Gooseberries are rich in vitamins and minerals necessary for the human body. To get enough nutrients in winter, they make jam from berries and orange. You can prepare a fresh dessert, or boil it to increase the shelf life and storage.
Gooseberry variety selection and pre-preparation of ingredients
Before using gooseberries and oranges for making jam, you must consider the characteristics of each product. Berries must be dense and resilient. Thanks to this, a “viscous” dessert consistency is obtained. Choose gooseberry fruits that have not reached final maturity.
Did you know? Gooseberry and orange jam, prepared without heat treatment, helps in eliminating vitamin deficiency, strengthens weakened immunity.
Some housewives prefer to cook jam without heat treatment. This helps to preserve all the beneficial substances. For such recipes, it is recommended to use fully ripened berries. You can use soft fruits - in the process of preparation, all ingredients are crushed in a blender or meat grinder.
Choose fruits on the surface of which there are no signs of disease. There should be no dark spots on the peel, sunburn and cracks. Due to minor damage, the flesh loses its taste and aroma, so the dessert will turn out to be tasteless.
Gooseberry fruits are:
- reds;
- white
- light green or dark green;
- yellow;
- black ones.
Some recipes involve the use of green varieties, while others use red varieties. The richer the shade of berries, the more “noble” the jam is.
Did you know? The most useful is the green gooseberry. The regular use of desserts from such berries protects the body from the effects of radiation.
Oranges are used in different varieties. For the preparation of jam, fruits are used along with the peel. Only the bones that give the mixture a bitter taste are removed.
Preliminary preparation of the ingredients consists of the following steps:
- Wash products under running warm water.
- From the gooseberry, the stem and tail are removed.
- Oranges cleanse seeds and white partitions.
Best cooking recipes
In cooking, there are a large number of recipes that involve the use of gooseberries. All of them differ among themselves in the method of preparation and composition of the ingredients. Each housewife independently chooses the cooking option that is suitable in a particular situation.
With orange, lemon through a meat grinder without cooking
4 cans of 0.5 l5 hours
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Preliminary preparation of products is carried out.
- Berries and fruits are chopped alternately in a meat grinder or blender.
- The mixture is poured into a large container, and covered with sugar.
- Cover the container with a cloth and leave for 5 hours at room temperature.
- The fruit and berry mixture is mixed periodically to dissolve the sugar.
- Poured into banks. Close nylon or tin lids.
Important! Cans and lids must be sterilized before use. Thanks to this, the products will be stored longer.
Red gooseberry with orange
4 cans of 0.5 l4 hours
red gooseberries
2 kg
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Rinse the fruits, remove the seeds.
- Grind peeled oranges and gooseberries.
- Add vanillin and sugar to the mixture.
- Pour boiled water at a temperature of 90 ° C.
- After cooling the water, boil the jam for 3 minutes.
- Add the grated orange zest.
- Stir all the ingredients.
- Pour into sterile jars.
The container is closed with tin lids, which are sterilized in boiling water or in the oven. The exposure time is a quarter of an hour.
Raw (no boiling) with orange
4 cans of 0.5 l5 hours
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Peel the orange.
Grind the washed gooseberries with a meat grinder.
Pass oranges through a meat grinder, and mix all the ingredients.
Add sugar. Thoroughly mix the jam with a wooden spatula.
Leave on for 4-5 hours to allow sugar to dissolve.
Pour the jam into sterilized jars, and close the capron lid.
Peel the orange.
Grind the washed gooseberries with a meat grinder.
Pass oranges through a meat grinder, and mix all the ingredients.
Add sugar. Thoroughly mix the jam with a wooden spatula.
Leave on for 4-5 hours to allow sugar to dissolve.
Pour the jam into sterilized jars, and close the capron lid.Keep cooked jam in a cool and dark room. You can leave it in the refrigerator or basement. The shelf life of such a product is 4-6 weeks.
Video recipe
Important! If you want to add a little bitterness to the dessert, add a small amount of crushed orange peel to the mixture. You can use the amount of zest to your liking.
Royal Jam
4 cans of 0.5 l5 hours
gooseberry fruits
1-1.2 kg
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Grind all the ingredients in a meat grinder.
- Sprinkle the mixture with sugar.
- Put on the stove, the fire is medium.
- When the pulp reaches a boil, reduce the temperature.
- Remove foam during cooking.
- Jam is boiled for 10 minutes to preserve vitamins.
- Set aside for 5 hours.
- When the specified time is up, put the cooking container in a small fire again.
- Bring to a boil by removing the foam.
- Pour into jars.
Close the dessert with tin lids. You need to cool royal jam in an inverted form for 10-12 hours. For several hours, you need to wrap the cans with a blanket (blanket) so that the temperature drops gradually.
Video recipe
Terms and conditions of storage of blanks
Keep blanks in a cool and dark place. The best option is a cellar or a refrigerator. If you prepared dessert without cooking, then the expiration date is 3-4 months. The heat-treated preform is stored for 2-3 years.
Important! You can sterilize the cans in the oven or microwave oven. The temperature is set within 100°C, and the sterilization time depends on the volume of the container.
Banks are put in a permanent storage place when they are completely cooled. In open form, the products are stored for no more than 10 days, after which the taste of the dessert is lost.
There is nothing complicated in making gooseberry jam. You just need to prepare quality ingredients and follow all the recommendations for creating an exquisite treat.
