Among sweet preparations for the winter, currant jam is popular. The product is not difficult to prepare, and the complex of vitamins contained in fresh fruits, after heat treatment, remains almost in full.
Benefits and contraindications
Jam can bring considerable benefits: the berry has a rich chemical composition, including vitamins, minerals, organic acids and other substances. With the help of currant blanks in winter, you can fight vitamin deficiency and strengthen the immune system. Currant among garden berries is considered the champion in the content of vitamin C, the main assistant in the fight against seasonal diseases.
Did you know? Before sugar, ancient peoples boiled fruits and berries in honey. Greeks loved quince, Romans — strawberries and apples, Oriental culinary — rose petals with spices.
The dessert in question contains trace elements important for the function of blood formation and the health of the cardiovascular system:
- potassium;
- copper;
- magnesium;
- manganese;
- iron.
Therefore, a winter dessert helps to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, normalize hemoglobin levels and blood pressure. Currant will serve as an excellent prevention of stroke, improve tone and normalize the rhythm of contraction of the heart muscle. Minerals accelerate metabolic processes, the transmission of nerve impulses, and regulate blood sugar levels.
Organic acids have the property of improving the digestive system. They contribute to the burning of fatty acids, converting food into energy. Due to the action of organic elements, the fermentation processes in the stomach and intestines are reduced, the acidity of the gastric juice decreases, intestinal motility improves, and toxins are removed.
The presence of antioxidants is useful for older people as a prophylactic for Alzheimer's. With the regular use of currant jam, brain function, memory functions and concentration are improved.Important! To preserve the jam better, it is poured hot and in hot cans. For this reason, containers are sterilized simultaneously with the preparation of the workpiece.
In addition, the substances have a rejuvenating effect. Vitamins and antioxidants nourish and smooth the skin, restore its firmness and elasticity, accelerate the regeneration processes.In addition to benefits, the berry can bring harm to health. Jam should be used with caution for diabetics because it contains sugar. The calorie content of fresh berries is only 44 kcal per 100 g, but with the addition of sugar it increases dramatically, so when full and prone to rapid weight gain, you need to eat the product in moderation. It is not necessary to abuse jam to pregnant women - it is advisable to find out the norm from the observing doctor.
- It is contraindicated to use dessert in such health conditions:
- increased acidity of the stomach;
- hepatitis;
- thrombophlebitis;
- exacerbation of a gastrointestinal ulcer, gastritis.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
It is worth noting that the most useful is not garden, but wild berry. It has a brighter aroma, and therefore, a large number of volatile. The berry is chosen large, dark and evenly colored. It should not be overripe, soft, otherwise it will quickly drain juice and may ferment.
Did you know? Vick Morris, a professor at the Institute for Food Research in the United Kingdom, has proven through long-term studies that pectins in jam can kill cancer cells.
Before cooking the berries you need to sort out, remove the spoiled specimens and plant debris. Then the raw materials are carefully washed and dried.
Recipes for the preparation of jam from currant for the winter
There are more than a dozen preserves: cold, with the addition of other berries, with spices, quick and long cooking, etc. The article discusses the simplest winter preparations.
Five minute
2.5 L 30 min.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- For syrup, put a pot of water on the fire. As soon as it boils, pour in sugar in small portions and stirring constantly.
- As soon as the sugar dissolves in water, pour the whole berry into the boiling syrup immediately.
- The fire on the stove should be medium, the mixture in the pan is constantly stirred so that it does not stick to the bottom.
- After the appearance of the foam, cook for 5 minutes and remove the foam.
- After time, pour the sweet mixture into banks and roll up.
Features of storage of blanks
You can store products for the winter in a pantry at room temperature, if they are prepared in accordance with all the rules and poured into sterile containers. The main condition - the room must be dry. Shelf life is 1-3 years, but if there is a lot of sugar in the workpiece, the mixture may thicken, the sugar crystallizes.
Important! Candied jam can be saved: digested by adding water and citric acid — per 1 liter of product 2 g kiwithlots and 70 ml of water (boiled).
Sweet winter desserts in winter will serve as a delicious vitamin supplement and prevent colds. The product can be a baking filling, a stand-alone dish or an ingredient for jelly, mousse and other desserts.
