Along with other fruit and berry plants, chokeberry jam, popularly called chokeberry, is also popular.
Once imported from Canada, chokeberry was grown in Russia as an ornamental tree. But the properties of its berries attracted V. Michurin, who was able to prove that the fruits contain a large amount of useful elements that make chokeberry not only a healing, but also quite nutritious product.
Since then, housewives have added chokeberry jam to the menu of winter preparations. They did not seek out special delights in the invention of recipes - the methods of cooking almost any sweet product are always the same. It's just that each housewife makes her own individual additions, which makes any recipe unique, be it jam or.
Preparatory procedures.
Whatever berries are used to make jam, they must be pre-processed. Only ripe fruits are used for harvesting. Concerning chokeberry - it is harvested in late autumn, when severe frosts begin. The low temperature deprives the berries of their unpleasant bitterness.
Chokeberry is cut from the tree with brushes - so it will be more convenient to soak them. To finally rid the berries of bitterness, they are kept in cold water for another day. During this time, the fluid should be changed twice.
After the water procedure, each berry is separated from the tails and scallops, then sorted. Spoiled mashed fruits are removed immediately. The rest are put in a colander and blanch in constantly boiling water for 10 minutes. Now the fruits of the chokeberry are ready to be used in recipes for making delicious jam.

The easiest way to make chokeberry jam is according to the recipe of our grandmothers. It is considered the most reliable for long-term storage.

• Prepared berries - 1.2 kg.
• Granulated sugar - 1.2 kg.
• Water - 0.5 l.

Jam cooking algorithm

First you need to make a syrup from water and sugar. When it thickens enough, without turning off the heat, berries are poured into the container and boiled. This should be done in 3 steps:

1. The berries are boiled in syrup for 10 minutes, then set aside and cooled for 10-12 hours.
2. Next, the syrup is boiled without berries - they should be removed for a while.
3. After 15-20 minutes, the mountain ash is returned to the syrup and boiled until fully cooked.

The jam is packed in dry preheated jars. After sealing the container with lids, leave to cool.

A variation of this recipe

If the jam is stored not in cool cellars, but, for example, in the pantry of a city apartment, the finished product should also be subjected to pasteurization. To do this, not yet sealed cans, but only covered with lids, are placed in a pan with hot water (about 70 degrees) and pasteurized for 9 to 15 minutes (depending on the volume of the can).

After pasteurization, the containers with the jam are removed, the lids are rolled up on them, and the jars are placed for natural cooling.

Chokeberry berries in syrup

Here is another recipe for chokeberry jam that housewives have been using for a long time - berries in syrup. In this case, not mountain ash is added to the syrup, but the opposite is true. Why the berries in the jam remain almost intact.

Ingredients used in the recipe:

• Rowan berries - 1 kg.
• Sugar - 1.5 kg.
• Water - 0.6 l.

The sequence of cooking jam

The sorted fruits are poured with the syrup, prepared as usual, and kept for about 8 hours. And only then they start cooking the jam.

Put the basin on the stove on a small fire and immediately remove it after boiling the jam. After 15 minutes, the procedure is repeated. There should be at least 5 such visits. This will allow the jam to thicken well without burning.

Jam with additives

A very aromatic, unusually tasty jam is obtained if other ingredients are added to the chokeberry. The recipe now offered is good because such a product can also be used as an adjunct in the treatment of colds, hypertensive crises and vegetative-vascular distortion.

Ingredients:

• Rowan - 1 kg.
• Sugar - 1.3 kg.
• Water - 2 glasses
• Fruit and berry juice (any) - 1 glass
• Lemon juice - 0.5 cups
• Rum - 2 tablespoons

Jam making

The unusualness of this recipe in comparison with the previous ones lies not only in the addition of rum and juices of other berries to the jam. The preparation of the chokeberry is already different. The berries are pre-baked in the oven for about 5 hours. In this case, the container should be covered with a lid so that the fruits give juice.

1. The juice emerging from the chokeberry is drained and combined with water and sugar.
2. The syrup is cooked in the usual way.
3. Next, rowan berries are returned to the syrup, fruit juice is poured in and rum is added. Continue to cook.
4. At the final stage, lemon juice is poured in and after 5 minutes the jam is removed from the heat and packed in jars.

As you can see, nothing out of the ordinary, but the result will be stunning.

If you practice making jams and compotes for the winter, then be sure to try, the recipes of which we have shared with you on our website.

Chokeberry with citrus

Citrus jam itself is considered spicy. And if you combine it with black chokeberry, you get an amazing-tasting product that can be used to fill pies and season porridge.

Ingredients:

• Chokeberry berries - 1 kg.
• Sugar - 2 kg.
• Water - 1 glass
• Oranges - 2 pcs.
• Lemons - 1 pc.

Citruses can be peeled, but for those who love savory flavors, it's best not to.

Cooking sequence:

This recipe is another way to make chokeberry berries. It differs slightly from the above.

1. The fruits are placed in a saucepan and poured over with water.
2. Covering the container with a lid, the berries are put on fire and steamed for 5 minutes.
3. Without removing from the heat, remove the lid, add sugar and cook for another 5 minutes (stirring, of course).
4. Having removed the jam from the stove, they forget about it for 3 hours. During this time, they prepare citrus fruits - twist them in a meat grinder or grind them in a blender (as it is more convenient to whom).
5. When the time is right, the jam is returned to the stove again, the remaining sugar is added and brought to a boil. After that, twisted oranges with lemon are added, everything is thoroughly mixed and the heat is immediately turned off.

Pieces of apples (0.5 kg) can also be added to this recipe. But they are brought in before the jam boils.

Chokeberry with nuts

The more healthy ingredients in the jam, the more nutritious it is. In this recipe, walnut adds its components to the healing properties of chokeberry. At the same time, modifying the taste of the jam for the better.

Ingredients:

• Rowan fruits - 0.6 kg.
• Sugar - 0.6 kg.
• Water - 1 liter.
• Walnuts - 0.15 kg.
• Apples - 0.2 kg.
• Lemon - 0.5 pcs.

The sequence of preparation of the product

This recipe will also differ from those described above. Even the approach to making syrup is somewhat different.

1. Aronia berries are poured with hot water and left overnight.
2. In the morning, the infusion is poured into another container.
3. To prepare the syrup, take only 1 glass of mountain ash infusion and mix it with sugar.
4. While the syrup is cooking, you should tackle the rest of the ingredients:
5. Apples are peeled and cored. The fruit must be cut into either small wedges or cubes.
6. The zest is removed from the lemon. The citrus itself is crushed into small pieces and sent to the refrigerator for now.
7. Peeled nuts should be covered.
8. Prepared apples, nuts and chokeberry berries are stacked in syrup over the fire. After boiling, the jam is boiled for another 15 minutes. Then remove from heat and set aside for 3 hours.
9. The 15 minute boil procedure should be repeated 3 more times at 3 hour intervals. In the last run, add lemon.

Chokeberry jam without syrup

You can make delicious jam from black chokeberry without pre-cooking syrup - just fill it with sugar. But in this case, for reliability, you will have to resort to sterilization of the finished product.

It is also well suited to the dinner table in winter, which is rich in vitamins and minerals, which is very important in the cold season.

Ingredients used in the recipe:

In this recipe, there are only 2 ingredients - chokeberry berries and sugar. They are taken in a 1: 1 ratio. And the mass of mountain ash is determined here by the chopped berries.

Jam preparation procedure

1. Blanched berries are passed through a meat grinder. And this must be done twice: first through a coarse-mesh lattice, then through a fine one.
2. Next, the resulting mass is rubbed quite well with sugar. Then you can take advantage of one of the points - either put it on the fire right away, or let the sugar first dissolve in the chokeberry juice.
3. The grated mass is put on a small fire and, with constant stirring, boil for no more than 5 minutes. Then the jam is packed in heated jars, which are covered with lids and sent to a saucepan for sterilization.
4. The initial temperature of the water for heat treatment must be at least 80 degrees. Sterilization is carried out for 15 minutes - for containers of 0.5 liters, and within 25 minutes - for 1-liter cans.

There are still many different recipes for making unusual chokeberry jam. By modifying the basic proportions, you can also prepare various variations of sweet food: jam, jams, lozenges, which will delight not only little family members.

The tart chokeberry jam will appeal to true gourmets, fill with vitamins and diversify the daily diet.

Chokeberry- medicinal berry, which has long been used for many ailments, as well as for their prevention. Not everyone loves the taste of this berry in a fresh state, but no one will refuse a jar of sweet, slightly tart mountain ash jam with a pleasant sourness and an amazing aroma. This extremely useful delicacy contains almost all the healing properties of fresh berries, because during the boiling process, it undergoes a short, gentle heat treatment.

Chokeberry jam will help:

• lower blood pressure;
• strengthen immunity;
• assimilate the incoming vitamin C by the body as much as possible;
• reduce cholesterol;
• balance the work of the endocrine system;
• strengthen the walls of blood vessels;
• eliminate fatigue;
• heal headache;
• restore normal sleep.

Even a beginner will easily understand how to cook this dessert for the winter, having studied simple recipes that use either one mountain ash with sugar or in combination with other additional components. It will take very little time to cook rowan jam, but the benefits from it will be truly invaluable.

7 chokeberry jam recipes

Recipe 1. Classic chokeberry jam

Ingredients: 1100 g of mountain ash, 1650 g of sugar, 710 ml of water.

We wash the chokeberry, clean it from the stalks. Place in a deep bowl. Pour in cool water in the amount necessary to completely cover the berries. We keep the mountain ash in water for a day. Combine sugar and 710 ml of water in a separate saucepan. Boil the syrup until transparent. We overturn the chokeberry in a colander, rinse. Transfer to a clean enamel container. Fill with boiled syrup. Leave to infuse until cooled. Drain the syrup, heat it separately, boil for about 20 minutes. Sprinkle the mountain ash, cook for about half an hour. We pack the jam in clean, pre-sterilized jars, seal it.

Recipe 2. Chokeberry jam "Pyatiminutka"

Ingredients: 960 g of chokeberry, 1270 g of sugar, 390 ml of water.

We sort out the berries, removing branches and other unusable parts in the process. We wash it under running water. In a container covered with enamel, boil a small amount of water, blanch the mountain ash in it for 4 minutes. Pour boiling water, immediately add cold water. We overturn in a colander. Pour 380 ml of water into a saucepan. While heating slowly, add 550 g of sugar. Boil the syrup, stirring, for 4 minutes. We place the chokeberry in a wide container for cooking jams and preserves. We add the boiled syrup. Heat with regular stirring, boil for 5 minutes. In a cool place, we keep the container with the berry mass for about 9 hours. After that, pour the remaining sugar. Warm up slowly, stirring. We boil for 5 minutes. Let it brew for 8.5 hours. Then we boil until thickened. We put it in a sterile container, roll it up.

Recipe 3. Rowan jam with apples

Ingredients: 950 g of chokeberry, 450 g of apples, 6 g of citric acid, 1550 g of sugar, 420 ml of water, 5 g of cinnamon.

We wash the mountain ash, previously sorted out and peeled from the stalks. Boil 1-1.7 liters of water, add mountain ash. Boil for 3 minutes, overturn in a colander. Rinse with cold water. In a deep saucepan or bowl covered with enamel, heat the water in the amount indicated in the recipe. We fill in the third part of the sugar. Boil until dissolved. We immerse the mountain ash in it, boil for 4 minutes. We set aside the container in a cool place for 8 hours. We peel the apples, removing the core, peel. Cut into thin small slices. Boil a small amount of water in a separate container, add apple slices. Blanch for 9 minutes. Warm up the present mountain ash in syrup. We fill in the remaining sugar. Boil slowly, stirring, removing the foam. After 15-20 minutes, transfer the apples to the boiling mass. Cook until thick. At the end, add cinnamon, citric acid. Mix well and pour into sterile small jars. We seal.

Recipe 4. Rowan jam with cherry leaves

Ingredients: 1100 g of chokeberry, 110 g of cherry leaves, 770 ml of water, 1100 g of sugar.

We wash the black chokeberry berries and cherry leaves. We boil water, immerse 55 g of leaves in it. We boil for 5 minutes. We extract the leaves. Let the broth cool, then pour it into the container in which the mountain ash is located. We stand for about 8 hours. We filter the liquid into a saucepan. Heat up, add the second part of the cherry leaves. Cook for 5 minutes. We remove the leaves. Pour chokeberry with hot broth. Leave to cool. We filter again. Pour sugar into an enamelled wide container for cooking jams and preserves. Pour in 210 ml of cherry broth. Heat slowly, stirring, until granulated sugar dissolves. Pour the mountain ash into the sugar broth. Boil until thick.

Recipe 5. Chokeberry jam with currant berries in Moscow style

Ingredients: 550 g of black chokeberry, 1050 g of sugar, 550 g of black currant.

We sort out the currants and mountain ash, cleaning in the process from twigs, stalks, unsuitable berries. We wash it under running water. We lay it out on a surface lined with paper. We leave the glass to the liquid. Put the mixture of berries and sugar in layers in a clean glass container. We keep in a cool place until the berry juice stands out. Then we leave the candied berries for another couple of days so that they are completely saturated with sugar. Transfer the resulting berry mass with juice to an enamel bowl. Cook slowly until thickened with constant stirring. We pack in small sterile containers.

Recipe 6. Rowan jam with plums

Ingredients: 750 g of chokeberry, 450 g of plums, 1300 g of sugar, 680 ml of water.

Chokeberry and my plums. Peel the plums. We remove the twigs and stalks. We heat water in a container covered with enamel. We pour in the mountain ash. Blanch for 5 minutes. We remove the berries, place them for a couple of minutes in another vessel with cold water. Pour 850 g of sugar into the rowan broth. Boil until transparent. Divide the plums into halves or, if desired, cut them into smaller pieces. Immerse mountain ash and plum wedges in transparent boiling syrup. We remove the container from the heat for 12 minutes. After that we fall asleep 450 g of sugar. Heat, stirring, until boiling. We set aside the jam to infuse for 9 hours. Boil until thick. We transfer to sterilized jars, roll up.

Recipe 7. Rowanberry jam with pears, nuts and lemon

Ingredients: 660 g of chokeberry, 220 g of pears, 70 g of lemon, 660 g of sugar, 160 g of shelled walnuts, water.

We sort out the chokeberry, wash it under running water. Put it in a deep bowl, pour boiling water over it. We stand for 11 hours. We strain out 200 ml of mountain ash infusion. We mix it in an enamel container with sugar. Boil until dissolved. Wash the fruit, peel it. Cut the pears into 2x2 cm cubes. Finely cut the lemon, removing the seeds in the process. Chop the nuts with a knife. Pour chokeberry, cubes of pears, nuts into the boiled syrup. Cook in three sets, about 15 minutes each. We take breaks of 2 hours between the cooking stages. When we cook the third time, add chopped lemon to the jam. We remove from the fire. Cover the container with a cotton towel. On top we put a saucepan of the same diameter with the neck down. We leave this structure for 2.5 hours so that the mountain ash softens. We roll the jam into a sterile container.

For those who are interested in how to cook mountain ash jam, unique in its taste characteristics and therapeutic effect, the following recommendations will come in handy. First of all, you need to make sure that the raw materials for the future healing dessert have reached the required degree of maturity. The fact is that the chokeberry turns black long before it is fully ripe. Fresh berries should be soft and harvested during the first two autumn months. Since mountain ash has a sour and slightly tart taste, it is recommended to add sugar in an amount of 130-150 g per 100 g of chokeberry, if the recipe does not include other ingredients. Some variations of homemade preparations for the winter from mountain ash suggest grinding it in a meat grinder or using a blender. At the same time, the jam will have a thick, viscous consistency and will become a wonderful filling for sweet pastries.

- an excellent delicacy that is used both as an independent dessert and in combination with other products: tea, pancakes, cheesecakes, casseroles. It will be stored for a long time, throughout the year to saturate the body with vitamins and other useful substances. Including any chokeberry products in your diet, it should be borne in mind that its excessive use can lead to increased blood clotting. However, if you do not abuse this berry, it can prevent and even cure many different diseases, as well as surprise with its exquisite unique taste.

Chokeberry dessert is good because the berries do not lose all their beneficial properties during heat treatment. Black chokeberry, or chokeberry, contains large amounts of vitamin C and iodine, which help in the prevention of many diseases. Often oranges, lemons, applesauce, or crushed nuts are added to the jam.

Classic recipe

• Time: 60 minutes.
• Servings Per Container: 6 Persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 387 kcal / 100 grams.
• Purpose: preparation for the winter.
• Cuisine: Russian.
• Difficulty: easy.

Classic chokeberry jam is rich in useful nutrients, helps with high blood pressure, and is used to prevent colds.

Ingredients:

• chokeberry - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg;
• clean water - 300 ml;
• vanillin - 2 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

1. Remove the berries from the branches, sort out, discarding sluggish and damaged specimens, tear off the stalks.
2. Rinse the blackberry to remove natural yeast. Leave the fruit to dry on a baking sheet.
3. Pour water into a thick-walled pan with a wide bottom, boil. Add berries and cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes.
4. Put sugar and vanillin in a container for future jam. Simmer over low heat for half an hour, removing the foam.
5. Mix the finished dessert again, pour into glass jars sterilized over steam or in boiling water.
6. Roll up the blanks with lids, let cool, put them in the cellar, basement or refrigerator.

Blackberry with apples

• Time: 11-12 hours.
• Servings Per Container: 6 Persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 355 kcal / 100 grams.
• Purpose: dessert.
• Cuisine: Russian.
• Difficulty: easy.

Chokeberry jam with apples can be made from any kind of fruit. If the apples are sweet, add 1 teaspoon to the chokeberry puree syrup. powdered citric acid.

Ingredients:

• chokeberry - 1 kg;
• green apples - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1.5 kg;
• clean water - 300 ml;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• cinnamon - 1 tsp

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the blackberry with boiling water, discard it in a colander, carefully sort it out, removing the unusable fruits.
2. Place the fruits in a blender or meat grinder, chop.
3. Wash the apples, divide in half, cut the seeds with a seed box. Cut the fruits into small slices or half slices (if the apple is too large).
4. Pour water into a thick-walled saucepan, add half the sugar and prepare a sweet syrup: boil the liquid, stirring constantly so that there are no grains left.
5. Cool the syrup, add chokeberry puree into it, leave for 8-9 hours.
6. Put the black chokeberry syrup on the fire again, add the second half of the sugar.
7. Cut the lemon, squeeze the juice.
8. Add water to a ladle, pour in lemon juice and boil. Add apple slices. Blanch the wedges for 1-2 minutes and then cool.
9. Add apple slices, cinnamon to the boiling syrup, boil for 10 minutes, cool. Repeat twice.

With apples and walnuts

• Time: 10 hours.
• Servings Per Container: 6 Persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 380 kcal / 100 grams.
• Purpose: dessert.
• Cuisine: Russian.
• Difficulty: easy.

Chokeberry jam at home can be prepared without going through the syrup boiling step. An interesting taste will turn out if you use jam from plums or apricots as a base - it should be boiled, diluted with water. Nuts will further enrich the flavor palette.

Ingredients:

• chokeberry - 1 kg;
• apples - 500 g;
• walnuts - 100 g;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg;
• clean water - 250 ml;
• vanillin - 1 tsp

Cooking method:

1. Rinse black chokeberry with boiling water, discard in a colander or dry on a baking sheet.
2. Sort out the blackberry, blanch the berries for a couple of minutes, dry again.
3. Peel off the peel from the apples, cut out the seed pods, cut the pulp into small cubes.
4. Grind the kernels in a blender or coffee grinder.
5. Prepare the syrup by adding sugar to the water and boiling it for more, stirring occasionally.
6. Add all the prepared ingredients to the hot syrup, let the jam cool and stand under the lid for 6-10 hours.
7. Put the jam on the fire again, boil for 20-25 minutes.

Blackberry jam with lemon and orange

• Time: 3 hours.
• Servings Per Container: 6 Persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 364 kcal / 100 grams.
• Purpose: dessert.
• Cuisine: Russian.
• Difficulty: easy.

Black chokeberry jam with lemon and orange peels can be cooked by replacing pectin with agar agar. Remember that the jam should not take too long to cook at high temperatures. Do not skip the cooling step of the dessert before the second cooking.

Ingredients:

• chokeberry - 1 kg;
• large oranges - 3 pcs.;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• granulated sugar - 1200 g;
• distilled water - 300 ml;
• apple pectin (powder) - 40 g;
• cinnamon - 1 tsp

Cooking method:

1. Sort out the blackberry, boil in acidified water for 1-2 minutes and discard in a colander.
2. Pass the berries through a meat grinder 2-3 times or use a blender: you should get a smooth puree.
3. Wash the oranges, cut, and squeeze the juice into a separate bowl through a sieve.
4. Separate the peel from the pulp and the white bitter layer, pour boiling water for 1 minute.
5. Cut the prepared peel into thin short strips or small cubes.
6. Boil granulated sugar syrup.
7. Add black chokeberry puree, stir, add orange juice, chopped peels, cinnamon.
8. Bring the jam to a boil again, reduce the heat.
9. Cook for 10-15 minutes, let cool.
10. Divide the lemon in half, squeeze the juice through cheesecloth or a sieve into the jam.
11. Put the dessert on the fire again, boil. Simmer, skim and stir for 25 minutes.
12. Add the pectin 5 minutes before cooking.
13. Cool the finished dessert, pour into sterilized jars, put in the refrigerator.

Five-minute jam

• Time: 20 minutes.
• Servings Per Container: 6 Persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 185 kcal / 100 grams.
• Purpose: dessert.
• Cuisine: Russian.
• Difficulty: easy.

A quick recipe can be improved by adding 1 tsp during cooking. citric acid (or 2 tablespoons of juice) and 1 tsp. vanillin. So the aroma of the dessert will come out brighter and more intense.

Ingredients:

• chokeberry - 2 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg;
• water - 300 ml.

Cooking method:

1. Sort out the chokeberry fruits, rinse and blanch for 1-2 minutes.
2. Pass the berries through a meat grinder until puree or chop in a blender bowl.
3. Add sugar to black chokeberry puree, cover with water, boil in a wide-bottomed saucepan.
4. Cook the dessert for 10 minutes, then pack it in sterile glass jars.

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For centuries, people have collected various berries in the forests and grown in gardens, because you can talk about their benefits endlessly. Berries contain trace elements and vitamins necessary for the proper functioning of the immune system, and they are also rich in fiber, which normalizes intestinal function. One of the most useful berries in garden plots is chokeberry (the chokeberry familiar to everyone by its name). Her homeland is North America; she was brought to Russia only in the 19th century.

At first, it was grown only for decorative purposes, since white lush inflorescences look very attractive in spring, and in autumn the bushes attract them with bright red leaves.

The methods of harvesting chokeberry are quite numerous - today there are a huge number of recipes using chokeberry. The main methods for processing berries are as follows:

• drying(berries are collected and hung on a string or modern dryers are used) - such berries are convenient to use for making decoctions;
• freezing(it is better to sort and wash the berries before freezing, as well as dry them thoroughly) is a universal method of harvesting berries without losing useful properties;
• preparation of alcoholic beverages(liqueurs, liqueurs, wine);
• conservation- the most popular preparation method, mainly juices, compotes, syrups, liqueurs, marmalade, and, of course, jam.

Benefits and features

Aronia berries have a tart bright taste that knits the tongue a little. Harvested in August-September.

The calorie content of fresh berries is only 56 kcal per 100 grams, therefore they are called a low-calorie, dietary product, which cannot be said about chokeberry jam. On average, its calorie content is about 400 kcal per 100 grams, and although it practically does not contain fat, it still has room for 74.8 grams of carbohydrates. The high content of the latter suggests that the jam should be used in small portions for health purposes.

The main minerals contained in chokeberry are iron, molybdenum, fluorine, boron, manganese in high concentrations and a huge amount of iodine (about 100 μg per 100 grams of berries - this concentration is 4 times higher than in raspberries and gooseberries), which has a beneficial effect on thyroid health.

Iodine deficiency in our country is one of the most pressing problems, therefore, the use of berries and preparations with black chokeberry will help prevent hormonal problems based on iodine deficiency. Chokeberry contains vitamins A, C, E, PP, and vitamins of group B. Due to the high content of tannins and pectin compounds, chokeberry has a beneficial effect on the intestines and helps to cleanse the body, removes radiation and heavy metals.

Jam is the main way of preserving blackberry berries, this method allows you to preserve the maximum amount of nutrients, while storing such blanks is quite simple.

Speaking about the benefits of jam, it is worth noting the positive effect on the body that this product possesses:

• lowers cholesterol levels;
• lowers blood pressure (with stage 1 and 2 hypertension);
• enhances immunity;
• regulates the liver (has a choleretic effect);
• strengthens blood vessels;
• eases the course of diseases such as measles, scarlet fever, rheumatism and seasonal allergies;
• Supports thyroid health through iodine content
• indicated for neuroses and insomnia;
• contributes to the prevention of atherosclerosis;
• it is used to treat radiation sickness due to the high content of vitamin P;
• stabilizes the work of the heart due to the high content of potassium;
• reduces puffiness.

Despite the enormous benefits for the body, some people should limit or completely prevent the use of chokeberry berries in food. The main contraindications for eating these berries are low blood pressure (hypotension), diseases of the gastrointestinal tract associated with high acidity, stool disorders, ulcers or gastritis, and people with frequent blood clots, varicose veins and thrombophlebitis should also refuse to use them. These contraindications are associated with the ability of chokeberry berries to thicken blood and lower blood pressure.

Main components

There are many widely accepted recipes for chokeberry jam, but the main components always remain:

• black ripe black chokeberry berries;
• pure water;
• granulated sugar.

These are the three main components on which the jam preparation is always built. However, the tart taste of blackberry berries goes well with many other products, using a combination of which you can achieve an interesting and unusual taste of homemade preparations.

Additional ingredients

The most classic and affordable combination used for blanks is apple with chokeberry. On the basis of this combination, juices and compotes are also made. Apples add benefits to this jam, because, like black chops, they have a lot of pectins. Also, the addition of apples makes the tart flavor of the berries softer and gives the jam a smoother consistency.

The addition of citrus fruits, such as lemon or orange, to the preparation makes the jam even more useful in the cold season. Lemon adds sourness to the sweetness and toughness of chokeberry berries.

Adding nuts to jam adds flavor and makes it more effective in fighting anemia. Most often, you can find recipes with a combination of chokeberry, citrus and nuts.

Interesting recipes are those that use a combination of chokeberry and plums. This jam turns out to be of a beautiful ruby ​​color thanks to the berries of the chokeberry, and the plum, like apples, softens its bright peculiar taste.

You can add a pleasant cherry aroma to jam by adding cherry leaves to it - this is an old Belarusian recipe. A variety of homemade liqueurs and liqueurs are made with the same combination.

The use of various spices can advantageously emphasize the flavor of the berries and add piquancy. For example, in cooking, an apple with cinnamon is a classic combination; when chokeberry berries are added to such jam, it acquires an oriental note and a pleasant taste. You can also use cardamom, cloves, and vanilla.

Recipes

To extend the shelf life of the jam, it is worth sterilizing the jars and lids before putting them into storage dishes. The optimal storage conditions are temperatures comparable to room temperature or slightly lower. Making blackberry jam is a simple task, the main thing is to strictly follow the recommendations in the recipe.

Classic recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 kilogram of black chokeberry berries;
• 600 grams of granulated sugar;
• 40 ml of water.

Rinse the berries well and put them in a large container. Cover the berries with sugar and let stand until the blackberry begins to release juice (about 1 hour). Add water and place it on the stove. We do two cooking approaches: the first time we cook the jam for 20 minutes, turn it off and completely cool it (preferably more than 12 hours), the second time we also boil it for 20 minutes. Arrange the jam in jars and close the lids.

Storage at room temperature is allowed.

Chokeberry jam with citrus

When cooking, it is better not to peel citrus fruits from the zest, as it contains a lot of vitamins and a piquant taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 kilogram of berries;
• 2 cups sugar;
• 1 glass of water;
• 2 oranges;
• 1 lemon.

The berries are placed in a large container suitable for cooking and filled with water. After that, the container is placed on the stove and the contents are boiled for 5 minutes. Then half the sugar is poured and boiled for another 5 minutes, stirring in the process. Next, you need to remove the jam from the stove and cool. At this time, you need to start preparing citrus fruits - wash, chop them with a knife, blender or scroll in a meat grinder. When the jam has cooled, put it on the fire, add the remaining sugar and bring to a boil. After that, lemon and oranges are added to a container with jam, everything is mixed and removed from the stove. It remains only to pour the jam into the jars.

Chokeberry jam with nuts

Ingredients:

• chokeberry berries - 0.6 kg;
• granulated sugar - 0.6 kg;
• water - 1 liter;
• walnuts - 150 grams;
• apples - 200 grams;
• lemon - half.

Chokeberry fruits are poured with hot water for 12 hours, then this broth is poured into a separate pan - it will be needed to prepare the syrup. To do this, take 1 cup of broth and add the entire volume of sugar to it. Next, we brew the syrup.

While it is boiling, peel the apples and peel them. We chop them and lemon at random, the nuts also need to be finely chopped. Now berries, nuts and apples are put into the syrup and wait for the moment to boil. After that, boil the jam for 15 minutes and remove for 3 hours to cool. There are three more such repetitions of a 15-minute cooking, with intervals of 3 hours for cooling. Lemon is added before the last cooking. Pour into jars and seal.

Rowan cherry jam

Ingredients:

• 1 kg blackberry;
• 100 grams of cherry leaves;
• 0.7 liters of water;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar.

Peel and rinse the cherry berries and leaves thoroughly. Pour water into a saucepan, boil and add half of the cherry leaves there. Cook for 5 minutes and remove the leaves. Cool the broth and fill it with berries for 8 hours. After that, pour all the liquid into a saucepan, put it on the stove and add the remaining cherry leaves. Cook again for 5 minutes and remove. Now add chokeberry berries to the hot broth. We leave the berries to infuse, after cooling we decant the liquid. We take a large container for cooking jam, add all the sugar there and pour in 190 ml of broth. We put on a small fire and wait for the sugar to dissolve, then add the rowan fruits and cook until the jam becomes thick.

Spicy chokeberry jam with apples

For this recipe, it is better to choose strong sweet and sour apples.

Ingredients:

• blackberry - 0.6 kg;
• apples - 3 pieces;
• granulated sugar - 0.5 kg;
• cinnamon stick;
• black pepper - 5 peas;
• water - 100 ml.

We clean the rowan tree from the twigs and rinse it with running water, fill it with sugar and fill it with water, put the spices and put it on the stove. After boiling, cook for 10 minutes, removing the foam all the time, then leave the jam to infuse overnight, and in the morning boil again for 10 minutes and leave to cool. Wash, peel and peel apples. Start brewing the jam again and add apples when boiling. Cook for 15 minutes, then put in sterilized jars and close with lids. Refrigerated preferably.

Blackberry quick jam

This jam is good for the speed of preparation and the simplicity of the ingredients. For 1 part of the berries, we take 2 parts of granulated sugar. This jam undergoes minimal heat treatment for only 5 minutes (it is also called "five minutes"), therefore it retains the maximum amount of useful properties of berries.

This jam is perfect as a filling in a pie, since it is cooked not in syrup, but only from berries and sugar.

We thoroughly clean the berries, boil them for 5 minutes in boiling water, then take them out and dry them on a towel. Now you need to grind the berries in any convenient way, for example, with a blender, or by scrolling in a meat grinder. Mix chopped blackberry with sugar and put on the stove over very low heat. Stir constantly until boiling. After boiling, increase the heat and cook for 5 minutes, continuing to stir. Arrange in sterilized jars, put lids on top. Pasteurize jam jars for 20 minutes for 0.5 liter jars and 30 minutes for 1 liter jars. You can then roll up the cans and store them at room temperature.

The pasteurization process is carried out as follows: jars of jam, covered with lids on top, are placed in a large container (so that the jars can be placed there almost completely), water is poured over the shoulders of the jars and the vessel is put on a small fire. It is better to lay a cloth towel at the bottom of the container so that the cans do not hit the metal during boiling. We leave at low heat for the time specified in the recipe to sterilize the workpiece.

Jam from apples and chokeberry

In fact, the recipe for making jam is similar to jam - the only difference is that in the preparation of jam the fruits of fruits and berries are ground into a homogeneous mass.

Ingredients:

• apples - 4 kg;
• blackberry - 1.5 kg;
• sugar - about 1.8 kg;
• water - 1 liter.

We prepare apples - they need to be thoroughly washed and cut into pieces, while not peeling off and not peeling seeds. Chokeberry must be cleaned of twigs and washed. Pour water into a cooking container, put fruits and berries there. Cook for about 20 minutes, until the apples are tender. Stir the mixture frequently.

If you see that the mass becomes homogeneous and more and more resembles mashed potatoes, then it's time to remove the mixture from the heat and rub it through a strainer. Add sugar to the finished puree. You need to be guided by the volume of the resulting puree (since in one case or another there is more or less cake left) and the sweetness of apples. If you have sweet and sour apples, you need to add sugar in a 1: 1 ratio. Then cook the jam over very low heat, since the puree is thick, it tends to sprinkle when boiling. Stir constantly and cook until the desired consistency is obtained. You can boil just a little - then you get a smooth, homogeneous jam.

Spread the jam on sterilized jars and roll up or close with plastic lids. Store strictly in the refrigerator!

Chokeberry jam

To make jam you will need:

• purified water - 150 ml;
• sugar - 400 grams;
• chokeberry - 500 grams.

We sort out the chokeberry from leaves, branches, debris and rinse in a colander, shaking off the water. Now you need to grind the berries using a blender or meat grinder - choose a method that is convenient for you. If desired, the berries can be chopped until smooth or left in pieces. The berries are poured with water in a saucepan and put on fire. Cook for 7 minutes, then add all the sugar. Cook for another 7 minutes over high heat, reduce and cook for another 5-7 minutes. Stir the jam well throughout the cooking time. The consistency of jam is average between jam and jam.

It is necessary to spread the jam on sterilized jars hot. Store the product in the refrigerator.

What can you combine with?

Ready-made chokeberry jam can be used in a variety of recipes. For example, you can make a quick shortcrust pastry pie with jam, using it as a fragrant filling. You can also make open or closed yeast pies.

Here is an example of a recipe for a quick pie where jam is used (it is important to take jam cooked not based on syrup, but with a minimum water content, for example, "five minutes" so that there is no excess moisture in the pie):

• butter - 200 grams;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• sugar - 2 tablespoons;
• baking powder - 10 grams;
• flour - about 500 grams;
• blackberry jam.

You need to get the oil out of the refrigerator in advance - this will make it easier to work with it. Grind it with some flour, sugar and salt. Add egg, mix thoroughly. Add remaining flour with baking powder. Knead a smooth buttery dough. Divide it into 2 balls and place in the freezer for half an hour.

Roll out one part of the dough, put it on the bottom of the mold, covered with parchment paper. It is necessary to form large enough sides so that the jam does not leak out during the baking process. We spread a layer of jam. The second part of the dough is rubbed on a coarse grater and sprinkled on top of the jam (this pie is sometimes also called grated). The pie should be baked in the oven at 180 degrees for about 25 minutes.

Blackberry jam is perfect as a topping for drinks, for example, tea, you can simply dissolve it in water to get a sweet drink.

Children love to eat store-bought cottage cheese with additives, but it's better to add a couple of tablespoons of homemade jam to a plate of homemade product - it's much healthier and tastier, besides, the beautiful rich color of blackberry jam makes you appetite. Also, a spoonful of jam can significantly embellish the taste of breakfast as an addition to porridge or muesli.

In winter, it is convenient to add jam to milkshakes or smoothies made from berries and fruits.

For information on how to cook five-minute jam from chokeberry, see the next video.

Blackberry jam with apples is an interesting dish. A distinctive feature of such a delicacy is its tart taste. The more black chokeberry in the recipe, the more pronounced the aroma. However, if you overdo it with the amount of product used, you will feel a strong astringency in the taste. To prevent this, housewives add spices (cinnamon and others) and granulated sugar to the jam. With the addition of apples, the delicacy becomes more fragrant.

Many have tried apple jam. Even a child will not refuse to feast on them. But jam with apples in combination with black chokeberry is hardly used so often.

Today, almost no one will be surprised by the presence of several jars of chokeberry jam in the house. Berries have long been used for the preparation of all kinds of sweet dishes, except for jam (compotes, infusions, fillings in pies, teas, etc.). The taste of chokeberry is very tart, but if you follow the measure and add other products that complement each other, this is practically not felt.

Blackberry berries are rich in a huge amount of useful components (minerals, vitamins), which have a beneficial effect on the state of the whole body and strengthen health. However, the increased astringency of the plant does not allow fresh fruits to be consumed, although this interferes with some people.

To slightly improve and change the taste, other fruits or spices are often added to the jam. Pears, quince, apples and plums are especially popular. In combination with black chokeberry, they smooth out the astringency, give the delicacy a richer and softer taste.

1. For jam, take fresh apples and blackberries in a 1: 1 ratio. The taste is adjusted by changing the amount of a particular ingredient. For example, the more apples, the richer and less tart taste.
2. If sour apples are used, more granulated sugar is needed.
3. To improve the taste and give new "notes" in the process of making jam, lemon balm is added to it (refreshes the dish), cinnamon (in the form of a stick or powder), and lemon zest.
4. To avoid any troubles during cooking, it is recommended to use enamelled pots instead of aluminum cookware. The same applies to the spoons with which the jam will be mixed (it is advisable to take the scoops from wood).

On a note! Chokeberry and apples are used not only for making jam. They are also used to make amazing jams. First, the ingredients should be boiled, wiped, covered with sugar and boiled again (you need to wait until the mass becomes thick).

Some housewives use vanilla pod or extract to improve the taste and give the dish a delicate flavor.

Preparation of ingredients

Before proceeding with the direct preparation of the jam, you must carefully prepare the ingredients. Chokeberries and apples must be fresh and free from any damage. Thanks to this, the final product will turn out to be tasty, and most importantly, healthy. When preparing black fruit jam, a person needs to take this into account, because everyone wants to feel the taste of summer in a frosty and snowy winter.

To make the taste of the delicacy rich and delicate, it is recommended to adhere to the following rules:

1. In the process of making jam, it is better to use chokeberry collected in the autumn. Late berries are less tart and sweeter.
2. The delicacy turns out to be tastier if you take hard late apples without damage.

The prepared ingredients must be thoroughly rinsed and then dried. Peel the apples and cut them into small squares. The blackberry needs to be “freed” from the brushes, carefully sorted out and rinsed again.

If lemon juice or zest is present in the jam, it is recommended to choose mainly medium-sized citruses without damage to the bright yellow skin.

On a note! To make the dish tender and soft, it is recommended to keep the chokeberry berries in boiling water 2-3 times for several seconds.

How to make chokeberry apple jam

A simple recipe for making jam is to use the following products:

• apples (one kilogram);
• three hundred grams of chokeberry;
• five hundred grams of sugar.

I also add a cinnamon stick to enhance the taste.

The principles of cooking for the winter:

1. First, prepare sweet syrup (two glasses of granulated sugar and the same amount of water). The products are placed in a container and put on the fire, wait for the boil. Put a cinnamon stick.
2. After boiling, cut apples are placed in a saucepan and boiled for half an hour. When they darken and become soft, blackberry is added to them and boiled for 15-25 minutes.
3. Turn off the heat and fill the jars with jam, then close them with lids.

Jam storage

In order for black rowan jam to retain its beneficial properties for a long time, it is not recommended to put the jars in the cold immediately after cooking. Better to wait until they cool down. Storage temperature + 3-5 in winter and +20 in summer.