Cloudberry jam

Bright yellow berries, similar in appearance to raspberries and blackberries, have a pronounced tart-sweet taste that is difficult to confuse with any other fruits. Cloudberries are so tasty and healthy that they are happy to enjoy them all year round – fresh berries in the season (and it starts from mid-summer and ends in August), and in autumn and winter – jam, jam, freezing or dried cloudberries. The plant usually grows in swampy forests, peat bogs in the northern regions, and does not like a hot arid climate, so its fruits are very highly valued, especially due to their vitamin-rich composition.

Preparing cloudberries for the winter can begin immediately while picking berries. For jam, ripe fruit is picked without damage, not sour and not overripe. Be sure to pay attention to the rich amber color and characteristic aroma.

A huge number of recipes for cloudberry jams and jams allow any housewife to choose a classic taste with a minimum of ingredients or give preference to unusual options with a more complex composition, for example, with the addition of citrus fruits or nuts. It is not at all necessary to spend several days at the same time standing at the stove – there are wonderful five-minute recipes for making cloudberry jam. Which one to choose?

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Mistresses who choose simple and quick ways to make jam not only save time, but also get as a result more nutrients in the finished product. So, for cloudberry jam take: 1 kg of sugar, 1 kg of berries and a half cup of water. Cloudberries are sorted and washed, carefully selecting the fruits for future jam. To water from the berries of the glass, they are left on a colander.

Sugar syrup is cooked in a saucepan over low heat, for which a mixture of sugar and water is brought to a boil and cooked for 5-7 minutes. The finished syrup has a uniform dense structure, sugar granules dissolved in it.

Dried berries are poured into a container and poured syrup. The mixture is cooked over low heat until boiling, and then stewed under the lid 5 minutes, while you need to periodically remove the foam from the jam. The boiled berries with syrup cool down, then they are returned to the stove and boil for another 5 minutes. After the mixture has cooled again, you can rub the berries through a sieve or cheesecloth, if you want to enjoy the healthy sweetness without pits. The berry mass is added to the syrup, heated and boiled for 5 minutes, poured into sterile jars and sealed with tight lids. Tara is turned upside down, in this form the jam is set to cool. Store the finished product in a dark cool place.

A similar simple recipe for jam without water involves only sugar and berries in the composition, usually in a 1: 1 ratio, but you must first taste the berries – if they are very sweet, you will need a little less sugar. For example, 1 kg of sugar and 1 kg of cloudberries are poured into a basin and left overnight. In the morning, the mixture is stirred and sent to the stove – it is brought to a boil for about 15-20 minutes, after which it is boiled for another 10 minutes. The finished dish is rolled into sterile jars, cooled by turning them upside down, and stored in a cellar, pantry or refrigerator.

An unusual version of jam with lemon and white wine is no more difficult to prepare. In essence, wine replaces the water commonly used in the recipe. For 1 kg of berries, take 5,5 glasses of sugar, the juice of half a lemon and 2 glasses of white wine. Solid fruits are taken for cooking, washed, peeled, poured with juice in a large bowl and refrigerated for 24 hours. Syrup is brewed from white wine and 3,5 cups of sugar until a uniform transparent state is obtained, after which cloudberries are added to the mixture. Boil the berries until they are soft. Then cloudberries are laid out in banks, the remaining sugar is added to the syrup and boiled until it thickens. Pour berries in jars with boiling syrup and tightly cover them with lids.

Chemical composition and benefits of cloudberry jam

Sweets are often detrimental to the figure, and cloudberry jam is no exception: in 100 g of the product, the number of calories is 228,4. Protein content – 0,2 g, fat – 0 g, carbohydrates – 63,6 g per 100 g of jam.

Due to the presence of these substances cloudberry jam is very much appreciated, and its use in the daily diet helps the human body to function normally. Cloudberries also contain organic acids, pectins and tannins, which have a positive effect on the nervous, endocrine and cardiovascular systems. Berry helps to improve blood circulation and enhance tissue regeneration, has fixing properties. Prevention of cancer and premature aging is also among the positive results of the use of jam.

The use of jam in cooking and traditional medicine

Sweet aromatic jam is especially delicious combined with tea or coffee, with ice cream and souffle. Drinks are prepared from it, and in baking they are used as an impregnation for shortcakes and a filling for pies.

Amazing berries and jam from them not only diversify the diet, but also contribute to the treatment of some health problems. Traditional medicine recommends it to fight tumors in cancer. The diuretic properties of jam are used to treat pathologies of the genitourinary system. As a healing and disinfectant, jam can be diluted with water and used as a mouthwash for gum disease. Jam in small quantities is effective in combating diarrhea. With colds and viral diseases, jam helps to reduce fever and symptoms of a cold, expectorate mucus when coughing, and with high blood pressure, it normalizes.

After poisoning, it will be useful to drink a drink of warm water and a tablespoon of jam – it improves overall well-being and helps to quickly remove toxins from the body, increase appetite and reduce fatigue. Using jam from these rare berries, after a while, you can notice an improvement in vision.

With caution to cloudberry jam should be treated people with obesity, diabetes and disorders in the pancreas. Gastritis, ulcers and increased acidity of the stomach may be aggravated due to the high acid content of the berries.

To some extent, exotic jam from a rare northern berry is an infrequent guest on the tables, so you can please and surprise your household with it. Fragrant pastries, sauces and ingredients for desserts will only benefit from adding cloudberry jam to them – this applies to both taste and benefits of products. If you add nuts, wine, lemon or honey during the cooking process, you can end up with an absolutely unusual, author’s taste of the product. In the cold season, cloudberry jam perfectly diversifies the diet and adds a pronounced berry flavor to autumn and winter tea parties, saves you from decreased efficiency, beriberi and seasonal depression. An original and heartily decorated jar of jam can be a great gift for a relative or close friend.