How to cook jam from leaves, rose hips

Rosehip jam has a rich chemical composition. Useful substances in the dessert are completely preserved. Harvesting for the winter is most often done according to the classic recipe, you can add citrus fruits or apples. If there is no fresh raw material, dry berries of the culture are also suitable for cooking. Jam can be served as a dessert or used for medicinal purposes. This is especially true during seasonal viral infections.

The benefits of rosehip jam

The rich chemical composition of wild rose has found application in traditional and folk medicine.

After heat treatment, the berries lose part of their vitamin composition, but micro and macro elements are completely preserved.

The culture belongs to multivitamin plants. After heat treatment, the following useful substances are preserved in rosehip jam:

1. Vitamin C. Its concentration is much higher than in lemon or black currant. Vitamin C is a necessary element for strengthening the immune system, hematopoiesis.
2. A and E have antioxidant properties. These components improve the condition of the skin, restore the structure of hair and nails, normalize blood circulation, and improve vision.
3. Phylloquinone is a rare substance in plant products. Vitamin K promotes the absorption of calcium, which is necessary for bone tissue.
4. After processing, the concentration of vitamins B1, B2, PP becomes less than in fresh fruits. But this is enough to make up for the deficiency in the body in winter.

In addition to vitamins, jam contains other elements:

1. Hardware. The macronutrient increases the level of hemoglobin, which is responsible for transporting oxygen to all organs. Iron is involved in the production of pancreatic hormones. Without it, B vitamins are poorly absorbed.
2. Potassium, magnesium, calcium. These elements are necessary to strengthen the cardiovascular system.
3. Sodium. This substance improves the functioning of the digestive tract and the genitourinary system.
4. Phosphorus. Strengthens tooth enamel, bone structure, normalizes kidney function.

Rosehip grows throughout Our Country, there are no problems with the collection of its fruits

Selection and preparation of ingredients

For dessert, any variety is suitable. You can use wild or cultivated fruits. The shape of the berries does not matter. Jam from white (multi-flowered) wild rose, which is often used in ornamental gardening, will turn out to be more saturated in color due to the burgundy color of the fruit. But harvesting raw materials is more difficult. Tall, climbing shrub completely covered with long thorns and small fruits.

It is better to give preference to medium-sized varieties with large berries. In this regard, the sea round wild rose or a young wild forest species is ideal.

A few tips for choosing and harvesting raw materials:

1. All varieties ripen approximately in September-October. For dessert, take firm, slightly unripe fruits. Collection begins in mid-summer. Soft berries will lose their shape during processing.
2. If the dessert is prepared from rosehip leaves, they are harvested at the beginning of summer, when the texture is soft and juicy.
3. Bushes located in a poor ecological zone are not suitable for harvesting raw materials.
4. The fruits are harvested together with the receptacle and stalk.

Preparing berries for processing into jam is simple, but the work is painstaking and lengthy:

1. From the fruit, the pedicel is manually separated along with hard fragments.
2. The receptacle is cut off with a knife.

   

3. Divide the fruits into two parts.
4. From each, seeds are removed along with fleecy fibers.
   
   

   You can use the sharp tip of a knife or a teaspoon, remove the core with the end of its handle

Small villi can cause irritation on the skin, it is better to protect your hands with rubber gloves. Then the berries are washed under the tap, especially the places where the seeds were.

How to cook rosehip jam

There are enough dessert recipes to choose the right one. You can cook rosehip jam using additional ingredients or in the classic way. The technology of some recipes does not provide for the removal of seeds. You can make jam from dried berries or leaves of the plant. The finished product is poured into sterilized jars and closed with heat-treated lids.

Classic recipe

For dessert, you need a minimum set of ingredients:

• rosehip – 1 kg;
• sugar – 1 kg;
• water – 0,7 l.

Technology of preparation:

1. The berries are placed in a cooking container.
2. Fill with water, put on the stove.
3. After the start of boiling, it is kept for 5-7 minutes.
4. The berries are taken out with a slotted spoon, put in a separate bowl.
5. Sugar is poured into the water where the workpiece was cooked.
6. They make syrup and put fruits in it.
7. Boil for 15 minutes, turn off the heat, leave the mass to cool completely. This will take 5-6 hours.
8. The boiling procedure is repeated twice.

Hot jam is laid out in jars and sealed.

To make jam with syrup, water is added during cooking

Dried rosehip jam recipe

Dry fruits of the plant are used to make drinks or infusions. You can make jam from them if you like.

Recipe:

1. The fruits are washed, poured with cold water and left for a day.
2. During this time, the pulp will be saturated with liquid, and the berry will become elastic.
3. It will be problematic to remove seeds from such fruits, therefore, the stalk and the black dry area in the upper part are removed.
4. Put the workpiece in the cooking container, fill it with water so that it is 1 cm above the level of the fruit.
5. Boil over low heat for 20 minutes.
6. The berry is taken out, its quantity is measured. Sugar is taken in the same dosage.
7. It is poured into the water in which the fruits were boiled, syrup is made.
8. Berries are poured into the hot liquid and removed from the fire (do not boil).
9. After 12 hours, boil for 15 minutes, set aside for another 12 hours. The procedure is repeated three times.

Hot jam is packed in jars

To make the mass homogeneous, the berries, after being cleaned from seeds, can be crushed with a meat grinder.

Recipe for 5-minute rosehip jam

If there is no time to prepare winter preparations, you can use the five-minute jam recipe. Required Ingredients:

• processed wild rose – 2 cans of 0,5 l;
• sugar – 1 kg;
• water – 100 ml.

How to make jam:

1. Pour sugar into a saucepan, add water. Syrup is prepared over low heat.
2. Put the workpiece in it, let it boil, cook for another 5 minutes. Turn off the stove.
3. Leave the jam for 2 hours. The boiling process is repeated twice.

The product is poured into containers, closed, insulated for a day.

According to this recipe, parts of the fruit remain intact, and a short heat treatment does not destroy the beneficial elements in the dessert.

Sea hip jam recipe

The main accumulation of sea rose hips is observed in Primorye, as well as on the Black and Azov coasts. This is the best type of crop for processing. The bushes are low, there are practically no thorns, and the berries are round and very large.

To make round rosehip jam, you will need the following components:

• berries – 1,5 kg;
• sugar – 1,5 kg;
• water – 200 ml.

If the fruits are very large, they can be crushed with a meat grinder. The mass is combined with syrup and boiled for 15 minutes, set aside for 3 hours. Boil again for at least 20 minutes.

Technology for making dessert with slices:

1. They boil syrup.
2. Pour processed fruits.
3. The preparation is infused for about 12 hours.
4. The liquid is drained, boiled and returned to the berries.
5. Let stand another 6 hours. Boil until the pieces are transparent.
6. Roll into banks.

Jam from wild rose berries with seeds

For this recipe, white rose hips with small bones are suitable.

Components:

• sugar – 800 g;
• water – 150 ml;
• fruits – 800 g.

Recipe:

1. The receptacle and stalk are removed from the wild rose. Berries are cut into two parts. The seeds are not touched.
2. Syrup is brewed. Berries are added to it, boiled for 5-7 minutes.
3. Leave until the next day.
4. Re-boil, insist.

On the third day, after a five-minute boil, it is poured into jars.

Berries, canned with seeds, retain all the nutrients

Rosehip jam recipe

The leaves contain nutrients, so they are also used to make dessert. Required components:

• leaves – 1 kg;
• sugar – 600 g;
• water – 80 ml;
• citric acid – 5 g;
• raspberries – 300 g.

Technology:

1. The leaves are washed and poured with boiling water.
2. Raspberries are interrupted with a blender.
3. Boil a thick syrup, add raspberries to it, boil for 10 minutes.
4. Leaves are poured with a mass, mixed, insisted for 4–6 hours.
5. Put the container with the workpiece on the stove. After boiling, stand for 10 minutes.
6. Pour into jars and seal with lids.

Raspberries give color to the product, and syrup thickens

Rosehip jam recipe in a slow cooker

The recipe for a slow cooker does not take much time to cook. Required Ingredients:

• sugar – 500 g;
• lemon – ½ pc.;
• fruits – 700 g.

Sequence of preparation:

1. Berries together with sugar are placed in a bowl.
2. Set the device to the “Extinguishing” mode (1,5 hours).
3. Lemon juice is added to the mass 10 minutes before the end of the program.

They are laid out in banks and rolled up.

In the finished dessert, the pieces remain intact, and the syrup is thick

Rosehip jam with orange

Citruses give sweet desserts a nice touch of freshness. Required components:

• processed fruits – 1,4 kg;
• Orange – 2;
• sugar – 1 kg;
• water – 200 ml.

Recipe algorithm:

1. The orange is cut into pieces, the pits are removed, crushed together with the zest until smooth.
2. Syrup is made from sugar and water.
3. Berries and citrus are added to the liquid.
4. At the minimum mode (the mass should barely boil), stand for 30 minutes. For the density of the product, the time can be increased.

Jam is sealed in jars and insulated until completely cooled.

Orange gives a yellowish color and a pleasant aroma to the finished dessert.

How to make rosehip jam with cranberries

To diversify the winter table, use unusual recipes. For cooking you need:

• rosehip – 2 kg;
• cranberries – 1 kg;
• sugar – 2,5 kg;
• water – 0,7 l.

Preparation:

1. Cranberries are used only ripe. It is washed, ground with a blender until smooth.
2. The wild rose blank is placed in a container, filled with water. Blanch 7 min.
3. Syrup is being prepared.
4. Rosehip is mixed with cranberries, put on the stove and boiled for 15 minutes.
5. Syrup is introduced into the mass, the jam is kept on fire until the desired density.

Dessert is rolled into glass jars.

The jam turns dark burgundy, with a slight sour taste.

How to make Rosehip Lemon Jam

Citrus gives the dessert a pleasant aroma. Required components:

• lemon – 1 pcs .;
• sugar – 1 kg;
• rosehip – 1 kg;
• water – 300 ml.

Technology of preparation:

1. Processed berries are poured over with boiling water.
2. Grind with a meat grinder.
3. Sprinkle the mass with sugar.
4. Cook for 15-25 minutes until desired thickness.
5. Add lemon juice.

Packed in banks and rolled up.

Lemon is used as a preservative, so the jam is boiled once.

Rosehip jam recipe with apples for the winter

An interesting taste is obtained by adding apples to dessert. You will need the following ingredients:

• rosehip – 2 kg;
• sugar – 1 kg;
• apples – 1 kg.

How to make jam:

1. Apples are peeled from the core, peel and seeds. Cut into thin slices.
2. Pour the workpiece with sugar, leave for 6 hours.
3. Put a container with apples on the fire, boil for 7 minutes. Insist 4-5 hours.
4. Re-send the apple billet to the boil. Rose hips are added, kept on fire for 15 minutes. Allow the mass to cool.
5. Dessert is cooked for 10–15 minutes, rolled up in containers.

The jam turns out light orange, with whole pieces of apples

Terms and conditions of storage

The workpiece is placed in the basement or storage room. The main requirements for the storage place are low humidity and temperature not higher than +10 0C. After removing the metal lid, the dessert is sent to the refrigerator. The shelf life of the product is 1,5–2 years, in the refrigerator – 2,5 months.

Conclusion

Rosehip jam is a delicious dessert with medicinal properties. The technology of preparation does not require special material costs. The complexity of the process lies in the collection and processing of raw materials. Jam is stored for a long time in the basement. It is valued for its high content of useful and medicinal elements.