This summer, is not typical for the south of Ukraine, indulges us rain and cool weather.This means we are waiting for the harvest of strawberries.It is already on the market are sold very cheaply.Is not it a reason to cook delicious strawberry jam?
begin with the preparation of dishes and lids.We need the jars with screw metal caps.These are now sold in any large supermarket.And of course, a small amount - 250-300 ml after strawberries - not a product to be close-liter jar.Strawberry jam or marmalade - delicious product, hence, the packaging must be appropriate.
Prepare 10 pieces of 250-gram jars of strawberry jam in multivarka.For this we need 1.5 kg of strawberries (I advise you to take the choice, beautiful berries, even if they are more expensive).In winter, all the same, our homemade jams will be very economical in comparison to stores jams.The soft, spoiled, unripe berries are cast aside, they can interfere with the normal storage of the product.
Next we will need 1.5 kg of sugar, half a cup of lemon juice and 1 sachet of pectin (30 g).And, of course, multivarka.
Strawberry jam in multivarka cook very convenient, do not have to stand over a basin with berries, stir constantly and make sure that the product is not burnt.With multivarka we are spared from such problems.The only thing that is not quite enough, is the lack of evaporation during cooking.Because of this jam from strawberries in multivarka turns thinner than we are accustomed.That is the problem we will eliminate using pectin.
pectin - a natural natural thickener, which is made from apples.It is sold in large stores and supermarkets in the departments of groceries along with spices and other similar products.If no pectin powder, can replace natural gelatin in a small amount.
So, if you are stocked with everything you need, begin to prepare our jam from strawberries in multivarka.
my strawberries with running water and remove the tails.We spread it on a sieve, letting it drain and dry out a bit.
all berries, except for the small, cut into pieces.Pours the strawberries and sugar in a bowl and gently stir Multivarki plastic or wooden spatula.
reserve berries with sugar to stand for 2 hours, during which time they start up the juice and you can start cooking jam.
While strawberries insists prosterilizuem jars, after washing them with baking soda under running water.
For sterilization, take a capacious pan, place it on the bottom of the grid or stand that jars do not touch the bottom of the pan.Pour into a pan of water and drowned in her jars to be sterilized with the caps.
Bring water to a boil, reduce the heat and boil the jars for 4-5 minutes.Turn off the heat and leave the jars in the water before use.
After 2 hours, you can put the bowl in Multivarki unit, close the lid and turn the program "Quenching" for half an hour.Open and stir the jam is not necessary.Although, if you are tormented by curiosity, what is going on there under the hood, you can easily open and look - jam it does not hurt.
pectin powder dissolve in ½ cup cold water, pour in a small ladle and bring to a boil.
5 minutes before the end of the program, open multivarku and pour in a jam pectin and lemon juice.Stir and cook for another 5 minutes - before completing the program.
Reach jars from your sterilizer, give them a little spoon and drain Apply a jam in each jar.Do not be fooled if the jam will seem watery; it will thicken as it cools down.Napkin wipe the outside of the neck of each jar and screw the lid tightly.
Turn jam jars upside down and cover them with a towel for a slow cooling.Leave them in this position until cool.And then send it to storage in the pantry.At moderate temperatures, they can be stored for a year or more.But I think a year to keep them you do not have, because the strawberry jam - the most delicious delicacy!
Bon appetit!
