Experienced housewives are well aware of the beneficial properties of such berries as lingonberries. Especially it helps with the occurrence of colds. And, to extend the period of its use, the ideal option would be cooked lingonberry jam, which will also serve as an excellent dessert in the cold winter. Consider the most popular recipes for preparing this lingonberry dish in the next article.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
To prepare a delicious jam, it is recommended to choose ripe berries and fruits and without damage or signs of rot. It is advisable to prepare all the ingredients and kitchen utensils according to the selected recipes in advance. This will help to cook your favorite dessert faster and more efficiently without extra effort and energy.
Important! With prolonged storage, the color of lingonberry jam from saturated bright becomes dark. But this fact does not affect the taste of the product.
Lingonberry jam recipes
Below are some recipes for cranberry jam with apples, lemon, apples and cinnamon.
With apples in their own juice
4 half liter cans 60 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g of product:
- To sort out berries from garbage and to wash.
- To fill with water.
- Bring to a boil over low heat and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Cut apples into slices, cut the middle. Add to cranberries.
- Stir and cook for 5 minutes.
- Pour sugar, mix.
- Bring to a boil over high heat.
- Reduce heat and cook for 30 minutes.
- Remove the foam.
- Arrange in sterile jars, roll up.
With lemon
50-60 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g of product:
- Rinse berries thoroughly under running water.
- Soak lingonberries in hot water for 2-3 minutes to remove the bitterness.
- Prepare syrup from sugar and water by boiling it for several minutes until sugar dissolves.
- Wash the lemon and cut into circles.
- Pour the berries into the syrup.
- Bring to a boil, constantly removing foam.
- Add lemon to the mixture.
- Cook for another 20–25 minutes.
- Pour into sterile jars and roll up.
Important! In order to keep the jam longer, it is recommended to dry the washed lingonberries.
With apple and cinnamon
4–5 liter cans 2 days
Nutritional value per 100 g of product:
- To sort and wash berries.
- Wash apples, peel, cut the core, cut into slices.
- Transfer lingonberries and apples in layers, pouring them with sugar into a saucepan.
- Cover and leave for a day to let juice.
- Put the pan on a small fire, bring to a boil and remove from heat.
- Leave to cool for 12 hours.
- Again put the cook on a small fire, adding cinnamon and cloves.
- Cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
- Arrange in sterilized jars, roll up.
- Banks turn upside down, cover with a blanket, leave to cool.
Did you know? Lingonberry bushes can live up to 300 years.
Features of storage at home
Lingonberry jam is recommended to be stored in a dry, dark room at a temperature from 0 to + 20 ° C. There are many recipes for making lingonberry jam with the addition of various fruits and spices that will satisfy the taste of even inveterate skeptics. And for those who monitor their health, a sweet dish will be a storehouse of a large number of vitamins and minerals, so necessary for the human body.
