Blueberries - a berry that grows both in personal plots and in the wild in nature.
True, this is characteristic of central Russia. Blueberries are very useful for many ailments, in addition, they have a peculiar taste that will appeal to both small and adult.
This bluish berry is used for medicinal purposes, in the manufacture of medicines. Many housewives from blueberries prepare jelly, stewed fruit, liqueurs, pies ...
Blueberry jam for winter is of particular value. It is at this time of year that our body is weakened and requires more vitamins.
In a bunch of blueberries. A, C, B, flavonoids, manganese, calcium, magnesium ... Blueberry jam is especially useful for those who are visually impaired, suffer from diseases of the stomach and intestines, diabetes.
In addition, blueberry jam can simply be enjoyed with a bun and tea.
The basic principles of preparing blueberry jam for the winter
The less cook blueberry jam for the winter, the more beneficial properties it will retain.
Pour blueberry jam only into sterilized jars so that mold does not start.
Rinse and dry the whole berry, select only good fruits, from those that are crushed or eaten by insects, good jam will not work.
The less sugar you add to blueberry jam, the tastier it is.
You can make blueberry jam for the winter not only in a pan on the stove, but also in a bread machine, slow cooker.
Blueberries must give juice, only after that it is ready to make jam out of it.
If you are trying to consume less sugar, replace it with fructose when making blueberry jam.
Recipe 1. From blueberry jam for all to see
Blueberry jam according to this recipe is prepared quite easily, does not require large amounts of sugar, and contains a minimum of ingredients.
Ingredients:
1 kg blueberries
half kg of sugar
Cooking:
Rinse the blueberries well, preferably change the water several times.
Garbage and rotten berries will float to the surface, they must be removed.
Dry the blueberries, then pour them into the pan, add sugar there and leave in this form for a couple of hours. Stir constantly.
The berry should give juice, only after that the pan can be put on fire.
On a not very high fire, cook for half an hour, remove the foam.
Sterilize jars, pour hot jam on them, cover with lids and put them in a tub with boiling water, leave there for ten minutes.
Roll up and wrap banks, when the jam cools down, you can lower it into the cellar.
Recipe 2. Miracle jam: blueberries and orange
The recipe for blueberry jam is very simple, in addition to adding the berry itself, we also use citrus fruits for a fresh taste. You can make this jam from the zest of orange, or you can add the fruit itself.
Ingredients:
1 kg blueberries
1 lemon
1 kg of sugar
a couple of oranges
Cooking:
Thoroughly wash the cooked fruits and berries, get rid of the spoiled ones. We dry blueberries on a paper towel, the fruits can be simply wiped.
In a meat grinder, grind orange, blueberries, lemon. It is advisable to do this together with the zest of citrus fruits.
Add sugar to the resulting puree. Mix well.
Pour a little water into a deep pan, spread our fruit and blueberry sugar mix there. Mix.
Banks are preferable to use one and a half or parsley. We sterilize them on a steam bath for about 20 minutes. We also prepare lids for spinning.
The jam should boil well on a not very high fire, then cook for another 20 minutes, stir occasionally.
We spread the jam in the jars hot, then roll up, turn upside down and wrap in heat.
When the jam has cooled, you can lower it into the cellar.
Recipe 3. Jam from blueberries and wild strawberries
Blueberry jam for the winter can be prepared with strawberries. Then the taste will become softer, the aroma more pleasant, and the benefits will be doubled. Only proportions should be strictly observed so as not to turn blueberry into strawberry jam.
Ingredients:
half kg of strawberries
2 kg of sugar
half a liter of water
1 kg blueberries
Cooking:
We sort through the berries of blueberries and strawberries very well. For jam we need only ripe fruits.
Rinse the berries thoroughly, dry them on a paper towel.
Pour water into a deep pan, add sugar there and boil. Stir at regular intervals. We should get syrup.
When the syrup boils, we add blueberries and wild strawberries to it, periodically stir jam. Cook for 10 minutes on a very low heat.
We sterilize liter jars. First, we’ll wash them well, and then send them to the oven for 15 minutes.
We pour hot jam into the banks, roll them up, wrap them in a blanket.
When the jam has cooled, you can lower it into the cellar.
Recipe 4. Blueberry Jam with Pectin
Pectin and blueberries - body orderlies
For the winter, blueberry jam is often prepared with the addition of pectin - a very viscous substance that helps to become thicker and makes the body healthier.
Ingredients:
1 kg blueberries
a glass of icing sugar
a pinch of lemons
stack of pectin
half kg of sugar
Cooking:
Cooking berries. We wash and dry only the good and ripe berries. It is advisable to change the water two or three times.
Pour the prepared blueberries into a deep saucepan, pour a small amount of water and put on low heat for 10 minutes.
In another bowl, mix the pectin with powdered sugar, pour the resulting powder into blueberries, cook for another 10 minutes, constantly monitor the foam, remove it if necessary.
Pour sugar into small saucepan in small pieces. Stir until it is completely dissolved, only then add a lemon. Cook for 10 minutes.
Cooking jars. We wash and dry them, after which we gently pour jars of boiling water over, we also do the lids.
Now you can pour blueberry jam into jars. We roll them up and set them in the heat until the jam cools down.
Now we can lower our jam into the cellar.
Recipe 5. Blueberry jam for the winter according to the grandmother's recipe
This recipe is considered the simplest and cheapest, despite the fact that sugar is used in it even more than blueberries. This winter blueberry jam is perfect for those who care about their health.
Ingredients:
1 kg blueberries
one and a half kg of sugar
half a liter of water
Cooking:
We carefully sort the collected blueberries, immediately get rid of the rotten berries, garbage, stalks and leaves.
Wash and dry blueberries on a paper towel.
Pour water into a low but wide pan, pour sugar into it and put on a slow fire. Sugar must dissolve all.
Only after that we spread blueberries in equal portions in syrup, and each time you need to gently stir the contents of the pan.
When all the blueberries are in syrup, you need to boil it for about seven minutes.
After that, turn off the fire and leave the jam to infuse for 12 hours.
When the jam is brewed, cook it from another half hour to the density that you need.
We pour hot jam into carefully sterilized jars, roll them up and wrap them in a blanket.
When the jam is completely cool, put the cans in the cellar.
Recipe 6. Blueberry jam: instead of sugar, fructose
This recipe is perfect for those people who have diabetes. Instead of sugar, fructose is used in blueberry jam. Because of this, the jam will turn out lighter. By the way, it is not recommended to store such blueberry jam for a long time, so use it first of all from your stocks.
Ingredients:
1 kg blueberries
a couple of glasses of water
three glasses of fructose
Cooking:
We well wash the blueberries, remove any debris, stalks, seeds and rotten berries.
Pour water into the pan and add fructose there. To make the syrup thicker, you can also add a little bit of soda and gelatin. We leave everything to boil, the syrup will be ready when all fructose is dissolved.
Add blueberries to the syrup and leave to boil, stirring constantly. After the contents of the pan boil, cook for another 10 minutes.
When the jam cools down, put it in half-liter jars, after sterilizing them first. Close the capron lids.
Blueberry jam can be lowered into the cellar.
Recipe 6. Blueberry-banana mix: in the winter with vitamins
This winter blueberry jam will be appreciated by lovers of bananas and berries. Jam is perfect for festive tea drinking, it can be added to compote or jelly. Banana gives jam fullness, and blueberries give a sea of vitamins.
Ingredients:
1 banana
half a lemon
a glass of blueberries
glass of sugar
Cooking:
We wash and dry the berry on a paper towel.
Grind blueberries and banana to a puree state with a blender.
We spread the resulting mashed potatoes in a pan, add the juice from half a lemon and sugar. Mix.
We bring the jam to a boil over a not very high fire, after which we cook another five minutes.
While the jam is hot, pour it into banks that have sterilized in advance. Close the lids.
When the jam cools down, we lower the jam in a cold and dark place.
Secrets and tricks of making blueberry jam for the winter
To get rid of the bones, use regular toothpicks.
Open jam is recommended to be stored in the refrigerator for a month.
To keep the jam in the cellar longer, roll up the cans with metal lids.
Leave a gap between the lid and the jam itself in a couple of centimeters.
It is better to pour the jam while it is hot.
When the blueberry jam is hot, it is liquidy. But cooling, it becomes thicker.
To make the jam thicker, add soda and gelatin to it, but in a small amount.
