Cranberry jam

Cranberry jam holds a special place in the culinary industry. Delicate, refined dessert, causing a truly heavenly delight. Making jam is not difficult, and cranberries are an affordable berry that you can get hold of without damaging your wallet.

Cranberry jam with citrus juice

In the collection of blanks of caring housewives there is a jar, or even two cranberry jam with citrus juice. The addition of lemon and orange not only helps the jelly form a dessert and balance its taste, but also makes it a source of vitamin C, which the human body needs so much during the season of colds. The recipe is simple and does not require much time.

To make this delicious jam you will need:

• 500 g of fresh cranberries;
• ½ piece lemon
• 1 pcs. orange;
• 150 d Sahara.

The recipe involves the following steps:

1. Wash cranberries and citrus fruits very carefully using cool water.
2. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon and an orange.
3. Fill a small container with cranberries, add sugar and grated lemon peel. Mix everything well.
4. Add juice from lemon and orange, you can add a little water.
5. Grind the contents of the container with a blender and, sending it to a slow fire, boil for 20 minutes.
6. Put the finished treat in jars and cover with clean lids.

It is advisable not to store cranberry jam made according to this recipe for a long time, but to serve it immediately with tea, enriching the body with a complex of vitamins, minerals and other useful substances. When planning to send cranberry jam to the cellar or refrigerator for long-term preservation, you need to change the proportions in the recipe when preparing the workpiece, including 300–400 g of sugar and cooking for 40 minutes.

Cranberry jam in a slow cooker

With the help of a slow cooker, you can create an original cranberry jam with a pleasant viscous texture and an unusual aroma. The main arguments for choosing this recipe and cooking method are: minimum time spent and saving the maximum amount of useful elements in the product.

Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 kg of cranberries;
• 0,5 kg of orange;
• 1,5 kg of sugar.

The subtleties of making berry jam:

1. Wash cranberries and oranges using running water. Grind the berries, and cut the oranges together with the zest, removing the seeds.
2. Mix the prepared ingredients and, adding sugar, leave to infuse.
3. Transfer the resulting mixture to the multicooker bowl and, setting the “Extinguishing” mode, boil for 30 minutes.
4. After the time has elapsed, distribute the finished cranberry jam into jars and seal them tightly using lids of the appropriate size. After cooling, the workpiece is removed to a place where it is dry and cool.

Cranberry jam, made according to this recipe, can be used as an independent dessert, or used as a filling for various homemade pastries.

cranberry jam recipe with apples

If a sweet table is planned for the holiday, then cranberry jam with apples will come in handy. It will be appreciated by all the sweethearts invited to the celebration. To create this wonderful dessert, it is better to take soft varieties of apples, such as Slavyanka, Bely Naliv, Grushovka and others, which have a high content of pectin, a natural thickener that provides the workpiece with a characteristic structure.

The recipe calls for the following ingredients:

• 4 art. cranberries;
• 6 pcs. apples;
• 2 PC. lemon;
• 1,2 kg of sugar;
• 1 tbsp. water.

Cooking technique:

1. Remove the peel from the washed apples and remove the seed pods. Then cut into small cubes. Sort the cranberries, put in a sieve, rinse, dry.
2. Send the prepared components to a large container and, adding sugar, mix well.
3. Put on the stove and, turning on a strong fire, keep the fruit and berry mixture until it boils, stirring systematically and removing the foam that will form during the boiling of the jam. After boiling, cook for 15 minutes.
4. Remove the zest from the lemons using a fine grater, and squeeze the juice into a separate bowl. Add the resulting ingredients to boiling cranberry jam and cook until the contents begin to thicken.
5. Remove from stove and leave to cool. Then fill the prepared clean jars with ready-made jam and, having covered with lids, sterilize for 10 minutes.
6. Roll up and put in a cool dry place.

To save for the winter, a hot billet must be folded into a sterilized jar to the very brim, since the minimum amount of air in the container is a guarantee of long-term storage of the product. Store the product at a temperature of 0 to 25 degrees and a relative humidity of no more than 75 percent. Sterilized jam can be stored for up to 24 months.

Raw cranberry jam

This jam will delight you with its density, exquisite taste, unique aroma and simple preparation, since you do not need to stand at the stove, skim off the foam, keep track of the time and clog the lids. In addition, the recipe without cooking allows you to get the most out of winter preparations, since the fresh taste and aroma of cranberries is preserved. The main disadvantage of this sweetness is the short shelf life.

According to the recipe, you need to prepare a set of the following components:

• 2 tbsp. cranberry fruits;
• 1 pcs. orange;
• 1 tbsp. Sahara.

Sequencing:

1. Take whole frozen cranberries, which are thawed and washed before cooking. Remove the zest from an orange using a grater, and also squeeze the juice with pulp from half of the citrus fruit.
2. Put the cranberries in a blender and chop, including the device with impulses. Then add sugar, orange zest and juice. And once again crush the fruit and berry mass.
3. It is not recommended to store such a product for more than 7 days, so cranberry jam made according to this recipe should be consumed within a week.

This original sweet will perfectly complement ice cream, yoghurts, cheese curds, and is also an interesting find for making all kinds of confectionery.

Cranberry Confiture

On a cold winter evening, when you need an extra portion of positivity, nothing will cheer you up like a jar of cranberry confiture, which will please you with its fruit and berry taste and a peculiar light aroma. And also this delicacy can be added to puff cakes as a layer and to various rolls, using it as a filling.

A set of ingredients in accordance with the recipe:

• Xnumx C cranberries;
• 1 orange;
• 80 grams of sugar;
• 80 ml water.

To make cranberry confiture, you need:

1. Sort the cranberries, wash and dry, then put in a prepared container and add sugar and water.
2. Using a fine grater, get the zest of an orange and squeeze the juice from half of it. Add the resulting components to a container with cranberries.
3. Mix all the ingredients well and send to the stove, turning on a strong fire. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then reduce the gas and hold for another 60 minutes.
4. After the time has elapsed, remove from the stove. When the mass has cooled, grind it to a puree state using a blender.
5. The dessert is ready, and you can start drinking tea.

Confiture made according to this recipe is ideal for making delicious sandwiches. This product is also good because it spreads easily and does not spread.

Conclusion

Cranberry jam, rich in vitamins, will please the whole family for tea drinking. Another jar of such a treat can be safely used as a gift to friends who will appreciate all the taste of this original sweet and ask to share the cooking recipe.