Red gooseberry jam for the winter - 7 simple and delicious recipes

Appetizing and delicate gooseberry jam can become a real decoration of the table. This mouth-watering dessert goes well with baked goods or regular tea. Gooseberry jam is never too sugary and always tastes slightly sour, which makes this delicacy even more appetizing. We have collected for you 7 simple and delicious recipes for making red gooseberry jam for the winter with a photo step by step.

Royal (emerald) red gooseberry jam

Cooking time - 2 days

Servings - 1-1.5 liters

Gooseberry jam is called royal because of the presence of walnuts in it. Nuts will not be in all berries, but only in some of them; therefore, tea drinking with such jam can become very unusual and interesting. Children may especially like this kind of entertainment.

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  Before you prepare delicious royal gooseberry jam, you need to prepare all the ingredients for it. Measure out the sugar and weigh the berries, and don't forget the nuts.
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  Next, you have to work hard: you need to wash the berries well without damaging them, and then cut off the tips of each berry on both sides. You can do this with small scissors.
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  After the long and laborious process is over, use a toothpick or a needle to remove all the seeds from each berry, transferring them to a separate container. This process will take a significant amount of time, so it is easier to prepare such a jam with the whole family.
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  Peeled walnuts should be chopped to the size of the berries, not too small or too large.
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  After all the berries are peeled and the nuts are crushed, you need to fill the voids in the gooseberry with nuts. Start with as many berries as there are enough nuts.
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  Transfer the pulp you removed from the gooseberry to a convenient saucepan and add half a glass of water to the container. Turn on the heat and boil the mixture, then rub it thoroughly through a sieve.
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  Pour all the sugar into the resulting mixture to cook the syrup. Cook it, stirring regularly, until it is slightly thick. Dip the berries in the syrup and bring the jam to a boil. Then turn off the heat.
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  The jam should be left to cool under gauze for half a day. After that, you need to bring the jam to a boil again and cool again for eight hours.
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  After bringing the jam to a boil for the third time, boil it for five minutes. After that, you need to immediately distribute the jam into sterile jars and hermetically seal with lids.

Red gooseberry jam with orange through a meat grinder

The taste of gooseberry jam is perfectly set off by citrus fruits. Orange jam is just a great treat that is super easy to make. Light sourness and orange aroma will give you real pleasure and a lot of pleasure.

Ingredients:

• Ripe gooseberries - 1 kg.
• Granulated sugar - 1 kg.
• Orange - 1 pc.
• Cinnamon - 1/3 tsp

Cooking process:

1. Start by gathering ripe red gooseberries from your garden that are already swollen and soft.It must be thoroughly rinsed in running water and cut off all the tails of the berries.
2. Set the gooseberries aside and tackle the orange. Take one that's thin-skinned and juicy. Rinse it thoroughly in hot water and start making the jam.
3. Put the berries together with the chaotically chopped orange into a meat grinder and turn the food at least once so that the mass is completely homogeneous. You may need to repeat the process a couple of times to get the jam as smooth as possible.
4. Place the gooseberry-orange mixture in a saucepan or enamel bowl, add granulated sugar and bring the mixture to a boil. Then turn off the heat and cover the container with cheesecloth, leave it to cool.
5. After half a day, bring the gooseberry jam to a boil again and cook until thick, not forgetting to add ground cinnamon. Stir the jam regularly and remove the froth from the surface. While the jam is cooking, prepare suitable jars.
6. Rinse jars for rolling gooseberry-orange jam in hot water with soda, and then sterilize the jars over steam or using the oven. Sterilize the curling caps in boiling water too.
7. Gently place the finished hot jam in the jars, then immediately screw them with hot sterile lids and turn the jars upside down. Wrap the jam jars with a blanket or towels and leave to cool.

Five-minute red gooseberry for the winter

Five-minute jam is an ideal solution for those chefs who do not have enough time or patience for long-term preparation of blanks. In fact, even the hastily cooked gooseberry jam is incredibly tasty and mouth-watering.

Ingredients:

• Ripe red gooseberries - 1.5 kg.
• Granulated sugar - 1.5 kg.
• Citric acid - 1 tsp

Cooking process:

1. Collect ripe gooseberries and rinse them gently, being careful not to damage the delicate berries. Trim or tear off the tails of a clean gooseberry.
2. Next, you can mince the berries or grind them in a blender. In addition, you can leave the berries intact and not chop them.
3. Put the gooseberry fruits in an enamel saucepan, then add granulated sugar and stir. Leave the berries for a while, so that they let the juice and the sugar begin to melt.
4. Place a saucepan with gooseberries and sugar on the stove, then turn on the heat and bring the jam to a boil, stirring it vigorously. Timed literally 7-10 minutes and during this time sterilize the jars, which must be thoroughly rinsed in advance.
5. Put boiling jam in sterile jars and quickly roll up or tighten the lids. Leave the workpiece to cool completely, and then store in a cool dark place.

Thick red gooseberry jam with whole berries

It is not so easy to cook thick jam, since this process requires a significant amount of time and visual control. However, the result will exceed all your expectations, and you will not even remember how much time and effort you had to spend on preparing this wonderful delicacy.

Ingredients:

• Ripe red gooseberries - 1.5 kg.
• Granulated sugar - 1.5 kg.
• Water - 200 ml.
• Citric acid - 1 tsp

Cooking process:

1. Collect ripe, juicy gooseberries and rinse them gently, being careful not to damage the delicate berries. Try to take gooseberries that are not overripe, otherwise the berries may burst. Trim or tear off the tails of a clean gooseberry without damaging the fruit.
2. Since the berries must remain intact, you first need to prepare the syrup for them. To prepare the syrup, add sugar to a saucepan, add water and boil the mixture until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. Put the gooseberries in the syrup simmering in a saucepan and bring to a boil. After that, turn off the heat, cover the container with the jam with gauze and cool completely.
4. Place the saucepan with gooseberries and sugar on the stove when the jam has completely cooled down, and then bring the jam to a boil again, being careful not to disturb the berries. Simmer gooseberry jam over low heat until thick. About ten minutes before the end of cooking, add citric acid to the jam container.
5. Put the boiling jam in sterile jars and quickly roll up or tighten the lids. Leave the workpiece to cool completely, and then store the thick jam with whole berries in a cool dark place.

A simple and delicious recipe for red gooseberry and black currant jam

The combination of sweet and sour currants and no less spicy gooseberries is a real find. Appetizing jam with a slight sourness turns out to be really tasty and aromatic. Ready-made jam is great for baking, and not just for tea parties. Try it!

Ingredients:

• Black currant - 1.5 kg.
• Gooseberry - 1 kg.
• Granulated sugar - 2.5 kg
• Orange - 1-2 pcs.

Cooking process:

1. First, you need to prepare all the ingredients you need according to the list. You can adjust the ratio of currants and gooseberries to your liking, choosing an acceptable taste for the treat.
2. Rinse and dry both varieties of berries, then carefully remove the stalks from all fruits. Then the berries need to be crushed to a puree state.
3. To grind berries, you can use a blender, meat grinder, food processor, or even a sieve. The main thing is to achieve a smooth, uniform consistency of berries.
4. Scald the orange with boiling water, then cut it into pieces and additionally chop it along with the berries in a way convenient for you. Then add granulated sugar to the mixture of ingredients.
5. You need to wait until the sugar is completely dissolved and the berries begin to acquire a smooth consistency.
6. Put the container with jam on the stove and turn on the fire. After the gooseberry and currant jam begins to boil, mark ten minutes. During this time, you need to sterilize cleanly washed jars and seaming caps.
7. In sterile jars, quickly spread the boiling jam, and then add one tablespoon of sugar to each jar. After that, immediately close the jars with sterile lids and turn the containers upside down until they cool completely.

Red gooseberry jam with cherry leaves

The leaves of aromatic plants added to the jam give the finished product an amazing aroma and are themselves an appetizing delicacy. If you don't believe that cherry-leaf jam will taste better than usual, just try to make it at least once.

Ingredients:

• Red gooseberry - 2 kg.
• Sugar - 2 kg.
• Water - 2 tbsp.
• Cherry leaves - 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Measure out the right amount of berries, water, sugar and cherry leaves. Take gooseberries unripe, still strong. Rinse the berries well and remove each fruit from the stalks.
2. Make a syrup with water and sugar by combining the ingredients in a large saucepan and bringing to a boil. Put washed cherry leaves in syrup and boil.
3. While the cherry leaves "bathe" in the syrup, pierce each gooseberry berry with a needle or a toothpick to make juicy jam from the berries on an appetizing syrup.
4. Place the gooseberries in a saucepan with boiling syrup and leaves and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook the jam until cooked for about an hour, stirring regularly and skimming.
5. Sterilize jars for seaming in the oven or over steam, and then spread the boiling jam in them and roll up with sterile lids. Turn the jars over, then wrap them in towels or a blanket until they cool completely.
6. Put the jars with ready-made gooseberry jam and cherry leaves in the cellar, closet or closet for long-term storage up to two years. Serve with tea or use for a variety of sweet pastries.

Step-by-step recipe for red gooseberry jam with orange and lemon

Almost any jam gets an amazing light taste when citrus fruits are added to it. Orange and lemon peel are very suitable for making delicate, aromatic, summer jam from ripe red gooseberries.

Ingredients:

• Ripe red gooseberries - 1 kg.
• Granulated sugar - 1 kg.
• Orange - 1 pc.
• Lemon zest - with ½ lemon

Cooking process:

1. Take the ripe gooseberry for jam with orange and lemon, as it is sweeter than the unripe one. Lemon and orange will add enough acid to the flavor anyway.
2. Rinse the berries carefully, and then remove the stalks (tails). Scald the orange with boiling water and peel, then remove the seeds from the orange, and chop the pulp with the zest in a blender or meat grinder.
3. Then send the gooseberry berries to a blender or any other chopping device and turn them into a homogeneous mass. Grate the zest from half a lemon on a fine grater and add to the berries. Then add the orange mince there.
4. Put the berry-citrus mass in a saucepan or enamel bowl, add all the granulated sugar and bring the mixture to a boil. Turn off the fire after boiling the jam and leave it to cool, covering it with a gauze cloth.
5. After half a day, bring the gooseberry and lemon jam with orange to a boil again and cook until thick. Stir the jam while cooking and remove the froth from it.
6. Put thick boiling jam in sterile jars, then seal the jars tightly and leave them to cool completely (about a day) under a "fur coat" of a blanket. Put the cooled jars into the cellar, pantry or cabinet for storage.