Jam from gooseberry: from classics to incredible mixes!

In our country gooseberry is very popular. Grow it is quite simple and at the same time every year it pleases the summer residents with a rich harvest. Thrifty mistresses freeze a delicious berries for the winter and invariably preserve it in various ways. Jam, jelly, pastille, marmalade. ...and, of course, jam from gooseberry. The last treat at first glance may seem very simple and ordinary. But it is worth adding some additional component to it, as the jam begins to acquire new flavors, and its aroma becomes unique. Let's find out what recipes jam from gooseberry are.

Recipes

In fact, the recipes of jam from gooseberry there is a huge amount and today it is not just sugar and berry. This dessert allows you to use all your imagination and culinary skills. Mistresses add oranges and lemons to it, enrich the taste with aromatic cherry leaves and even nuts. In addition, the preparation of jam jam does not need to spend a lot of time - it can be cooked in 5 minutes!

Classic version of

First we will find out how to cook the most common jam from gooseberry without any additives.

Products:

• gooseberries - 900-1000 g;
• sugar - 900-1000 g.

How to cook?

1. We sort the fruits, separate the peduncles, wash them in large quantities of water and discard them in a colander, so that excess water is gone.
2. Prepared berries pour into a saucepan, add half a glass of water and on a large fire bring to a boil.
   
   
   
   

   Tip! If you want the berries in the jam to remain intact, then it is first necessary to puncture each fruit in several places with a toothpick!

3. When the mass boils add sugar, mix everything and cook for half an hour.
4. Turn off the fire and leave the mass for 2-3 hours. Once again, bring the mixture to a boil and cook for about 30 minutes.
   

   Note! Readiness of berries is checked with a spoon - we extract one fruit from the total mass and try to break it with a spoon. If the pulp lends itself, the jam is ready!

5. We pour the jam over the sterilized jars and seal them tightly.

Five-minute

But it's not necessary to cook this dainty for so long. If pre-soak berries, the cooking process can be reduced to a minimum. The next recipe for jam from gooseberries is called - five-minute.

Products:

• gooseberries - 850 g;
• sugar - 0,9-1,1 kg.

How to cook?

1. We sort out the fruits, cut the tails, add them to a large bowl, pour two glasses of water and leave for 9-10 hours.
   

   Recommendation! Prepare better in the evening and leave the gooseberry for infusion at night, and in the morning for 5 minutes to prepare a jam!

2. After the specified time, the infusion is mixed with sugar and at the maximum gas supply is brought to a boil.
   
3. In the boiling syrup we shift the gooseberries and, reducing the fire to the average mark, cook the dessert no more than 5 minutes.

In the multivariate

Can I make jam from gooseberries in a multivariate? Of course! Let's find out how.

Prepare ingredients:

• gooseberries - 650 g;
• sugar - 450 g.

Important! In this recipe, you must strictly observe the proportions of the products, as if exceeding them, jam may be boiled out of the multivarka during the cooking process!

How to cook?

1. We sort out the berries, remove the pedicels, leaflets, rinse and drain excess liquid.
2. Transfer the gooseberries into the bowl of the multivarquet, add sugar and leave for 30-40 minutes.
3. After the specified time, we switch the multivarker into the "Quenching" mode, the timer for 30 minutes and, without closing the lid, bring the mass to a boil.
4. After 12-15 minutes, the sugar will melt and the mixture will boil. The lid is not closed and we continue to cook the contents until the timer signal.
5. Take the bowl of jam from the multivark and cool it at room temperature.
6. Boil the gooseberries twice more, boiling each time about 5 minutes.
   

   Note! This dessert can be cooked in one set, increasing the cooking time, but, as evidenced by the responses of the housewives, triple cooking makes the jam incredibly aromatic, and its taste is thick and rich!

7. The finished product is poured over clean cans and sealed.

With cherry leaves

Jam made from gooseberries with cherry leaves is a very fragrant dessert, which is sure to please all your household members.

Products:

• gooseberries - 850 g;
• sugar - 850 g;
• water - 450-500 ml;
• cherry leaves - 20 pieces.

How to cook?

1. We sort out the berries, discard spoiled, remove leaves and tails, carefully rinse.
2. Each fruit is pierced in several places with a thick needle, add the necessary amount of water and leave for 9-10 hours.
3. After this time, the liquid is poured into a saucepan, sprinkle sugar and cherry leaves, set the container on the stove and bring the contents to the boil with the maximum flow of gas.
4. We leave the prepared syrup at room temperature until it is completely cool, and filter.
5. Bring the syrup back to the boil, add the berries and as soon as the bubbles begin to appear on the surface, mix everything, wait for the boil and immediately turn off the gas supply.
6. Drain the syrup, boil it again, put the berries in it and cook for about 30 minutes.
7. The prepared jam is poured over clean sterile jars and closes tightly.

With oranges

Jam made from gooseberries and oranges has a pleasant sweet taste with a subtle scent of citrus. Prepare it for sure and enjoy the result.

Prepare ingredients:

• gooseberries - 900 g;
• sugar - 1,2-1,3 kg;
• orange - 2 pcs.

The cooking process.

1. Berries are washed and we remove the tails.
2. Citrus also my good, cut into 4 parts, remove all the bones.
3. Put the prepared ingredients in the bowl of the blender and grind it, you can use the meat grinder.
4. The resulting mass is poured into a saucepan, add sugar and stir until the last ingredient is completely dissolved.
5. The capacity is set on the plate and with an average gas supply, constantly stirring with a wooden spatula, bring the contents to a boil, then cook for 10 minutes.
6. Cover the pan with a lid and leave for 4-5 hours.
7. After the specified time we return the mixture to the fire, again bring it to the boil and boil for about 10 minutes.
8. The prepared jam is poured over sterile containers and clogged for future use.

Note! In exactly the same way, you can make jam from gooseberries with lemon! At the same time, the quantity of ingredients is preserved: 900 g of berries, 1.2 kg of sugar and 2 lemons!

King's jam

It's impossible to bypass the famous royal jam from gooseberry. It will take some time and effort to prepare the main ingredient, but the result will be worth it. So, we proceed.

Ingredients:

• gooseberries - 900 g;
• sugar - 1,3 kg;
• water - 400 ml;
• vanillin is a pinch.

Note! For this jam it is necessary to choose a green variety of gooseberry or take unripe fruit!

How to cook?

1. Berries are washed in a lot of water, we remove the tails and leaves. We cut each fruit and extract the seeds.
   

   Tip! If you could not find a large variety of gooseberry, then this process can take quite a lot of time. And in this case, you can simply put the berries in a small amount of water on the stove or in the oven, then pass through a sieve!

2. We prepare syrup from water and sugar.
3. Grind the berries in a blender.
4. We connect the boiling syrup, vanillin and berry mass, mix and immediately remove from the plate.
5. After the contents of the pan have completely cooled down, return everything to the fire and bring it back to a boil and allow it to cool.
6. Repeat the procedure for the third time and pour the emerald jam from the gooseberry jars.

With nuts

Jam made from gooseberries with walnuts is another amazing treat that has an amazing taste.

Products:

• gooseberries - 950 g;
• sugar - 950 g;
• walnut - 100-110 g;
• badon - a pair of asterisks;
• water - 450-500 ml.

The cooking process.

1. We sort out the berries, mine and cut each into two halves.
2. We remove walnuts from the shell and chop the kernels with a knife.
3. In the container, pour in the specified amount of water, add sugar, tubby, halves of gooseberry and mix.
   
   
   
4. With an average gas supply, bring the contents of the pan to a boil, lower the gas to the minimum mark and, constantly stirring with a wooden spatula, prepare the jam for 15 minutes.
5. We leave the dessert with the lid closed for 8-9 hours.
6. Return the saucepan to the stove, add the nuts and cook the contents for 20 minutes.

Some housewives are practicing a slightly different way of cooking this dish. It is more laborious, but the result is very unusual. At the first stage of processing, the berries are cut in the upper part with a sharp knife, the seeds are removed and each quarter of the walnut is put into each fruit. Cook the jam in two stages, as written above, but prevent it at the same time as carefully as possible so that the kernels do not fall out of the gooseberry.

As you can see, from gooseberry you can cook a huge number of desserts, which will include completely unexpected products. Cook with pleasure, create new author's dishes and surprise them with your loved ones. Bon Appetit!