Raspberry jam

Raspberry jam is considered one of the most popular types of sweet roll in the CIS countries. This is explained by the widespread cultivation of berries that are so pleasant to the taste and valuable in vitamin content.

In addition to the fact that such goodies play the role of a dessert that is safe for the body during the winter breakdown and the absence of useful trace elements, it is also an excellent assistant for some diseases. It’s not for nothing that the grandmothers recommend that people drink hot tea with raspberry jam at the first sign of a cold.

Rich composition

Some hostesses fear that such blanks will have a negative impact on their figure. But one hundred grams of raspberry has only about 50 kcal, which ranks it among the group of low-calorie foods. If you are not zealous with the addition of sugar or other components abundant in glucose, then you can reduce the risks of getting better almost to zero. To do this, simply create a culinary masterpiece at home on their own. Then the cook will know for sure that the composition is natural without adding stabilizers that are dangerous to health and other additives that prolong the shelf life.

Many people like the characteristic aroma of cooked delicacy. This is due to the high content of phytoncides in it. Due to them, the dessert receives the very qualities of antibiotics, which allows it to successfully cope with attacks of microbes in case of colds.

In addition, raspberry jam is rich in antioxidants. They guarantee the acceleration of metabolism, which will appeal to all losing weight and supporting a healthy diet policy. But among the people it is better known as an adjuvant in acute respiratory viral infections, which has a beneficial effect on the stabilization of the general condition of the patient, lowering his body temperature.

But not everyone knows that traditional recipes involving heat treatment, almost completely destroy the beneficial properties of the berries. Because of this, their effectiveness is significantly reduced. But if you use the method without cooking, then most of the natural helpers will continue until consumed. It only remains to “refuel” and enjoy the improvement in well-being.

This method is called “cold cooking”. It provides for rubbing berries together with sugar or honey to taste, followed by freezing. This is the simplest recipe, but modern hostesses have long come up with a lot of its more practical and original counterparts.

The high content of ellagic acid in fresh berries deserves special attention. Due to this, the body gets a reliable support for the prevention of the formation of cancer cells. The same acid becomes a neutralizer of carcinogens, which are produced as a result of frying various foods.

There is a huge stock of microelements that contain:

• copper;
• iron;
• zinc;
• manganese;
• selenium;
• sodium;
• calcium;
• magnesium;
• phosphorus.

If we add to this the presence of B vitamins, vitamin C (the same ascorbic acid, which is prescribed in shock doses for influenza and acute respiratory infections), PP, A, E, then we get an irreplaceable assistant for balancing the diet in the cold season. Also, the treat is rich in acids like folic and pantothenic. A special place is occupied by salicylic acid, which helps to lower the temperature during flu fever.

An additional advantage is the ability to thin the blood, which is great for people who are at risk of blood clots in the circulatory system. Regular consumption of cold boiling jam can significantly reduce the risk of stroke and work ahead of the curve with increased blood clotting.

Benefit and harm

Despite the stereotype that raspberry is a very useful addition to the table for the winter, it has a significant contraindication. This is a high percentage of allergenicity. Due to the nature of the composition, it often turns into a source of problems for allergy sufferers. This is especially true of children suffering from various types of food allergies.

In addition to this item, there is another relatively negative side. If the dessert provides for traditional cooking with boiling for many hours, then you should say goodbye to the use of the product. Instead, it simply turns into a delicious sweetness without vitamin value. This concerns cases when you want to get a really thick jam without the addition of a thickener. But even without substantial benefit, this dish still remains one of the most beloved ones.

If you do not cook the ingredients, and grind them through a sieve, or using a blender, you can count on a number of positive effects:

• the removal of toxins that will appeal to people who have recently suffered serious illnesses and have undergone a long drug therapy course;
• reduction of anemia – problems with blood formation;
• reduction of pain in the next attack of sciatica;
• relief in the acute stage of atherosclerosis.

Usually, people are accustomed to eating thick jam while holding a cup of unsweetened tea. But if a person has the first manifestations of seasonal diseases with a runny nose, fever and sore throat, it will be more effective to pour a few spoons of jam with boiling water. Moreover, the resulting solution should be drunk as hot as possible, since the longer the mixture remains brewed in warm water, the more benefit it leaves.

Not everyone knows that, apart from an anti-cold action, such a delicious treatment is still anesthetic. Calming the fighting throat, the patient will receive at least a slight respite, and will have time to fall asleep before the end of the anesthetic effect.

Doctors say that with colds and related ailments, it is extremely important to drink a lot so that toxins are eliminated naturally through sweat and urine. Raspberry has diuretic properties, which accelerates the removal of viruses, bacteria and products from vital activity destroyed by the action of medicines. It even helps to cope with:

• fungus;
• Staphylococcus aureus;
• yeast type spores.

Do not overlook this product for women who want to improve their complexion. Eating ground sugar dessert throughout the winter season, you will not lose the elasticity of the skin.

No less important is the role of copper, which is part of the whole berry. With its help, the nervous system functions without fail. Those who are constantly faced with stressful situations, and also recently suffered a nervous breakdown, better get a “cold version” of dessert in the fridge.

If the patient suffers from interruptions in the work of the gastrointestinal tract, then here too the seedless jam will come to the rescue. This will contribute to the high content of the fibrous component. At its expense, the absorption of harmful cholesterol gradually stops. A positive side effect of this activity is stabilization of the cardiovascular system.

A jar of almost magical means is useful to people suffering from frequent joint pain. A cherry on the cake will be confirmed by many fans pokutit effect of reducing the effects of hangover. There is nothing better in the morning after drinking, than a portion of jam with a high content of fruit acids.

Unusual species

Modern crop selection has advanced far ahead, offering consumers new varieties of the long-known berries. Sweet dishes from the black weekly trees became the latest fashion. But connoisseurs of originality do not bypass its yellow counterpart, which some of the inexperience may simply consider unripe.

Outwardly, a black fellow is very similar to a blackberry. American scientists in the course of numerous studies have concluded that the dark counterpart is much more useful than the more familiar red. Its main advantage is the ability to prevent the development of cancer.

Thanks for this should be a concentrated number of antioxidants. If you make a delicacy from such a vitamin store, then you can provide the body with no free radicals negatively affecting it. So it turns out to exclude cellular damage.

No less useful against the background of “colleagues” is the yellow version. This is an ideal solution for those who are allergic to traditional berries, but still want to make jam. The secret is the scanty content of anthocyanin, which allows you to use the product not only for allergy sufferers, but also for young children, pregnant. The latent advantage is the loading dose of folic acid, which guarantees the normalization of blood formation. Gynecologists recommend that future parents lean on it during the planning of offspring.

The easiest recipe

Five minutes is the easiest recipe for lack of water. In addition, heat treatment in a special way makes so that the berries remain intact.

The action algorithm is simple:

1. First you need to prepare two main ingredients. There is no exact measure for granulated sugar and berries, since an equal amount of them is taken – how many raspberries, so much sweetener.
2. Rinse the berries need only cold running water, after which the net product reclines in a colander. This will allow the flow of unwanted fluid.
3. Next, add sugar to the desired amount. The resulting billet should stand alone for about six hours.
4. After transferring the mixture to a large saucepan, the semi-finished product is sent to the fire.
5. First you need to warm the mass on a slow fire until the sugar crystals completely dissolve.
6. Only after complete dissolution can the flame be turned up more by boiling about five minutes until ready (hence the name of the recipe).
7. All the time you need to gently stir the mixture, so as not to produce individual caramelized huge clots.

Upon completion of the preparatory procedures, the resulting mass is laid out in pre-sterilized jars.

Inexperienced hostesses believe that it would be better if all the time to cook the billet over low heat, they say, so less vitamins leave. But due to excessive vigilance, you can lose a pleasant red color, because the contents of the saucepan quickly darkens.

It is necessary to periodically remove the flowing foam. Otherwise, after only a few weeks, all the work will go down the drain – the blank will sour.

Another useful advice is the obligation to close the cans only with lacquered lids that have undergone a sterilization procedure. If you ignore the culinary trick, in the winter you can get from the basement is not an excellent red treat, but an incomprehensible purple mass.

If you want to keep the natural flavor, reminiscent of summer, then each tab should include no more than two kilograms of the workpiece. Better more often, but tastier.

“Raw recipe”

No less simple is the mechanism for preparing a vitamin bomb in a cold way. Only here it will take about one and a half pounds of sugar per kilogram of raspberries. Correct its quantity should be “on the spot”, focusing on the acid gifts of the garden.

Unlike the classic way to wash berries is strictly prohibited. Far more important is to sort them out to remove bugs, leaves and other garden trash. The next step is falling asleep sugar. Here you need to take note of a simple rule: the longer the useful “antioxidant pouch” is stored, the more sweet powder you need to pour.

Further it will be necessary only to grind a semi-finished product with the help of a tolkushka. It will be better if it turns out to be wooden. The main secret of uniformity is the period of grinding. The more it is, the higher the chances that the finished dish will not stratify. But from the use of a blender and food processor should be abandoned.

The resulting culinary pride is laid out on sterilized jars, leaving about two centimeters to the neck. Sugar is poured into the remaining space to the top. It quickly turns into a monolithic crust, which will become a natural cork and “gate” that protects from damage.

The final stage is the closure of capron caps and wrapping with parchment paper. Keep the medicine must be strictly in the refrigerator.

The recipe in the multivariate

Modern household appliances greatly simplifies the life of housewives. She even got to the winter seams. Jam is no exception.

The ingredients are all the same kilos of sugar and kilos of raspberries. First, the berries are sorted out to search for rotten ones, then they are washed and stored in a bowl of a multicooker. In order not to lose raspberries during washing, it is better to clean it, put it in a colander. Capacity set in a wide basin, filled with water. So the berries will remain whole, well washed. After waiting for excess liquid to drain, you can shift them into the multicooker bowl.

Only after that the sweetener is poured, and everything is thoroughly mixed. It only remains to click on the extinguishing mode, waiting for about an hour. The resulting hot mass is laid out in jars, which are sterilized in any way possible.

It is worth remembering that if you hurry and do not let the raspberries drain after rinsing, the jam will turn out to be liquid, no matter how much sugar or honey they put there.

If in the process of sorting it turned out that the worms were undermined by the harvest, then you can get rid of them by soaking the spoiled goods in saline solution. It provides 2 liters of plain water and a couple of teaspoons of salt. Ten minutes later, the solution is drained, and the raspberries are washed again.

You can use “greetings from the summer” as just having a cup of tea, and using it to create bagels, covered pies, and cream for cakes. A variant of the use of such a useful jam set – up to the basis of jelly. The limiter is the author’s imagination.