In summer, an abundance of fruits and berries nelenivyh hostess gladly cook jam, compotes, jams and preserves.And among all the sweet pieces almost the greatest respect among children (and adults too) enjoying strawberry jam.It not only serves to tea or spread on bread, but also used as a filling for a wide range of pastries.
Just jam
begin with, that the initial stage of the mistresses of the workpiece is performed in different ways.Some simply fall asleep berries with sugar and immediately put the basin on fire.However, most still insist that the first strawberries should let the juice.To this end, the berries with the sugar left overnight (or longer) to stand somewhere in a secluded place in the kitchen.
Another secret: to make a thick and dense strawberry jam, it is necessary to cook it in several approaches.Berries in sugar (taken on their kilos 800 grams of sand) are put on the fire.When the weight comes to a boil, stir it and after re-boiling is removed from the board.A few hours of strawberry jam infused future and again placed on the burner.And so a few times until a drop on a saucer will not lie down hill.Ready jam through a sieve or fine strainer to remove the seeds.To a thick jam, it offers a recipe to add to it a little bit (polstolovoy tablespoons per liter) starch.But this is not necessary.If you boil it longer, and it's so wonderful compacted.
Strawberry and apple butter
favorite berries are often combined with other fruits.So they spend less and strawberry jam out not so cloying.Cooking it in this case has its own characteristics.First washed strawberries are boiled for three minutes in a small volume of water - glass on a kilo of berries.Scalded strawberries frays, bones discarded.Sliced apples similar to boiled (for 10 minutes, they are more solid) and wipe.Both mashed together in a basin.When the weight comes to a boil, stirring her brew eight minutes, and then add sugar - 800 g of the same, but on a mixture of pounds of mashed potatoes.Apple and strawberry jam being cooked about three quarters of an hour.Readiness checked in the same manner as in the first recipe.If you are ready for the winter, are put in clean jars, sterilize 20 minutes.and cork.If you are going to eat it in the foreseeable future - just cover with plastic lid and hide in the refrigerator.
Strawberry and lemon jam
For him, berries and citrus fruits are laid at the same time.Lemon (half a kilo) is removed yellow skin (white layer left), they are finely crumble and pour in strawberries (two kilograms).The pan is placed on a small fire.When will stand out juice, sugar filled in parts (a quarter of a kilogram).Cook, stirring, until thickened necessary.A small caveat: if you cook lemon strawberry jam in the winter, you can not roll it right.A couple of days it has to "breathe" in open cans.What's interesting: lemon (or citric acid) allows you to keep the berries in jam saturated color.
How to cook the jam in multivarka
Not for nothing is the name of the device - its versatility and help make preparations for the winter.Moreover, attention and effort the process takes much less.To cook the jam in multivarka, per kilogram of strawberries taken half the amount of sugar and one-third cup of water.The berries are placed in a bowl, they poured water lapped and included "quenching" an hour.Occasionally stir is harmless.The resulting mass is transferred into a blender, introduced sugar and mashed.In the same mode jam in multivarka stay another hour and a half until you are not satisfied with its density.
Strawberry donuts
This bakery welcome all mankind.It is made from dough that you can do on your favorite recipe and use of family secrets.The only wish: choose Yet oparnoe dough.From his donuts are more lush and airy.When the dough is suitable, it is again punched and separated into equal pieces.Of these, roll balls, which should be lightly pressed on top of that they have acquired flattened shape.They are displayed on floured table, covered with a clean cloth and left to rest for half an hour.During this time they will be more violence and lush.Then, in a deep pan large number of strongly heated vegetable oil.In it three minutes under the lid fried donuts with jam on one side and the same, but in an uncovered pot - with another.Finished balls are laid out on a paper towel or a wide strainer to glass excess oil.They culinary syringe injected strawberry jam.Will donuts sprinkled with powdered sugar or pour the melted chocolate and call the feast of children.If you try, they will forget about the candy store, and donuts with jam you cook regularly.
