How to make blackcurrant jam

Summer gives us a lot of vitamins. Almost all berries and fruits are necessary for the body to function properly. So it turns out that we need to stock up on their useful vitamins precisely in the warm season, when everything is our own and natural, brought from the dacha or bought from a familiar neighbor. Those fruits that are delivered to us in winter from hot countries, of course, carry some vitamins, but most of them die when frozen.
Precisely because we need vitamins all year round, humanity has come up with such a wonderful thing as conservation. We will tell you how easy and effortlessly to stock up on such a useful berry as blackcurrant for the winter. In this recipe, we will share tips on how to make delicious blackcurrant jam.

Blackcurrant is known primarily for its immunity-strengthening properties. Vitamin C, which, by the way, even frozen fruits preserve, is in abundance here. It is an excellent diuretic and nervous system tonic. Black currant is also very useful for intestinal disorders. And high blood pressure can be a thing of the past if a hypertensive person introduces a blackcurrant drink into his regular diet.

How to make blackcurrant jam

Let's start by sorting out the currant. Separate all tails and discard.


Pour the berries into a colander and rinse well in running water. The fact is that in the clusters of currants all sorts of bugs are often hidden, which we absolutely do not need. In addition, even if you sorted the berries very carefully, there is still a chance that a leaf or twig remained there. In principle, this is not so scary, but it is better to remove everything that is possible.


Now we need to grind the berries. Previously, a meat grinder was used for this, or you can ceiling them in a mortar. But today there is such a convenient kitchen appliance as a blender, let's use it. Pour the currants into the blender bowl and turn it on. It takes very little time - 10 seconds. The berries are soft and lend themselves very well to the sharp knives of the device.


There is such a moment here: if you want pitted jam, then you need to separate them right now with the help of a sieve. But it’s better to leave them, because all the most useful vitamins are in the bones and they are so small that they won’t interfere.
Now add sugar to the berries and turn on the blender again for a few seconds.


Do not forget to sterilize the jars, it does not take much time if you use a double boiler.


We lay out the jam in jars, cover with lids, but do not twist them, put them in a wide pan. Pour water into it so that it half covers the jars, and leave to boil for 15 minutes.


Ready! You can close the blackcurrant jam with lids and send it to the pantry until the cold winter evenings. By the way, if you plan to eat jam in the near future, then it is not necessary to boil it at all. Just close the lid and store in the refrigerator.