent diaphoretic, relieves fever and strengthens the body.

Blackcurrant jelly recipes without cooking for the winter

Before proceeding with cooking, the collected or purchased blackcurrants must be sorted out. Remove leaves, twigs, other rubbish. Moldy, dried, diseased berries must be thrown away, as well as unripe ones. If the recipe involves straining the mass through a sieve, the tails of the berries can be left. Otherwise, the green stalks must be removed.

Rinse jars thoroughly without soap. If the jars are dirty or have been in the shed for a long time, you can take soda. Sterilize in the oven or steam. Metal lids must be boiled. Dry the jars and lids so that there is no water left.

Raw blackcurrant jelly by blender

The jelly according to this recipe is so thick that it can be eaten like marmalade. Children especially like it.

Necessary ingredients:

• currants – 1,7 kg;
• sugar – 2,5 kg.

Method of preparation:

1. Put the prepared berries in a deep metal or glass dish and thoroughly beat with an immersion blender. It is necessary to ensure that there are no whole berries left.
2. Pour in sugar and beat with a blender until the sugar dissolves. No fire cooking required.
3. If grains remain, then the mass should be left for 1-4 hours, stirring occasionally, at a temperature of 18-20^о.
4. Pour blackcurrant jelly into jars, seal tightly.

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Citrus blackcurrant jelly without cooking

An amazing dessert with citrus notes is obtained by combining currants with orange and lemon.

Necessary ingredients:

• oranges and lemons – 2 kg;
• blackcurrant – 1 kg;
• granulated sugar – 3,6 kg.

 Method of preparation:

1. Peel citrus fruits. You can take exactly those fruits whose taste you like, the proportions can also be arbitrary, you can take more oranges.
2. Pass the fruit through a juicer or squeeze the juice carefully by hand.
3. Mash blackcurrant in any way, and wipe through a fine sieve. Or use a juicer.
4. Combine the berry-fruit mass with sugar – it should be 1,5-2 times more than berry puree. Mix thoroughly until the sugar dissolves. This process usually takes 1 to 4 hours at room temperature without cooking.
5. Arrange the finished jelly in jars. For better preservation, it is recommended to pour a centimeter layer of sugar on top. Seal tightly with lids.

It can be served as an independent dessert. It goes well with any homemade cakes, pancakes, pancakes. A toast with a spoonful of such jelly with morning tea or coffee will give strength and vigor, as well as a good mood.

Blackcurrant and raspberry jelly without cooking

A simple recipe allows you to make a stunningly delicious raspberry-currant jelly with the aroma and refreshing sweet-sour taste of both berries.

 Necessary ingredients:

• blackcurrant – 2,5 kg;
• ripe raspberries – 1,3 kg;
• granulated sugar – 2,8 kg.

 Method of preparation:

1. Mash the berries well with a crush or chop in any convenient way: a blender, a meat grinder, a juicer.
2. Pass through a fine sieve to remove the seeds and skin. When using a juicer, this item is not required.
3. Pour sugar into juice with pulp and mix thoroughly.
4. It is necessary to achieve complete dissolution of sugar, cooking is not required. To do this, stir the mass regularly at a temperature of 18-20^о.
5. Pour into banks. From above, you can pour a 1 cm layer of sugar to prevent fermentation processes. Seal with lids.

Well suited for any pastries and for spreading cakes. And in case of a cold, currant-raspberry jelly without cooking will be an excellent medicine for children and adults.

Calories in raw blackcurrant jelly

Blackcurrant is a low-calorie berry. It has no more than 44-46 kcal. The sugar added during the manufacture of jelly significantly increases the calorie content of the final product. It contains 398 kcal, therefore, it is very simple to calculate the final energy value of raw jelly. With a ratio of berries to the amount of sugar of 1: 1,5, the calorie content will be 643 kcal.

Terms and conditions of storage

Due to the high content of jelly-forming substances in black currant, the finished product is well stored in a cool place without sunlight. It can be a closet on a cool veranda, a basement, a closed place away from heating appliances. Shelf life:

1. At a temperature of 15 to 20^о – 6 months.
2. At a temperature of 4 to 10^о – 12 months.

Store open jars only under the lid in the refrigerator for no more than 14 days.

Conclusion

Blackcurrant jelly without cooking is especially necessary in winter, during the period of exacerbation of colds and with spring beriberi. Its preparation requires a minimum of products that are available and easy to process. By combining blackcurrants with other berries and fruits, you can get a raw jelly with an amazing palette of flavors. It is perfect for a festive table and as a daily remedy for stress. Blackcurrant jelly perfectly replaces purchased sweets and marmalades, and benefits the body.